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Thomas Meighan is a Actor American born on 9 april 1879 at Pittsburgh (USA)

Thomas Meighan

Thomas Meighan
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Nationality USA
Birth 9 april 1879 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Death 8 july 1936 (at 57 years) at Great Neck (USA)

Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading man roles opposite popular actresses of the day including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he commanded $10,000 a week.



^ © Thomas Meighan, Silent Movie Star – goldensilents.com

^ THOMAS MEIGHAN, MOVIE ACTOR, OBITUARY, NEW YORK TIMES, 1936

Biography

Thomas Meighan commence sa carrière au théâtre et joue notamment à Broadway (New York) entre 1900 et 1912, dans six pièces (dont deux avec John Barrymore et Lucile Watson).

Au cinéma, de 1914 à 1928, il contribue à près de quatre-vingts films muets (la plupart produits par la Famous Players-Lasky Corporation), quasiment tous américains — sauf le premier, un court métrage britannique avec Gladys Cooper, tourné pendant qu'il se produit au théâtre en Angleterre, en 1914 —. Fait notable, il apparaît dans sept films de William C. de Mille et cinq autres de son frère Cecil B. DeMille (dont trois comptent parmi ses plus connus, L'Admirable Crichton en 1919, L'Échange en 1920 et Le Réquisitoire en 1922).

Parmi ses partenaires féminines, mentionnons Renée Adorée (deux films), Louise Brooks (un film en 1927, La Ville maudite de James Cruze), Billie Burke (cinq films), Gloria Swanson et Bebe Daniels (deux films, L'Admirable Crichton et L'Échange), Pauline Frederick (cinq films), Leatrice Joy (trois films en 1922, dont Le Réquisitoire), Lila Lee (onze films, dont L'Admirable Crichton, leur premier ensemble), Mary Pickford (un film en 1918, M'Liss de Marshall Neilan), Blanche Sweet (cinq films), Norma Talmadge (trois films), Virginia Valli (deux films), ou encore Lois Wilson (cinq films, dont Le Réquisitoire).

Le premier film parlant de Thomas Meighan est The Argyle Case d'Howard Bretherton (avec H. B. Warner, Lila Lee et Zasu Pitts), sorti en 1929. Il tourne seulement cinq autres films parlants, le dernier étant Mon garçon d'Edward F. Cline (avec Jackie Cooper), sorti en 1934. Deux ans après, en 1936, il meurt prématurèment d'un cancer du poumon.

Pour sa contribution au cinéma, une étoile lui est dédiée sur le Walk of Fame d'Hollywood Boulevard.

Best films

The Racket (1928)
(Actor)

Usually with

Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky
(28 films)
Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor
(22 films)
Lila Lee
Lila Lee
(13 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Thomas Meighan (75 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
1934Peck's Bad BoyActorHenry Peck
1932Madison Square GardenActorBill Carley
1932Cheaters at PlayActorMichael Lanyard
1931Young SinnersActorTom McGuire
1929The Argyle CaseActorAlexander Kayton
1928The RacketActorPolice Captain James McQuigg
1928The Mating CallActorLeslie Hatten
1927Blind AlleysActorCaptain Dan Kirby
1927The City Gone WildActorJohn Phelan
1927We're All GamblersActorLucky Sam McCarver
1926Fascinating YouthActorThomas Meighan
1926The New KlondikeActorTom Kelly
1926The CanadianActorFrank Taylor
1926Tin GodsActorRoger Drake
1925Coming ThroughActorTom Blackford
1925Irish LuckActorTom Donahue/Lord Fitzhugh
1925Old Home WeekActorTom Clark
1925The Man Who Found HimselfActorTom Macauley
1924The AlaskanActorAlan Holt
1924Tongues of FlameActorHenry Harrington
1924The Confidence ManActorDan Corvan
1924Pied Piper MaloneActorJack Malone
1923HollywoodActorThomas Meighan
1923The Ne'er-Do-WellActorKirk Anthony
1923Woman-ProofActorTom Rockwood
1923Homeward BoundActorJim Bedford
1922ManslaughterActorDaniel J. O'Bannon
1922A Trip to ParamountownActorSelf
1922The Bachelor DaddyActorRichard Chester
1922Back Home and BrokeActorTom Redding
1922Our Leading CitizenActorDaniel Bentley
1922If You Believe It, It's SoActorChick Harris
1922The Man Who Saw TomorrowActorBurke Hammond
1921The City of Silent MenActorJim Montogmery
1921The Conquest of CanaanActorJoe Louden
1921Cappy RicksActorMatt Peasley
1921White and UnmarriedActorBilly Kane
1921The Easy RoadActorLeonard Fayne
1921The Frontier of the StarsActorBuck Leslie
1921A Prince There WasActorCharles Edward Martin
1920Why Change Your Wife?ActorRobert Gordon
1920Civilian ClothesActorCapt. Sam McGinnis
1920Conrad in Quest of His YouthActorConrad Warrener
1920The Prince ChapActorWilliam Peyton
1919Male and FemaleActorWilliam Crichton, the butler
1919The Miracle ManActorTom Burke
1919The Probation WifeActorHarrison Wade
1918M'LissActorCharles Gray
1918The Forbidden CityActorJohn Worden
1918Heart of the WildsActorSergeant Tom Gellatly
1918In Pursuit of PollyActorColby Mason
1918Eve's DaughterActorJohn Norton
1918Out of a Clear SkyActorRobert Lawrence
1917Her Better SelfActorDr. Robert Keith
1917The Land of PromiseActorFrank Taylor
1917The Mysterious Miss TerryActorGordon True
1917Sleeping FiresActorDavid Gray
1917The Silent PartnerActorEdward Royle
1917Arms and the GirlActorWilfred Ferrers
1917SaphoActorJean Gaussin
1916The Trail of the Lonesome PineActorJack Hale
1916Common GroundActorJudge David Evans
1916The SowersActorPrince Paul Alexis
1916The StormActorRobert Fielding
1916The ClownActorDick Ordway
1916The Heir to the HoorahActorJoe Lacy
1916Pudd'nhead WilsonActorChambers
1916The DupeActorJimmy Regan
1915KindlingActor'Honest' Heine Schultz
1915BlackbirdsActorJack Doggins / Hon. Nevil Trask
1915The ImmigrantActorDavid Harding
1915The Secret SinActorJack Herron
1915The Fighting HopeActorBurton Temple
1915Armstrong's WifeActor
1915Out of the DarknessActorHarvey Brooks