
Acting
Elliott Dexter
Born 1879-12-21 · Galveston, Texas, USA
Elliott Dexter (born Adelbert Elliott Dexter) was an American actor, in films from 1915 to 1925.
Acting credits
A comedy short directed by character Slim Summerville.
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
8.0Carol Kingsley and Jimmy Mason, who are both employed in a fashion emporium run by Pierre Ronsard, fall in love and are married. Victor Ronsard, the son of the owner, falls in love with Carol and designs to break up the Mason marriage. He falsely informs Carol that Jimmy, who is the Ronsard bookkeeper, is short in his accounts and that, if she will have dinner with him, he will give her the incriminating papers.
The Verdict
1925
7.0Directed by Wallace Worsley.
Enter Madame
1922
David Remon loves barmaid Dulcie, not by choice but by force of circumstances, and attempts to persuade her to marry him rather than submit to a life of drudgery. But Dulcie is thoroughly independent and prefers to earn her own living.
The Masqueraders
1915
Hazel Gray, a young nurse, is in love with Phillip Carson, son of Mrs. Carson-Morgan, a philanthropist.
Public Opinion
1916
NRNora is nursemaid to a wealthy family and in love with their chauffeur Nolan. When she hides her mistress' lover in her room, jealous Nolan shoots him and Nora, who refuses to tell about her mistress affair, is dismissed.
The Heart of Nora Flynn
1916
NRA silent drama film directed by James Young
The Lash
1916
6.3Dr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the military, but Meade stays back to care for deformed children. Sylvia thinks him a coward and marries Burton. After Burton is presumed dead, Meade and Sylvia are to wed, but Burton returns maimed and scarred.
For Better, for Worse
1919
9.0During World War I, a group of German saboteurs plot to blow up an ammunition dump in New York City. A secret agent sets out to stop them.
Sylvia of the Secret Service
1917
5.9Socialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of excitement. After bumping into old flame Emilie, he lets an apartment for her only to find that she cheats him. He is subsequently robbed, conned, and booted from pillar to post. He decides to return to his wife and discovers her carousing with his best friend Max.
The Affairs of Anatol
1921
6.3A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Souls for Sale
1923
7.0Nara, the daughter of a wealthy Russian killed by the Bolsheviki, flees to America and meets Adam Pine, a sculptor, who marvels at the beauty of her hands. Through him she meets Mrs. Vanessa Yates, a patroness of the arts, and Dr. Emlen Claveloux, who is completely absorbed in science. Connor Lee, a fake spiritualist, persuades her that she has a God-given power to cure ill people, and profits financially by her success in this work. This brings her into conflict with the physician, whom she loves, but her faith in the power of will and her beauty of character finally teach him that faith is at least an important adjunct to medicine.
The Hands of Nara
1922
NRThe infant daughter of a wealthy couple is thought to be lost at sea, but she survives and is raised by a poor family.
The American Beauty
1916
8.0In Canada, a young woman of Indian blood marries an Englishman who sends her back to England to humiliate his family and the woman who once spurned him. But the man's brother shows her the ways of English civilization, and a great surprise awaits her husband when he returns to his homeland.
Behold My Wife
1920
NRA resourceful young girl struggles to free herself from slum life.
The Rise of Jenny Cushing
1917
Lucy Millington is an independent woman who looks upon men with contempt. Novelist Donald Prime, who has written a book on women, considers himself an authority on the subject. Both are lured into the desolate backwoods of Arcady by adventurers who plan to keep them in captivity until a fortune bequeathed to them has been safely deposited in the hands of their rivals.
Stranded in Arcady
1917
Produced as either an internal studio record or for promotional purposes, this raw footage shows Cecil B. DeMille on the set of The Affairs of Anatol with cast and crew in late 1920 or early 1921. from discussions with the scripturies on narrative details and guidance to re cast on filming specific scenes, to a group photo with all participants.
The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel
1921
NRA married couple, each in love with another, attempts to unentangle themselves from their marriage in order to be with the one each truly loves. But the more they untangle one knot, the faster more confusing knots appear.
We Can't Have Everything
1918
9.0The death of her clergyman husband causes Mrs. Stanley, young mother of teenage twins, to change her style of life.
Only 38
1923
4.5A husband goes through a trunk in an attic and finds a memento that reminds him of childhood sweetheart. The pair grow up and marry, facing tribulations. At the end, back in the present, she comes to the attic with their kids.
An Old Sweetheart of Mine
1923
6.8Leila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and looking sloppy. But after she divorces him and marries two-timing playboy Schuyler Van Sutphen the now-reformed James looks pretty good.
Don't Change Your Husband
1919
6.4A young girl travels west to live with her uncle during the California Gold Rush only to find that he has been killed by Indians and his identity assumed by an outlaw.
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917
NRLord Percy hires attorney John Stoddard to find the missing Brentwood heiress. Failing his mission, John rescues an orphan named Margot and passes her off as the lost granddaughter. As guilt drives them to confess, Margot’s former abuser arrives and reveals a shocking truth: he killed her parents, making Margot the real, legitimate heir.
The Plow Girl
1916
7.0A modern love story is the framework for a costume love story, based on Boccaccio's "The Falcon."
For Woman's Favor
1924