1887-01-14 ( 138 years old ) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Ralph Ince (January 16, 1887 – April 10, 1937) was an American pioneer film actor, director and screenwriter whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. Ralph Ince was the brother of John Ince and Thomas H. Ince. Ralph Waldo Ince was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the younger of three sons and a daughter raised by English immigrants, John and Emma Ince. Sometime after his birth Ince moved to Manhattan where his entire family was engaged in theater work; his father as a musical agent and mother, sister Bertha and brothers, John and Thomas as actors. Ralph Ince studied art with cartoonist Dan McCarthy and for a while worked as a newspaper cartoonist for the New York World and later magazine illustrator for the New York Mirror and The Evening Telegram. At times over his acting and directing career Ince would continue to contribute cartoons to popular magazines of the day. Early on in his career Ince, who had done some stage acting as a child, was a member of Richard Mansfield's stock company playing parts in The College Widow and Ben Hur.
Around 1906 Ince became an animator in the fledgling film industry working for Winsor McCay, but soon turned to acting and joined Vitagraph Studios where he became known for his portrayals of Abraham Lincoln in a series of one reel films. Ince began directing at Vitagraph around 1910 and was officially advanced to the director’s chair in 1912, though he still continued to act in many of his films and throughout his career. Ince would go on to direct some 171 films between 1910 and 1937 and appear in approximately 110 films over nearly the same time period.
Movies
Gaol Break
1936-08-31
Rolling Home
1935-12-09
Blue Smoke
1935-12-01
So You Won't Talk
1935-03-01
No Escape
1934-11-26
Love at Second Sight
1934-09-01
Havana Widows
1933-11-18
Men Of America
1932-11-25
Malay Nights
1932-11-03
The Pride of the Legion
1932-10-17
Guilty as Hell
1932-08-05
Gorilla Ship
1932-07-19
The Tenderfoot
1932-05-23
State's Attorney
1932-05-20
Extra! Extra!
1932-04-04
The County Fair
1932-03-31
The Mouthpiece
1932-03-21
The Lost Squadron
1932-03-12
Law and Order
1932-02-09
Running Hollywood
1932-01-27
Girl of the Rio
1932-01-15
The Big Shot
1931-12-31
Men of Chance
1931-12-26
Law of the Sea
1931-12-15
The Big Gamble
1931-09-04
The Star Witness
1931-08-22
Hell Bound
1931-05-01
Gentleman's Fate
1931-03-07
Little Caesar
1931-01-25
Numbered Men
1930-06-07
The Big Fight
1930-05-11
Wall Street
1929-12-01
Chicago After Midnight
1928-03-04
Bigger Than Barnum's
1926-08-15
The Sea Wolf
1926-07-26
Yellow Fingers
1926-03-21
Channing of the Northwest
1922-04-10
The Last Door
1921-05-10
The Highest Law
1921-02-05
Out of the Snows
1920-08-23
The Swan Girl
1913-12-04
Song Bird of the North
1913-07-02
A Regiment of Two
1913-06-11
The Higher Mercy
1912-09-10
The Bond of Music
1912-08-30
The Heart of Esmeralda
1912-08-13
The Money Kings
1912-07-15
Yellow Bird
1912-06-12
Love in the Ghetto
1912-05-13
The Serpents
1912-05-08
The Cave Man
1912-04-15
The Seventh Son
1912-04-03
The Freshet
1911-11-28
One Flag at Last
1911-09-18
The Child Crusoes
1911-09-13
How Betty Won the School
1911-08-22
The Lure of Vanity
1911-07-18
The Geranium
1911-07-15
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
1911-06-30
A Tale of Two Cities
1911-02-20
Jean the Match-Maker
1910-09-19
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