Colin Campbell (director)

For other people with the same name, see Colin Campbell.

James Colin Campbell (11 October 1859 – 26 August 1928) was a film director, actor and screenwriter.^[1][2] He directed more than 170 American films between 1911 and 1924; and wrote scripts for 60 films between 1911 and 1922. He was born in Scotland, and died in Hollywood, California.

Colin Campbell
Born	(1859-10-11)11 October 1859 Scotland, United Kingdom
Died	26 August 1928(1928-08-26) (aged 68) Hollywood, California, United States
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1911–1924

Campbell married actress Blanche Crozier on March 2, 1912.^[3]

Selected filmography

An elephant picks up a basket with its trunk. Set photograph from the film A Wise Old Elephant directed by Colin Campbell (1913), Margaret Herrick Library.

• Brown of Harvard (1911)
• An Assisted Elopement (1912)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1912)
• Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913)
• A Wise Old Elephant (1913)
• Wamba A Child of the Jungle (1913)
• The Spoilers (1914)
• Shotgun Jones (1914)
• Chip of the Flying U (1914)
• The Rosary (1915)
• The Carpet from Bagdad (1915)
• Sweet Alyssum (1915)
• Tillie's Tomato Surprise (1915)
• Thou Shalt Not Covet (1916)
• The Garden of Allah (1916)
• Gloria's Romance (1916)
• The Crisis (1916)
• Beware of Strangers (1917)
• Who Shall Take My Life? (1917)
• The Sea Flower (1918)
• The City of Purple Dreams (1918)
• The Yellow Dog (1918)
• The Still Alarm (1918)
• The Beauty Market (1919)
• The Railroader (1919)
• The Thunderbolt (1919)
• Moon Madness (1920)
• When Dawn Came (1920)
• The Corsican Brothers (1920)
• The First Born (1921)
• Where Lights Are Low (1921)
• The Lure of Jade (1921)
• The Swamp (1921)
• A Man of Stone (1921)
• "Black Roses" (1921)
• The World's a Stage (1922)
• The Buster (1923)
• Three Who Paid (1923)
• The Bowery Bishop (1924)
• The White Monkey (1925)

References

1. McCaffrey, Donald W.; Jacobs, Christopher P. (1999). Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313303456.
2. "James Colin Campbell". Newspapers.com. 27 August 1928. p. 1. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
3. California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1830-1980. California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com

External links

• Media related to Colin Campbell (director) at Wikimedia Commons
• Works by or about James Colin Campbell at Wikisource
• Colin Campbell at IMDb