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L. M. Wells is a Actor American born on 5 february 1862 at Cincinnati (USA)

L. M. Wells

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Nationality USA
Birth 5 february 1862 at Cincinnati (USA)
Death 1 january 1923 (at 60 years)

L. M. Wells (February 5, 1862 – January 1, 1923) was an American actor of the silent film era. He appeared in 51 films between 1912 and 1922. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Usually with

Harry Carey
Harry Carey
(7 films)
Vester Pegg
Vester Pegg
(3 films)
Martha Mattox
Martha Mattox
(3 films)
Ben F. Reynolds
Ben F. Reynolds
(2 films)
Claire McDowell
Claire McDowell
(3 films)
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Filmography of L. M. Wells (14 films)

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Vanishing Trails
Vanishing Trails (1920)

Directed by Leon De La Mothe
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Mary Anderson (actrice, 1897-1986), Franklyn Farnum, L. M. Wells, Duke R. Lee, Vester Pegg, William Orlamond
Roles William Stillman

As described in a summary in a film publication, the serial involves the mystery of the murder of William Stillman (Wells) and the finding of the heir to his fortune. Silent Joe (Farnum) arrives in an effort to discover the murderer and prove that he is the true heir. He and the heroine Lou (Anderson) have their adventures in the mountainous terrain with its "vanishing trails." They are aided by The Shadow (Orlamond), a demented scientist with his trained dog, and several remarkable, death-dealing inventions.
Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn (1920)

Directed by William Desmond Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Martha Mattox, Esther Ralston, Lewis Sargent, Frank Lanning, Katherine Griffith, Edythe Chapman
Roles Judge Thatcher
Rating64% 3.2279853.2279853.2279853.2279853.227985
As described in a film publication, Huckleberry Finn (Sargent) has been adopted by the Widow Douglas (K. Griffith) who plans to "civilize" him. With Tom Sawyer (G. Griffith) he forms a robber gang, and in a cave has the local boys take an oath to stick together. In his bedroom he runs into his no-account father (Lanning) who steals Huck's small change and later kidnaps Huck, taking him in a small boat down the river, while Tom and the gang wait for their leader to appear. Huck later escapes from a cabin where his father mistreated him, making it look as if he drowned while getting away in a canoe. Rumors of Huck's death spreads. Jim (Reed), the widow's slave boy, hears that he is to be sold and runs off, and joins Huck on a raft. Duke (Humphrey) and King (Bates), two broken-down actors fleeing a crowd they had fooled with a mock theatrical performance, join them. At the next town the actors again fool the people with a pretend theatrical performance with Huck acting as the doorkeeper. Further downstream the actors then impersonate the brothers of a deceased man named Wilks in an attempt to obtain the inheritance, but Huck takes the money to keep it from the actors after he is smitten by the daughter, Mary Jane Wilks (Ralston). Huck and Jim leave to escape the wrath of their former companions just as the actual relatives of the dead man show up. After peace is made when King and Duke rejoin the group, a shabby trick is performed when King sells Jim to a man named Phelps and then tells Huck that Jim has been lost. Upon learning the truth, Huck sets out to rescue his friend. He discovers that Mrs. Phelps (Moore) is the sister of Tom's Aunt Polly. Huck poses as the nephew Tom, whom Mrs. Phelps has never met. Then the real Tom arrives, who is surprised as he believed that Huck had died. After exchanging signals, Tom poses as his brother Sid and they go through with a plan. In a struggle to get Jim away, Tom is shot in the leg. Jim escapes, and while the two youngsters are congratulating themselves at Tom's sickbed, Aunt Polly arrives and says that Jim had been freed a month earlier. She informs the Phelps of Huck's actual identity and takes him back, cured of his wandering, to the Widow Douglas.
Thieves' Gold
Thieves' Gold (1918)
, 50minutes
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Harry Carey, Molly Malone, Martha Mattox, Vester Pegg, Harry Tenbrook, Helen Ware
Roles Mr Savage
Rating47% 2.352672.352672.352672.352672.35267
Cheyenne Harry tries to help his outlaw friend Padden evade arrest after Padden has drunkenly shot another man. In the end, the two mismatched friends fight it out, leaving Padden dead. In a romantic subplot, Harry's fiancée Alice leaves him, but finally returns.
Bucking Broadway
Bucking Broadway (1917)
, 53minutes
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Harry Carey, Molly Malone, L. M. Wells, Vester Pegg, William Steele, Gertrude Astor
Roles Ben Clayton
Rating60% 3.041383.041383.041383.041383.04138
As described in a film magazine, Cheyenne Harry (Carey), one of the cowboys on a ranch in Wyoming, falls in love with Helen (Malone), his boss's daughter. She decides to elope to the city with Captain Thornton (Pegg), a wealthy visitor to the ranch from New York. Cheyenne and Helen's father (Wells) are downhearted. Cheyenne, devastated by the loss of his fiance, decides to go to the city to rescue her, and finds Thorton giving a dinner party in a hotel about to announce his engagement to Helen. As the dinner progresses Helen discovers the true nature of Thornton and endeavors to escape from him. Cheyenne comes to her rescue and, with the assistance of some cowboys, clean up the place, leaving Cheyenne and Helen reunited.
The Red Ace
The Red Ace (1917)

Directed by Jacques Jaccard
Origin USA
Actors Marie Walcamp, L. M. Wells, Charles Brinley, Noble Johnson
Roles Pierre Fouchard
Rating18% 0.9180050.9180050.9180050.9180050.918005
Liberty
Liberty (1916)

Directed by Jacques Jaccard, Henry MacRae
Origin USA
Genres War, Adventure, Western
Actors Marie Walcamp, Jack Holt, Eddie Polo, G. Raymond Nye, Neal Hart, Bertram Grassby
Roles Jose Leon
Rating16% 0.84150.84150.84150.84150.8415
Liberty Horton, an American heiress, is kidnapped by a Mexican rebel and ransomed to fund his rebellion.
So Near, Yet So Far
So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
, 17minutes
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Walter Miller, Mary Pickford, Robert Harron, Lionel Barrymore, Christy Cabanne, Harry Carey
Roles The Young Woman's Father (unconfirmed)
Rating62% 3.137983.137983.137983.137983.13798
Howard, un jeune homme trop timide pour déclarer sa flamme à une jeune fille, finit par attirer son attention en la sauvant de bandits venus pour la voler.