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Sidney Olcott
John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.
As director
The Claw
The Amateur Gentleman
Ranson's Folly
The White Black Sheep
The Best People
The Charmer
Salome of the Tenements
Not So Long Ago
Monsieur Beaucaire
The Only Woman
The Humming Bird
Little Old New York
The Green Goddess
Timothy's Quest
God's Country and the Law
The Right Way
Pardon My French
Marriage for Convenience
Poor Little Peppina
My Lady Incog.
Diplomacy
The Innocent Lie
The Smugglers
The Daughter of MacGregor
The Railroad Raiders of '62
Madame Butterfly
All for Old Ireland
The Seven Sisters
The Moth and the Flame
The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
As actor
The Railroad Raiders of '62
All for Old Ireland
Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
For Ireland's Sake
The Eye of the Government
Lady Peggy’s Escape
The Little Gluers
Ireland, the Oppressed
The Shaughraun
From the Manger to the Cross
Vagabonds
The Mayor from Ireland
The O'Neill
Railroad Raiders of '62
The Colleen Bawn
The Fiddler’s Requiem
The Irish Honeymoon
The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
The Little Spreewald Maiden
The Lad from Old Ireland
2 A.M. in the Subway