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Tom Ricketts

Tom Ricketts

English-American actor and director (1853–1939)

Thomas B. Ricketts was an English-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of A Christmas Carol (1908), and directed one of the first motion pictures ever made in Hollywood. After directing scores of silent films, including the first film to be released by Universal Pictures, Ricketts became a prominent character actor.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 34 films (1908–1938) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 3 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1908 A Christmas Carol
1915 THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND SCANDALS. American Film Co. Inc. B&W silent
1915 THE LURE OF THE MASK. American Film Mfg. Co. B&W silent
1919 THE PALISER CASE. Goldwyn Pictures Corp. 5 reels B&W
1921 The Spenders Jack Conway 12:00 B&W
1922 THE ETERNAL FLAME. Joseph M. Schenck 8 reels B&W
1922 THE LAVENDER BATH LADY. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Inc. 5 reels B&W
1924 THE GAIETY GIRL. Universal Pictures Corp. 8 reels B&W
1925 BOBBED HAIR. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1925 THE PRICE OF SUCCESS. Columbia Pictures Corp. 6 reels B&W
1925 WAGES FOR WIVES. Fox Film Corp 7 reels B&W
1925 WHEN HUSBANDS FLIRT. Columbia Pictures Corp. 6 reels B&W
1926 GOING THE LIMIT. R-C Pictures Corp. 5 reels B&W
1926 LOVE'S BLINDNESS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 7 reels B&W
1926 THE CAT'S PAJAMAS. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. B&W
1927 A SAILOR'S SWEETHEART. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 6 reels B&W
1927 Children of Divorce Frank Lloyd, Josef von Sternberg 2000 B&W
1928 JUST MARRIED. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 60 min B&W
1929 Bulldog Drummond Inc.: Publisher 1:29:00 16mm B&W sound
1929 Bulldog Drummond. Samuel Goldwyn 10 reels 16mm B&W silent
1929 INTERFERENCE. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp B&W
1930 DU BARRY, WOMAN OF PASSION. united artists 10 reels B&W
1931 THE RULING VOICE. First National Pictures Inc. 76 min B&W
1932 HE LEARNED ABOUT WOMEN. Paramount Publix Corp. 7 reels B&W
1933 LAUGHTER IN HELL. Universal Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1934 PURSUED. Fox Film Corp 68 min B&W
1934 THE MAN WHO RECLAIMED HIS HEAD. Universal Pictures Corp. 9 reels B&W
1934 THE RED RIDER. Universal Pictures Corp. 2 reels B&W
1934 WHOM THE GODS DESTROY. Columbia Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1935 Top hat Mark Sandrich 1:01 16mm B&W
1936 Daniel Boone David Howard 75 min 16mm B&W
1937 The Prince and the pauper William Dieterle, William Keighley 118 min B&W
1938 GATEWAY. Fox Film Corp 75 min B&W
1938 SERVICE DE LUXE. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 9 reels 16mm B&W Sound