Dell Henderson

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

149

Movies

170

Born: July 4, 1877 – December 2, 1956
From: St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film. Born in the Southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas, Dell Henderson started his acting career on the stage, but appeared in his first movie Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court already in 1908. Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith since 1909 and appeared in numerous of his early shorts in Hollywood. He also acted on a less prolific basis in the movies of producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios. In addition to acting, Henderson also directed nearly 200 silent films between 1911 and 1928. Most of those films are forgotten or lost, but he also directed movies with silent stars like Harry Carey and Roscoe Arbuckle. Henderson also worked as a writer on numerous screenplays. After retiring from directing in 1927, Henderson turned to acting full-time and played important supporting roles in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and as General Marmaduke Pepper in Show People (1928). The advent of sound film damaged his acting career, and he often had to play smaller roles. In the 1930s, the comedic character actor appeared on several occasions as a comic foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, W. C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. He often played somewhat pompous figures like judges, businessmen, detectives or mayors. Modern audiences will remember Henderson as annoyed hospital president Dr. Graves in The Three Stooges film Men in Black and the put-upon chaperone in the Little Rascals film Choo-Choo!. He also appeared as a Night Court Judge in Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936) and as a friendly Car salesman in Leo McCarey's drama Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). Henderson ended his film career after numerous small roles in 1950. Henderson died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 79. He was married with actress Florence Lee until his death, they made several silent films together.

Works

170 films

Show People

19287.2

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

19167.1

The Awful Truth

19377.2

Undercurrent

19465.9

Love Affair

19397.0

Young People

19405.3

The Champ

19317.1

Fifth Avenue Girl

19397.0

Make Way for Tomorrow

19377.5

The Major and the Minor

19427.1

Du Barry Was a Lady

19436.5

Annie Get Your Gun

19506.7

The Texas Rangers

19366.6

Once Upon a Honeymoon

19426.3

Stranger on the Third Floor

19406.5

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

19455.8

The Crowd

19287.6

You're Telling Me!

19346.3

Fast Work

19307.0

A Knight of the Road

1911

The Ghost

1911

Choo-Choo!

19327.0

Main Street After Dark

19454.5

Getting Gertie's Garter

19278.0

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

19306.9

Steamboat Round the Bend

19357.5

The Girl of the Golden West

19385.3

Hot Tip

19357.0

Slightly Dangerous

19436.0

The Clinging Vine

19266.5

Wells Fargo

19375.5

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

19476.7

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

19406.9

Big Money

1930

Men with Wings

19385.4

You Can't Fool Your Wife

19405.5

The Notorious Sophie Lang

19346.7

Wrong Again

19296.8

Too Much Harmony

19337.0

The Blind Princess and the Poet

1911

The Power of the Press

19286.4

Taming a Husband

1910

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

19447.1

Arsène Lupin Returns

19386.3

Frontier Marshal

19396.3

The Massacre

19125.9

Little Big Shot

19357.3

Ruggles of Red Gap

19357.1

Diamond Jim

19356.5

3 Kids and a Queen

19356.8

We Who Are About to Die

19377.0

The Daring Young Man

193510.0

Arizona Terrors

19427.0

On Your Guard

19336.7

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

19346.0

Ramona

19104.9

Millionaires in Prison

19406.1

The Missing Juror

19446.3

The Mystery Man

19355.6

Helen's Marriage

19124.9

The Power of the Camera

191310.0

It's a Gift

19346.3

The Patsy

19286.7

The Broken Locket

19093.5

The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary

19165.0

His Trust

19114.1

Artists & Models

19376.3

For Better - But Worse

19155.3

Papa's Baby

19138.0

The Two Brothers

1910

Teaching Dad to Like Her

1911

Little Orvie

19408.5

The Song of the Wildwood Flute

1910

Up a Tree

19307.0

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

19094.2

The New Dress

1911

The Great Morgan

19456.0

Bottoms Up

19345.2

Hitch Hike Lady

19357.8

The Brave Hunter

19123.7

Lone Cowboy

19334.0

Skip the Maloo!

19317.0

The Primal Call

19114.0

In Walked Charley

19328.0

Here Comes Cookie

19357.2

The Two Paths

1911

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

19315.8

In the Border States

19105.6

The Unchanging Sea

19106.5

The Sunbeam

19126.3

The Gold Seekers

1910

Riley the Cop

19285.7

Newly Rich

19314.3

His Trust Fulfilled

19113.7

Rebellious Daughters

19386.0

Free Eats

19327.1

Night of Goblins

19306.1

Slightly Static

19359.0

Chiselers of Hollywood

193010.0

Dave's Love Affair

19117.0

That Chink at Golden Gulch

19105.0

Those Bitter Sweets

19157.0

Hit the Deck

19298.5

Helping Grandma

19317.0

Fighting Blood

19116.3

Haunted at Midnight

19318.0

The Broken Cross

1911

Men in Black

19347.3

The Sins of the Children

19304.7

Thundering Tenors

19318.0

The Tenderfoot's Triumph

1910

All Teed Up

19304.8

The Salvation Army Lass

19094.4

The Big Brain

19338.0

For His Son

19125.5

The Making of a Man

19116.3

Enoch Arden: Part II

19115.6

The Speed Demon

19126.5

Once More, My Darling

19496.5

Whispering Whoopee

19306.2

Mr. Bride

19325.8

Thunder in the Night

19356.0

Looser Than Loose

19306.0

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

19331.0

A Child of the Ghetto

19104.5

The Oath and the Man

19104.5

Goldie Gets Along

19335.7

Hot Stuff

19124.2

The Widow's Kids

1913

Gold Is Not All

1910

The Face at the Window

1910

Wilful Peggy

19105.0

The Grand Bounce

19377.0

The Newlyweds

19105.0

A Child's Impulse

19106.2

The Adventures of Billy

19115.7

Rainbow Over Broadway

19335.7

The Usurer

19105.0

The Modern Prodigal

19105.2

The Converts

1910

The Long Road

1911

Something Simple

19346.0

When a Man Loves

19114.0

Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court

19082.5

A Gold Necklace

19105.5

When the Fire-Bells Rang

1912

The Tragedy of a Dress Suit

19124.0

Faithful

19104.5

Muggsy Becomes a Hero

19105.0

The Lonedale Operator

19116.1

The Engagement Ring

19124.0

A Victim of Circumstance

1911

Is Everybody Happy?

19288.0

A Plain Song

1910

The Lesson

19104.3

The Last Drop of Water

19115.1

Unexpected Help

1910

The Mender of Nets

19125.8

The Chump Takes a Bump

19398.0

Over Silent Paths

19104.7

The Baron

19114.0

The Message of the Violin

1910

A Voice from the Deep

19128.0

The Fatal Chocolate

1912

Bigger and Better

19307.0

Help! Help!

19124.3

Won by a Fish

19124.0

The Furs

19123.0

Getting a Raise

1930

Off to Buffalo

19298.0