Elmer Clifton
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-03-12 (59 years old)
Deathday
1949-10-15
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also known As
Elmer Clifford
Elmer S. Pond
Elmer Pond
Elmer Clifton Forsyth
Elmer Clifton
Biography
Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He was also a second-unit director for those films. Promoted to director in 1917, Clifton supervised several successful Fine Arts comedies starring Dorothy Gish while continuing to serve as Griffith's assistant. Their association culminated with the blockbuster "Way Down East" (1920). Clifton shot much of its famous "Rescue from the ice" sequence and ...
Acting
1915
as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
1916
as The Rhapsode (Babylonian Story)
1915
as Marashida
2019
as Phil
1914
as Jack, 3rd period
1914
as The Sympathtic Publisher
1915
as Cuthbert
1915
as Allison Edwards
1914
as Frank (Carol's country lover)
1914
as Charley Bates
1914
1916
as Horace Gaylord
1914
as Cub Reporter
1915
as Phillip Clyde - Evelyn's Fiancé
1917
as Jimmie
1916
as Ned Fowler
1914
as Jack Holt
Production
1931
as Director
1935
as Writer
1936
as Director
1949
as Director
1949
as Screenplay
1937
as Director
1938
as Director
1938
as Screenplay
1938
as Story
1944
as Director
1941
as Director
1949
as Director
1939
as Director
1944
as Screenplay
1944
as Director
1946
as Screenplay
1946
as Original Story
1945
as Screenplay
1944
as Director
1944
as Screenplay
1935
as Director
1944
as Director
1922
as Director
1935
as Director
1935
as Director
1936
as Director
1936
as Director
1936
as Director
1928
as Director
1938
as Director
1938
as Screenplay
1941
as Director
1935
as Director
1936
as Director
1940
as Director
1918
as Director
1918
as Writer
1944
as Director
1920
as Director
1941
as Director
1927
as Director
1919
as Director
1918
as Director
1918
as Director
1919
as Director
1919
as Director
1919
as Director
1919
as Director
1931
as Director
1935
as Director
1935
as Writer
1946
as Screenplay
1944
as Director
1935
as Director
1944
as Director
1923
as Director
1929
as Director
1946
as Story
1935
as Screenplay
1949
as Director
1944
as Director
1944
as Screenplay
1942
as Director
1943
as Writer
1943
as Director
1919
as Director
1943
as Director
1945
as Director
1938
as Director
1938
as Director
1935
as Director
1942
as Writer
1944
as Story
1944
as Screenplay
1941
as Screenplay
1937
as Director
1944
as Screenplay
1941
as Director
1943
as Director
1941
as Story
1944
as Screenplay
1942
as Director
1942
as Screenplay
1935
as Writer
1950
as Story
1948
as Screenplay
1950
as Screenplay
1940
as Story
1943
as Screenplay
1943
as Story
1943
as Screenplay
1943
as Story
1943
as Screenplay
1936
as Director
1942
as Director
1943
as Director
1944
as Screenplay
1943
as Screenplay
1944
as Director
1943
as Story
1943
as Director
1943
as Screenplay
1944
as Story
1944
as Screenplay
1944
as Screenplay
1944
as Screenplay
1945
as Screenplay
1947
as Screenplay
1917
as Director
1945
as Screenplay
1946
as Writer
1946
as Director
1929
as Director
1949
as Screenplay
1917
as Director
1950
as Screenplay
1950
as Story
1950
as Director
1947
as Screenplay
1936
as Story
1916
as First Assistant Director
1915
as Assistant Director
1948
as Writer
1918
as Director
1938
as Director
1917
as Director
1918
as Story
1918
as Director
1918
as Director
1918
as Director
1918
as Writer
1928
as Director
1918
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1924
as Director
1918
as Director
1922
as Producer
1938
as Director
1928
as Director
1917
as Director
1936
as Director
1924
as Director
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