Lamar Johnstone

Edward Lamar Johnstone (March 15, 1884 – May 21, 1919) was an American silent film actor and director.

Lamar Johnstone
Johnstone in 1915
Born	Edward Lamar Johnstone March 15, 1884 Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.
Died	May 19, 1919(1919-05-19) (aged 35) Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Other names	Lamar Johnson or Lamar Johnston
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1911-1919

Biography

Johnstone (left) with Dorothy Gibson in the 1912 comedy The Lucky Hold Up now housed in the Library of Congress, the only one of their films to survive

Born in Fairfax, Virginia, Johnstone starred in 82 films as an actor between 1911 and his death in 1919. He often starred alongside Dorothy Gibson, an actress who survived the sinking of the Titanic.

Johnstone directed three films; one in 1913 called Truth in the Wilderness, starring Charlotte Burton, The Turning Point (1914), and The Unforgiven (1915). In the 1916 serial Secret of the Submarine, Johnstone got to fly Juanita Hansen in a Curtiss Model D pusher biplane.^[1]

Death

Johnstone died on May 21, 1919, in Palm Springs, California, his cause of death was heart attack.

Filmography

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1912	Robin Hood	Guy of Gisbourne	Short
1913	The Lady Killer	Adolph - the Lady Killer
	Sapho		Short, uncredited, lost film
	Through a Telescope		Short
1916	Ben Blair	Scott Winthrop
	The Secret of the Submarine	Gerald Morton	Lost film
	The Tongues of Men	Dr. Lyn Fanshawe (as Lamar Johnson)
1918	That Devil, Bateese	Martin Stuart
	The Girl of My Dreams	Kenneth Stewart (as Lamar Johnston)
1919	Diane of the Green Van	Carl Granberry
	The Sheriff's Son	Brad Charlton	release posthumously
	The Spite Bride	Arthur Derford (as Lamar Johnston)
	Wolves of the Night	Burton Mortimer (as Lamar Johnson)
	The Lone Star Ranger	Jeff Lawson	Lost film, release posthumously

As director

Year	Title	Notes
1913	Truth in the Wilderness
1914	The Turning Point
1915	The Unforgiven

References

1. Pictorial History of the Silent Screen by Daniel Blum c. 1953 page 121

External links

• Lamar Johnstone at IMDb
• Portrait of Lamar Johnstone by Thomas Staedeli