Harold Lockwood

Harold Lockwood
Born	Harold A. Lockwood April 12, 1887(1887-04-12) Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	October 19, 1918(1918-10-19) (aged 31) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1911–1918

Harold A. Lockwood (April 12, 1887 – October 19, 1918) was an American silent film actor and one of the most popular matinee idols of the early film period during the 1910s.

Career

Often paired with actress May Allison, the two became possibly the first celebrated on-screen romantic duo. The two first shared the screen opposite one another in the Allan Dwan directed romantic film David Harum and would appear in over twenty-three films together during the World War I era. However, the two were never romantically involved off-screen.

Lockwood was also among the all-star ensemble cast of the 1916 D.W. Griffith directed classic Intolerance which included Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, Douglas Fairbanks, Sam De Grasse, Wallace Reid, Mildred Harris and Carol Dempster.

Death

Lockwood died on October 19, 1918 after contracting the Spanish influenza virus. Lockwood was 31 years old. He is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

Selected filmography

• Hearts Adrift (1914)
• Tess of the Storm Country (1914)
• The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch (1914)
• Such a Little Queen (1914)
• Wildflower (1914)
• The Man from Mexico (1914)
• David Harum (1915)
• The Great Question (1915)
• The Buzzard's Shadow (1915)
• Are You a Mason? (1915)
• Jim the Penman (1915)
• Intolerance (1916)
• The Gamble (1916)
• The Man in the Sombrero (1916)
• The Other Side of the Door (1916)
• The Broken Cross (1916)
• Lillo of the Sulu Seas
• The Secret Wire (1916)
• Broadway Bill (1918)

Photo Gallery

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  Harold Lockwood, Addie Townsend 1918, Del Monté, California

External links

• Harold Lockwood at the Internet Movie Database
• Harold Lockwood on Silents Are Golden