Dell Henderson
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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.
Known for
Credits
Undercurrent (1946)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
as Extra (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Flunky (uncredited)
Show People (1928)
as Colonel Pepper
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
as Southerner (uncredited)
You're Telling Me! (1934)
as Mayor (as Del Henderson)
Young People (1940)
as Eddie's Father (uncredited)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
as Hotel Guest in Hammock (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
as Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
as Doorman (uncredited)
Hot Tip (1935)
as Sheriff
Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
as American Attaché (uncredited)
The Awful Truth (1937)
as Vance's Butler (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
as Benson (uncredited)
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
as Detective (uncredited)
The Great Morgan (1945)
as Film Character (uncredited)
A Knight of the Road (1911)
as The Hobo
Fast Work (1930)
as Old Faithful
The Crowd (1928)
as Dick
It's a Gift (1934)
as Mr. Abernathy
A Child's Impulse (1910)
as At First Party / At Second Party
On Your Guard (1933)
as Detective Calvin Carter - aka O'Hara
The Texas Rangers (1936)
as Citizen (uncredited)
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
as Sam
The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
as Lord Gold
Love Affair (1939)
as Cafe Manager (uncredited)
Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
Actor
Wells Fargo (1937)
as Customer
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Last Drop of Water (1911)
as Undetermined Role
Getting Gertie's Garter (1927)
as Barry Scott
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
as Stagecoach Passenger
The Champ (1931)
as The Doctor (uncredited)
Teaching Dad to Like Her (1911)
as Harry's Father
Men in Black (1934)
as Dr. Graves (uncredited)
The Widow's Kids (1913)
as The Traveling Man
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
as Salesman
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Daring Young Man (1935)
as Mayor
The Adventures of Billy (1911)
as Rich Man
Main Street After Dark (1945)
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Modern Prodigal (1910)
as At Post Office
The Two Paths (1911)
as Worker
Frontier Marshal (1939)
as Dave Hall
Taming a Husband (1910)
as Nobleman
The Broken Cross (1911)
as The Manicurist's Friend
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
as Plainclothes Detective (uncredited)
Slightly Static (1935)
as Mr. Campbell (as Del Henderson)
The New Dress (1911)
Actor
The Broken Locket (1909)
Actor
3 Kids and a Queen (1935)
as Reporter
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
as Blake's Associate (uncredited)
A Child of the Ghetto (1910)
as The Proprietor
The Salvation Army Lass (1909)
Actor
The Tenderfoot's Triumph (1910)
as A Cowboy
A Voice from the Deep (1912)
as On Roller Coaster
The Patsy (1928)
as Pa Harrington
The Face at the Window (1910)
as The Butler
Big Money (1930)
Actor
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court (1908)
Actor
The Song of the Wildwood Flute (1910)
as A Suitor
Choo-Choo! (1932)
as Mr. Henderson
Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910)
as A Tramp
Little Big Shot (1935)
as Policeman
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Doorman (uncredited)
The Missing Juror (1944)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Clinging Vine (1926)
as B. Harvey Doolittle
Once More, My Darling (1949)
as Hotel Clerk
For Better - But Worse (1915)
as The Police Chief's Daughter's Romeo
Papa's Baby (1913)
as Papa Binks
The Power of the Press (1928)
as Bill Johnson
The Power of the Camera (1913)
as Second Convict
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
as House Manager
That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910)
as Gentleman Jim Dandy
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit (1912)
as Dick
Men with Wings (1938)
as Chairman
Dave's Love Affair (1911)
Actor
The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
as House Detective
Wilful Peggy (1910)
Actor
When a Man Loves (1911)
as Mr. Bach
Helen's Marriage (1912)
as Friend
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1916)
as Aunt Mary's Sweetheart
When the Fire-Bells Rang (1912)
as An Actor
Artists & Models (1937)
as Lord (uncredited)
In the Border States (1910)
as Union Officer
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)
Actor
Whispering Whoopee (1930)
as Mr. Henderson
Thunder in the Night (1935)
as Ambassador - Party Guest
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Gambler
The Making of a Man (1911)
as Leading Man
The Ghost (1911)
as A Crook
Skip the Maloo! (1931)
as Mr. Benson
The Mender of Nets (1912)
as The Rival's Brother
Rainbow Over Broadway (1933)
as Bowers
Rebellious Daughters (1938)
as Mr. Stanley - First Victim
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (1933)
as The Masque
The Mystery Man (1935)
as Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager
Bottoms Up (1934)
as Lane Worthing
Millionaires in Prison (1940)
as Dell, Deputy Taking Vander to Prison (uncredited)
Riley the Cop (1928)
as Judge Coronelli
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931)
Actor
Something Simple (1934)
as Tanhauser
Lone Cowboy (1933)
as Mr. Burton (uncredited)
Newly Rich (1931)
as Director
Wrong Again (1929)
as Painting owner
The Oath and the Man (1910)
as Aristocrat
For His Son (1912)
as Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)
The Unchanging Sea (1910)
as The Rescuer
Gold Is Not All (1910)
as Tom Darrell
Those Bitter Sweets (1915)
as The Rival
The Big Brain (1933)
as (uncredited)
A Victim of Circumstance (1911)
as The Husband
Here Comes Cookie (1935)
as Lloyd
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
as Ritz Amsterdam Manager
The Sins of the Children (1930)
as Ted Baldwin
Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)
as Rescuer
The Two Brothers (1910)
as Manuel
Ramona (1910)
as Man at Burial
Up a Tree (1930)
as Del - Publicity Promoter
Helping Grandma (1931)
as Henderson
The Converts (1910)
as In Bar
Arizona Terrors (1942)
as President McKinley
Faithful (1910)
as Bystander
The Long Road (1911)
as Wedding Guest
The Chump Takes a Bump (1939)
as Elias J. Smart
Hit the Deck (1929)
as Admiral
The Massacre (1912)
as In Wagon Train
The Message of the Violin (1910)
as The Baron
Chiselers of Hollywood (1930)
Actor
Help! Help! (1912)
as Office Worker
Free Eats (1932)
as Mr. Moran
The Newlyweds (1910)
as A Friend / On Train
Unexpected Help (1910)
Actor
Over Silent Paths (1910)
as The Wanderer
Mr. Bride (1932)
as J. P. Henderson
The Brave Hunter (1912)
as The Brave Hunter's Rival
Looser Than Loose (1930)
as Mr. Henderson
The Primal Call (1911)
as The Creditor
The Lonedale Operator (1911)
as A Tramp
The Lesson (1910)
as Policeman
Won by a Fish (1912)
as The Woman's Father
Hitch Hike Lady (1935)
as Williams
Haunted at Midnight (1931)
as Housekeeper
His Trust (1911)
as Col. Frazier
His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
Actor
Goldie Gets Along (1933)
as Mr. Moon
The Grand Bounce (1937)
as Harry Briggs (uncredited)
Is Everybody Happy? (1928)
Actor
The Gold Seekers (1910)
as The Claim Agent
Little Orvie (1940)
as Mr. Brown
Bigger and Better (1930)
as Mr. Kornman
Too Much Harmony (1933)
as Small Town Theatre Manager
Fighting Blood (1911)
as A Soldier
Getting a Raise (1930)
Actor
In Walked Charley (1932)
as Delbert Henderson
A Gold Necklace (1910)
as In Cafe
The Engagement Ring (1912)
as Redmond
Thundering Tenors (1931)
as Senator D.H. Henderson
All Teed Up (1930)
as Judge Quirt
Night of Goblins (1930)
as Housekeeper
The Speed Demon (1912)
as Racing Official
Off to Buffalo (1929)
as Charley's boss
The Sunbeam (1912)
as The Bachelor
The Fatal Chocolate (1912)
as The City Beau
Hot Stuff (1912)
as Cigar Drummer
A Plain Song (1910)
as The Manager
The Usurer (1910)
as First Mover
The Baron (1911)
as The Baron / A Waiter
The Furs (1912)
as The Husband