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Otis Thayer is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 1 january 1862

Otis Thayer

Otis Thayer
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Birth name Otis B. Thayer
Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1862
Death 16 august 1935 (at 73 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Otis B. Thayer (1862 – August 16, 1935) "Obie," was an American actor, director, film producer and owner of silent era film production companies. Before his film career he was a stage actor and operatic comedian. By 1910 he piloted the Chicago based Selig Polyscope Company filming westerns on locations at Canon City. He founded the Art-O-Graf film company of Denver in 1919. And by 1920 he was the president of the "Superior Foto Play Company."

Biography

Né dans le Wisconsin en 1863, il est un des réalisateurs qui ont travaillé régulièrement avec la maison de production Selig dans les années 1910. Spécialisé dans le Western, de 1911 à 1928, l'année qui a terminé sa carrière, il a dirigé une soixantaine de films. Il a été aussi acteur et scénariste.

Usually with

William Duncan
William Duncan
(23 films)
Myrtle Stedman
Myrtle Stedman
(19 films)
Rex De Rosselli
Rex De Rosselli
(20 films)
Tom Mix
Tom Mix
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Otis Thayer (46 films)

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Actor

The Desert Scorpion, 50minutes
Directed by Otis Thayer, Otis B. Thayer
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Edmund F. Cobb, Otis Thayer, Otis B. Thayer, Countess Stoeffel
Roles the Sheriff
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A feud between sheepherders and cattlemen heats up when the cattlemetn set fire to the sheepherder's homes. The Sheepherder, who is in love with the Cattle Queen's daughter, leads a robbery on the cattlemen's bank. The Sheriff's daughter is impregnated and deserted by the Cattle Queen's daughter's fiance. The sheepherders rescue her and abduct the Cattle King's daughter to nurse her back to health. The cattlemen track them back to the cabin where everything is revealed and forgiven. And the Cattle Queen's daughter falls in love with the Sheepherder.
Told in Colorado, 10minutes
Directed by Joseph A. Golden
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romance, Western
Actors William Duncan, Thomas Carrigan, Myrtle Stedman, Otis Thayer, Tom Mix
Roles Papa Bellaires (as Otis B. Thayer)

Western Hearts, 10minutes
Directed by Joseph A. Golden
Genres Western
Actors Thomas Carrigan, Tom Mix, Otis Thayer, William Duncan, Myrtle Stedman
Roles Dr. Lane (as Otis B. Thayer)

Director

Riders of the Range
Directed by Otis Thayer, Otis B. Thayer
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Edmund F. Cobb, Helen Hayes

A growing number of cattle raids prompts the cattlemen to call on their cattlemen's association president Martin Lethbridge to investigate. Sheep Ranchers are suspected, who led by Gregg Randall blame the cattlemen for increased casualties among the sheep herds. Letherbridge falls in love with Randall's daughter, Dolly, and eventually exposes Blunt Vanier as the cause of the conflict.
The Outlaw's Revenge, 20minutes
Directed by Otis Thayer
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Eva Lang, John Halliday