Acting

S.D. Wilcox

Born 1863-02-08 · Ashtabula, Ohio, USA

Acting credits

The Kid poster
8.1

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

The Kid

1921

The Pilgrim poster
6.9

The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.

The Pilgrim

1923

Berth Marks poster
6.9

Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.

Berth Marks

1929

Seven Chances poster
7.5

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

Seven Chances

1925

Phantom Police poster
8.0

Phantom Police is a 1926 American action film serial directed by Robert A. Dillon.

Phantom Police

1926

Tipped Off poster
7.0

Mildred Garson, secretary and fiancée of playwright Anthony Moore, would like to play the leading role in his new play, a crook drama. Her brother Jim and sister Rita arrange to stage a fake robbery at Moore's home so that Mildred can demonstrate her ability. However, real thieves led by Dan "The Fox" Grogan appear, shoot Moore's butler, and kidnap Mildred. She manages to escape and find refuge with Chong Wo, a Chinese philosopher. In a fight to the finish, Wong arranges for Grogan to be captured, leaving Anthony and Milfred to get married.

Tipped Off

1923

His Marriage Wow poster
6.5

In Highland Park, it's Agnes Fisher and Harold Hope's wedding day. Mishaps almost keep them from getting hitched: he goes to the wrong church, then, one of the guests, Professor McGlumm, convinces him that the bride only wants him to collect his life insurance. Finally they marry and her family moves in with them. Harold is now convinced that he'll be poisoned at dinner. When further mishaps give him stomach problems, McGlumm rushes him toward the hospital. On the trip, all is revealed.

His Marriage Wow

1925

Ladies Last poster
6.5

The boys boycott the girls when they insist that the boys wear tuxedos to a big dance.

Ladies Last

1930

Hotsy-Totsy poster
7.0

Alice, an employee who is chosen by her coworkers to represent them at a banquet honoring her boss's new partner. Tasked with giving a speech and presenting a "loving cup" as a token of esteem, Alice becomes overwhelmed by her high-society surroundings. Her nervousness leads to a series of comedic blunders and a "terrible fall" during her act, though the situation is eventually salvaged.

Hotsy-Totsy

1925

The Secret Six poster
5.6

Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.

The Secret Six

1931

Outside the Law poster
6.2

Silent Madden and his daughter Molly have left the criminal underworld of San Francisco thanks to the wise teachings of Chang Low, a Confucian master. But the evil Black Mike Sylva is determined to frame Madden to avenge a mistake from the past…

Outside the Law

1921

The Scarlet Car poster
4.6

Paul Revere Forbes, an descendant of Paul Revere, is a teller at Cyrus Peabody's bank. He learns that Cyrus and his son, Ernest, have speculated with $35,000 of the bank's money, and the entire sum has been lost.

The Scarlet Car

1917

No artwork available
10.0

A silent film from 1928.

The Danger Patrol

1928

No artwork available
7.0

A two reel Bobby Vernon comedy

Turn Him Loose

1929

Home Sweet Home poster
NR

The film illustrates the destructively ruinous effect sudden wealth can have on a family and their once happy home.

Home Sweet Home

1926

Ten Dollars or Ten Days poster
5.5

In this silent comedy, a pretty department store cashier is charged with a robbery that occurred overnight at the store. However, circumstantial evidence points to the store's soda clerk having committed both the $10,000 robbery and the assumed murder of the store's nightwatchman, who is missing.

Ten Dollars or Ten Days

1924

Peaches and Plumbers poster
9.0

To make her boyfriend jealous a society girl starts dating a plumber but his sweetheart gets revenge.

Peaches and Plumbers

1927

Thundering Tenors poster
7.0

Charley is invited to a high class party, where he feels ill at ease and has no idea how to act, yet he wants to impress his young lady.

Thundering Tenors

1931

Run, Girl, Run poster
6.5

A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.

Run, Girl, Run

1928

No artwork available
9.0

Hubby's Weekend Trip is a silent comedy short.

Hubby's Weekend Trip

1928

Soldier Man poster
10.0

After the armistice of WW1, one U.S. soldier remains unaccounted for. He's wandering the fields of fictional Balkan state Bomania, hungry, thinking the war is still on. To his detriment, the unpopular king of Bomania bears a striking resemblance to him.

Soldier Man

1926

There He Goes poster
8.0

1925 Mack Sennett Comedies production three-reel short.

There He Goes

1925

The Water Plug poster
6.5

Billy is on the bum. He sees a copper writing a ticket to a driver parked in front of a fire hydrant. The driver slips the cop some money to tear up the ticket. Billy acquires a fake fire plug and a policeman's badge, and sets out to make some money.

The Water Plug

1920

Behind the Counter poster
8.5

Eddie, a prim store salesman, gets locked in overnight and battles hoodlums.

Behind the Counter

1928