John Ince (actor)

John Ince
Born	John Edward Ince August 29, 1878 New York City, New York, United States
Died	April 10, 1947(1947-04-10) (aged 68) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)	Film director, actor
Relatives	Thomas H. Ince (brother) Ralph Ince (brother)

John Ince, also known as John E. Ince, (August 29, 1878 – April 10, 1947) was an American stage and motion pictures actor, a film director, and the eldest brother of Thomas H. Ince and Ralph Ince.

A leading man from the early 1910s, he also directed and scripted several of his own vehicles. Concentrating almost exclusively on directing from 1915 through 1928, Ince returned before the cameras as a character actor in the early years of the talkies.

Selected filmography

• The Battle of Shiloh (1913) - Frank Carey

• The Cowardly Way (1915, director)
• The Planter (1917, co-director)
• Secret Strings (1918, director)
• A Favor To A Friend (1919)
• Blind Man's Eyes (1919, director)
• Blackie's Redemption (1919, director)
• One-Thing-at-a-Time O'Day (1919, director)
• Old Lady 31 (1920, director)
• Held In Trust (1920, director)
• Passion Fruit (1921)
• The Hole in the Wall (1921)
• The Girl of Gold (1925, director)
• Her Big Adventure (1926, director)
• Hot Curves (1930)
• Air Eagles (1931)
• Is There Justice? (1931)
• Wild West Whoopee (1931)
• Headin' for Trouble (1931)
• Sheer Luck (1931)
• Guns for Hire (1932)
• Temptation's Workshop (1932)
• Passport to Paradise (1932)
• Human Targets (1932)
• The Thrill Hunter (1933)
• Ship of Wanted Men (1933)
• Behind the Green Lights (1935)
• Lawless Range (1935)
• In Old Kentucky (1935)
• Modern Times (1936) - warden
• Way Out West (1937)
• Mr. Celebrity (1941)
• Code of the Outlaw (1942)
• Wilson (1944) - Senator Watson
• Girls of the Big House (1945)

External links

• John Ince at IMDb
• John Ince at the Internet Broadway Database
• brief article on John Ince as a Laurel & Hardy player