1896-07-09 Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Cullen Landis (July 9, 1896 – August 26, 1975) was an American motion picture actor and director whose career began in the early ears of the silent film era. James Cullen Landis was the middle of three siblings (two sons and a daughter) raised by Lulan and Margaret (née Cullen) Landis in Nashville, Tennessee, where his father supported his family as a stock broker. As a boy, James was a train enthusiast and dreamed to be an railroad engineer. Though the ambition eventually faded, his interest in railroads did not, and some years later he helped design for himself a model train set powered by steam. He began working in the fledgling film industry at age 18 around the time his older sister, Margaret Landis, appeared in her first film. In 1928 Cullen Landis starred in the first ‘all talking’ motion picture, Lights of New York. He once confided in a friend that talkies were perfect for musicals and that he was no "song and dance man". He left Hollywood for Detroit in 1930 to produce and direct industrial films for automobile companies. Landis began as a movie director, only turning to acting after his lead player broke a leg and it was discovered that the actor’s costumes fit him. He went on to become one of the more popular lead actors of the silent era, appearing in some one hundred films over 14 years. During World War II, he served as a captain with US Army Signal Corps producing training films in the South Pacific. By war’s end he was twice decorated and promoted to major. In the post war years he made documentaries for the US State Department that took him to the far corners of the world. James Cullen Landis died on August 28, 1975, aged 79, at a nursing home in Bloomfield, Michigan, three months after the death of his wife, Jane. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) | 1943-10-16 |
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Convict's Code | Kenneth Avery | 1930-08-01 |
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Lights of New York | Eddie Morgan | 1928-07-18 |
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The Broken Mask | Pertio | 1928-01-01 |
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The Devil's Skipper | John Dubray | 1928-02-01 |
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On to Reno | Bud | 1928-01-01 |
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The Little Wild Girl | Jules Barbier | 1928-08-01 |
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Two to One | George Minafer | 1927-12-31 |
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We're All Gamblers | Georgie McCarver | 1927-09-03 |
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Life in Hollywood No. 5 | 1927-08-25 | |
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With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail | Gordon Kent | 1926-03-01 |
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Christine of the Big Tops | Bob Hastings | 1926-08-20 |
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Frenzied Flames | Danny Grovan | 1926-09-01 |
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My Old Dutch | Herbert Brown | 1926-05-23 |
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The Dixie Flyer | 'Sunrise' Smith | 1926-07-29 |
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With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo | Davy Crockett | 1926-08-01 |
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The Fighting Failure | Denny O'Brien | 1926-12-02 |
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The Smoke Eaters | Ed | 1926-11-05 |
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Peacock Feathers | Jerry Chandler | 1925-10-18 |
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Pampered Youth | George Minafer | 1925-02-01 |
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A Broadway Butterfly | Ronald Steel | 1925-03-29 |
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Wasted Lives | John Grayson | 1925-04-07 |
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The Midnight Flyer | David Henderson | 1925-12-06 |
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Cheap Kisses | Donald Dillingham | 1924-12-21 |
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Born Rich | Jack Le Moyne | 1924-12-07 |
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A Girl of the Limberlost | Hart Henderson | 1924-04-28 |
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The Fighting Coward | Tom Rumford | 1924-03-14 |
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One Law for the Woman | Ben Martin | 1924-05-25 |
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The Man Life Passed By | Harold Trevis | 1923-12-24 |
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The Fog | Nathan Forge | 1923-01-18 |
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The Famous Mrs. Fair | Alan Fair | 1923-02-19 |
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Pioneer Trails | Jack Dale / Jack Plains | 1923-05-01 |
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Masters of Men | Dick Halpin | 1923-05-14 |
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The Midnight Alarm | Chaser | 1923-08-19 |
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Crashin' Thru | Cons Saunders | 1923-04-01 |
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Soul of the Beast | Paul Nadeau | 1923-05-06 |
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Gay and Devilish | Peter Armitage | 1922-05-14 |
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Forsaking All Others | Oliver Newell | 1922-12-10 |
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Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight? | 1922-02-05 | |
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Watch Your Step | Elmer Slocum | 1922-02-16 |
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Remembrance | Seth Smith | 1922-10-01 |
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Love in the Dark | Tim O'Brien | 1922-11-20 |
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Bunty Pulls the Strings | Rab | 1921-01-02 |
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The Ace of Hearts | Young Man in Restaurant (uncredited) | 1921-09-17 |
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Snowblind | Pete Garth | 1921-03-22 |
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The Old Nest | Jim at 22-32 | 1921-06-28 |
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Voices of the City | Jimmy | 1921-12-01 |
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It's a Great Life | Stoddard | 1920-08-29 |
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Pinto | Bob DeWitt | 1920-01-10 |
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Jinx | Slicker Evans | 1919-12-13 |
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Almost a Husband | Jerry Wilson | 1919-10-11 |
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Upstairs | Lemuel Stallings | 1919-08-03 |
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat | Billy Lanyon / Tommy Oakhurst | 1919-06-29 |
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Where the West Begins | Ned Caldwell (as J. Cullen Landis) | 1919-03-02 |
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Her Rustic Romeo | Jack | 1918-05-28 |
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Cupid In Quarantine | The Boyfriend | 1918-09-10 |
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Somebody's Widow | Jack Random | 1918-01-29 |
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Over the Garden Wall | Jack | 1918-05-07 |
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Sunny Jane | Thomas | 1917-03-26 |
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Who Is Number One? | Tommy Hale | 1917-10-29 |
