Dell Henderson

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

149

Movies

170

Born: July 4, 1877 – December 2, 1956
From: St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film. Born in the Southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas, Dell Henderson started his acting career on the stage, but appeared in his first movie Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court already in 1908. Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith since 1909 and appeared in numerous of his early shorts in Hollywood. He also acted on a less prolific basis in the movies of producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios. In addition to acting, Henderson also directed nearly 200 silent films between 1911 and 1928. Most of those films are forgotten or lost, but he also directed movies with silent stars like Harry Carey and Roscoe Arbuckle. Henderson also worked as a writer on numerous screenplays. After retiring from directing in 1927, Henderson turned to acting full-time and played important supporting roles in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and as General Marmaduke Pepper in Show People (1928). The advent of sound film damaged his acting career, and he often had to play smaller roles. In the 1930s, the comedic character actor appeared on several occasions as a comic foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, W. C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. He often played somewhat pompous figures like judges, businessmen, detectives or mayors. Modern audiences will remember Henderson as annoyed hospital president Dr. Graves in The Three Stooges film Men in Black and the put-upon chaperone in the Little Rascals film Choo-Choo!. He also appeared as a Night Court Judge in Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936) and as a friendly Car salesman in Leo McCarey's drama Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). Henderson ended his film career after numerous small roles in 1950. Henderson died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 79. He was married with actress Florence Lee until his death, they made several silent films together.

Works

170 films

Show People

19287.2

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

19167.1

The Awful Truth

19377.2

Make Way for Tomorrow

19377.5

Undercurrent

19465.9

The Major and the Minor

19427.1

Fifth Avenue Girl

19397.0

Love Affair

19397.0

Du Barry Was a Lady

19436.5

The Champ

19317.1

Young People

19405.3

Annie Get Your Gun

19506.7

You're Telling Me!

19346.3

Hot Tip

19357.0

Main Street After Dark

19454.5

Once Upon a Honeymoon

19426.3

Stranger on the Third Floor

19406.5

Big Money

1930

Slightly Dangerous

19436.0

Fast Work

19307.0

Getting Gertie's Garter

19278.0

Choo-Choo!

19327.0

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

19306.9

The Texas Rangers

19366.6

The Girl of the Golden West

19385.3

The Crowd

19287.6

Wells Fargo

19375.5

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

19455.8

Frontier Marshal

19396.3

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

19447.1

The Massacre

19125.9

The Patsy

19286.7

The Daring Young Man

193510.0

You Can't Fool Your Wife

19405.5

Ruggles of Red Gap

19357.1

The Power of the Press

19286.4

Steamboat Round the Bend

19357.5

The Broken Locket

19093.5

The Blind Princess and the Poet

1911

The Ghost

1911

The Missing Juror

19446.3

Up a Tree

19307.0

We Who Are About to Die

19377.0

Little Big Shot

19357.3

Men with Wings

19385.4

The Clinging Vine

19266.5

It's a Gift

19346.3

A Knight of the Road

1911

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

19406.9

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

19476.7

Diamond Jim

19356.5

Arizona Terrors

19427.0

Artists & Models

19376.3

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

19346.0

3 Kids and a Queen

19356.8

Arsène Lupin Returns

19386.3

Hitch Hike Lady

19357.8

The Sunbeam

19126.3

Helen's Marriage

19124.9

Skip the Maloo!

19317.0

Millionaires in Prison

19406.1

The Great Morgan

19456.0

Wrong Again

19296.8

Ramona

19104.9

For Better - But Worse

19155.3

Taming a Husband

1910

Bottoms Up

19345.2

The Notorious Sophie Lang

19346.7

The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary

19165.0

Papa's Baby

19138.0

On Your Guard

19336.7

The Brave Hunter

19123.7

The Unchanging Sea

19106.5

The Oath and the Man

19104.5

Free Eats

19327.1

In the Border States

19105.6

The New Dress

1911

All Teed Up

19304.8

Helping Grandma

19317.0

The Gold Seekers

1910

The Face at the Window

1910

The Two Paths

1911

Riley the Cop

19285.7

Once More, My Darling

19496.5

Men in Black

19347.3

The Tenderfoot's Triumph

1910

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

19315.8

The Usurer

19105.0

The Mystery Man

19355.6

Teaching Dad to Like Her

1911

The Big Brain

19338.0

Dave's Love Affair

19117.0

The Song of the Wildwood Flute

1910

The Making of a Man

19116.3

Little Orvie

19408.5

The Broken Cross

1911

Newly Rich

19314.3

His Trust

19114.1

Here Comes Cookie

19357.2

The Primal Call

19114.0

Thunder in the Night

19356.0

The Two Brothers

1910

A Child's Impulse

19106.2

The Lonedale Operator

19116.1

Fighting Blood

19116.3

The Power of the Camera

191310.0

Mr. Bride

19325.8

The Sins of the Children

19304.7

Enoch Arden: Part II

19115.6

In Walked Charley

19328.0

Gold Is Not All

1910

The Speed Demon

19126.5

Chiselers of Hollywood

193010.0

Whispering Whoopee

19306.2

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

19094.2

Looser Than Loose

19306.0

Too Much Harmony

19337.0

Hit the Deck

19298.5

When a Man Loves

19114.0

His Trust Fulfilled

19113.7

Slightly Static

19359.0

A Child of the Ghetto

19104.5

Those Bitter Sweets

19157.0

Haunted at Midnight

19318.0

The Adventures of Billy

19115.7

The Converts

1910

That Chink at Golden Gulch

19105.0

Wilful Peggy

19105.0

Rebellious Daughters

19386.0

Rainbow Over Broadway

19335.7

The Long Road

1911

The Grand Bounce

19377.0

The Chump Takes a Bump

19398.0

The Last Drop of Water

19115.1

Something Simple

19346.0

Night of Goblins

19306.1

The Tragedy of a Dress Suit

19124.0

Hot Stuff

19124.2

Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court

19082.5

Goldie Gets Along

19335.7

A Victim of Circumstance

1911

The Baron

19114.0

Thundering Tenors

19318.0

The Newlyweds

19105.0

Lone Cowboy

19334.0

The Engagement Ring

19124.0

The Widow's Kids

1913

Is Everybody Happy?

19288.0

When the Fire-Bells Rang

1912

A Plain Song

1910

The Modern Prodigal

19105.2

The Mender of Nets

19125.8

Over Silent Paths

19104.7

For His Son

19125.5

Muggsy Becomes a Hero

19105.0

Faithful

19104.5

Bigger and Better

19307.0

The Message of the Violin

1910

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

19331.0

A Gold Necklace

19105.5

The Salvation Army Lass

19094.4

A Voice from the Deep

19128.0

Won by a Fish

19124.0

Getting a Raise

1930

The Lesson

19104.3

The Fatal Chocolate

1912

Unexpected Help

1910

The Furs

19123.0

Help! Help!

19124.3

Off to Buffalo

19298.0