Carlyle Blackwell Biography

Fast Facts

• Began his acting career at Vitagraph Studios, first appearing in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1910
• After the end of his silent film career, he began appearing in live theater and eventually became a film writer and producer
• Spent 20 years in the industry, appearing in more than 180 silent films, until his career ended with the advent of talkies in 1930, of which he appeared in only two: "Bedrock" and "Beyond the Cities․"
• Best known as a silent film actor who appeared in "The Wrecker," "The Ocean Waif," and "Over the Garden Wall․"
• Was the first person to portray the character Bulldog Drummond, in the 1922 film by the same name