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)