Acting
Dell Henderson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
Annie Get Your Gun
Film · 1950
Once More, My Darling
Film · 1949
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Film · 1947
Undercurrent
Film · 1946
Main Street After Dark
Film · 1945
The Great Morgan
Film · 1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Film · 1945
The Missing Juror
Film · 1944
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Film · 1944
Slightly Dangerous
Film · 1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
Film · 1943
Arizona Terrors
Film · 1942
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Film · 1942
The Major and the Minor
Film · 1942
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Film · 1940
Stranger on the Third Floor
Film · 1940
Millionaires in Prison
Film · 1940
Young People
Film · 1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Film · 1940
Little Orvie
Film · 1940
The Chump Takes a Bump
Film · 1939
Love Affair
Film · 1939
Fifth Avenue Girl
Film · 1939
Frontier Marshal
Film · 1939
The Girl of the Golden West
Film · 1938
Rebellious Daughters
Film · 1938
Men with Wings
Film · 1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
Film · 1938
Artists & Models
Film · 1937
The Grand Bounce
Film · 1937
We Who Are About to Die
Film · 1937
Wells Fargo
Film · 1937
The Awful Truth
Film · 1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
Film · 1937
The Texas Rangers
Film · 1936
Hitch Hike Lady
Film · 1935
Slightly Static
Film · 1935
The Daring Young Man
Film · 1935
Hot Tip
Film · 1935
Thunder in the Night
Film · 1935
Diamond Jim
Film · 1935
Little Big Shot
Film · 1935
Steamboat Round the Bend
Film · 1935
Ruggles of Red Gap
Film · 1935
3 Kids and a Queen
Film · 1935
The Mystery Man
Film · 1935
Here Comes Cookie
Film · 1935
It's a Gift
Film · 1934
Bottoms Up
Film · 1934
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Film · 1934
Men in Black
Film · 1934
You're Telling Me!
Film · 1934
Something Simple
Film · 1934
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Film · 1934
Lone Cowboy
Film · 1933
Rainbow Over Broadway
Film · 1933
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
Film · 1933
Too Much Harmony
Film · 1933
Goldie Gets Along
Film · 1933
On Your Guard
Film · 1933
The Big Brain
Film · 1933
In Walked Charley
Film · 1932
Mr. Bride
Film · 1932
Choo-Choo!
Film · 1932
Free Eats
Film · 1932
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
Film · 1931
The Champ
Film · 1931
Thundering Tenors
Film · 1931
Helping Grandma
Film · 1931
Haunted at Midnight
Film · 1931
Skip the Maloo!
Film · 1931
Newly Rich
Film · 1931
Getting a Raise
Film · 1930
Up a Tree
Film · 1930
The Sins of the Children
Film · 1930
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Film · 1930
Bigger and Better
Film · 1930
Looser Than Loose
Film · 1930
Chiselers of Hollywood
Film · 1930
Big Money
Film · 1930
All Teed Up
Film · 1930
Fast Work
Film · 1930
Whispering Whoopee
Film · 1930
Night of Goblins
Film · 1930
Off to Buffalo
Film · 1929
Wrong Again
Film · 1929
Hit the Deck
Film · 1929
Show People
Film · 1928
Is Everybody Happy?
Film · 1928
Riley the Cop
Film · 1928
The Patsy
Film · 1928
The Power of the Press
Film · 1928
The Crowd
Film · 1928
Getting Gertie's Garter
Film · 1927
The Clinging Vine
Film · 1926
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Film · 1916
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Film · 1916
Those Bitter Sweets
Film · 1915
For Better - But Worse
Film · 1915
The Power of the Camera
Film · 1913
Papa's Baby
Film · 1913
The Widow's Kids
Film · 1913
Help! Help!
Film · 1912
Helen's Marriage
Film · 1912
When the Fire-Bells Rang
Film · 1912
The Brave Hunter
Film · 1912
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
Film · 1912
The Furs
Film · 1912
The Sunbeam
Film · 1912
A Voice from the Deep
Film · 1912
For His Son
Film · 1912
The Speed Demon
Film · 1912
Won by a Fish
Film · 1912
The Mender of Nets
Film · 1912
Hot Stuff
Film · 1912
The Engagement Ring
Film · 1912
The Fatal Chocolate
Film · 1912
The Massacre
Film · 1912
Teaching Dad to Like Her
Film · 1911
His Trust
Film · 1911
The Baron
Film · 1911
The Last Drop of Water
Film · 1911
The Primal Call
Film · 1911
The Making of a Man
Film · 1911
When a Man Loves
Film · 1911
The Adventures of Billy
Film · 1911
The Long Road
Film · 1911
The Lonedale Operator
Film · 1911
The Ghost
Film · 1911
A Victim of Circumstance
Film · 1911
His Trust Fulfilled
Film · 1911
The Two Paths
Film · 1911
The Broken Cross
Film · 1911
A Knight of the Road
Film · 1911
The New Dress
Film · 1911
Dave's Love Affair
Film · 1911
Enoch Arden: Part II
Film · 1911
Fighting Blood
Film · 1911
The Blind Princess and the Poet
Film · 1911
A Child of the Ghetto
Film · 1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Film · 1910
The Lesson
Film · 1910
Over Silent Paths
Film · 1910
The Two Brothers
Film · 1910
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
Film · 1910
A Plain Song
Film · 1910
The Unchanging Sea
Film · 1910
Gold Is Not All
Film · 1910
Ramona
Film · 1910
A Gold Necklace
Film · 1910
The Gold Seekers
Film · 1910
The Converts
Film · 1910
Wilful Peggy
Film · 1910
The Modern Prodigal
Film · 1910
In the Border States
Film · 1910
That Chink at Golden Gulch
Film · 1910
The Usurer
Film · 1910
The Message of the Violin
Film · 1910
Faithful
Film · 1910
The Oath and the Man
Film · 1910
The Newlyweds
Film · 1910
A Child's Impulse
Film · 1910
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
Film · 1910
Unexpected Help
Film · 1910
The Face at the Window
Film · 1910
Taming a Husband
Film · 1910
The Broken Locket
Film · 1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Film · 1909
The Salvation Army Lass
Film · 1909
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
Film · 1908