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Robert G. Vignola (born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 5, 1882 – October 25, 1953) was an Italian-born American actor, screenwriter and film director in American cinema. One of the silent screen's most prolific directors, he made a handful of sound films in the early years of talkies but his career essentially ended in the silent era. Born at Trivigno, in the province of Potenza, Vignola left Italy with his family at the age of 3 and was raised in upstate New York. He made his acting debut at 19 performing in "Romeo and Juliet", with Eleanor Robson Belmont and Kyrle Bellew.
He began his film career as an actor in 1906 with the short film The Black Hand, directed by Wallace McCutcheon and produced by Biograph Company, generally considered the film that launched the mafia genre. In 1907 he joined Kalem Studios, for which he made numerous movies. One of Vignola's most notable film roles was as Judas Iscariot in From the Manger to the Cross (1912), directed by Sidney Olcott, one of the most successful films of the period.
Vignola directed 87 films, most notably The Vampire (1913), sometimes cited as the first "vamp" movie, and Seventeen (1916), where Rudolph Valentino did an uncredited cameo. He had a long association directing the early movies of Pauline Frederick such as Audrey (1916) and Double Crossed (1917).
His biggest success was the big-budget epic When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922), starring Marion Davies, which achieved critical and commercial acclaim. Other films include Déclassée (1925), with the uncredited appearance of the then unknown Clark Gable; Broken Dreams (1933), which received a nomination for Best Foreign Film at the Venice Film Festival, and The Scarlet Letter (1934), the last film of Colleen Moore.
Vignola died in Hollywood, California in 1953. He lived in a mansion at Whitley Heights owned by William Randolph Hearst. Hearst's mistress Marion Davies was allowed to stay without him at Vignola's mansion, worried that she was having affairs and considering Vignola a trusted companion for her as he was homosexual.
He was buried in St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, New York.
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Filmography (Movies)
Honor Thy Father
Character:Chick Fenway - a Thief
Release Date:25/06/1915
The Railroad Raiders of '62
Character:Railroad Engineer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:20/03/1915
The Show Girl's Glove
Character:
Release Date:22/06/1914
The Padrone's Plot
Character:Tony
Release Date:01/12/1913
The Vampire
Character:
Release Date:15/10/1913
Shenandoah
Character:Undetermined Role
Release Date:04/07/1913
The Alien
Character:Paola
Release Date:07/05/1913
The Scimitar of the Prophet
Character:Hadjji - a Mohammedan Priest
Release Date:11/04/1913
The War Correspondent
Character:Hal Martin - the Star Reporter
Release Date:08/03/1913
The Message of the Palms
Character:Uncle Tom - the Colonel's Servant
Release Date:26/02/1913
The Peril of the Dance Hall
Character:Pablo Florenti - Pepita's Father
Release Date:17/02/1913
Lady Peggy’s Escape
Character:Preston
Release Date:08/02/1913
The Prosecuting Attorney
Character:The Criminal
Release Date:03/02/1913
A Desperate Chance
Character:Joe Mellon - the Brakeman
Release Date:18/01/1913
A Sawmill Hazard
Character:Geoffrey Stern
Release Date:11/01/1913
The Wives of Jamestown
Character:Shamus O’Daly
Release Date:10/01/1913
The Shaughraun
Character:Harvey Duff
Release Date:23/12/1912
Ireland, the Oppressed
Character:Michael Dee
Release Date:14/12/1912
The Little Gluers
Character:Darby O'Drive
Release Date:18/11/1912
From the Manger to the Cross
Character:Judas
Release Date:03/10/1912
A Prisoner of the Harem
Character:Mahmoud Pasha
Release Date:19/07/1912
Tragedy of the Desert
Character:The Flirtatious Malmoud Bey
Release Date:01/07/1912
Captured by Bedouins
Character:Judge Barnett - the Father
Release Date:26/06/1912
An Arabian Tragedy
Character:Ayub Kashif
Release Date:19/06/1912
The O'Neill
Character:
Release Date:12/01/1912
The Colleen Bawn
Character:Mr. Corrigan
Release Date:16/10/1911
Rory O'More
Character:Black William
Release Date:03/09/1911
Railroad Raiders of '62
Character:Engineer
Release Date:15/06/1911
The Fiddler’s Requiem
Character:Dolores' fiance
Release Date:03/05/1911
A Sawmill Hero
Character:
Release Date:22/03/1911
When Lovers Part
Character:
Release Date:23/12/1910
The Lad from Old Ireland
Character:Man in Campaign Office
Release Date:23/11/1910
The Fight for Freedom
Character:
Release Date:17/07/1908
Over the Hills to the Poor House
Character:
Release Date:26/06/1908
The Black Hand
Character:
Release Date:29/03/1906
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