Phillips Smalley(1865-1939)

Tall, strong-jawed silent screen actor/director, often associated with the early films of his then-wife, the director Lois Weber at Universal. Smalley was the son of wealthy parents and graduated from Oxford University. After brief stage experience, he started in films in 1911 as a leading man with Gaumont in New Jersey. Immensely prolific, he was at the peak of his career in the mid-1910's. He stopped directing in the 1920's and was eventually relegated to small part character roles and extra work by the 1930's.