Cullen Landis (July 9, 1896 – August 26, 1975) was an American motion picture actor and director whose career began in the early ears of the silent film era.
Cullen Landis (July 9, 1896 – August 26, 1975) was an American motion picture actor and director whose career began in the early ears of the silent film era.
James Cullen Landis was the middle of three siblings (two sons and a daughter) raised by Lulan and Margaret (née Cullen) Landis in Nashville, Tennessee, where his father supported his family as a stock broker. As a boy, James was a train enthusiast and dreamed to be an railroad engineer. Though the ambition eventually faded, his interest in railroads did not, and some years later he helped design for himself a model train set powered by steam. He began working in the fledgling film industry at age 18 around the time his older sister, Margaret Landis, appeared in her first film.
In 1928 Cullen Landis starred in the first ‘all talking’ motion picture, Lights of New York. He once confided in a friend that talkies were perfect for musicals and that he was no "song and dance man". He left Hollywood for Detroit in 1930 to produce and direct industrial films for automobile companies. Landis began as a movie director, only turning to acting after his lead player broke a leg and it was discovered that the actor’s costumes fit him. He went on to become one of the more popular lead actors of the silent era, appearing in some one hundred films over 14 years. During World War II, he served as a captain with US Army Signal Corps producing training films in the South Pacific. By war’s end he was twice decorated and promoted to major. In the post war years he made documentaries for the US State Department that took him to the far corners of the world. James Cullen Landis died on August 28, 1975, aged 79, at a nursing home in Bloomfield, Michigan, three months after the death of his wife, Jane.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Character:Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Release Date:16/10/1943
Convict's Code
Character:Kenneth Avery
Release Date:01/08/1930
The Little Wild Girl
Character:Jules Barbier
Release Date:01/08/1928
Lights of New York
Character:Eddie Morgan
Release Date:18/07/1928
The Devil's Skipper
Character:John Dubray
Release Date:01/02/1928
The Broken Mask
Character:Pertio
Release Date:01/01/1928
On to Reno
Character:Bud
Release Date:01/01/1928
Two to One
Character:George Minafer
Release Date:31/12/1927
Broadway After Midnight
Character:Jimmy Crestmore
Release Date:29/10/1927
We're All Gamblers
Character:Georgie McCarver
Release Date:03/09/1927
Life in Hollywood No. 5
Character:
Release Date:25/08/1927
The Fighting Failure
Character:Denny O'Brien
Release Date:02/12/1926
The Smoke Eaters
Character:Ed
Release Date:05/11/1926
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Character:Victor McQuade
Release Date:26/09/1926
Frenzied Flames
Character:Danny Grovan
Release Date:01/09/1926
Christine of the Big Tops
Character:Bob Hastings
Release Date:20/08/1926
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
Character:Davy Crockett
Release Date:01/08/1926
The Dixie Flyer
Character:'Sunrise' Smith
Release Date:29/07/1926
My Old Dutch
Character:Herbert Brown
Release Date:23/05/1926
With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail
Character:Gordon Kent
Release Date:01/03/1926
Perils of the Coast Guard
Character:Coast Guard Captain Tom Norris
Release Date:01/03/1926
The Midnight Flyer
Character:David Henderson
Release Date:06/12/1925
Peacock Feathers
Character:Jerry Chandler
Release Date:18/10/1925
An Enemy of Men
Character:Doctor Phil
Release Date:01/07/1925
Wasted Lives
Character:John Grayson
Release Date:07/04/1925
A Broadway Butterfly
Character:Ronald Steel
Release Date:29/03/1925
Pampered Youth
Character:George Minafer
Release Date:01/02/1925
Cheap Kisses
Character:Donald Dillingham
Release Date:21/12/1924
Born Rich
Character:Jack Le Moyne
Release Date:07/12/1924
One Law for the Woman
Character:Ben Martin
Release Date:25/05/1924
A Girl of the Limberlost
Character:Hart Henderson
Release Date:28/04/1924
The Fighting Coward
Character:Tom Rumford
Release Date:14/03/1924
The Man Life Passed By
Character:Harold Trevis
Release Date:24/12/1923
The Midnight Alarm
Character:Chaser
Release Date:19/08/1923
Masters of Men
Character:Dick Halpin
Release Date:14/05/1923
Soul of the Beast
Character:Paul Nadeau
Release Date:06/05/1923
Pioneer Trails
Character:Jack Dale / Jack Plains
Release Date:01/05/1923
Crashin' Thru
Character:Cons Saunders
Release Date:01/04/1923
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Character:Alan Fair
Release Date:19/02/1923
The Fog
Character:Nathan Forge
Release Date:18/01/1923
Forsaking All Others
Character:Oliver Newell
Release Date:10/12/1922
Love in the Dark
Character:Tim O'Brien
Release Date:20/11/1922
Youth to Youth
Character:Page Brookins
Release Date:16/10/1922
Remembrance
Character:Seth Smith
Release Date:01/10/1922
Gay and Devilish
Character:Peter Armitage
Release Date:14/05/1922
Watch Your Step
Character:Elmer Slocum
Release Date:16/02/1922
Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
Character:
Release Date:05/02/1922
Voices of the City
Character:Jimmy
Release Date:01/12/1921
The Infamous Miss Revell
Character:Max Hildreth
Release Date:17/10/1921
The Ace of Hearts
Character:Young Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
Release Date:17/09/1921
The Old Nest
Character:Jim at 22-32
Release Date:28/06/1921
Snowblind
Character:Pete Garth
Release Date:22/03/1921
Bunty Pulls the Strings
Character:Rab
Release Date:02/01/1921
It's a Great Life
Character:Stoddard
Release Date:29/08/1920
Pinto
Character:Bob DeWitt
Release Date:10/01/1920
Jinx
Character:Slicker Evans
Release Date:13/12/1919
Almost a Husband
Character:Jerry Wilson
Release Date:11/10/1919
Upstairs
Character:Lemuel Stallings
Release Date:03/08/1919
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Character:Billy Lanyon / Tommy Oakhurst
Release Date:29/06/1919
Where the West Begins
Character:Ned Caldwell (as J. Cullen Landis)
Release Date:02/03/1919
Cupid In Quarantine
Character:The Boyfriend
Release Date:10/09/1918
Her Rustic Romeo
Character:Jack
Release Date:28/05/1918
Over the Garden Wall
Character:Jack
Release Date:07/05/1918
Somebody's Widow
Character:Jack Random
Release Date:29/01/1918
Who Is Number One?
Character:Tommy Hale
Release Date:29/10/1917
Sunny Jane
Character:Thomas
Release Date:26/03/1917
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