Edward LeSaint

Edward LeSaint
From a 1920 magazine ad
Born	(1870-12-13)December 13, 1870 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	September 10, 1940(1940-09-10) (aged 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Spouse	Stella LeSaint

Edward LeSaint (December 13, 1870 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and director whose career began in the silent era. He acted in over 300 films and directed more than 90. He was sometimes credited as Edward J. Le Saint.

Early years

LeSaint was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, of French ancestry. His schooling also was in Cincinnati. Before venturing into entertainment, he worked in a railroad's auditing office.

Career

LeSaint started his stage career while still a child in Philadelphia. He acted with a stock theater company in Cincinnati for a couple of years, then spent 15 years acting "in most of the prominent road shows all over the states."

He went on to work with the Kinemacolor company and Selig Polyscope Company in film production before he joined Universal Pictures.

Personal life and death

He married Stella LeSaint on December 25, 1913 and remained with her until his death on September 10, 1940.

Partial filmography

As actor

• Mary of the Movies (1923) – cameo
• The Dawn Trail (1930)
• The Lawyer's Secret (1931)
• Huckleberry Finn (1931)
• The Fighting Marshal (1931)
• Range Feud (1931)
• South of the Rio Grande (1932)
• High Speed (1932)
• Daring Danger (1932)
• Speed Demon (1932)
• The Night of June 13 (1932) (uncredited)
• Drifting Souls (1932)
• Breach of Promise (1932)
• Treason (1933)
• The Thrill Hunter (1933)
• The Wrecker (1933)
• The Last Trail (1933)
• Broken Dreams (1933)
• Duck Soup (1933)
• Frontier Marshal (1934)
• Once to Every Woman (1934)
• The Lost Jungle (1934)
• Hell Bent for Love (1934)
• A Man's Game (1934)
• Girl in Danger (1934)
• Green Eyes (1934)
• Fighting Shadows (1935)
• Justice of the Range (1935)
• Riding Wild (1935)
• Tomorrow's Youth (1935)
• On Probation (1935)
• End of the Trail (1936)
• Half Shot Shooters (1936) as Major Smith
• Disorder in the Court (1936) as Judge (uncredited)
• The Oregon Trail (1936)
• Counterfeit Lady (1936)
• Modern Times (1936) as Sheriff Couler
• Killer at Large (1936)
• Shakedown (1936)
• Racketeers in Exile (1937)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) as Coroner on Trial (uncredited)
• The Gladiator (1938)
• The Main Event (1938)
• Jesse James (1939)
• The Stranger from Texas (1939)
• Arizona Legion (1939)

As director

• Jim's Atonement (1912)
• His Father's Rifle (1914)
• Lord John's Journal (1915)
• Lord John in New York (1915)
• The Grey Sisterhood (1916)
• Three Fingered Jenny (1916)
• The League of the Future (1916)
• The Soul of Kura San (1916)
• The Three Godfathers (1916)
• The Jackals of a Great City (1916)
• Cupid's Round Up (1916)
• The Feud (1919)
• The Mother of His Children (1920)
• Two Moons (1920)
• Only a Shop Girl (1922)
• More to Be Pitied Than Scorned (1923)
• Discontented Husbands (1924)
• The Unwritten Law (1925)

External links

• Edward LeSaint at IMDb
• Edward LeSaint at the Internet Broadway Database
• Edward LeSaint at Find a Grave