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Ralph Ince is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 14 january 1887 at Boston (USA)

Ralph Ince

Ralph Ince
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Birth name Ralph Waldo Ince
Nationality USA
Birth 14 january 1887 at Boston (USA)
Death 10 april 1937 (at 50 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Ralph Ince (January 16, 1887 – April 10, 1937) was an American pioneer film actor, director and screenwriter whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. Ralph Ince was the brother of John Ince and Thomas H. Ince.

Biography

Ralph Waldo Ince was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the younger of three sons and a daughter raised by English immigrants, John and Emma Ince. Sometime after his birth Ince moved to Manhattan where his entire family was engaged in theater work; his father as a musical agent and mother, sister Bertha and brothers, John and Thomas as actors. Ralph Ince studied art with cartoonist Dan McCarthy and for a while worked as a newspaper cartoonist for the New York World and later magazine illustrator for the New York Mirror and The Evening Telegram. At times over his acting and directing career Ince would continue to contribute cartoons to popular magazines of the day. Early on in his career Ince, who had done some stage acting as a child, was a member of Richard Mansfield's stock company playing parts in “The College Widow” and "Ben Hur".



Around 1906 Ince became an animator in the fledgling film industry working for Winsor McCay, but soon turned to acting and joined Vitagraph Studios where he became known for his portrayals of Abraham Lincoln in a series of one reel films. Ince began directing at Vitagraph around 1910 and was officially advanced to the director’s chair in 1912, though he still continued to act in many of his films and throughout his career. Ince would go on to direct some 171 films between 1910 and 1937 and appear in approximately 110 films over nearly the same time period.

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Anita Stewart
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William Boyd
(4 films)
J. Roy Hunt
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(2 films)
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ralph Ince (57 films)

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Actor

Havana Widows, 1h2
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee, Allen Jenkins, Lyle Talbot, Frank McHugh
Roles G.W. 'Butch' O'Neill
Rating62% 3.146693.146693.146693.146693.14669
Sadie and Mae are two friends who are in Havana to seduce wealthy older men. Their target is Deacon Jones, a self-appointed moralist who can't drink without getting drunk. Mae ruins their plan when she falls in love with Deacon's son Bob.
Girl of the Rio, 1h10
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Dolores del Río, Leo Carrillo, Norman Foster, Ralph Ince, Lucile Gleason, Stanley Fields
Roles O'Grady
Rating57% 2.8772752.8772752.8772752.8772752.877275
South of the U.S. border, Don José Tostado, a Mexican cabellero, falls in love with Dolores Romero, a dance-hall girl. Owning one of the larger ranches in the area, Tostado is not used to people telling him no. When Romero resists his advances, using a fictional boyfriend as her excuse, this only increases his interest in her, and his attempts to win her favor. As part of that attempt, he plans to throw a gala in her honor.
Law and Order, 1h14
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Andy Devine, Russell Hopton, Russell Simpson, Dorothy Malone
Roles Poe Northrup
Rating68% 3.4260353.4260353.4260353.4260353.426035
Fin du XIX siècle. À la recherche d'une lucrative partie de poker, Frame Johnson, célèbre pour avoir « nettoyé » le Kansas, débarque à Tombstone (Arizona). Des habitants lui demandent alors de rétablir l'ordre dans une cité terrorisée par le clan Northrup et un shérif corrompu. Après un premier refus, Frame Johnson accepte le défi. L'une des premières traductions à l'écran de l'illustre bataille de l'O.K. Corral.
The Lost Squadron, 1h19
Directed by George Archainbaud, Paul Sloane, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Richard Dix, Mary Astor, Robert Armstrong, Joel McCrea, Hugh Herbert, Erich von Stroheim
Roles Jettick
Rating63% 3.1965653.1965653.1965653.1965653.196565
Captain "Gibby" Gibson (Richard Dix) and his close friend "Red" (Joel McCrea) spend the last hours of World War I in the air, shooting down more of the enemy. They then return to America with fellow pilot and comrade "Woody" Curwood (Robert Armstrong) and their mechanic Fritz (Hugh Herbert) to an uncertain future.
The Mouthpiece, 1h26
Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Warren William, Sidney Fox, Aline MacMahon, John Wray, Mae Madison, Ralph Ince
Roles J.B. Roscoe
Rating71% 3.5818153.5818153.5818153.5818153.581815
Vincent Day (Warren William) is a prosecutor who is on the fast track to success. When a man he zealously prosecuted all the way to the electric chair is found to have been innocent, he becomes distressed and quits his job. At the suggestion of a friendly bartender, he decides to switch teams and become a defense attorney specializing in the representation of gangsters and other unsavory people. He will use any tactic to get his clients acquitted, up to and including drinking a slow-acting poison from a bottle of evidence to prove that the substance isn't lethal. The jury acquits the man not knowing that immediately after, Day rushes into a Mob doctor's office for a pre-arranged stomach pump.
State's Attorney, 1h13
Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors John Barrymore, Helen Twelvetrees, Jill Esmond, Mary Duncan, Ralph Ince, Albert Conti
Roles Second Trial Defense Attorney
Rating65% 3.29143.29143.29143.29143.2914
In this pre-Production Code drama, John Barrymore plays near-alcoholic defense attorney Tom Cardigan who handles a lot of cases for his childhood friend, gangster Valentine "Vanny" Powers (William "Stage" Boyd who used "Stage" as his middle name to distinguish him from the better known William Boyd of Hopalong Cassidy fame).
Law of the Sea, 1h4
Directed by Otto Brower
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors William Farnum, Priscilla Dean, Ralph Ince, Wally Albright, Rex Bell, Sally Blane
Roles Marty Drake
Rating50% 2.5450452.5450452.5450452.5450452.545045
Men Of America, 58minutes
Directed by William Boyd, Ralph Ince
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Western
Actors William Boyd, Charles "Chic" Sale, Dorothy Wilson, Henry Armetta, Ralph Ince, Frank Mills
Roles Cicero
Rating60% 3.0483953.0483953.0483953.0483953.048395
This script must be run from the command line
Little Caesar, 1h19
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Glenda Farrell, Sidney Blackmer, William Collier Jr., George E. Stone
Roles Pete Montana
Rating71% 3.5966853.5966853.5966853.5966853.596685
Small-time criminals Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello (Edward G. Robinson) and his friend Joe Massara (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) move to Chicago to seek their fortunes. Rico joins the gang of Sam Vettori (Stanley Fields), while Joe wants to be a dancer. Olga (Glenda Farrell) becomes his dance partner and girlfriend.