Elmo Lincoln

Elmo Lincoln

American film actor (1889-1952)

Elmo Lincoln was an American stage and film actor whose career in motion pictures spanned the silent and sound eras. He performed in over 100 screen productions between 1913 and 1952, and was the first actor to portray on film novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs' fictional "jungle" character Tarzan, initially appearing in that role in the 1918 release Tarzan of the Apes.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 21 films (1913–1949) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 5 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1949 A Double Life Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 104 min 16mm B&W sound
1948 A double life. George Cukor 103 min 16mm B&W sound
1946 Rolling Home. Affiliated Productions Inc. 7 reels 35mm B&W sound
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Films inc. 114 mi 16mm B&W sound
1939 The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. William Dieterle 117 min B&W
1939 WYOMING OUTLAW. Republic Pictures Corp 6 reels B&W
1923 FASHION ROW. Tiffany Productions. 7 reels B&W
1923 RUPERT OF HENTZAU. Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank 9 reels B&W
1922 QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER. Metro Pictures Corp. 8 reels B&W
1921 THE ADVENTURES OF TARZAN. Great Western Producing Co 2 reels B&W
1920 ELMO, THE FEARLESS. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Inc. 2 reels B&W
1920 UNDER CRIMSON SKIES. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Inc. 6 reels B&W
1919 ELMO, THE MIGHTY. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Inc. 2 reels B&W
1918 Tarzan of the apes unknown 31 16mm B&W sound
1918 THE ROAD THROUGH THE DARK. Clara Kimball Young Film Corp. 5 reels B&W
1918 The Romance of Tarzan Wilfred Lucas 70 min B&W
1916 The Fatal glass of beer Tod Browning 20 min B&W
1915 JORDAN IS A HARD ROAD. Triangle Film Corp. 5 reels B&W silent
1915 The birth of a nation D. W. Griffith 10 B&W silent
1913 Battle of Elderbush Gulch ▶ Pyramid 20 min. 16mm B&W sound
1913 Judith of Bethulia. Biograph Co 4 reels 16mm B&W