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Sidney Olcott

Sidney Olcott

John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.

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Known For

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • Dust of the Desert
  • A Prisoner of the Harem
  • An Arabian Tragedy
  • The Poacher's Pardon
  • Ireland, the Oppressed
  • The Shaughraun
  • The Little Gluers
  • The Railroad Raiders of '62
  • Monsieur Beaucaire
  • The Lad from Old Ireland
  • Ben Hur
  • You Remember Ellen
  • His Mother
  • Little Old New York
  • Rory O'More
  • The Colleen Bawn
  • For Ireland's Sake
  • Madame Butterfly
  • All for Old Ireland
  • Poor Little Peppina
  • Railroad Raiders of '62
  • The Claw
  • The Seven Sisters
  • The Governor's Daughter
  • From the Manger to the Cross
  • My Lady Incog.
  • The Darling of the CSA
  • The Best People
  • The Green Goddess
  • The Conspiracy of Pontiac
  • Timothy's Quest
  • The Charmer
  • By a Woman's Wit
  • The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
  • For Love of an Enemy
  • The Only Woman
  • God's Country and the Law
  • Diplomacy
  • The Little Spreewald Maiden
  • The Amateur Gentleman
  • Salome of the Tenements
  • The Humming Bird
  • The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged
  • When the Dead Return
  • A Slave to Drink
  • Evangeline
  • The Moth and the Flame
  • Ranson's Folly
  • The Stepmother
  • Way Down East
  • When Lovers Part
  • Her Chum’s Brother
  • A Sawmill Hero
  • Captured by Bedouins
  • The Little Soldier of ’64
  • Come Back to Erin
  • The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy
  • The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
  • Winning a Widow
  • The Fiddler’s Requiem
  • The Special Messenger
  • The Scarlet Letter
  • Her Indian Mother
  • The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
  • Not So Long Ago
  • The Right Way
  • The Innocent Lie
  • The Romance of a Trained Nurse
  • The Smugglers
  • The Navajo's Bride
  • Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
  • Marriage for Convenience
  • Tragedy of the Desert
  • The Irish Honeymoon
  • The Wives of Jamestown
  • Lady Peggy’s Escape
  • The Eye of the Government
  • Far from Erin's Isle
  • Vagabonds
  • The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
  • Conway, The Kerry Dancer
  • The Mayor from Ireland
  • The O'Neill