Cast

Dell Henderson

Acting

Cast

Dell Henderson

Known for

Acting

Born

1877-07-04

From

St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

Died

1956-12-02

Also known as Del Henderson, George Delbert "Dell" Henderson, George Delbert Henderson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film. Born in the Southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas, Dell Henderson started his acting career on the stage, but appeared in his first movie Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court already in 1908. Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith since 1909 and appeared in numerous of his early shorts in Hollywood. He also acted on a less prolific basis in the movies of producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios. In addition to acting, Henderson also directed nearly 200 silent films between 1911 and 1928. Most of those films are forgotten or lost, but he also directed movies with silent stars like Harry Carey and Roscoe Arbuckle. Henderson also worked as a writer on numerous screenplays. After retiring from directing in 1927, Henderson turned to acting full-time and played important supporting roles in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and as General Marmaduke Pepper in Show People (1928). The advent of sound film damaged his acting career, and he often had to play smaller roles. In the 1930s, the comedic character actor appeared on several occasions as a comic foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, W. C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. He often played somewhat pompous figures like judges, businessmen, detectives or mayors. Modern audiences will remember Henderson as annoyed hospital president Dr. Graves in The Three Stooges film Men in Black and the put-upon chaperone in the Little Rascals film Choo-Choo!. He also appeared as a Night Court Judge in Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936) and as a friendly Car salesman in Leo McCarey's drama Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). Henderson ended his film career after numerous small roles in 1950. Henderson died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 79. He was married with actress Florence Lee until his death, they made several silent films together.

Dell Henderson

Dell Henderson

Biography

Show People

The Awful Truth

Big Money

Du Barry Was a Lady

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

The Ghost

Fifth Avenue Girl

Fast Work

You're Telling Me!

Young People

Love Affair

Undercurrent

Dave's Love Affair

Make Way for Tomorrow

The Major and the Minor

Stranger on the Third Floor

The Great Morgan

Main Street After Dark

Diamond Jim

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

Hot Tip

Choo-Choo!

Wells Fargo

The Brave Hunter

The Crowd

On Your Guard

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

Those Bitter Sweets

The Girl of the Golden West

Steamboat Round the Bend

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Little Big Shot

The Blind Princess and the Poet

For Better - But Worse

The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary

Arsène Lupin Returns

In Walked Charley

The Tenderfoot's Triumph

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

The Clinging Vine

Ruggles of Red Gap

Frontier Marshal

The Champ

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Artists & Models

Taming a Husband

Men with Wings

Skip the Maloo!

Helen's Marriage

The Power of the Camera

The Face at the Window

Millionaires in Prison

The Gold Seekers

The Daring Young Man

The Sunbeam

The Widow's Kids

Bottoms Up

Slightly Dangerous

A Knight of the Road

The Mystery Man

The Texas Rangers

The Message of the Violin

The Broken Cross

The Power of the Press

It's a Gift

Wrong Again

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

The Missing Juror

The New Dress

Once Upon a Honeymoon

The Big Brain

The Patsy

Men in Black

Too Much Harmony

Getting Gertie's Garter

Annie Get Your Gun

Gold Is Not All