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American actor and director
David Kirkland
BornNovember 26, 1878
San Francisco, California, United States
DiedOctober 27, 1964 (aged 85)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)Director, Actor
Years active1911-1943 (film)

David Kirkland (November 26, 1878 – October 27, 1964) was an American actor and film director of the silent and early sound eras.

He was cast as Dr. Dopem in the Snakeville comedy series and directed several Keystone Studios comedy films. He was a pallbearer at Virginia Rappe's funeral. Kirkland's 1920 film The Perfect Woman was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

Partial filmography

References

  1. Munden p. 39
  2. Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). Silent Film Necrology. ISBN 9780786410590.
  3. Walker, Brent E. (2013-04-25). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. ISBN 9780786477111.
  4. Merritt, Greg (September 2013). Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hol. ISBN 9781613747957.
  5. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

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