Production

Thomas H. Ince

Born 1882-11-16

Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Department: Production

Biography

Thomas Harper Ince (November 16, 1880 – November 19, 1924) was an American silent era filmmaker and media proprietor. Ince was known as the "Father of the Western" and was responsible for making over 800 films. His untimely death at the height of his career, after he became severely ill aboard the private yacht of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst, has caused much speculation, although the official cause of his death was heart failure.

1914

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (290 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Behind The Scenes Of The Silent Screen	Himself	Movie	2012
Death In Hollywood	Self / Appearance	Movie	1990
Enticement	Supervisor of Production Resources	Movie	1925
Anna Christie	Director	Movie	1923
Anna Christie	Executive Producer	Movie	1923
A Man of Action	Executive Producer	Movie	1923
Soul of the Beast	Producer	Movie	1923
Scars of Jealousy	Presenter	Movie	1923
What a Wife Learned	Executive Producer	Movie	1923
The Hottentot	Producer	Movie	1922
Seeing Stars	Self	Movie	1922
Lorna Doone	Producer	Movie	1922
Skin Deep	Presenter	Movie	1922
Hail the Woman	Producer	Movie	1921
Passing Through	Supervisor of Production Resources	Movie	1921
One a Minute	Producer	Movie	1921
Mother o' Mine	Producer	Movie	1921
The Home Stretch	Producer	Movie	1921
Beau Revel	Producer	Movie	1921
Silk Hosiery	Producer	Movie	1920
Her Husband's Friend	Presenter	Movie	1920
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios	Himself	Movie	1920
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios	Producer	Movie	1920
Let's Be Fashionable	Producer	Movie	1920
Paris Green	Producer	Movie	1920
The Dark Mirror	Producer	Movie	1920
The Haunted Bedroom	Producer	Movie	1919
What Every Woman Learns	Makeup Supervisor	Movie	1919
Stepping Out	Producer	Movie	1919
The Market of Souls	Producer	Movie	1919
Wagon Tracks	Producer	Movie	1919
Hay Foot, Straw Foot	Producer	Movie	1919
Other Men's Wives	Supervisor of Production Resources	Movie	1919
The Lady of Red Butte	Executive Producer	Movie	1919
The Busher	Producer	Movie	1919
Greased Lightning	Producer	Movie	1919
The Law of Men	Presenter	Movie	1919
Let's Elope	Presenter	Movie	1919
The Homebreaker	Producer	Movie	1919
The Poppy Girl's Husband	Supervising Producer	Movie	1919
Happy Though Married	Presenter	Movie	1919
The Girl Dodger	Presenter	Movie	1919
Hard Boiled	Producer	Movie	1919
String Beans	Producer	Movie	1918
Branding Broadway	Producer	Movie	1918
Fuss and Feathers	Producer	Movie	1918
When Do We Eat?	Producer	Movie	1918
The Law of the North	Presenter	Movie	1918
Vive la France!	Supervisor of Production Resources	Movie	1918
Coals of Fire	Producer	Movie	1918
A Nine O'Clock Town	Producer	Movie	1918
A Nine O'Clock Town	Presenter	Movie	1918
Shark Monroe	Producer	Movie	1918
The Biggest Show on Earth	Producer	Movie	1918
The Family Skeleton	Writer	Movie	1918
The Marriage Bubble	Producer	Movie	1918
The Keys of the Righteous	Presenter	Movie	1918
The Hired Man	Presenter	Movie	1918
The Narrow Trail	Production Supervisor	Movie	1917
The Silent Man	Producer	Movie	1917
Ashes of Hope	Story	Movie	1917
Sudden Jim	Producer	Movie	1917
Time Locks and Diamonds	Producer	Movie	1917
The Flame of the Yukon	Producer	Movie	1917
The Hater of Men	Producer	Movie	1917
The Clodhopper	Producer	Movie	1917
The Girl, Glory	Producer	Movie	1917
The Millionaire Vagrant	Producer	Movie	1917
Wolf Lowry	Producer	Movie	1917
Wild Winship's Widow	Executive Producer	Movie	1917
Happiness	Producer	Movie	1917
The Desert Man	Producer	Movie	1917
Paddy O'Hara	Producer	Movie	1917
Paddy O'Hara	Supervisor of Production Resources	Movie	1917
The Dark Road	Producer	Movie	1917
The Little Brother	Producer	Movie	1917
Princess of the Dark	Producer	Movie	1917
Chicken Casey	Producer	Movie	1917
The Iced Bullet	Producer	Movie	1917
The Bride of Hate	Producer	Movie	1917
The Criminal	Producer	Movie	1916
The Honorable Algy	Producer	Movie	1916
A Corner in Colleens	Producer	Movie	1916
Somewhere in France	Producer	Movie	1916
The Vagabond Prince	Producer	Movie	1916
The Return of Draw Egan	Producer	Movie	1916
The Jungle Child	Producer	Movie	1916
The Dawn Maker	Producer	Movie	1916
The Captive God	Producer	Movie	1916
The Deserter	Writer	Movie	1916
The Dividend	Director	Movie	1916
Civilization	Himself - in Prologue	Movie	1916
Civilization	Director	Movie	1916
Civilization	Producer	Movie	1916
Civilization	Editor	Movie	1916
The Market of Vain Desire	Producer	Movie	1916
The Beggar of Cawnpore	Producer	Movie	1916
Civilization's Child	Producer	Movie	1916
The Stepping Stone	Director	Movie	1916
The Stepping Stone	Producer	Movie	1916
Bullets and Brown Eyes	Producer	Movie	1916
Bullets and Brown Eyes	Writer	Movie	1916
The Patriot	Producer	Movie	1916
Hell's Hinges	Producer	Movie	1916
The Raiders	Producer	Movie	1916
Honor's Altar	Producer	Movie	1916
The Three Musketeers	Producer	Movie	1916
The Green Swamp	Producer	Movie	1916
Peggy	Director	Movie	1916
Between Men	Producer	Movie	1916
The Despoiler	Writer	Movie	1915
The Coward	Producer	Movie	1915
The Coward	Screenplay	Movie	1915
The Coward	Story	Movie	1915
Aloha Oe	Producer	Movie	1915
Aloha Oe	Writer	Movie	1915
The Disciple	Screenplay	Movie	1915
The Disciple	Producer	Movie	1915
Never Again	Producer	Movie	1915
Keno Bates, Liar	Writer	Movie	1915
Knight of the Trail	Producer	Movie	1915
The Toast of Death	Director	Movie	1915
The $100,000 Bill	Producer	Movie	1915
The Burglar's Baby	Producer	Movie	1915
The Ruse	Writer	Movie	1915
The Hammer	Scenario Writer	Movie	1915
The Hammer	Producer	Movie	1915
The Alien	Director	Movie	1915
The Failure	Producer	Movie	1915
The Reward	Writer	Movie	1915
Cash Parrish's Pal	Writer	Movie	1915
The Italian	Story	Movie	1915
The Italian	Producer	Movie	1915
The Secret of Lost River	Story	Movie	1915
His Superficial Wife	Producer	Movie	1915
Tools of Providence	Story	Movie	1915
The Conversion of Frosty Blake	Story	Movie	1915
The Darkening Trail	Producer	Movie	1915
Hostage of the North	Producer	Movie	1915
Bad Buck of Santa Ynez	Writer	Movie	1915
The Affiancéd Wife	Producer	Movie	1915
The Man from Nowhere	Supervisor of Production Resources	Movie	1915
The Cup of Life	Director	Movie	1915
The Cup of Life	Writer	Movie	1915
The Riddle of the Wooden Leg	Producer	Movie	1915
The Taking of Luke McVane	Producer	Movie	1915
The Taking of Luke McVane	Scenario Writer	Movie	1915
The Taking of Luke McVane	Story	Movie	1915
On the Night Stage	Producer	Movie	1915
On the Night Stage	Scenario Writer	Movie	1915
The Roughneck	Writer	Movie	1915
Molly of the Mountains	Producer	Movie	1915
The Devil	Director	Movie	1915
The Devil	Writer	Movie	1915
The Mill by the Zuyder Zee	Producer	Movie	1915
The Girl Who Might Have Been	Producer	Movie	1915
On the High Seas	Producer	Movie	1915
Winning Back	Scenario Writer	Movie	1915
The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow	Producer	Movie	1915
Shorty's Secret	Producer	Movie	1915
The Chinatown Mystery	Producer	Movie	1915
A Modern Noble	Producer	Movie	1915
The Gun Fighter	Producer	Movie	1915
The Cross of Fire	Writer	Movie	1915
The Cross of Fire	Producer	Movie	1915
In the Land of the Otter	Writer	Movie	1915
A Midas of the Desert	Producer	Movie	1915
The Scourge of the Desert	Writer	Movie	1915
A Flower in the Desert	Producer	Movie	1914
The Last of the Line	Director	Movie	1914
The Last of the Line	Producer	Movie	1914
The City of Darkness	Producer	Movie	1914
The Bargain	Producer	Movie	1914
The Bargain	Writer	Movie	1914
A Crook's Sweetheart	Producer	Movie	1914
The Cross in the Desert	Producer	Movie	1914
The Desperado	Producer	Movie	1914
The Spark Eternal	Producer	Movie	1914
The Typhoon	Producer	Movie	1914
The Death Mask	Producer	Movie	1914
Parson Larkin's Wife	Producer	Movie	1914
A Tragedy of the North Woods	Producer	Movie	1914
The Sheriff's Sister	Producer	Movie	1914
The Winning of Denise	Story	Movie	1914
The Winning of Denise	Producer	Movie	1914
The Stigma; or, The Brand of Shame	Producer	Movie	1914
From Out of the Dregs	Producer	Movie	1914
The Wrath of the Gods	Screenplay	Movie	1914
The Wrath of the Gods	Producer	Movie	1914
The Wharf Rats	Producer	Movie	1914
The Social Ghost	Producer	Movie	1914
Thieves	Producer	Movie	1914
The Raiders	Producer	Movie	1914
The Play's the Thing	Producer	Movie	1914
The Secret Lode	Producer	Movie	1914
O Mimi san	Writer	Movie	1914
For Her Brother's Sake	Producer	Movie	1914
In the Sage Brush Country	Writer	Movie	1914
The Woman	Producer	Movie	1913
The Harvest of Sin	Producer	Movie	1913
The Pitfall	Producer	Movie	1913
The Buried Past	Producer	Movie	1913
The Days of '49	Director	Movie	1913
From Out the Storm	Producer	Movie	1913
A Woman's Wit	Producer	Movie	1913
The Reaping	Producer	Movie	1913
The Revelation	Producer	Movie	1913
Granddad	Producer	Movie	1913
Old Mammy's Secret Code	Executive Producer	Movie	1913
The Crimson Stain	Producer	Movie	1913
In Love and War	Director	Movie	1913
The Boomerang	Director	Movie	1913
The Battle of Gettysburg	Writer	Movie	1913
The Battle of Gettysburg	Director	Movie	1913
The Battle of Gettysburg	Producer	Movie	1913
The Drummer of the 8th	Producer	Movie	1913
The Struggle	Director	Movie	1913
The Way of a Mother	Producer	Movie	1913
The Invaders	Director	Movie	1912
The Invaders	Producer	Movie	1912
The Ball Player and the Bandit	Producer	Movie	1912
When Lee Surrenders	Director	Movie	1912
On Secret Service	Director	Movie	1912
On Secret Service	Producer	Movie	1912
Custer's Last Fight	Producer	Movie	1912
The Outcast	Director	Movie	1912
The Outcast	Writer	Movie	1912
The Lieutenant's Last Fight	Director	Movie	1912
The Post Telegrapher	Director	Movie	1912
Blazing the Trail	Director	Movie	1912
The Deserter	Director	Movie	1912
The Deserter	Writer	Movie	1912
The Heart of an Indian	Screenstory	Movie	1912
The Heart of an Indian	Director	Movie	1912
The Heart of an Indian	Producer	Movie	1912
War on the Plains	Director	Movie	1912
War on the Plains	Writer	Movie	1912
The Portrait	Director	Movie	1911
His Dress Shirt	Director	Movie	1911
The Better Way	Director	Movie	1911
The Sentinel Asleep	Director	Movie	1911
'Tween Two Loves	Director	Movie	1911
By the House That Jack Built	Director	Movie	1911
The Toss of a Coin	Director	Movie	1911
As a Boy Dreams	Director	Movie	1911
The Call of the Song	Director	Movie	1911
Behind the Times	Director	Movie	1911
The Skating Bug	Director	Movie	1911
At a Quarter of Two	Director	Movie	1911
A Gasoline Engagement	Director	Movie	1911
For the Queen's Honor	Writer	Movie	1911
For the Queen's Honor	Director	Movie	1911
In the Sultan's Garden	Director	Movie	1911
Behind the Stockade	Director	Movie	1911
Back to the Soil	Director	Movie	1911
A Game of Deception	Producer	Movie	1911
The Lighthouse Keeper	Director	Movie	1911
The Master and the Man	Director	Movie	1911
For Her Brother's Sake	Director	Movie	1911
The Fair Dentist	Director	Movie	1911
Second Sight	Director	Movie	1911
The Hoyden	Producer	Movie	1911
The Stampede	Writer	Movie	1911
The Stampede	Director	Movie	1911
Sweet Memories	Director	Movie	1911
Sweet Memories	Writer	Movie	1911
In Old Madrid	Director	Movie	1911
The Fisher-Maid	Director	Movie	1911
The Message in the Bottle	Director	Movie	1911
Tracked	Director	Movie	1911
A Manly Man	Director	Movie	1911
Artful Kate	Director	Movie	1911
Pictureland	Director	Movie	1911
The Convert	Director	Movie	1911
At the Duke's Command	Director	Movie	1911
Her Darkest Hour	Director	Movie	1911
The Mirror	Writer	Movie	1911
The Mirror	Director	Movie	1911
When the Cat's Away	Director	Movie	1911
Maid or Man	Director	Movie	1911
The Dream	Director	Movie	1911
Their First Misunderstanding	Director	Movie	1911
A Dog's Tale	Director	Movie	1911
Little Nell's Tobacco	Director	Movie	1910
His New Lid	Self / Appearance	Movie	1910
The Rosary	Producer	Movie	1910
In Old California	Producer	Movie	1910
The Governor’s Pardon	Producer	Movie	1910
The Cardinal's Conspiracy	Self / Appearance	Movie	1909
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy	Self / Appearance	Movie	1908