Biography
John R. Cumpson (August 30, 1866 – March 15, 1913) was an American stage and film actor. On Broadway, he appeared in Up York State in 1901. With regard to his screen career, Cumpson appeared in at least 124 films between 1905 and 1912. A 1910 newspaper item described him as "the famous Swedish dialect comedian."
Silent film star Florence Lawrence enjoyed working often with Cumpson at the Biograph Company in 1908 and 1909, although later, in an interview with Photoplay, she described him as essentially a humorless comedian:"Mr. Cumpson was the most serious comedian I have ever known. Nothing was ever funny to him, and he never tried to be funny....When all the rest of the company would laugh at something he had said or did, he would become indignant, thinking we were making fun of him."
Cumpson died of pneumonia and diabetes at Washington Heights Hospital in New York City. He was survived by a brother and two sisters.
Filmography
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Mr. Smith, Barber (1912)
Billy's Séance (1911)
The Stenographer's Friend; Or, What Was Accomplished by an Edison Business Phonograph (1910)
How Bumptious Papered the Parlor (1910)
The Nichols on a Vacation (1910)
The Eternal Triangle (1910)
Two Men (1910)
The Smoker (1910)
The Governor’s Pardon (1910)
The Test (1909)
Getting Even (1909)
The Little Darling (1909)
The Mills of the Gods (1909)
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat (1909)
Mr. Jones’ Burglar (1909)
They Would Elope (1909)
A Strange Meeting (1909)
The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909)
The Peachbasket Hat (1909)
Her First Biscuits (1909)
The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909)
What Drink Did (1909)
The Cricket on the Hearth (1909)
Two Memories (1909)
Resurrection (1909)
Jones and the Lady Book Agent (1909)
The Note in the Shoe (1909)
The Suicide Club (1909)
Twin Brothers (1909)
A Troublesome Satchel (1909)
Lady Helen's Escapade (1909)
Confidence (1909)
The Winning Coat (1909)
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade (1909)
The Road to the Heart (1909)
Trying to Get Arrested (1909)
A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)
Jones and His New Neighbors (1909)
The Voice of the Violin (1909)
The Lure of the Gown (1909)
The Salvation Army Lass (1909)
The Roue’s Heart (1909)
The Wooden Leg (1909)
Fool's Revenge (1909)
His Wife's Mother (1909)
At the Altar (1909)
The Hindoo Dagger (1909)
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909)
Tragic Love (1909)
The Brahma Diamond (1909)
The Girls and Daddy (1909)
The Cord of Life (1909)
Those Awful Hats (1909)
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909)
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)
The Sacrifice (1909)
A Rural Elopement (1909)
Love Finds a Way (1909)
Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)
Mr. Jones at the Ball (1908)
The Christmas Burglars (1908)
The Clubman and the Tramp (1908)
The Call of the Wild (1908)
Romance of a Jewess (1908)
The Zulu's Heart (1908)
The Stolen Jewels (1908)
A Smoked Husband (1908)
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court (1908)
A Calamitous Elopement (1908)
The White Caps (1905)
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GenderMale
Birthday1866-08-30
Deathday1913-03-15 (46 years old)
Birth PlaceBuffalo, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJohn Raymond Cumpson
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