Sidney Olcott

Biography

John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.

Most Famous Work

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Little Old New York

(1923) Director

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Ben Hur

(1907) Director

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From the Manger to the Cross

(1912) Director

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Monsieur Beaucaire

(1924) Director

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For Love of an Enemy

(1911) Director

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A Slave to Drink

(1909) Director

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The Fiddler’s Requiem

(1911) Director

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Madame Butterfly

(1915) Director

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1915	Con Daly	Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr 1915-08-11 Movie
	N/A	All for Old Ireland 1915-07-13 Movie
	Captain Andrews (archive footage) (uncredited)	The Railroad Raiders of '62 1915-03-20 Movie
1914	Father Flanagan	For Ireland's Sake 1914-01-11 Movie
1912	Conn - the Shaughraun	The Shaughraun 1912-12-23 Movie
	Father Falvey	Ireland, the Oppressed 1912-12-14 Movie
	Capt. Sidney Keirnan	The Kerry Gow 1912-11-18 Movie
	Blind Man (uncredited)	From the Manger to the Cross 1912-10-03 Movie
1911	Danny Mann	The Colleen Bawn 1911-10-16 Movie
	Capt. Andrews	Railroad Raiders of '62 1911-06-15 Movie
	Notary	The Fiddler’s Requiem 1911-05-03 Movie
1910	Terry O'Connor	A Lad from Old Ireland 1910-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1927	Director	The Claw 1927-05-08 Movie
1926	Director	The Amateur Gentleman 1926-08-14 Movie
	Director	Ranson's Folly 1926-05-30 Movie
1925	Director	The Best People 1925-11-09 Movie
	Director	Not So Long Ago 1925-09-07 Movie
	Director	The Charmer 1925-04-20 Movie
	Director	Salome of the Tenements 1925-02-23 Movie
1924	Director	The Only Woman 1924-10-25 Movie
	Director	Monsieur Beaucaire 1924-08-11 Movie
	Director	The Humming Bird 1924-01-13 Movie
1923	Director	The Green Goddess 1923-08-13 Movie
	Director	Little Old New York 1923-08-01 Movie
1922	Director	Timothy's Quest 1922-09-16 Movie
1921	Director	God's Country and the Law 1921-06-01 Movie
	Director	The Right Way 1921-02-28 Movie
1916	Director	The Smugglers 1916-07-06 Movie
	Director	The Innocent Lie 1916-04-20 Movie
	Director	Poor Little Peppina 1916-03-02 Movie
	Director	Diplomacy 1916-02-27 Movie
	Director	My Lady Incog. 1916-01-16 Movie
1915	Director	The Ghost of Twisted Oaks 1915-11-11 Movie
	Director	Madame Butterfly 1915-11-07 Movie
	Director	Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr 1915-08-11 Movie
	Director	The Seven Sisters 1915-07-26 Movie
	Director	All for Old Ireland 1915-07-13 Movie
	Director	The Railroad Raiders of '62 1915-03-20 Movie
1914	Director	Come Back to Erin 1914-03-01 Movie
	Director	For Ireland's Sake 1914-01-11 Movie
1913	Director	Uncle Tom's Cabin 1913-12-17 Movie
1912	Director	The Shaughraun 1912-12-23 Movie
	Director	Ireland, the Oppressed 1912-12-14 Movie
	Director	The Kerry Gow 1912-11-18 Movie
	Director	From the Manger to the Cross 1912-10-03 Movie
	Director	The Poacher's Pardon 1912-09-30 Movie
	Director	The Darling of the CSA 1912-09-06 Movie
	Director	A Prisoner of the Harem 1912-07-19 Movie
	Director	Winning a Widow 1912-07-05 Movie
	Director	Captured by Bedouins 1912-06-26 Movie
	Director	An Arabian Tragedy 1912-06-19 Movie
	Director	Dust of the Desert 1912-06-03 Movie
	Director	You Remember Ellen 1912-03-03 Movie
	Director	His Mother 1912-01-25 Movie
1911	Director	The Colleen Bawn 1911-10-16 Movie
	Director	Rory O'More 1911-09-03 Movie
	Director	The Special Messenger 1911-08-16 Movie
	Director	The Little Soldier of ’64 1911-06-30 Movie
	Director	Railroad Raiders of '62 1911-06-15 Movie
	Director	When the Dead Return 1911-05-05 Movie
	Director	The Fiddler’s Requiem 1911-05-03 Movie
	Director	By a Woman's Wit 1911-04-04 Movie
	Director	A Sawmill Hero 1911-03-22 Movie
	Director	Her Chum’s Brother 1911-01-18 Movie
	Director	For Love of an Enemy 1911-01-11 Movie
1910	Director	The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg 1910-12-28 Movie
	Director	When Lovers Part 1910-12-23 Movie
	Director	Her Indian Mother 1910-12-16 Movie
	Director	The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged 1910-09-23 Movie
	Director	The Conspiracy of Pontiac 1910-09-20 Movie
	Director	The Navajo's Bride 1910-05-31 Movie
	Director	The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy 1910-04-01 Movie
	Director	The Stepmother 1910-02-02 Movie
	Director	The Romance of a Trained Nurse 1910-01-14 Movie
	Director	A Lad from Old Ireland 1910-01-01 Movie
1909	Director	A Slave to Drink 1909-12-31 Movie
	Director	The Governor's Daughter 1909-11-26 Movie
	Director	The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War 1909-05-21 Movie
1908	Director	The Scarlet Letter 1908-03-28 Movie
	Director	Way Down East 1908-03-07 Movie
	Director	Evangeline 1908-02-08 Movie
1907	Director	Ben Hur 1907-12-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1915	Producer	Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr 1915-08-11 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1915	Writer	Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr 1915-08-11 Movie
	Writer	All for Old Ireland 1915-07-13 Movie
1914	Writer	For Ireland's Sake 1914-01-11 Movie
1910	Writer	Her Indian Mother 1910-12-16 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv