J. Morris Foster

J. Morris Foster

Born: September 9, 1881
Died: April 24, 1966

Movies for J. Morris Foster...

The Gunfighter
Title: The Gunfighter
Character: Lew Camp
Released: September 2, 1923
Type: Movie
Billy Buell (William Farnum), a stranger involving himself with a long-standing mountain feud. The Benchleys and the Camps have been feuding ever since Lew Camp (J. Morris Foster) learned that his daughter Nellie (Doris May) was stolen by Jacob Benchley (Arthur Morrison) to replace a dead Benchley baby. Buell, who has fallen in love with Nellie, returns her to her mother (Virginia True Boardman). That doesn't sit well with the Benchley clan, who arrive for a final shootout.
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Nan of the North
Title: Nan of the North
Character: Bruce Vane
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
A Canadian Mountie and a young girl team up to prevent an evil couple from finding a fallen meteorite that contains a powerful element called "Tilano."
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The Blue Fox
Title: The Blue Fox
Released: May 9, 1921
Type: Movie
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Sundown Slim
Title: Sundown Slim
Character: Jack Corliss
Released: October 31, 1920
Type: Movie
Hobo poet Sundown Slim meets his old friend Billy Corliss in a Western saloon. Billy, in poor health as a result of injuries sustained in a train wreck, now owns the Concho cattle ranch with his brother Jack who runs the ranch. Sundown obtains a job at the Concho and becomes embroiled in the Corliss' battle with their sheeprancher neighbors, the Fernandos. When Loring, one of Jack's employees, attacks Fernando's daughter Anita, Jack fires him but Fernando, not satisfied, vows revenge on Jack, then shoots Billy by mistake.
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What Happened to Jones
Title: What Happened to Jones
Character: Bobbie Brown (as J. Maurice Foster)
Released: August 8, 1920
Type: Movie
Heeding the pleas of Bobbie Brown, Jimmie Jones packs his trunk full of liquor to present to his desperate friend and hops on a train. Upon his arrival, Jones discovers that his cargo has been purloined in transit, and while attempting to replenish his supplies by bargaining with the local bootlegger, is detected by the local sheriff.
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Overland Red
Title: Overland Red
Released: March 22, 1920
Type: Movie
Overland Red, a tramp prospector, and Collie, the boy he has befriended, stumble across an aged miner in the last stages of starvation, whose pockets reveal the map of a secret mine and a bag of gold dust.
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Who Cares?
Title: Who Cares?
Character: Howard Oldershaw
Released: January 25, 1919
Type: Movie
A vivacious, carefree young girl is disgusted by the thought of growing old. In her despondency she adopts the motto "Who cares?" and does her best to live up to it, even after she marries the handsome and dashing Martin Grey.
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The Fighting Grin
Title: The Fighting Grin
Character: Harold De Vanderveer
Released: January 28, 1918
Type: Movie
A man bets his father $10,000 that he'll marry his girlfriend within the next week, even with the opposition of both his and his girlfriend's fathers.
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The Secret Man
Title: The Secret Man
Character: Harry Beauford
Released: September 30, 1917
Type: Movie
Convict Cheyenne Harry escapes from prison in a garbage truck and boards a train, where he eludes capture with the help of passenger Henry Beaufort. Beaufort is returning to his wealthy uncle's ranch, where earlier he had married Molly in secret because his uncle did not like her. Beaufort tells Pedro, who takes care of his child Elizabeth, to take her away because his uncle is coming, and Pedro, driving drunk, wrecks the wagon. Harry finds her and must protect her while still evading the sheriff.
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The Innocent Lie
Title: The Innocent Lie
Character: Pat O'Brien
Released: April 20, 1916
Type: Movie
Nora O'Brien leaves Ireland to visit her brother in America. On the trip she suffers a concussion, and soon is mistaken for another Irish girl named Nora who is on her way to visit her aunt in the US, Mrs. Watson, who has not seen her niece in many years. Nora, still somewhat dazed from her injury, is taken to the Watsons' home, and when Mrs. Watson's son Jack returns from college, he falls in love with her but cannot express it to her because he believes she is his cousin. Complications ensue.
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In the Hands of the Enemy
Title: In the Hands of the Enemy
Character: Albert
Released: November 15, 1915
Type: Movie
During World War I, a countess and her young son volunteer to don disguises and take an important secret message through enemy lines.The fluid editing and vastly more dramatic cinematography (especially the use of close shots for expressiveness and intimacy) are part of the extremely rapid advances in the artistry and technique of the film medium compared to just a year earlier.
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Cartoons on the Beach
Title: Cartoons on the Beach
Character: Billy
Released: September 7, 1915
Type: Movie
The romantic escapades of two couples at the beach form the framing story for four animated cartoons.
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The Vagabonds
Title: The Vagabonds
Character: Tim
Released: August 28, 1915
Type: Movie
A series of flashbacks where a penniless, friendless tramp and his dog relates the story of his downfall due to drink.
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Crossed Wires
Title: Crossed Wires
Character: Will Drake
Released: June 28, 1915
Type: Movie
An innocent man is accused of murdering his aunt.
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The Barrier of Flames
Title: The Barrier of Flames
Released: December 15, 1914
Type: Movie
Little Helen, Mayor Southwick's child, straying away from an automobile party, gets lost in the woods. She comes to the house where the her father's political rival holds his secret conferences, and he orders his housekeeper to keep guard over the child while he motors to the city. His plan is to hold the child until her father has signed the bills he wants passed.
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Their Best Friend
Title: Their Best Friend
Character: Jack - May's Sweetheart
Released: February 27, 1914
Type: Movie
A young heiress was wooed and won by a man whom she believed would make her happy. She told of her engagement to her uncle, who was also her guardian, and was pleased and surprised when he interposed no objection. The uncle was a crafty man, however. His accounts of the estate were in a very bad way and he feared that if his niece married and his books were examined he might land in the penitentiary. Consequently he was not anxious to see her a happy bride, but being crafty to know what the worst thing for him to do would be to object to the man she selected, so he pretended to be very fond of the suitor and praised him on all occasions.