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Matt B. Snyder is a Actor born on 22 march 1835

Matt B. Snyder

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Birth 22 march 1835
Death 17 january 1917 (at 81 years) at San Francisco (USA)

For other persons with this name see and Matt Snider



Matt B. Snyder (March 22, 1835 – January 17, 1917) was an American stage and silent screen actor and a Civil War veteran.

Biography

Snyder is amongst the earliest born actors to appear in motion pictures and at his death the oldest actor in movies. Snyder was born when Andrew Jackson was President and died when Woodrow Wilson was President.

During the Civil War Snyder served in the Union Navy and was a gunner on the USS Essex at Vicksburg. In the Victorian and Edwardian eras Snyder and his wife performed on the stage, sometimes on Broadway and much in touring companies as was the norm before motion pictures. In film he had an important role in the 1913 King Baggot Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. His last film was The Crisis, a film by novelist Winston Churchill about the Civil War which he did not live to see released. The Crisis is a surviving film at the Library of Congress and Snyder can seen in this role in a still photo in Daniel Blum's Pictorial History of the Silent Screen with his young costar Marshall Neilan.

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Filmography of Matt B. Snyder (6 films)

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The Crisis
The Crisis (1916)
, 1h40
Directed by Colin Campbell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors George Fawcett, Marshall Neilan, Bessie Eyton, Matt B. Snyder, Tom Santschi, Wheeler Oakman
Roles Col. Comyn Carvel
Rating61% 3.068713.068713.068713.068713.06871
Stephen Brice, jeune avocat, est amoureux de Virginia Carvel, fille de son bienfaiteur, le Colonel Comyn Carvel. Mais l'élection d'Abraham Lincoln amène la confrontation entre les deux camps. Brice s'est rangé au côté des anti-esclavagistes, alors que Virginia reste fidèle aux valeurs du Sud. Cette dernière se fiance alors à son cousin Clarence Colfax. Celui-ci est fait prisonnier par les troupes de Sherman, dans lesquelles sert Brice. Accusé d'espionnage, il est condamné à mort...
Salomy Jane
Directed by William Nigh, Lucius Henderson
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Beatriz Michelena, Ernest Joy, House Peters, Sr., William Nigh, Forrest Halsey, Matt B. Snyder
Roles Madison Clay
Rating58% 2.9493852.9493852.9493852.9493852.949385
Rough-and-tumble Gold Rush-era California: a woman (Salomy Jane) is saved from a ruffian (Red Pete) by a heroic stranger (Jack Dart), the latter saved from a lynching when falsely accused of a crime.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 27minutes
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror
Actors King Baggot, Cedric Hardwicke, Jane Gail, Michael Rennie, Herbert Brenon, Howard Crampton
Roles Alice's Father
Rating52% 2.607042.607042.607042.607042.60704
Dr. Henry Jekyll (King Baggot) sends a note to his fiancée, Alice (Jane Gail), and her father (Matt B. Snyder) to say that instead of accompanying them to the opera, he must give more time to his charity patients. At Jekyll’s practice, his friends Dr. Lanyon (Howard Crampton) and Utterson (William Sorrel), a lawyer, ridicule him for what they consider his dangerous research. Alice and her father also visit Jekyll’s rooms, but although apologetic, the doctor insists on devoting his time to his patients. That night, however, Jekyll undertakes a dangerous experiment, swallowing a drug intended to releases his evil self. His body convulses, and he transforms into a hunched, twisted figure.