Phillips Smalley(1865-1939)

Director
Actor
Producer

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Phillips Smalley in A Breach of Faith (1911)

Phillips Smalley was born on 7 August 1865 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1917), The Merchant of Venice (1914) and Captain Courtesy (1915). He was married to Phyllis Lorraine Ephlin and Lois Weber. He died on 2 May 1939 in Hollywood, California, USA.

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Known for

Priscilla Dean, Phillips Smalley, and Lois Weber in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1917)

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

6.6

Director

1917

The Merchant of Venice (1914)

The Merchant of Venice

5.8

Director

1914

Dustin Farnum in Captain Courtesy (1915)

Captain Courtesy

5.4

Director

1915

Lois Weber in Eyes That See Not (1912)

Eyes That See Not

Short

Director

1912

Credits

Director

Forbidden
- Director
- 1919
L'éveil d'une conscience
- Director
- 1919
Le Sursaut
- Director
- 1918
Le Docteur X...
- Director
- 1918
Le contraste
- Director
- 1917
The Double Standard
- Director
- 1917
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
6.6
- Director
- 1917
The Boyhood He Forgot
Short
- Director
- 1917
Alone in the World
Short
- Director
- 1917
The Gilded Life
Short
- Director
- 1916
The Rock of Riches
Short
- Director
- 1916
The Children Shall Pay
Short
- Director
- 1916
The Celebrated Stielow Case
- Director
- 1916
Wanted: A Home
- Director
- 1916
Idle Wives
5.8
- Director
- 1916

Actor

I'm from Missouri
6.8
- Man with Monocle (uncredited)
- 1939
The Lady Objects
5.4
- Fairbanks (uncredited)
- 1938
Je suis la loi
6.6
- University Dean (uncredited)
- 1938
Booloo
4.7
- 4th Governor
- 1938
Speed to Burn
7.2
- Track Clerk (uncredited)
- 1938
Rascals
5.7
- Patient (uncredited)
- 1938
When G-Men Step In
6.2
- Gray-Haired Man (uncredited)
- 1938
Start Cheering
6.0
- Professor (uncredited)
- 1938
La revanche de Bulldog Drummond
5.8
- Englishman (uncredited)
- 1937
J'ai deux maris
6.2
- Banker (uncredited)
- 1937
Âmes à la mer
6.8
- Dignitary (uncredited)
- 1937
Mountain Music
7.5
- Spectator (uncredited)
- 1937
Un jour aux courses
7.5
- Racing Spectator with Wrong Hat (uncredited)
- 1937
Hotel Haywire
6.3
- Judge (uncredited)
- 1937
Place aux jeunes
8.1
- Business Man (uncredited)
- 1937

Producer

Les plumes du paon
- producer
- 1918
Le contraste
- producer
- 1917
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
6.6
- producer
- 1917
Wanted: A Home
- producer
- 1916
Shoes
6.9
- producer
- 1916
Where Are My Children?
6.3
- producer (produced by)
- 1916
The Dumb Girl of Portici
6.4
- producer (produced by)
- 1916
Jewel
- producer
- 1915
Sunshine Molly
6.8
Short
- producer
- 1915
Hypocrites
6.5
- producer (uncredited)
- 1915
It's No Laughing Matter
8.3
- producer
- 1915
Aurora Leigh
- producer
- 1915
False Colors
Short
- producer
- 1914

Personal details

Alternative name
- Phillip Smalley
Height
- 1.83 m
Born
- August 7, 1865
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died
- May 2, 1939
- Hollywood, California, USA
Spouses
Other works
Active on Broadway in the following productions:
Publicity listings
- 7 Articles

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Trivia
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.

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