Dell Henderson
Acting
- Born:
- 1877-07-04
- Died:
- 1956-12-02
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Annie Get Your Gun
Once More, My Darling
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Undercurrent
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Main Street After Dark
The Great Morgan
The Missing Juror
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Du Barry Was a Lady
Slightly Dangerous
Once Upon a Honeymoon
The Major and the Minor
Arizona Terrors
Young People
Stranger on the Third Floor
Millionaires in Prison
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Little Orvie
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Fifth Avenue Girl
Frontier Marshal
The Chump Takes a Bump
Love Affair
Men with Wings
Rebellious Daughters
The Girl of the Golden West
Arsène Lupin Returns
Wells Fargo
The Awful Truth
Artists & Models
The Grand Bounce
Make Way for Tomorrow
We Who Are About to Die
The Texas Rangers
Hitch Hike Lady
3 Kids and a Queen
Thunder in the Night
Slightly Static
Little Big Shot
Steamboat Round the Bend
Diamond Jim
Here Comes Cookie
Hot Tip
The Daring Young Man
Ruggles of Red Gap
The Mystery Man
It's a Gift
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Men in Black
Something Simple
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Bottoms Up
You're Telling Me!
Lone Cowboy
Rainbow Over Broadway
Too Much Harmony
The Big Brain
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
On Your Guard
Goldie Gets Along
Mr. Bride
Choo-Choo!
In Walked Charley
Free Eats
The Champ
Skip the Maloo!
Newly Rich
Haunted at Midnight
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
Thundering Tenors
Helping Grandma
Chiselers of Hollywood
Up a Tree
Looser Than Loose
Bigger and Better
Night of Goblins
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Fast Work
The Sins of the Children
Big Money
All Teed Up
Whispering Whoopee
Getting a Raise
Hit the Deck
Wrong Again
Off to Buffalo
Riley the Cop
Show People
The Power of the Press
Is Everybody Happy?
The Patsy
The Crowd
Getting Gertie's Garter
The Clinging Vine
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Those Bitter Sweets
For Better - But Worse
Papa's Baby
The Widow's Kids
The Power of the Camera
The Massacre
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
The Speed Demon
Helen's Marriage
The Furs
When the Fire-Bells Rang
Won by a Fish
The Brave Hunter
Help! Help!
A Voice from the Deep
Hot Stuff
The Engagement Ring
The Sunbeam
The Fatal Chocolate
The Mender of Nets
For His Son
A Victim of Circumstance
The Long Road
The Adventures of Billy
The Making of a Man
The Baron
The Blind Princess and the Poet
The Last Drop of Water
The Ghost
Fighting Blood
The Primal Call
Enoch Arden: Part II
Dave's Love Affair
The New Dress
A Knight of the Road
The Broken Cross
The Lonedale Operator
Teaching Dad to Like Her
His Trust Fulfilled
His Trust
When a Man Loves
The Two Paths
The Lesson
A Plain Song
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
The Message of the Violin
That Chink at Golden Gulch
A Gold Necklace
The Oath and the Man
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
The Modern Prodigal
Wilful Peggy
The Usurer
Unexpected Help
A Child's Impulse
The Face at the Window
In the Border States
A Child of the Ghetto
Ramona
Over Silent Paths
The Two Brothers
The Unchanging Sea
The Gold Seekers
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
Gold Is Not All
Faithful
The Converts
The Newlyweds
Taming a Husband
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
The Broken Locket
The Salvation Army Lass
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court