James Kirkwood

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
February 22, 1876 (87 years old)
Died
August 24, 1963
Place of Birth
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Western Romance
Career Span
1909 – 1961

James Kirkwood

1 win
19 nominations
148 credits

James Cornelius Kirkwood Sr. (February 22, 1876 – August 24, 1963) was an American actor and director.

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Personal Info

Born
Feb 22, 1876
From
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1909 – 1961

Award Recognition

1
Win
19
Nominations

Complete Filmography

1961

Two Rode Together as Officer (uncredited) Award

1956

The Search for Bridey Murphy as Brian MacCarthy Age 68

1954

Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush as Tim Johnson

1953

The Sun Shines Bright as General Fairfield Award
The Last Posse as Judge Parker Award

1952

I Dream of Jeanie as Doctor Award

1951

Man in the Saddle as Sheriff Medary (uncredited) Award
Two of a Kind Award

1950

The Nevadan as Tex (uncredited) Award

1949

The Doolins of Oklahoma as Rev. Mears (uncredited) Award
Intruder in the Dust as Convict (uncredited) Award

1947

Driftwood as Rev. MacDougal Award

1946

That Brennan Girl as John Van Derwin (uncredited) Award
I've Always Loved You as Murphy Award

1943

Madame Curie as Board Member (uncredited) Award

1941

No Hands on the Clock as Warren Benedict Award
The Lady from Cheyenne as Politician Award

1940

Goodbye, Mr. Germ as Dad Award

1933

Playthings of Desire as Jim Malvern

1932

Careless Lady as Judge Award
Lena Rivers as Henry R. Graham
Cheaters at Play as Detective Crane
She Wanted a Millionaire as Roger Norton
The Rainbow Trail as Venters
My Pal, the King as Count DeMar
Charlie Chan's Chance as Inspector Flannery

1931

Transatlantic as Sigrid's Beau
A Holy Terror as William Drew
Young Sinners as John Gibson
Over the Hill as Pa Shelby in Prologue

1930

The Devil's Holiday as Mark Stone
Worldly Goods as John C. Tullock

1929

The Time, the Place and the Girl as The Professor
Black Waters as Rev. Eph Kelly / Tiger Larabee
Hearts in Exile as Baron Serge Palma

1928

Someone to Love as Mr. Kendricks Award

1927

Million Dollar Mystery as James Norton

1926

The Wise Guy as Guy Watson
Butterflies in the Rain as John Humphries
The Reckless Lady as Colonel Fleming

1925

That Royle Girl as Calvin Clarke
Lover's Island as Jack Avery

1924

Love's Whirlpool as Jim Reagan
Wandering Husbands as George Moreland
Circe the Enchantress as Dr. Wesley Van Martyn
Broken Barriers as Ward Trenton
Secrets of the Night as Robert Andrews
Another Man's Wife as John Brand

1923

Human Wreckage as Alan MacFarland
Ponjola as Lundi Druro

1922

Ebb Tide as Robert Herrick
Pink Gods as John Quelch
Under Two Flags as James Kirkwood
The Man From Home as Daniel Forbes Pike
The Sin Flood as O'Neill

1921

A Wise Fool as Jean Jacques Barbille
Bob Hampton of Placer as Bob Hampton
Man-Woman-Marriage as David Courtney
The Great Impersonation as Sir Everard Dominey / Leopold von Ragastein

1920

The Luck of the Irish as William Grogan Award
The Scoffer as Dr. Stannard Wayne
The Branding Iron as Pierre Landis
The Forbidden Thing as Abel Blake
In the Heart of a Fool as Grant Adams
Love as Tom Chandler
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios as Himself

1919

Our Film Stars

1916

The Foundling as Detective

1915

Gambier's Advocate as Stephen Gambier

1914

Home, Sweet Home as The Mother's Son
Behind the Scenes as Steve Hunter
The Eagle's Mate as Lancer Morne
Strongheart

1913

The House of Discord as The Wife's Sweetheart
A Fair Exchange as The Rich Man
The Bride of the Sea

1911

A Left Hook as Algernon
Till Death Do Us Part as Smith
The Conflict
O’er Grim Fields Scarred as Col. Cuthbert
From the Valley of Shadows
In the Teepee’s Light as Jack Reed
The Trump Card as George Petit - the Gambler
The Vows
The Little Avenger
In Flowers Paled as Jack Northwood
For Remembrance
On Kentucky Soil
A Brass Button as Albert Lowden
The Price of Vanity as Murray, the Union President
Over the Shading Edge as Henry Wyeth

1910

Sunshine Sue
A Victim of Jealousy as The Husband
The Gray of the Dawn
The Rocky Road as The Best Man
The Modern Prodigal
The Last Deal as The Westerner
The Final Settlement
The Honor of His Family as Officer
The Call as Amos Holden
The Armorer’s Daughter as Tiberius
Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet
His Last Burglary
The Thin Dark Line

1909

A Corner in Wheat as Farmer Award
His Wife's Visitor as At Club
1776, or The Hessian Renegades as Messenger's Father
The Little Darling as In Store
The Indian Runner's Romance as Cowboy / Dying Man
The Redman's View as Silver Eagle's Father
The Slave as Alachus
The Faded Lilies as The Doctor
The Restoration as Mr. Morley
Edgar Allan Poe
The Gibson Goddess as An Admirer
Tender Hearts as A Simple Farmer Lad
To Save Her Soul as Backstage at Debut / At Party
His Lost Love as Luke
The Day After as Party Guest
The Mountaineer's Honor as The Mountain Girl's Brother
Sweet and Twenty as Alice's father
The Necklace as Party Guest
Getting Even as Jim Blake
The Light That Came as At the Ball
The Lonely Villa
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea as Bill
Oh, Uncle! as Zeke Wright
The Broken Locket as At Bar Table
The Renunciation as Joe Fielding
In Little Italy as The Sheriff
The Way of Man as The Father
A Strange Meeting as At Party
The Heart of an Outlaw as The Husband, an Outlaw
The Cardinal's Conspiracy as The Cardinal
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period as Cromwell's Advisor
They Would Elope as The Father
Leather Stocking as The Trapper
The Seventh Day as Mr. Hearne
The Mexican Sweethearts as Mexican in Bar
Through the Breakers as Mr. Nostrand
In the Window Recess as A Convict
Comata, the Sioux as Comata, the Sioux
The Mended Lute as Standing Rock
Pippa Passes as In Bar
At the Altar
Nursing a Viper as In Mob
Jealousy and the Man as Jim Brooks
Fools of Fate as Ben Webster

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Two Rode Together
Madame Curie
Man in the Saddle
The Sun Shines Bright
The Doolins of Oklahoma
The Last Posse

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