Directed credits
63
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Sidney Olcott
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.2
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 63Directed series: 0All crew credits: 64
TMDB ID: 148833
IMDb ID: nm0646058
Known for: Directing
Born: September 20, 1873
Died: December 16, 1949
Age: 76
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1905 - 1927
Years active: 23
Average TMDB rating: 4.75
Wikidata: Q543630
Frequent jobs
Director (63)Producer (1)
Biography
John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Sidney Olcott.
The Claw
Director
1927 Movie
The White Black Sheep
Director
1926 Movie
The Amateur Gentleman
Director
1926 Movie
6.2
Ranson's Folly
Director
1926 Movie
The Best People
Director
1925 Movie
Not So Long Ago
Director
1925 Movie
The Charmer
Director
1925 Movie
Salome of the Tenements
Director
1925 Movie
The Only Woman
Director
1924 Movie
5.2
Monsieur Beaucaire
Director
1924 Movie
6.0
The Humming Bird
Director
1924 Movie
5.0
The Green Goddess
Director
1923 Movie
6.5
Little Old New York
Director
1923 Movie
6.5
Timothy's Quest
Director
1922 Movie
Pardon My French
Director
1921 Movie
God's Country and the Law
Director
1921 Movie
The Right Way
Director
1921 Movie
Marriage for Convenience
Director
1919 Movie
5.0
The Smugglers
Director
1916 Movie
The Innocent Lie
Director
1916 Movie
5.2
Poor Little Peppina
Director
1916 Movie
Diplomacy
Director
1916 Movie
My Lady Incog.
Director
1916 Movie
The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
Director
1915 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Sidney Olcott.
5.2
Monsieur Beaucaire
Director
1924 Movie
The Amateur Gentleman
Director
1926 Movie
5.0
The Smugglers
Director
1916 Movie
4.5
Madame Butterfly
Director
1915 Movie
Evangeline
Director
1908 Movie
5.1
From the Manger to the Cross
Director
1912 Movie
My Lady Incog.
Director
1916 Movie
6.5
Little Old New York
Director
1923 Movie
4.4
Ben Hur
Director
1907 Movie
The White Black Sheep
Director
1926 Movie
2.0
The Seven Sisters
Director
1915 Movie
Diplomacy
Director
1916 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Sidney Olcott.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Sidney Olcott.
5.0
Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
as Con Daly
1915 Movie
All for Old Ireland
1915 Movie
The Railroad Raiders of '62
as Captain Andrews (archive footage) (uncredited)
1915 Movie
5.0
For Ireland's Sake
as Father Flanagan
1914 Movie
Ireland, the Oppressed
as Father Falvey
1912 Movie
The Little Gluers
as Capt. Sidney Keirnan
1912 Movie
5.1
From the Manger to the Cross
as Blind Man (uncredited)
1912 Movie
6.5
The Colleen Bawn
as Danny Mann
1911 Movie
5.0
Railroad Raiders of '62
as Capt. Andrews
1911 Movie
The Little Spreewald Maiden
as Hans - Frieda's Peasant Sweetheart
1910 Movie
5.1
The Lad from Old Ireland
as Terry O'Connor
1910 Movie
4.2
2 A.M. in the Subway
as Drunk Man
1905 Movie