Hardee Kirkland

Hardee Kirkland (May 23, 1868 – February 18, 1929) was an American film actor and director of the silent era who appeared on stage.

Hardee Kirkland
Kirkland in 1920 advertisement for A Splendid Hazard
Born	(1868-05-23)May 23, 1868 Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died	February 18, 1929(1929-02-18) (aged 60) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)	Actor Film director Stage
Years active	1912–1925
Father	William Whedbee Kirkland
Relatives	Odette Tyler (sister) William J. Hardee (uncle)

Biography

Kirkland was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of former Confederate Brigadier General William Whedbee Kirkland and the older brother of the actress Elizabeth Kirkland, who performed as Odette Tyler. His maternal uncle William J. Hardee was also a Confederate general.^[1]

He appeared in more than 40 films between 1915 and 1925. He also directed more than 30 films between 1912 and 1914.

He died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 60.^[2]

Selected filmography

Gretchen Hartman(Mrs. Alan Hale), William Farnum and Hardee Kirkland in Les Misérables

As a director

• A Counterfeit Santa Claus (1912)
• The Awakening (1912)
• Her Bitter Lesson (1912)
• The Voice of Warning (1912)
• The Lost Inheritance (1912)
• A Man Among Men (1912)
• The Fire Fighter's Love (1912)
• Prompted by Jealousy (1913)
• The Clue (1913)
• The Empty Studio (1913)
• Don't Let Mother Know (1913)
• The Pink Opera Cloak (1913)
• Nobody's Boy (1913)
• A Change of Administration (1913)
• Tommy's Atonement (1913)
• The Ex-Convict's Plunge (1913)
• The Fate of Elizabeth (1913)
• Her Husband's Friend (1913)
• Through Another Man's Eyes (1913)
• The Adventures of a Watch; or, Time Flies and Comes Back (1913)
• The Price of the Free (1913)
• The Golden Cloud (1913)
• The Speedway of Despair (1914)

As an actor

• The Galley Slave (1915) – Baron La Bois^[3]
• The Lost Bridegroom (1916) – Black McQuirk^[4]
• Les Misérables (1917) – Javert^[5]
• When False Tongues Speak (1917)
• Five Thousand an Hour (1918)^[6]
• Eye for Eye (1918) – Rambert, curcis proprietor^[7][8]
• The Peace of Roaring River (1919) – Nils Olsen^[9][10]
• Johnny-on-the-Spot (1919) – Dr. Barnabas Bunyon
• The Master Man (1919)
• In Wrong (1919) – Henry Wallace
• Madame X (1920) – Dr. Chessel^[11]
• A Splendid Hazard (1920) – Admiral Killegrew
• Officer 666 (1920) - Police Captain
• From the Ground Up (1920) – Mr. Carswell, Sr.
• The Ace of Hearts (1921) – Mr. Morgridge
• A Perfect Crime (1921) – President Halliday
• The Lure of Jade (1921)
• Roads of Destiny (1921) – Mr. Hardy^[12]
• Ladies Must Live (1921)^[13]
• Youth to Youth (1922) – Mr. Taylor
• Without Compromise (1922)
• Very Truly Yours (1922) – Doctor Maddox
• They Like 'Em Rough (1922) – Richard Wells Sr.
• The Face Between (1922) – Mr. Hartwell
• Sherlock Brown (1922) – General Bostwick
• Youth to Youth (1922) – Taylor
• Hell's Hole (1923) – a guardian
• Are You a Failure? (1923) – Gregory Thorpe
• While Paris Sleeps (1923) – Mr. O'Keefe, Sr.
• Woman-Proof (1923) – Col. Lynwood
• The Mailman (1923) – Captain Franz^[14]
• The Arizona Romeo (1925) – John Wayne
• Bad Boy (1925) – father of Jimmie
• Private Affairs (1925)
• The Shadow on the Wall (1925) – Mr. Hode

References

1. John W. Leonard, Woman's Who's who of America (American Commonwealth 1914): 829.
2. imdb.com, Hardee Kirkland (1868–1929)
3. "Silent Era: The Galley Slave". silentera. Retrieved June 28, 2008.
4. Progressive Silent Film List: The Lost Bridegroom at silentera.com
5. "theiapolis.com. Retrieved August 31, 2012". Archived from the original on July 6, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
6. "Five Thousand an Hour". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
7. Eye for Eye at silentera.com
8. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Eye For Eye
9. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Catalog:The Peace of Roaring River
10. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Peace of Roaring
11. Madame X(1920) The Pauline Frederick page Stanford University
12. "Star's Performance Is Feature of "Roads of Destiny"". Film Daily. 16 (3). New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 7 April 3, 1921. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
13. Ladies Must Live at silentera.com
14. The Mailman at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

External links

• Hardee Kirkland at IMDb
• Hardee Kirkland at the Internet Broadway Database