Phillips Smalley(1865-1939)
- Director
- Actor
- Producer
Phillips Smalley was born on 7 August 1865 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1917), The Merchant of Venice (1914) and Captain Courtesy (1915). He was married to Phyllis Lorraine Ephlin and Lois Weber. He died on 2 May 1939 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Director
- Forbidden
- Director
- 1919
- When a Girl Loves
- Director
- 1919
- For Husbands Only
- Director
- 1918
- The Doctor and the Woman
- Director
- 1918
- The Price of a Good Time
- Director
- 1917
- The Double Standard
- Director
- 1917
- 1917
- 1917
- 1917
- 1916
- 1916
- 1916
- The Celebrated Stielow Case
- Director
- 1916
- Wanted: A Home
- Director
- 1916
- 1916
Actor
Producer
- 1918
- The Price of a Good Time
- producer
- 1917
- 1917
- Wanted: A Home
- producer
- 1916
- 1916
- 1916
- 1916
- Jewel
- producer
- 1915
- 1915
- 1915
- 1915
- Aurora Leigh
- producer
- 1915
- 1914
- Alternative name
- Phillip Smalley
- Height
- 1.83 m
- Born
- Died
- SpousesPhyllis Lorraine Ephlin1927 - 1939
- Other worksActive on Broadway in the following productions:
- Publicity listings
- TriviaTall, strong-jawed silent screen actor/director, often associated with the early films of his then-wife, the director Lois Weber at Universal. Smalley was the son of wealthy parents and graduated from Oxford University. After brief stage experience, he started in films in 1911 as a leading man with Gaumont in New Jersey. Immensely prolific, he was at the peak of his career in the mid-1910's. He stopped directing in the 1920's and was eventually relegated to small part character roles and extra work by the 1930's.
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