W. Chrystie Miller

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1843-08-10 (79 years old)

Deathday

1922-09-23

Place of Birth

Dayton, Ohio, USA

W. Chrystie Miller

Biography

W. Chrystie Miller (William Chrystie Miller; August 10, 1843 – September 23, 1922) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in 139 films between 1908 and 1914. Miller frequently appeared in films directed by D.W. Griffith and was known to film audiences as the "Grand Old Man of the Photodrama". [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Acting

1910

The Honor of His Family

as Man Among Friends

1911

Teaching Dad to Like Her

as Outside Theatre

1911

Fisher Folks

as At Wedding

1909

A Trap for Santa Claus

as Old Man (uncredited)

1909

A Corner in Wheat

as Farmer's Father

1913

Pirate Gold

as The Old Mate

1913

1913

The Work Habit

as The Street Sweeper

1913

The Stopped Clock

as Secondary Role

1912

The Old Actor

as The Old Actor

1913

The Tender Hearted Boy

as The Sweetheart's Father

1911

What Shall We Do with Our Old?

as The Old Carpenter

1912

The Chief's Blanket

as The Father

1910

Ramona

as The Priest

1910

A Child of the Ghetto

as The Old Man

1912

The Sands of Dee

as A fisherman

1913

His Mother's Son

as The Father

1912

Man's Genesis

as Grandfather

1913

The Adopted Brother

as The Father

1911

The Primal Call

as The Minister

1910

The Lesson

as Reverend Hollister

1912

Getting Rid of Trouble

as In Employment Agency

1910

Over Silent Paths

as The Father

1912

A Sailor’s Heart

as The Minister

1910

The Newlyweds

as Old Man in Train

1910

1910

In Life's Cycle

as At seminary

1910

1910

1910

May and December

as December

1910

A Lucky Toothache

as Bessie's Father

1910

Simple Charity

as The Poor Husband

1910

A Plain Song

as Edith's Father

1913

The Unwelcome Guest

as The Old Father

1912

The Informer

as Union Soldier

1912

My Baby

as The Grandfather

1912

1912

An Indian Summer

as The Widower

1910

Sunshine Sue

as Sunshine's Father

1912

A Temporary Truce

as The Murdered Indian / Indian on Street

1913

The Little Tease

as The Little Tease's Father

1911

The Lonedale Operator

as In Station Lobby

1912

The Sunbeam

as Old Man In Tenement Hallway

1912

The Mender of Nets

as The Little Mender's Father

1913

1912

The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

as The Goddess's Father

1913

The Blue or the Gray

as The Northern Girl's Uncle

1909

To Save Her Soul

as Church Organist

1910

1910

On the Reef

as The Grandfather

1910

The Converts

as The Old Man

1909

The Day After

as The Old Year

1911

His Trust

as Man at Farewell

1911

His Daughter

as John Whittier

1912

The Massacre

as In Wagon Train

1912

A String of Pearls

as In Hallway

1910

In the Border States

as Grandfather at Farewell (uncredited)

1910

Faithful

as Neighbor

1910

1910

In Old California

as Indian Messenger

1910

An Arcadian Maid

as Man on Train

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