Elmer Clifton


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Actor | Director | Writer | Story | Screenplay

Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He was also a second-unit director for those films. Promoted to director in 1917, Clifton supervised several successful Fine Arts comedies starring Dorothy Gish while continuing to serve as Griffith's as...

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Date of Birth: Mar 14, 1890

Date of Death: Oct 15, 1949


Filmography

Actor (6 Known Credits)


The Rhapsode (Babylonian Story)
Horace Gaylord
Phil Stoneman
Allison Edwards
Martin Eden (1914)
Cub reporter

Director (50 Known Credits)


Director
The Judge (1949)
Director
Not Wanted (1949)
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Youth Aflame (1944)
Director
Director
Spook Town (1944)
Director
Dead or Alive (1944)
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Frontier Law (1943)
Director
Director
Director
Hard Guy (1941)
Director
Director
Director
Swamp Woman (1941)
Director
Director
Crashing Thru (1939)
Director
Director
Director
Director
Pilot X (1936)
Director
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Director
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Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Battling Jane (1918)
Director
Director

Writer (5 Known Credits)


Story (11 Known Credits)


Teen Age

Story

Story
Story
Teen Age (1944)
Story
Story
Story
Story
Story

Screenplay (31 Known Credits)


Screenplay
Screenplay
The Judge (1949)
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
West to Glory (1947)
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Youth Aflame (1944)
Screenplay
Spook Town (1944)
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Teen Age (1944)
Screenplay
Gunsmoke Mesa (1944)
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Frontier Law (1943)
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay

Original Story (1 Known Credits)


Lightning Raiders

Original Story

Original Story

Assistant Director (1 Known Credits)


The Birth of a Nation

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

First Assistant Director (1 Known Credits)


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