Thomas G. Lingham

Acting

Thomas G. Lingham

Born — Died

1874-04-07 — 1950-02-19

Place of birth

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

The Star Packer poster
4.5

John Travers and Yak, his faithful Indian sidekick, pick up where a murdered sheriff leaves off, and try to nab the mysterious Shadow.

The Star Packer

1934

Itching Palms poster
7.0

The search is on for a bank robber's hidden stash in a house they all say is haunted.

Itching Palms

1923

No artwork available
9.0

Sordid story of an abusive husband who beats his pregnant wife so badly that the boy, Sonny is born with a disfiguring birthmark and abandoned. Growing up on the streets he is taken under the wing of safecracker James Carleton, who arranges for the kid to have a decent home and a good education. In time Sonny becomes a football hero at college, meeting and falling in love with Mary Kayne. When a nasty detective reveals to the girl that her sweetheart is the "foster son" of a notorious crook, Mary declares that she doesn't care and intends to love the hero to the end of her days. But there's still one obstacle to overcome when it turns out that Grey's own father may well be the no-good slug who gave the boy his permanent birthmark.

Heartless Husbands

1925

Stingaree poster
NR

Wealthy Irving Randolph is falsely denounced as a deliberate murderer by his greedy younger brother when Randolph, during a rifle shooting contest, accidentally kills a man with whom he has had an altercation. Fleeing to Australia, Randolph becomes known as the bandit Stingaree and is aided in his Robin Hood like adventures by his friend Howie and his sweetheart Ethel.

Stingaree

1915

The Adventures of Ruth poster
NR

Daniel Robin has become mixed up with a band of criminals known as "the 13," and is shot when he refuses to do their bidding. His daughter Ruth, brought home from boarding school, reaches his bedside before he expires. He tells her that she will be given thirteen keys. Instructions will be provided with each key and, if she follows the instructions, she will eventually fully learn of her birthright. Many adventures then follow as Ruth attempts to solve the puzzle of each key and establish her true birthright.

The Adventures of Ruth

1919

A Lass of the Lumberlands poster
NR

15-episode serial directed by Paul Hurst and J.P. McGowan.

A Lass of the Lumberlands

1916

Film credits

1930s · 5 titles

1920s · 44 titles

Itching Palms poster
7.0

The search is on for a bank robber's hidden stash in a house they all say is haunted.

Itching Palms

1923

No artwork available
9.0

Sordid story of an abusive husband who beats his pregnant wife so badly that the boy, Sonny is born with a disfiguring birthmark and abandoned. Growing up on the streets he is taken under the wing of safecracker James Carleton, who arranges for the kid to have a decent home and a good education. In time Sonny becomes a football hero at college, meeting and falling in love with Mary Kayne. When a nasty detective reveals to the girl that her sweetheart is the "foster son" of a notorious crook, Mary declares that she doesn't care and intends to love the hero to the end of her days. But there's still one obstacle to overcome when it turns out that Grey's own father may well be the no-good slug who gave the boy his permanent birthmark.

Heartless Husbands

1925

With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre poster
7.0

The story of a controversial white settlement in 1860s Spirit Lake, Iowa. Unbowed by the encroachment, Chief Sitting Bull vows to reclaim the land of his fathers. A long-thought-lost film finally surfaces after being unseen for over eight decades. Created and copyrighted by Sunset Productions in 1925 but not released until June 15, 1927, this silent epic features the superior Native American actor Chief Yowlachie (performing here under the name Chief Yowlache) as Sitting Bull.

With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre

1927

Ruth of the Rockies poster
7.0

A young woman finds a trunk full of stolen diamonds, takes them and heads westward, pursued by the thief.

Ruth of the Rockies

1920

Trooper 77 poster
7.0

Trooper 77 is a 1926 American silent serial directed by Duke Worne.

Trooper 77

1926

The Lone Star Ranger poster
8.0

An outlaw named Duane ( Tom Mix ), captured by the Texas Rangers, is promised a pardon if he rounds up a gang of cattle thieves. The man he suspects as the leader is revealed to be the father of Duane's sweetheart, Helen ( Billie Dove ). Duane captures the gang, gets a pardon for Helen's father, and marries Helen.

The Lone Star Ranger

1923

No artwork available
7.0

Two children--a brother and sister--are the only survivors of an Indian attack on a wagon train, and are soon separated. An army officer adopts the boy, and the girl is taken to live with Indians and renamed Black Fawn. When the boy grows up he joins the cavalry and finds himself in the middle of an Indian war as he searches for his long-lost sister.

The Invaders

1929

Where Was I? poster
5.0

A young man gets engaged to a business competitor's daughter.

Where Was I?

1925

Western Luck poster
7.0

Story of twin brothers. One becomes a rancher, the other grows up on the East coast. The Easterner tries to foreclose on his brother's property, which, unbeknownst to its owner, contains oil.

Western Luck

1924

The Desert's Crucible poster
9.0

Jack Hardy, Sr. sends his son, Jack Hardy Jr., to the American West to "make a man of him" and instill a sense of responsibility. While West, Jack falls in love with Miss Benson, a ranch secretary. To prove his bravery to her after being taunted, Jack successfully breaks a notoriously unmanageable horse. The local villain, Tex Fuller, and his gang target Jack. In a tragic turn, Jack’s half-breed brother, Deerfoot, is killed by a missile intended for Jack. Jack eventually confronts the gang, bringing them to justice and vindicating himself in the eyes of his father and Miss Benson.

The Desert's Crucible

1922

Desert Driven poster
8.0

The story of a man -- accused of a crime he didn't commit and wounded by the posse -- who hides out on a desert ranch.

Desert Driven

1923

Orphan of the Sage poster
8.0

A boy hero saves a wagon train from an impending Indian attack.

Orphan of the Sage

1928

Young Whirlwind poster
8.0

Red foils a plan to steal the airmail and in one especially exciting scene takes to the air armed only with a (very effective) slingshot.

Young Whirlwind

1928

The Lightning Rider poster
9.0

A bandit known as The Black Mask is terrorizing the countryside around the California border town of Caliboro. When word spreads that the Mask's gang is going to hit town, the town priest turns over the church's money to the local sheriff for safekeeping.

The Lightning Rider

1924

The Set-Up poster
8.0

Cliff Barton, suspicious of the intentions of the local banker, Seth Tolliver, withdraws his money from the bank, hides it, and is later killed by two hirelings of the banker. Deputy Sheriff Art Stratton, who has trained Barton's horse and is in love with his daughter, Thora, is assigned to guard the ranch for the creditors; and Tolliver, who has designs on the property and wants his son to marry Thora, arranges to have the ranch auctioned.

The Set-Up

1926

The Son of the Golden West poster
9.0

Tom Hardy (Tom Mix), a pony express rider, is carrying government gold in a coach to Wassatch accompanied by Alice Calhoun (Sharon Lynn) , the daughter of the US telegraph survey station. The gold is to pay for the US Telegraph Survey and it is to be delivered to the survey chief, Jim Calhoun (Thomas Lingham). The coach is attacked by bandits led by the Slade (Duke Lee) and Kane (Mark Hamilton).

The Son of the Golden West

1928

The Cowboy and the Outlaw poster
8.0

Story of a cowboy tracking down his father's killer

The Cowboy and the Outlaw

1929

Tom's Gang poster
7.0

Dave Collins is a young man who is bequeathed a ranch on the condition that he marry the late owner's granddaughter Lucille. But when he arrives at the ranch with young sidekick Spuds in tow, Dave finds that a distant relative of Lucille's, Ray Foster, has taken his place. Foster hires tough Bart Haywood to kill his rival, and soon our hero is hogtied to a handcar in the path of an approaching train.

Tom's Gang

1927

Riders of the Law poster
7.0

Jack Meadows and sidekick Toby are looking for whiskey smugglers along the Canadian border. They find a badly wounded Seriff who earlier caught one of them and a nearby hoofprint of a horse with a broken shoe. Setting up a blacksmith shop, they soon find the owner of that horse and replace the shoe with another that will let them trace him.

Riders of the Law

1922

Eyes of the Forest poster
7.0

The Rangers use airplanes to catch the bad guys in this Tom Mix Western filmed on location in Santa Cruz, California.

Eyes of the Forest

1923

The Rawhide Kid poster
10.0

Good cowboy vs. bad cowboy in this romantic adventure.

The Rawhide Kid

1928

Daring Deeds poster
8.0

William Gordon, Jr. is the rebellious heir to a million dollar airplane business. He leaves home in search of adventure, and falls in love with Helen, the daughter of an eccentric, destitute inventor. William enters an air race using a souped-up plane.

Daring Deeds

1927

No artwork available
8.0

Old timer Hank Robbins and his young pal,"Red" Hepner ride into the town of Cajon, Mexico and find it under a reign of terror imposed by a mysterious outlaw known as El Lobo. Don Jose Valencia is also upset over the romance between his son Francisco and saloon girl Dolores. Pete Sangor, an American resident, has his eye on the girl also. "Red" and Hank discover that Sangor is El Lobo, and ride to rescue the kidnapped Francisco.

Pals of the Prairie

1929

Sky High Corral poster
8.0

When the Government incorporates Bill Hayden's ranch into a Federal game preserve, Jack McCabe, a forest ranger, is sent to serve an eviction notice on Hayden and his daughter, Shasta. Hayden resists the order, and Jack falls in love with Shasta.

Sky High Corral

1926

Splitting the Breeze poster
8.0

Splitting the Breeze is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey.

Splitting the Breeze

1927

The Fatal Warning poster
5.0

When a bank executive disappears, he is accused of stealing a fortune from the bank. But his daughter and her criminologist friend set out to find her father and clear his name.

The Fatal Warning

1929

The Desert Pirate poster
10.0

1927 American silent Western film directed by James Dugan.

The Desert Pirate

1927

Into the Night poster
7.0

Into the Night is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by Duke Worne.

Into the Night

1928

With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo poster
7.0

Focuses on Davy Crockett before & during his time at the Alamo as one of the defenders, and ultimately, one of those who gave their lives.

With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo

1926

Don Dare Devil poster
9.0

Jack Bannister returns to his home in South America, bringing with him some Wyoming cowboys. At a fiesta, he meets Menocal, an old friend, who is murdered moments later by Bud Latham, an American bandit under the protection of the local sheriff, a rascal named Berengo. Jack sets out after Latham and finds the killer trailing another outlaw, José Remado. Jack catches up with Latham and whips him in a brutal fight.

Don Dare Devil

1925

No artwork available
NR

A stirring story of a woman's love and a dog's devotion played against the background of Kentucky's Hills.

Fangs of the Wild

1928

The Crow's Nest poster
8.0

Esteban, a white boy, is raised by an Indian squaw, who believes she is his mother and from whom Beaugard steals the papers documenting Esteban's birth and his right to inherit a ranch. When he grows up, Esteban falls in love with Patricia Benton, Beaugard "exposes" Esteban to Patricia, and the villain taunts the boy, telling him that he has no right to a white woman.

The Crow's Nest

1922

With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness poster
9.0

In pre-revolutionary war days, Daniel Boone captures the white renegade Simon Gerty but lets him go. After Boone moves from North Carolina to homestead in Kentucky, Gerty reappears. This time Gerty kills the Chief's son saying it was a white man and this sends the Indians on the warpath.

With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness

1926

The Freckled Rascal poster
9.0

Red attempts to save the townspeople whose water supply is held hostage by a villain.

The Freckled Rascal

1929

No artwork available
7.0

A prospector is falsely accused of killing the local sheriff. His girlfriend knows who the real killer is, but she can't turn him it--it's her father.

Riders of Mystery

1925

The Forbidden Trail poster
6.5

When Red Hawk Dugan and his men attack a small wagon train, Colonel Merriwell is killed and the young girl Isobel taken and raised thinking Dugan is her father. Fifteen years later the Colonel's son Jack arrives looking for Dugan whom he learned killed his father. As he hunts for Dugan he meets and falls in love with Isobel only to then learn Dugan is her father.

The Forbidden Trail

1923

Wolf Tracks poster
10.0

Poverty-row Western story of two young strangers -- Jack Hastings and Jean Meredith -- inheriting one-half of a map to a hidden gold mine. A villain, Wolf Santell, steals Jack's half of the map, which is enclosed in a locket, only to lose it again in the river.

Wolf Tracks

1923

The Bandit's Son poster
8.0

Bob McCall, a young cowboy, tries to save his outlaw father from being lynched for a crime he didn't commit.

The Bandit's Son

1927

Desert Rider poster
6.0

Kincade shoots Baird and takes the map to his gold mine. Sutherland finds the dying Baird who tells him the mine's location. Kincade, having lost the map, now goes after the gold Sutherland has taken out of the mine.

Desert Rider

1923

No artwork available
NR

James Smith, millionaire Bible publisher, is concerned with spending the fortune he has acquired, while his wife, remembering their thrifty days, strives to make every penny count, despite the extravagant example set by Lucille, the wife of lawyer Edward Early. Smith receives a letter from two lady friends, both planning to visit him at his Atlantic City bungalow, and seeks the aid of Early, a neighbor. Both wives become suspicious and have a detective investigate the situation.

My Lady Friends

1921

No artwork available
10.0

There is a feud of 30 years' standing between the Revelle and Wainwright families, dwelling in the Apache country, despite which Shirley, daughter of Martin Revelle, and Clem Wainwright fall in love. The lovers are discovered meeting by Clem's rival, Ben Larrago, who informs on them (Exhibitors Trade Review, 23rd May 1925).

Across the Deadline

1925

Two Sisters poster
6.5

Twin sisters, one good and honest and sweet, and the other given to totin' pistols and pulling robberies, keep confusing a detective about which one he his chasing for what, since he has different reasons for chasing both.

Two Sisters

1929

Man in the Rough poster
10.0

Attempting to warn an old prospector and his daughter of impending danger from a notorious outlaw, diminutive but tough Bruce Sherwood is himself mistaken for a bandit.

Man in the Rough

1928

No artwork available
8.0

The railroad wants to extend a line across the Briggs' ranch, and hires a gang to get rid of John Briggs and his daughter, Nan sweetheart of the local sheriff. Wanderers "Sidewinder" Steve and his young friend "Red" Hepner take a hand in the proceedings and manage to save Briggs and his daughter, the ranch, and the romance.

The Bantam Cowboy

1928

1910s · 11 titles

Stingaree poster
NR

Wealthy Irving Randolph is falsely denounced as a deliberate murderer by his greedy younger brother when Randolph, during a rifle shooting contest, accidentally kills a man with whom he has had an altercation. Fleeing to Australia, Randolph becomes known as the bandit Stingaree and is aided in his Robin Hood like adventures by his friend Howie and his sweetheart Ethel.

Stingaree

1915

The Adventures of Ruth poster
NR

Daniel Robin has become mixed up with a band of criminals known as "the 13," and is shot when he refuses to do their bidding. His daughter Ruth, brought home from boarding school, reaches his bedside before he expires. He tells her that she will be given thirteen keys. Instructions will be provided with each key and, if she follows the instructions, she will eventually fully learn of her birthright. Many adventures then follow as Ruth attempts to solve the puzzle of each key and establish her true birthright.

The Adventures of Ruth

1919

A Lass of the Lumberlands poster
NR

15-episode serial directed by Paul Hurst and J.P. McGowan.

A Lass of the Lumberlands

1916

The Vivisectionist poster
NR

When a neighbor complains about strange noises, an officer goes undercover to investigate Dr. Jardine. After her cover is blown, she infiltrates his lab and stops him from performing an illegal surgery on an escaped convict.

The Vivisectionist

1915

The Girl Detective poster
5.8

A series of 2-reel thrillers in which a society girl has a position as a special investigator for the police and works on various cases where her unique talents can help to solve crimes. Each episode is complete in itself.

The Girl Detective

1915

Judith of the Cumberlands poster
NR

Two rival mountain clans that have been feuding for years begin a new battle over the moonshine whiskey trade. A young man and a girl from each of the different clans try to end the feud, and wind up falling for each other.

Judith of the Cumberlands

1916

Medicine Bend poster
NR

Whispering Smith, a railroad detective, is sent to Medicine Bend to suppress the looting of cars.

Medicine Bend

1916

The Lost Express poster
NR

A train that is carrying the formula for a valuable form of granulated gasoline disappears before it reaches its destination. Railroad investigators and the authorities try to determine where it is and who took it.

The Lost Express

1917

The Red Glove poster
NR

On the American frontier in the last decades of the 19th century, Billie is a female cowboy who fights a series of bad men in this film serial.

The Red Glove

1919

The Manager of the B & A poster
NR

Dan Oakley becomes a railroad manager and his attempt to slash expenses by layoffs and lengthening hours incurs the workers' wrath. With the help of Griffith Ryder, labor leader and newspaper editor, they call a strike. The water main which supplies the railroad yards is cut, and a hot engine starts a fire. With water unavailable, the fire spreads to town, but through his superhuman efforts, Oakley gets it under control. His heroic moves win favor with the workers, and the strike is history.

The Manager of the B & A

1916

The Further Adventures of Stingaree poster
NR

The movie serial sequel to the popular original series featuring Stingaree. Both are now lost.

The Further Adventures of Stingaree

1917