Robert Thornby
Know for: Acting
Born: 1888-03-27
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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The Triumph of Right (1912)
A drama in which a man buys a horse in order to get medicine for his wife, but is then arrested because he is riding a stolen horse.
A Girl of the West (1912)
A Western drama in which a gang steals John’s horse and then kidnaps Polly when she tries to warn the new buyer.
Destiny Is Changeless (1912)
A silent romantic film about the battle between two fur trappers for the hand of a lovely girl.
At the End of the Trail (1912)
A short Western about the tragic romance between a sheriff and the daughter of a horse thief.
The Craven (1912)
A short western about a cowardly sheriff who leaves it up to his wife to catch a murderer, and then takes the credit himself.
The Greater Love (1912)
A romantic Western in which a notorious criminal who is in love with the fiancée of the sheriff digs his own sentence by reuniting the...
How States Are Made (1912)
Twenty or twenty-five years ago, when the unoccupied government lands were released for settlement, everyone who registered their names was given a...
The Redemption of Red Rube (1912)
A short Western about a bandit who saves the daughter of the sheriff.
A Wasted Sacrifice (1912)
A short Western. When his child dies, Dick is at wit’s end. He begins to drink, and shoots someone dead. As the sheriff is chasing him, Dick...
The Better Man (1912)
With a fondness for gambling, Jim Saunders is given to neglecting his wife and child. One night during his absence at the saloon, Miguel Gomez, a...
The Fatherhood of Buck McGee (1912)
A gruff prospector with a distaste for women and children suddenly finds, when his mining partner dies in an accident, himself responsible for the...
The Hostage (1917)
The Highlanders and Lowlanders are sworn enemies until Lieutenant Kemper, the son of Brigadier Kemper, the leader of the militaristic Lowlanders, is...
When Ghost Meets Ghost (1913)
If you were a studious man, accustomed to burning the midnight oil, wouldn't it annoy you if each night at 12 precisely, the ghost of a melancholy...
Felix O'Day (1920)
Felix O'Day lives to fulfill but one desire: to impose revenge on Austin Bennett, the man who stole his wife Barbara and caused his father's death.
The New South (1916)
The New South is a silent 1916 drama.
Girl in the Web (1920)
A woman decides to take money from her wealthy mother to pay her gambling debts, but discovers that the contents of her mother's safe has already...
The Trap (1922)
A miner's happiness is destroyed when a rival steals his mine. He becomes obsessed with revenge, and plans a trap for the man who took his mine.
West of Broadway (1926)
Priscilla Dean starred in this comedy-Western as Eastern golf pro Freddy Hayden who is hired by a Western dude ranch. Assumed to be a man because of...
Little Billy's Triumph (1914)
Little Billy wants to buy some ice cream with the dime his mother gave him, but the neighborhood bullies have other plans for that dime. Preserved...
Stormswept (1923)
Despondent over the infidelity of his wife, William McCabe wanders on the waterfront considering suicide, but instead he saves the life of Shark...
The Prince and Betty (1919)
Young American John Maude is forced to find a job when he falls in love with society girl Betty Keith. He accepts a sudden offer to go to Mervo, a...
Magnificent Brute (1921)
French Canadian trapper Victor Raoul returns to the trading post at St. Ignace to find a rival for the affections of Yvonne, his business partner's...
The Sagebrush Trail (1922)
Having banned the carrying of firearms in his jurisdiction, Larry Reid, the sheriff of Silvertown (Roy Stewart), pursues a trespasser of the strict...
The Deadlier Sex (1920)
The Deadlier Sex features Blanche Sweet playing the daughter of a railroad magnate (Winter Hall) who has to take charge when her father unexpectedly...
The Kickback (1922)
A silent Western about a rough rider, that winds up in jail and the adventure begins.
Lawless Love (1918)
Vaudeville artist LaBelle Geraldine and her dancing partner, Freddie Montgomery, are stranded in Arizona when their troupe breaks up. In order to...
The Fox (1921)
Santa Fe, a tramp, is saved from a jeering mob in the desert town of Caliente by Annette, the sheriff's daughter; and after adopting Pard he gets a...
The Blazing Trail (1921)
Young doctor Bradley Yates has been trying to come up with a serum to counteract blood poisoning, with no results. Exhausted, he takes a rest in the...
That Girl Montana (1921)
Montana Rivers finally escapes her father who had forced her to wear men's clothing and help in robbing and cheating. She is taken in by friendly...
Whoa, Emma! (1926)
When wild horse Emma (Trixie the Horse) keeps opening the gates and freeing horses, ranch owner Molly (Molly Malone) hires Jimmie (Jimmie Adams) to...
On Dangerous Ground (1917)
Carlyle Blackwell stars as an American in Germany at the outbreak of World War I. A mysterious stranger bursts into his room and proclaims him her...
Run Tin Can (1926)
A Rin Tin Tin comedy spoof.
Carolyn of the Corners (1919)
The story of an orphan girl and her dog.
Forbidden Paths (1917)
Sato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old man dies, he leaves his daughter Mildred (Vivian...
Gold Madness (1923)
Crooked mine dealer Scotty McGee lures away gold prospector Tim Kendal's wife, Olga, who married out of gold madness. Kendall gets revenge when he...
The Fair Barbarian (1917)
An Englishman who has made his fortune in America decides to return to England.
The Crucial Test (1916)
Wicked Russian Grand Duke Bagroff becomes infatuated with Thanya, but she loves American artist Vance Holden. When Thanya's revolutionary brother...
A Little Sister of Everybody (1918)
Young Celeste Janvier ( Bessie Love ) lives in an East Side tenement with her immigrant grandfather, a humanitarian and socialist. Like her kindly...