Thomas H. Ince

Biography

Thomas Harper Ince (November 16, 1880 – November 19, 1924) was an American silent era filmmaker and media proprietor. Ince was known as the "Father of the Western" and was responsible for making over 800 films. His untimely death at the height of his career, after he became severely ill aboard the private yacht of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst, has caused much speculation, although the official cause of his death was heart failure.

Most Famous Work

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Hell's Hinges

(1916) Producer

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Soul of the Beast

(1923) Producer

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The Boomerang

(1913) Director

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At a Quarter of Two

(1911) Director

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Hail the Woman

(1921) Producer

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The Typhoon

(1914) Producer

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The Drummer of the 8th

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Knight of the Trail

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2012	Himself	Behind The Scenes Of The Silent Screen 2012-01-01 Movie
1987	(archive footage)	Hollywood's Hidden Secrets 1987-01-01 Movie
1922	Self	Seeing Stars 1922-10-29 Movie
1920	Himself	A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios 1920-08-15 Movie
1916	Himself - in Prologue	Civilization 1916-06-02 Movie
1910	N/A	His New Lid 1910-11-24 Movie
1908	N/A	Richard III 1908-09-26 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1923	Director	Anna Christie 1923-11-24 Movie
1916	Director	The Dividend 1916-06-18 Movie
	Director	Civilization 1916-06-02 Movie
	Director	The Stepping Stone 1916-03-27 Movie
	Director	Peggy 1916-01-02 Movie
1915	Director	The Toast of Death 1915-08-12 Movie
	Director	The Alien 1915-07-01 Movie
	Director	The Cup of Life 1915-04-26 Movie
	Director	The Devil 1915-04-01 Movie
1914	Director	The Last of the Line 1914-12-24 Movie
1913	Director	In Love and War 1913-06-17 Movie
	Director	The Boomerang 1913-06-13 Movie
	Director	The Battle of Gettysburg 1913-06-01 Movie
	Director	The Struggle 1913-01-20 Movie
1912	Director	The Invaders 1912-11-29 Movie
	Director	On Secret Service 1912-11-01 Movie
	Director	The Outcast 1912-06-08 Movie
	Director	The Lieutenant's Last Fight 1912-05-31 Movie
	Director	The Post Telegrapher 1912-04-30 Movie
	Director	Blazing the Trail 1912-04-14 Movie
	Director	The Deserter 1912-03-15 Movie
	Director	The Heart of an Indian 1912-03-01 Movie
	Director	War on the Plains 1912-02-23 Movie
1911	Director	The Portrait 1911-12-28 Movie
	Director	His Dress Shirt 1911-10-30 Movie
	Director	The Better Way 1911-10-12 Movie
	Director	The Sentinel Asleep 1911-10-09 Movie
	Director	'Tween Two Loves 1911-09-28 Movie
	Director	By the House That Jack Built 1911-09-11 Movie
	Director	The Toss of a Coin 1911-08-31 Movie
	Director	As a Boy Dreams 1911-08-13 Movie
	Director	The Call of the Song 1911-08-13 Movie
	Director	The Skating Bug 1911-07-31 Movie
	Director	At a Quarter of Two 1911-07-13 Movie
	Director	A Gasoline Engagement 1911-07-10 Movie
	Director	For the Queen's Honor 1911-07-06 Movie
	Director	In the Sultan's Garden 1911-07-03 Movie
	Director	Behind the Stockade 1911-06-12 Movie
	Director	Back to the Soil 1911-06-08 Movie
	Director	The Lighthouse Keeper 1911-05-18 Movie
	Director	The Master and the Man 1911-05-15 Movie
	Director	For Her Brother's Sake 1911-05-11 Movie
	Director	The Fair Dentist 1911-05-08 Movie
	Director	Second Sight 1911-05-01 Movie
	Director	The Stampede 1911-04-17 Movie
	Director	Sweet Memories 1911-03-27 Movie
	Director	In Old Madrid 1911-03-20 Movie
	Director	The Fisher-Maid 1911-03-16 Movie
	Director	The Message in the Bottle 1911-03-09 Movie
	Director	Tracked 1911-03-06 Movie
	Director	A Manly Man 1911-02-27 Movie
	Director	Artful Kate 1911-02-23 Movie
	Director	Pictureland 1911-02-20 Movie
	Director	The Convert 1911-02-16 Movie
	Director	At the Duke's Command 1911-02-16 Movie
	Director	Her Darkest Hour 1911-02-13 Movie
	Director	The Mirror 1911-02-09 Movie
	Director	When the Cat's Away 1911-02-09 Movie
	Director	Maid or Man 1911-01-30 Movie
	Director	The Dream 1911-01-23 Movie
	Director	Their First Misunderstanding 1911-01-09 Movie
	Director	A Dog's Tale 1911-01-01 Movie
1910	Director	Little Nell's Tobacco 1910-12-22 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1923	Executive Producer	Anna Christie 1923-11-24 Movie
	Producer	Soul of the Beast 1923-05-06 Movie
1922	Producer	Lorna Doone 1922-10-01 Movie
1921	Producer	Hail the Woman 1921-11-28 Movie
	Producer	One a Minute 1921-06-19 Movie
	Producer	The Home Stretch 1921-04-23 Movie
	Producer	Beau Revel 1921-03-19 Movie
1920	Producer	A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios 1920-08-15 Movie
	Producer	The Dark Mirror 1920-05-08 Movie
1919	Producer	The Haunted Bedroom 1919-12-05 Movie
	Producer	Wagon Tracks 1919-07-28 Movie
	Producer	Hay Foot, Straw Foot 1919-06-22 Movie
	Producer	Greased Lightning 1919-04-27 Movie
	Supervising Producer	The Poppy Girl's Husband 1919-03-16 Movie
	Producer	Hard Boiled 1919-02-02 Movie
1918	Producer	String Beans 1918-12-22 Movie
	Producer	Branding Broadway 1918-12-15 Movie
	Producer	Shark Monroe 1918-06-30 Movie
1917	Producer	The Silent Man 1917-11-26 Movie
	Producer	Sudden Jim 1917-07-22 Movie
	Producer	The Flame of the Yukon 1917-07-01 Movie
	Producer	The Hater of Men 1917-07-01 Movie
	Producer	The Girl, Glory 1917-06-09 Movie
	Producer	The Millionaire Vagrant 1917-05-27 Movie
	Producer	Wolf Lowry 1917-05-27 Movie
	Executive Producer	Wild Winship's Widow 1917-05-20 Movie
	Producer	Happiness 1917-05-13 Movie
	Producer	The Desert Man 1917-04-22 Movie
	Producer	The Dark Road 1917-03-31 Movie
	Producer	The Little Brother 1917-03-11 Movie
	Producer	Princess of the Dark 1917-02-18 Movie
	Producer	The Iced Bullet 1917-01-21 Movie
	Producer	The Bride of Hate 1917-01-14 Movie
1916	Producer	Somewhere in France 1916-10-29 Movie
	Producer	The Vagabond Prince 1916-10-22 Movie
	Producer	The Return of Draw Egan 1916-10-14 Movie
	Producer	The Jungle Child 1916-10-01 Movie
	Producer	The Captive God 1916-07-23 Movie
	Producer	Civilization 1916-06-02 Movie
	Producer	The Market of Vain Desire 1916-05-28 Movie
	Producer	The Beggar of Cawnpore 1916-04-29 Movie
	Producer	Civilization's Child 1916-04-23 Movie
	Producer	The Stepping Stone 1916-03-27 Movie
	Producer	The Patriot 1916-03-09 Movie
	Producer	Hell's Hinges 1916-03-05 Movie
	Producer	The Raiders 1916-02-27 Movie
	Producer	Honor's Altar 1916-02-14 Movie
	Producer	The Three Musketeers 1916-02-06 Movie
	Producer	Between Men 1916-01-01 Movie
1915	Producer	The Coward 1915-11-14 Movie
	Producer	The Disciple 1915-10-16 Movie
	Producer	Knight of the Trail 1915-08-19 Movie
	Producer	The Darkening Trail 1915-05-31 Movie
	Producer	The Taking of Luke McVane 1915-04-16 Movie
	Producer	On the Night Stage 1915-04-15 Movie
	Producer	The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow 1915-02-26 Movie
	Producer	The Italian 1915-01-01 Movie
1914	Producer	The Last of the Line 1914-12-24 Movie
	Producer	The Bargain 1914-12-03 Movie
	Producer	The Typhoon 1914-10-10 Movie
	Producer	The Death Mask 1914-09-25 Movie
	Producer	The Wrath of the Gods 1914-06-08 Movie
1913	Producer	The Revelation 1913-10-10 Movie
	Producer	Granddad 1913-07-23 Movie
	Producer	The Drummer of the 8th 1913-05-28 Movie
1912	Producer	The Invaders 1912-11-29 Movie
	Producer	On Secret Service 1912-11-01 Movie
	Producer	Custer's Last Fight 1912-10-03 Movie
	Producer	The Heart of an Indian 1912-03-01 Movie
	Producer	The Way of a Mother Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1923	Presenter	Scars of Jealousy 1923-03-05 Movie
1921	Supervisor of Production Resources	Passing Through 1921-08-14 Movie
1918	Supervisor of Production Resources	Vive la France! 1918-09-15 Movie
1915	Supervisor of Production Resources	The Man from Nowhere 1915-05-06 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1918	Writer	The Family Skeleton 1918-03-31 Movie
1917	Story	Ashes of Hope 1917-10-06 Movie
1916	Writer	The Deserter 1916-07-09 Movie
1915	Writer	The Despoiler 1915-12-15 Movie
	Screenplay	The Coward 1915-11-14 Movie
	Story	The Coward 1915-11-14 Movie
	Screenplay	The Disciple 1915-10-16 Movie
	Writer	Keno Bates, Liar 1915-08-27 Movie
	Writer	The Ruse 1915-07-14 Movie
	Writer	The Reward 1915-06-24 Movie
	Writer	Cash Parrish's Pal 1915-06-21 Movie
	Story	The Secret of Lost River 1915-06-18 Movie
	Story	Tools of Providence 1915-06-06 Movie
	Story	The Conversion of Frosty Blake 1915-06-02 Movie
	Writer	Bad Buck of Santa Ynez 1915-05-20 Movie
	Writer	The Cup of Life 1915-04-26 Movie
	Scenario Writer	The Taking of Luke McVane 1915-04-16 Movie
	Story	The Taking of Luke McVane 1915-04-16 Movie
	Scenario Writer	On the Night Stage 1915-04-15 Movie
	Writer	The Roughneck 1915-04-09 Movie
	Writer	The Devil 1915-04-01 Movie
	Scenario Writer	Winning Back 1915-03-03 Movie
	Writer	In the Land of the Otter 1915-01-14 Movie
	Writer	The Scourge of the Desert 1915-01-06 Movie
	Story	The Italian 1915-01-01 Movie
1914	Writer	The Bargain 1914-12-03 Movie
	Screenplay	The Wrath of the Gods 1914-06-08 Movie
	Writer	O Mimi san 1914-02-05 Movie
	Writer	In the Sage Brush Country 1914-01-01 Movie
1913	Writer	The Battle of Gettysburg 1913-06-01 Movie
1912	Writer	The Outcast 1912-06-08 Movie
	Writer	The Deserter 1912-03-15 Movie
	Screenstory	The Heart of an Indian 1912-03-01 Movie
	Writer	War on the Plains 1912-02-23 Movie
1911	Writer	For the Queen's Honor 1911-07-06 Movie
	Writer	The Stampede 1911-04-17 Movie
	Writer	Sweet Memories 1911-03-27 Movie
	Writer	The Mirror 1911-02-09 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv