Biography
Edward Dillon (1872 or 1873 or 1879 – July 11, 1933) was an American actor, director and screenwriter of the silent era. He performed in more than 320 films between 1905 and 1932 and also directed 134 productions between 1913 and 1926. He was a native of New York City.Dillon's work on Broadway included acting in Prince Otto (1900), Francesca da Rimini (1901), The Taming of the Shrew (1905), and The Ranger (1907). He left the stage to begin acting in films in 1908, working under D. W. Griffith at Biograph. He was Mary Pickford's first leading man, and he was instrumental in Fay Tincher's developing into a star.Dillon died on July 11, 1933, at the age of 60 in Hollywood, California from a heart attack. His brother John T. Dillon was also an actor.
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Filmography
all 142
Movies 142
Director 25
Writer 1
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A Proposition in Four Parts (1985)
Movie
Concierge's Husband
While Paris Sleeps (1932)
Movie
Mr. Todd (uncredited)
The Nickel Nurser (1932)
Movie
Mr. Dillon (as Eddie Dillon)
Love Pains (1932)
Movie
Pat
Sob Sister (1931)
Movie
Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)
Catch-As Catch-Can (1931)
Movie
Music Store Manager (uncredited)
Let's Do Things (1931)
Movie
Jeff
Iron Man (1931)
Movie
Mr. Dillon
Thundering Tenors (1931)
Movie
Thelma's Father
Looser Than Loose (1930)
Movie
Benjamin Shipman
Fifty Million Husbands (1930)
Movie
Dillon - Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Movie
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Mike the Mechanic
Lilac Time (1928)
Movie
Director
Bred in Old Kentucky (1926)
Movie
Director
The Dice Woman (1926)
Movie
Writer
Wandering Papas (1926)
Movie
Director
The Drums of Jeopardy (1923)
Movie
Director
Broadway Gold (1923)
Movie
Director
Women Men Marry (1922)
Movie
Director
The Beauty Shop (1922)
Movie
Director
A Heart to Let (1921)
Movie
Director
Sheltered Daughters (1921)
Movie
Director
The Education of Elizabeth (1921)
Movie
Director
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)
Movie
Director
The Amateur Wife (1920)
Movie
Director
Help! Help! Police! (1919)
Movie
Director
Luck and Pluck (1919)
Movie
Director
The Antics of Ann (1917)
Movie
Director
Might and the Man (1917)
Movie
Director
A Daughter of the Poor (1917)
Movie
Director
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's (1916)
Movie
Crook / Second Assistant Director
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Movie
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Terry Cotta
The Two O'Clock Train (1916)
Movie
Director
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1916)
Movie
Director
Sunshine Dad (1916)
Movie
Only a Messenger Boy (1915)
Movie
Director
Bill Joins the W.W.W.'s (1914)
Movie
Actor
Fatty and the Heiress (1914)
Movie
Director
The Alarm (1914)
Movie
The Musician
Home, Sweet Home (1914)
Movie
Director
Because of a Hat (1914)
Movie
Sammy Goldberg
Oh, Sammy! (1913)
Movie
Director
A Cure for Suffragettes (1913)
Movie
Director
A Barber Cure (1913)
Movie
The Girl's Sweetheart
The Lady in Black (1913)
Movie
In Audience
The Suffragette Minstrels (1913)
Movie
The Young Foreman
An Indian's Loyalty (1913)
Movie
Teddy
Pa Says (1913)
Movie
Rooly, Pooly, Dooly
Almost a Wild Man (1913)
Movie
O'Shea, the Fighting Irishman
Red Hicks Defies the World (1913)
Movie
In Lunchroom
The Little Tease (1913)
Movie
Guard
The Power of the Camera (1913)
Movie
Pinky Doolan - A Bellboy
Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)
Movie
The Widow's Daughter's Sweetheart
What Is the Use of Repining? (1913)
Movie
John Randolph - In Prologue / In Cavalry
The Massacre (1912)
Movie
The Young Man
Blind Love (1912)
Movie
The Husband
Getting Rid of Trouble (1912)
Movie
Mr. Grouch
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore (1912)
Movie
The Heiress' Friend
Tragedy of the Dress Suit (1912)
Movie
Bob
An Interrupted Elopement (1912)
Movie
Actor
The Tourists (1912)
Movie
Jenks' Daughter's Suitor
What the Doctor Ordered (1912)
Movie
Policeman
The Would-Be Shriner (1912)
Movie
Racing Spectator
The Speed Demon (1912)
Movie
Tom
Helen's Marriage (1912)
Movie
The Fireman
When the Fire-Bells Rang (1912)
Movie
Jose, the Barber / In Chase
The Fickle Spaniard (1912)
Movie
Harry
Won by a Fish (1912)
Movie
Office Worker
Help! Help! (1912)
Movie
Henrico
Oh, Those Eyes (1912)
Movie
Percy
A Voice from the Deep (1912)
Movie
Party Guest
Hot Stuff (1912)
Movie
Harry
The Engagement Ring (1912)
Movie
The Secretary
With a Kodak (1912)
Movie
The Workman
The Baby and the Stork (1912)
Movie
One of the Husband's Chums
Why He Gave Up (1911)
Movie
Down-and-Out Young Man
The Miser's Heart (1911)
Movie
In Bar
The Long Road (1911)
Movie
Actor
Through His Wife’s Picture (1911)
Movie
Messenger
Josh's Suicide (1911)
Movie
An Usher / At Dance
The Making of a Man (1911)
Movie
Harry - the Fiancé
The Villain Foiled (1911)
Movie
The Wagon Driver
Fighting Blood (1911)
Movie
Rescuer
Enoch Arden (1911)
Movie
Actor
Enoch Arden: Part I (1911)
Movie
Curiosity (1911)
Movie
The Rival
The Manicure Lady (1911)
Movie
Actor
Madame Rex (1911)
Movie
The Telegrapher
The Lonedale Operator (1911)
Movie
The Footman / Outside Theatre
Teaching Dad to Like Her (1911)
Movie
At Fair
Fisher Folks (1911)
Movie
In SHop
What Shall We Do with Our Old? (1911)
Movie
At Ball
The Italian Barber (1911)
Movie
Actor
When a Man Loves (1911)
Movie
Harry
White Roses (1910)
Movie
In First Bar
The Lesson (1910)
Movie
John - Eva's Sweetheart
His Sister-In-Law (1910)
Movie
Tom - Sunshine's Suitor
Sunshine Sue (1910)
Movie
John - the Confederate Son
The Fugitive (1910)
Movie
Third Criminal
The Banker's Daughters (1910)
Movie
One of the Boys
A Lucky Toothache (1910)
Movie
The Mail Carrier
That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910)
Movie
A Puritan
Rose o' Salem Town (1910)
Movie
One of Muggsy's Friends
Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910)
Movie
Joe
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910)
Movie
Bill Collector
The Usurer (1910)
Movie
Man in Gambling Hall
An Arcadian Maid (1910)
Movie
At First Party
A Flash of Light (1910)
Movie
One of Muggsy's Friends
Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910)
Movie
The Best Man
As the Bells Rang Out! (1910)
Movie
Confederate Soldier
In the Border States (1910)
Movie
Dave - the Bully
The Little Teacher (1909)
Movie
The Suicide Club (1909)
Movie
Actor
The Brahma Diamond (1909)
Movie
Actor
The Welcome Burglar (1909)
Movie
Actor
The Reckoning (1908)
Movie
After Many Years (1908)
Movie
Policeman
Where the Breakers Roar (1908)
Movie
Actor
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court (1908)
Movie
Guide
Deceived Slumming Party (1908)
Movie
Father
The Tavern Keeper’s Daughter (1908)
Movie
Mike
The Black Viper (1908)
Movie
Man in Bar / Member of the Posse
The Fight for Freedom (1908)
Movie
Sam Lewis - Bowen's Accomplice
The Stage Rustler (1908)
Movie
Ward Fatherly
The Kentuckian (1908)
Movie
Manager
At the Crossroads of Life (1908)
Movie
Extra
At the French Ball (1908)
Movie
Son
Over the Hills to the Poor House (1908)
Movie
Bank Clerk
The Man in the Box (1908)
Movie
Messenger
The Invisible Fluid (1908)
Movie
Father
Mixed Babies (1908)
Movie
John Smith
Thompson's Night Out (1908)
Movie
When Knights Were Bold (1908)
Movie
Actor
The Sculptor's Nightmare (1908)
Movie
Actor
Hulda's Lovers (1908)
Movie
Debt Collector
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker (1908)
Movie
Rent Collector
Caught by Wireless (1908)
Movie
Villain
The Boy Detective, or The Abductors Foiled (1908)
Movie
A Classmate
Classmates (1908)
Movie
Inventor
Falsely Accused! (1908)
Movie
Actor
The Nihilists (1905)
Movie
Policeman
The Mystery of the Milk
Movie
Ratings
Average 3.55
Based on 35.2 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1878-12-31
Deathday1933-07-11 (54 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known As Eddie Dillon , Ed Dillon
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