John R. Cumpson
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.721 |
Birthday | 1866-08-30 |
Place of Birth | Buffalo, New York, USA |
Also Known As | John Raymond Cumpson, |
1909
The Suicide Club
0/0
One of the members of a suicide club learns he has inherited some money, but only after he drew the fatal lot and is expected to kill himself. Presume...
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The Suicide Club
1909
The Salvation Army Lass
4/4
A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight turned deadly, her life seems directionless-- tha...
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The Salvation Army Lass
1905
The White Caps
5/6
Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When the man comes home, he tears down the sign, and t...
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The White Caps
1909
What Drink Did
4.458/12
A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses a beer with lunch, then gives in. After work, two...
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What Drink Did
1910
The Stenographer's Friend; Or, What Was Accomplished by an Edison Business Phonograph
4.7/6
It's a busy day at the office, and the stenographer is exhausted from trying to keep up with the demands on her skills. Even when she stays late, she...
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The Stenographer's Friend; Or, What Was Accomplished by an Edison Business Phonograph
1909
Those Awful Hats
6.098/51
A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.
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Those Awful Hats
1908
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
2.5/1
Mack Sennett appears as a policeman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
1908
A Smoked Husband
4/2
After his wife receives an extravagant dress, a man find himself the victim of an attempted burglary; He hides in his fireplace, which is then fired....
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A Smoked Husband
1909
A Strange Meeting
4.333/2
Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister's apartment, s...
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A Strange Meeting
1911
Billy's Séance
0/0
Billy is out for a stroll when he spies a prepossessing-looking young woman. He follows and she enters the office of a spiritualist. Producing a tip,...
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Billy's Séance
1908
Mr. Jones at the Ball
4.5/3
Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and his...
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Mr. Jones at the Ball
1908
The Christmas Burglars
2/2
Mack Sennett appears as one of character Mike McLaren's assistants in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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The Christmas Burglars
1909
A Rural Elopement
3/1
Mack Sennett appears as a man in the crowd in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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A Rural Elopement
1909
Love Finds a Way
1/1
Mack Sennett appears as a footman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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Love Finds a Way
1909
The Sacrifice
4/1
Oh, the woe of simultaneous birthdays, as were Mr. and Mrs. Hardlucks', and both being of a generous nature, were seized with an insatiable desire to...
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The Sacrifice
1909
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
2.5/2
Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance Leagu...
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Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
1909
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
0.5/1
Mack Sennett appears as a party guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
1909
Trying to Get Arrested
3.5/2
A tramp tries to get himself arrested so he can sleep in the nice, warm jail, but the police keep ignoring him or arresting the wrong person.
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Trying to Get Arrested
1909
Mrs. Jones Entertains
3.25/2
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Mrs. Jones Entertains
1909
His Wife's Mother
2/1
Jones's mother-in-law prohibits his smoking and drinking, so he takes her out for the evening and gets her drunk.
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His Wife's Mother
1910
How Bumptious Papered the Parlor
4.6/7
Mr. Bumptious insists on wallpapering the parlor himself, in order to save money.
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How Bumptious Papered the Parlor
1909
Getting Even
3.75/4
All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a chance. At a dance, Bud dresses as a woman and all th...
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Getting Even
1909
At the Altar
3.8/4
At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the landlady's pretty daughter, but she was of a poetic tu...
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At the Altar
1909
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
3.8/5
The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting, and both Joneses catch 'the acting bug' in this split...
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The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
1909
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
2.5/1
After overhearing Jones mocking her, the lady book agent slips a suggestive note into Jones's pocket. A jealous Mrs. Jones finds the note, and a huge...
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Jones and the Lady Book Agent
1909
Two Memories
3.75/4
Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass without contact. Marion becomes a society girl an...
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Two Memories
1909
The Lure of the Gown
3.667/3
"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle appears on the scene clad in a gown that is a maste...
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The Lure of the Gown
1908
The Stolen Jewels
4/1
It would have taken more than the wonderful powers of deduction of a Sherlock Holmes to have dispelled the mystery that shrouded the disappearance of...
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The Stolen Jewels
1909
The Cricket on the Hearth
3.65/10
After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with a much older man.
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The Cricket on the Hearth
1909
The Cord of Life
3.5/4
Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic, provident husband and father. His demands are met...
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The Cord of Life
1909
The Peachbasket Hat
4.2/2
Mrs. Jones leaves her baby with the maid and goes shopping for a new hat. Meanwhile, the maid invites a band of gypsies into the house for a palm read...
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The Peachbasket Hat
1909
Confidence
4.125/4
Nellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One of her old colleagues finds her and tries to blackmail her....
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Confidence
1909
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1/1
Mr. Jones stays out late playing poker with his buddies. While he's gone, a burglar starts to break into his home. Mr. Jones arrives home just in time...
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Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1909
Her First Biscuits
3/3
A new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delivers the rest to his office. But one bite of these biscuits ma...
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Her First Biscuits
1909
The Violin Maker of Cremona
4.643/7
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is al...
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The Violin Maker of Cremona
1909
A Drunkard's Reformation
5.45/10
A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take their daughter out to a play. While watching the play, he'...
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A Drunkard's Reformation
1910
The Eternal Triangle
0/0
A young wife instigates a duel between a dashing count, with whom she has been having an affair, and her elderly husband. In the duel, the husband is...
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The Eternal Triangle
1909
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
0.5/1
Mr. Jones jumps to the wrong conclusions when he sees a bouquet of flowers and a man's hat in the parlor.
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Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
1909
Resurrection
4.875/4
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that h...
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Resurrection
1909
Jones and His New Neighbors
2.5/1
Jones' new house looks like all the others on the street. One night Jones enters the wrong house and finds himself in a precarious situation.
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Jones and His New Neighbors
1909
A Troublesome Satchel
0/1
Sight unseen, a man buys a bag that turns out to contain burglar tools. He can't get rid of the bag, even when he's robbed. The thieves assume he's a...
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A Troublesome Satchel
1909
The Road to the Heart
5/1
Miguel casts out his daughter when she marries a poor man, causing his wife to leave him, too. After he is unable to find a reliable cook, he reconcil...
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The Road to the Heart
1909
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
3.5/0
Schneider is trying to write a speech but he can't concentrate with all the noise around him. During the night, Schneider catches burglars in his hous...
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Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
1909
The Roue’s Heart
4.5/1
Mons. Flamant, a typical roué of the French nobility, is surrounded by all the pleasures and pastimes his fabulous wealth can procure. In a quest of d...
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The Roue’s Heart
1909
The Winning Coat
5/1
A young courtier gambles in a tavern and wins a coat from the leader of a gang. In the pocket he finds details of a plan to kidnap the Queen. He retur...
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The Winning Coat
1909
The Wooden Leg
4/1
A father wants to marry his daughter to a rich man, but she's in love with someone else. She borrows a tramp's wooden leg, pretending that it's hers,...
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The Wooden Leg
1910
The Nichols on a Vacation
0/0
A philandering husband arranges an ill-planned rendezvous at the same restaurant his wife and daughter are dining at.
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The Nichols on a Vacation
1910
Two Men
0/0
An orphaned girl raised by a miner in the wilderness falls in love with a tenderfoot, even though the miner loves her as well.
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Two Men
1912
Mr. Smith, Barber
4/1
A short silent comedy in which Billy, who has lied to his wife so that he can go out on the town with a friend, gets caught by her.
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Mr. Smith, Barber
1909
The Little Darling
4.5/10
This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple folks places them in a rather embarrassing position....
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The Little Darling
1909
The Girls and Daddy
3/2
Sisters guarding their house from a burglar set upon stealing their daddy's money.
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The Girls and Daddy
1909
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
3.667/3
A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clothes. He arranges with 4 clowns to stage...
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The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
The Hindoo Dagger
2/1
Jack Windom experiences a sensation of awe at the reception of the Hindoo dagger from his old chum, Tom, who was traveling in India. Hanging the dagge...
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The Hindoo Dagger
1909
The Note in the Shoe
1/1
A shoe-factory worker puts a note in a shoe box offering to marry the lucky buyer. As a result, she is dismissed from her job, but her employer finds...
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The Note in the Shoe
1909
The Mills of the Gods
1.5/1
A woman in love with an unsuccessful author tries to convince a publisher to accept his work.
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The Mills of the Gods
1909
They Would Elope
4.5/3
Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them into running off, and celebrates their wedding when th...
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