Colin Campbell (director)

James Colin Campbell (11 October 1859 – 26 August 1928) was a Scottish-born film director, actor and screenwriter.[1][2] He directed 177 films between 1911 and 1924. He also wrote for 60 films between 1911 and 1922. He was born in Scotland, and died in Hollywood, California.

Colin Campbell
Born	(1859-10-11)11 October 1859 Scotland, United Kingdom
Died	26 August 1928(1928-08-26) (aged 68) Hollywood, California, United States
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1911–1924

Selected filmography

An elephant picks up a basket with its trunk. Set photograph from the film A Wise Old Elephant directed by Colin Campbell (1913), Margaret Herrick Library.

• Brown of Harvard (1911)
• An Assisted Elopement (1912)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1912)
• Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913)
• A Wise Old Elephant (1913)
• Wamba A Child of the Jungle (1913)
• The Spoilers (1914)
• Shotgun Jones (1914)
• Chip of the Flying U (1914)
• The Rosary (1915)
• The Carpet from Bagdad (1915)
• Sweet Alyssum (1915)
• Tillie's Tomato Surprise (1915)
• Thou Shalt Not Covet (1916)
• The Garden of Allah (1916)
• Gloria's Romance (1916)
• The Crisis (1916)
• Beware of Strangers (1917)
• Who Shall Take My Life? (1917)
• The Sea Flower (1918)
• The City of Purple Dreams (1918)
• The Yellow Dog (1918)
• The Still Alarm (1918)
• The Beauty Market (1919)
• The Thunderbolt (1919)
• Moon Madness (1920)
• The Corsican Brothers (1920)
• The First Born (1921)
• Where Lights Are Low (1921)
• The Lure of Jade (1921)
• The Swamp (1921)
• A Man of Stone (1921)
• The World's a Stage (1922)
• The Buster (1923)
• Three Who Paid (1923)
• The Bowery Bishop (1924)
• The White Monkey (1925)

References

1. McCaffrey, Donald W.; Jacobs, Christopher P. (1999). Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Press.
2. "James Colin Campbell". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

External links

• Colin Campbell on IMDb