James Morrison

Biography

James Morrison, born James Woods Morrison, was an American silent movie actor with over 180 film credits. He later published two novels, Road End (1927) and April Luck (1932). He taught speech and drama classes at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn for many years.

Known For

Norman Minot

Danger Ahead!

Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

My Official Wife

Ralph Brooks

The Wheels of Justice

Barry West

A Yankee Go Getter

Lord Alvanley

Beau Brummel

Charles Black

Only a Shop Girl

Harold Winthrop

Enlighten Thy Daughter

Betty Becomes a Maid

A Young Sculptor

At Scrogginses' Corner

Harry Beecham, Janet's Seventh Son

The Seventh Son

The Seepore Rebellion

Cowboy

Kitty and the Cowboys

Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father

Jack Hally

She Came, She Saw, She Conquered

The Death of King Edward III

Gregg

The Serpents

Edith's Sweetheart

Yellow Bird

Duncan Miller

The Heart of Esmeralda

The Palace Poet

The Miracle

Derrick Corday, William's Son

Vampire of the Desert

Paul Scanlon

The Seventh Bandit

A Cure for Pokeritis

Dave Darcey

The Redemption of Dave Darcey

I'm on My Way

Daniel Briton, the Huckster

The Geranium

Too Much Burglar

James

She Never Knew

Lt. Walter Hurst / David Hurst

Shattered Idols

Peasant brother

A Tale of Two Cities

Bashful

The Father

Easter Babies

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Over the Chafing Dish

Moral Suicide

The Subduing of Mrs. Nag

The Classmate

Cherry Blossoms

A Pair of Frauds

The Hero

Earle Castro

He Never Knew

The Son

The Life Boat

The Younger Werner Brother

The Younger Brother

David - Mrs. Blair's Son

The Portrait

Fanny's Melodrama

Mandy's School Chum's Brother

The Mate of the 'John M'

Phil Gardner - Nellie's Brother

The Fighting Schoolmaster

Jack Morrison - the Son

A Message from Beyond

Jack Upton

The Vanity Case

Anatole

The Count of Luxembourg

Harry Brown - the Young Man Who Finds Belle's Dancing Shoes

Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes

Brother Paul

The Christian

Sir Brian's Son, Gerald

Captain Jenks' Diplomacy

Arthur Reynolds

The Sex Lure

The First Violin

Howard Peyton

The Struggle

Tom - a Reporter

Lulu's Anarchist

Crazy by Proxy

George Darrel

The Antique Engagement Ring

Ernest Lardner

Dorothy Danesbridge, Militant

Ralph Lyons

Miss Raffles

George

Betty's Baby

Mark

Saving an Audience

Jasper Brinton, Mrs. Brinton's Son

The Higher Mercy

Tommy Morgan

Tommy's Sister

James Davidson - Cecilia's Fiancé

The Pink Pajama Girl

Jack Moss - the Girl's Sweetheart

An Eventful Elopement

Coronets and Hearts

Jim - Third Suitor

A Modern Atalanta

Lt. Graham

Romance of a Rickshaw

The Cylinder's Secret

Herbert - Senator Walker's Nephew

On the Pupil of His Eye

Jack Wilson - an Officer of the British Regiment in India

The Indian Mutiny

Young Man at Cotillion (uncredited)

When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet

The Stranger

The Signal of Distress

John Tobin

Following the Star

Wallie

Two of a Kind

Billy Emerson, Mildred's Fiancé

A Marriage of Convenience

Paul Savary

Babbling Tongues

Twin Flappers

Gordon

The Impostor

Abel

Don't

Rollie Burbeck

Held to Answer

Jimmy Moore

The Pride of the Force

Wylie Stone

The Crime of Cain

Rodney Miller

The Passing of Diana

John Steele

The Toll

Luigi

The Soul of Luigi

Tom Saunders

The False and the True

Hugo Hunfalvy

The Apple

Joe Leigh - an Artist

Two Stepchildren

Jim Manning

The Little Girl Next Door

Leslie Bradbury

The Unknown Purple

Billy

A Lady and Her Maid

Bob Deering

Phantom Fortunes

Richard Ralston

The Man Hunt

Arthur Mansfield

The Alibi

Dick Cartwright

The Dawn of Freedom

Gilman Austen

The Hero of Submarine D-2

The Little Trespasser

Dick Morgan

For the Honor of the Crew

Young Mayford - Gladys's Brother

The Two Battles

Percival Summers - Clara's Sweetheart

The Black Sheep

Jack - the Adopted Son

The Foster Child

Hugh Williams - the Son

The Ruling Power

Gavin Dishart

The Little Minister

Bob Hammond aka The Battler

The Greater Motive

Jim Stillwell

The Wheat and the Tares

Chester Colton

The Volunteer Strike Breakers

Phil Burnham

Handle with Care

One of the Doctor's Friends

Getting Up a Practice

Robert Blackburn

Love Without Question

Jack Gray, Their Son

The Modern Prodigal

Robert Pitcairn - Jeanne's sweetheart

The Midnight Bride

Leonard Travers

The Woman Game

Lt. Ralph Harrison

Sacred Silence

Wallace Dixon - Alfred's Son

The Butler's Secret

The Tiger Lily

The Husband

He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law

Francis Phillips

The Web

Tricks of the Trade

Harry Eschert - Lila's Sweetheart

Cupid Through a Keyhole

A Homespun Tragedy

Jimmy - the Nephew

The Honeymooners

Old Silas Liversedge - the Father

The Unwritten Play

Detective Phil Riordan

Regan's Daughter

The Swan Girl

The Sale of a Heart

The Third Party

Up in a Balloon

Harris

From Out of the Big Snows

Jack Harvey - the Artist

A Christmas Story

Tom Forsythe

Mortmain

Wooing the Cook

Percy

Marrying Sue

Sidney Rance

Four Grains of Rice

Rupert

A Fortune Hunter

John - Florence's Brother

Pawns of Mars

Jan De Bar

In the Days of Famine

What Did He Whisper?

Polly's Sweetheart

A Wireless Rescue

Hal Gilman

The Man, the Mission and the Maid

Guy Dunbar

A Madcap Adventure

Stephan Royston - Younger Son

Twice Rescued

Payne Morrison

Mother's Roses

Freddy - the Young Sweetheart

Netty or Letty

Tom

Saved from a Life of Crime

Jacques Javillier

The Love of Pierre Larosse

Dick Anderson

Within an Ace

Albert Lloyd

Over the Top

Orrin Castleton

Miss Dulcie from Dixie

Boone Morton Sr.

Children of the Feud

John Brown

The Greater Love

John Wild - Allen's Son

The First Endorsement

Carl Heiner

Iron and Steel

Charley Harrison

The Battle Cry of Peace

Philip Ward

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation

Clinton (1870 prologue)

Wine of Youth

Beth's Sweetheart

The Picture Idol

Ossip Pulaski

One Law for Both

Harry Smith

The Nth Commandment

The Criminal's Right-Hand-Man

Dr. LaFleur's Theory

Willie Green

Willie's Sister

Charles Mackay, A Young Author, Caroline's Sweetheart

A Vitagraph Romance

Silvius, a Shepherd

As You Like It

Office Employee

Stenographer Troubles

James - Gordon's Valet

Suing Susan

Jeremy Pitt

Captain Blood

Harry Blomefield

Black Beauty

Franklin Church

Sins of Ambition

Ned Brabazon

Sowing the Wind

Jimmy

The Man Next Door

Aubrey, The Artist Under Suspicion

The Adventure of the Italian Model

Bob

The Dangerous Age

David

On the Banks of the Wabash

James Manly / Aguinaldo

Life or Honor?

Suiter

The Loyalty of Sylvia

Bob Worth

How Could You, Caroline?

Richard Audaine

When We Were Twenty-One

Jack Howard

When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins

Bob

The Strategy of Ann

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

179

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-11-14

Place of Birth

Mattoon, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

James Woods Morrison