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Tom Santschi
The basics
Quick Facts
Intro | American actor |
Was | Actor Film director Stage actor |
From | United States of America |
Field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
Gender | male |
Birth | 24 October 1880, Crystal City, Lucerne |
Death | 9 April 1931, Los Angeles (aged 50 years) |

The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Paul William "Tom" Santschi (October 24, 1880, Crystal City, Missouri – April 9, 1931, Los Angeles, California) was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era.
Career
Santschi acted in over 245 films during the period 1907–1931, and directed 28 films during 1914–1916. He wrote one screenplay in 1914. A 1915 two-reeler, In the King's Service, in which he starred with Marion Warner, surfaced at a yard sale in Maine, and was shown along with The Spoilers (1914) at a Northeast Historic Film Festival at Bucksport, Maine in 2002.
Partial filmography
Actor

Flier for The Night Herder (1911)

Flier for Euchered (1912)

Flier for The Early Bird (1912)

Poster for The Still Alarm (1918)

Lobby card for 3 Bad Men (1926), with Santschi second from left
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1909 | Fighting Bob | :81 | |
1909 | Country Girl's Peril, AA Country Girl's Peril | :81 | |
1909 | Heart of a Race Tout, TheThe Heart of a Race Tout | :82 | |
1909 | In the Sultan's Power | ||
1909 | Mephisto and the Maiden | ||
1909 | Ben's Kid | ||
1909 | On the Border | ||
1909 | Up San Juan Hill | ||
1909 | Faust | ||
1910 | Across the Plains | ||
1910 | Davy Crockett | ||
1910 | Mazeppa | ||
1910 | The Sergeant | ||
1910 | Pride of the Range | ||
1911 | Kit Carson's Wooing | ||
1911 | Heart of John Barlow, TheThe Heart of John Barlow | ||
1912 | Count of Monte Cristo, TheThe Count of Monte Cristo | Danglars | as William T. Santschi |
1912 | Broken Spur, AA Broken Spur | Ed Harvey | |
1912 | Crucial Test, AA Crucial Test | Bill Wildern | |
1912 | Euchered | Tom Saunders | |
1913 | Adventures of Kathlyn, TheThe Adventures of Kathlyn | Bruce | |
1913 | Alas! Poor Yorick | Hamlet McGinnis | |
1913 | Wamba, a Child of the Jungle | Portuguese Pete | |
1914 | Spoilers, TheThe Spoilers | Alex McNamara | |
1915 | Lion's Mate, TheThe Lion's Mate | Hamad | |
1916 | Crisis, TheThe Crisis | Stephen Brice | |
1916 | Country That God Forgot, TheThe Country That God Forgot | Steve Brant | |
1917 | Beware of Strangers | John Mentor | |
1917 | Who Shall Take My Life? | "Big Bill" O'Shaughnessy | |
1918 | Hell Cat, TheThe Hell Cat | Jim Dyke | |
1918 | City of Purple Dreams, TheThe City of Purple Dreams | Daniel Fitzhugh, the derelict | |
1918 | Still Alarm, TheThe Still Alarm | Jack Manley | |
1918 | Little Orphant Annie | Dave | |
1919 | Stronger Vow, TheThe Stronger Vow | Pedro Toral | |
1919 | Shadows | Jack McGoff | |
1919 | Eve in Exile | John Sheen | |
1922 | Two Kinds of Women | Bud Lee | |
1923 | Is Divorce a Failure? | Smith | |
1923 | Thundering Dawn | Gordon Van Brock | |
1924 | Plunderer, TheThe Plunderer | Bill Presbey | |
1924 | Little Robinson Crusoe | Captain Dynes | |
1925 | Beyond the Border | Nick Perdue | |
1925 | Paths to Paradise | Callahan | |
1926 | My Own Pal | August Deering | |
1926 | Her Honor, the Governor | Richard Palmer | |
1926 | 3 Bad Men | "Bull" Stanley | |
1926 | Jim the Conqueror | Sam Black | |
1926 | Desert's Toll, TheThe Desert's Toll | Jasper | |
1926 | Third Degree, TheThe Third Degree | Daredevil Daly | |
1926 | No Man's Gold | ||
1927 | When a Man Loves | Captain of the convict boat | |
1927 | Tracked by the Police | Sandy Sturgeon | |
1927 | Eyes of the Totem | Philip La Rue | |
1927 | Old San Francisco | Captain Stoner | |
1927 | Hills of Kentucky | Ben Harley | |
1928 | Land of the Silver Fox | Butch Nelson | |
1928 | Vultures of the Sea | ||
1929 | In Old Arizona | Cowpuncher | |
1929 | Wagon Master, TheThe Wagon Master | Jake Lynch | |
1930 | River's End | Shotwell | |
1930 | Utah Kid, TheThe Utah Kid | Butch | |
1931 | Ten Nights in a Barroom | Simon Slady | |
1931 | Phantom of the West, TheThe Phantom of the West | Bud Landers | |
1931 | King of the Wild | Harris |
Director
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1914 | Caryl of the Mountains | |
1915 | Heart of Paro, TheThe Heart of Paro | |
1915 | Octopus, TheThe Octopus | Also screenwriter |
1915 | His Fighting Blood | |
1915 | Blood Seedling, TheThe Blood Seedling | |
1915 | Sultana of the Desert, AA Sultana of the Desert | |
1915 | Lion's Mate, TheThe Lion's Mate |
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