Dell Henderson
Biography
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George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film.
Born in the Southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas, Dell Henderson started his acting career on the stage, but appeared in his first movie Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court already in 1908. Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith since 1909 and appeared in numerous of his early shorts in Hollywood. He also acted on a less prolific basis in the movies of producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios. In addition to acting, Henderson also directed nearly 200 silent films between 1911 and 1928. Most of those films are forgotten or lost, but he also directed movies with silent stars like Harry Carey and Roscoe Arbuckle. Henderson also worked as a writer on numerous screenplays.
After retiring from directing in 1927, Henderson turned to acting full-time and played important supporting roles in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and as General Marmaduke Pepper in Show People (1928). The advent of sound film damaged his acting career, and he often had to play smaller roles. In the 1930s, the comedic character actor appeared on several occasions as a comic foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, W. C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. He often played somewhat pompous figures like judges, businessmen, detectives or mayors. Modern audiences will remember Henderson as annoyed hospital president Dr. Graves in The Three Stooges film Men in Black and the put-upon chaperone in the Little Rascals film Choo-Choo!. He also appeared as a Night Court Judge in Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936) and as a friendly Car salesman in Leo McCarey's drama Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). Henderson ended his film career after numerous small roles in 1950.
Henderson died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 79. He was married with actress Florence Lee until his death, they made several silent films together.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1877-07-04
Place of birth
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
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The Power of the Camera
1913
0.00
Arizona Terrors
1942
0.00
Artists & Models
1937
6.00
Getting a Raise
1930
0.00
Show People
1928
7.10
Help! Help!
1912
4.30
It's a Gift
1934
6.48
Teaching Dad to Like Her
1911
0.00
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
6.17
Helen's Marriage
1912
4.80
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
4.60
When the Fire-Bells Rang
1912
0.00
Is Everybody Happy?
1928
0.00
Off to Buffalo
1929
0.00
The Chump Takes a Bump
1939
0.00
Lone Cowboy
1933
3.50
His Trust
1911
4.10
The Brave Hunter
1912
4.40
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
1912
4.00
The Baron
1911
4.00
The Last Drop of Water
1911
5.10
Up a Tree
1930
0.00
The Furs
1912
3.00
The Sunbeam
1912
6.30
Those Bitter Sweets
1915
5.00
A Child of the Ghetto
1910
4.50
Rainbow Over Broadway
1933
4.00
The Grand Bounce
1937
6.50
A Voice from the Deep
1912
7.00
Hitch Hike Lady
1935
6.80
Rebellious Daughters
1938
5.00
Getting Gertie's Garter
1927
7.30
Papa's Baby
1913
0.00
The Widow's Kids
1913
0.00
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
5.00
For His Son
1912
5.50
The Sins of the Children
1930
4.40
In Walked Charley
1932
0.00
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931
5.00
Slightly Static
1935
0.00
Too Much Harmony
1933
5.00
We Who Are About to Die
1937
6.80
Wells Fargo
1937
5.08
Bottoms Up
1934
4.30
Men with Wings
1938
6.00
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
6.77
The Primal Call
1911
4.00
For Better - But Worse
1915
3.50
Love Affair
1939
7.00
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939
7.00
Frontier Marshal
1939
6.10
The Texas Rangers
1936
6.38
The Lesson
1910
4.30
Bigger and Better
1930
5.00
Looser Than Loose
1930
4.00
Chiselers of Hollywood
1930
0.00
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
5.80
Over Silent Paths
1910
4.70
Main Street After Dark
1945
4.80
Riley the Cop
1928
5.60
Big Money
1930
0.00
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
7.00
The Daring Young Man
1935
0.00
The Awful Truth
1937
7.22
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934
6.00
The Speed Demon
1912
4.00
The Broken Locket
1909
3.50
All Teed Up
1930
3.30
Wrong Again
1929
6.72
The Patsy
1928
6.80
Hot Tip
1935
5.00
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
7.50
Men in Black
1934
7.20
Thunder in the Night
1935
5.50
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
6.50
Millionaires in Prison
1940
6.00
Young People
1940
4.60
The Power of the Press
1928
6.20
The Two Brothers
1910
0.00
The Champ
1931
7.10
Diamond Jim
1935
6.00
Little Big Shot
1935
6.00
Once More, My Darling
1949
5.70
Mr. Bride
1932
5.50
Thundering Tenors
1931
0.00
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
7.59
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
4.50
Little Orvie
1940
7.00
Helping Grandma
1931
6.80
Choo-Choo!
1932
6.70
The Making of a Man
1911
6.30
The Crowd
1928
7.60
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
1910
0.00
A Plain Song
1910
0.00
When a Man Loves
1911
4.40
The Unchanging Sea
1910
6.37
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
7.10
Won by a Fish
1912
4.00
The Clinging Vine
1926
6.20
Fast Work
1930
6.50
The Adventures of Billy
1911
5.70
The Long Road
1911
0.00
Slightly Dangerous
1943
5.80
The Great Morgan
1945
5.50
Whispering Whoopee
1930
5.80
Night of Goblins
1930
6.00
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
1916
5.00
Haunted at Midnight
1931
8.50
The Lonedale Operator
1911
6.08
Goldie Gets Along
1933
4.00
You're Telling Me!
1934
6.40
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
6.10
Undercurrent
1946
5.80
Gold Is Not All
1910
0.00
The Mender of Nets
1912
5.80
Skip the Maloo!
1931
0.00
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
6.00
The Major and the Minor
1942
7.00
Newly Rich
1931
3.00
The Ghost
1911
0.00
Ramona
1910
4.70
The Mystery Man
1935
6.00
A Gold Necklace
1910
5.50
The Gold Seekers
1910
0.00
The Converts
1910
0.00
On Your Guard
1933
6.00
Hot Stuff
1912
4.20
Hit the Deck
1929
9.00
The Engagement Ring
1912
4.00
A Victim of Circumstance
1911
0.00
The Fatal Chocolate
1912
0.00
Wilful Peggy
1910
5.00
The Modern Prodigal
1910
5.00
In the Border States
1910
5.50
That Chink at Golden Gulch
1910
5.00
The Usurer
1910
5.00
His Trust Fulfilled
1911
3.70
The Missing Juror
1944
6.00
The Massacre
1912
5.90
Something Simple
1934
4.00
Free Eats
1932
6.80
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934
6.00
The Message of the Violin
1910
0.00
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
3.20