Personal Info
Birth date
1863-06-27 (162 Years)
Day of death
1941-10-05
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Also known as
Elisha Helm Calvert
E.H. Calvert
Biography
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Filmography
Why Men Leave Home
1
Overview:
John and Irene Emerson's marriage begins well enough, but it is not long before John becomes less attentive. Feeling neglected, Irene spends more time with her girl friends, and John, consequently, falls prey to the vamping wiles of his secretary, Jean Ralston. When John comes home from the theater smelling of Jean's perfume, Irene procures a divorce; John then marries Jean.The Benson Murder Case
5.8
Overview:
A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there; he decides to find out who killed him.Here Comes the Groom
4
Overview:
Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to commit a robbery to gain notoriety. But the robbery goes awry and Mike finds himself on the run from the police, pretending to be a famous singer whose gimmick is wearing a mask in public.Death from a Distance
4.8
Overview:
While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detective and a brassy female reporter lock horns as they both try to break the case.The Oregon Trail
4
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Army Captain takes a leave of absence to find out what happened to his missing father.....The Hour and the Man
NYR
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A lawyer defends a woman accused of murdering her husband without knowing that the murdered man was his own brother.Union Pacific
6.5
Overview:
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?Duck Soup
7.3
Overview:
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.Prep and Pep
NYR
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A boy finds it difficult to live up to his father's reputation at his school.Horse Feathers
6.891
Overview:
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.The Canary Murder Case
5.6
Overview:
A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer.The Kibitzer
4.7
Overview:
In this comedy, a Yiddish fellow cannot keep from kibitzing into other people's lives. Trouble ensues when he is mistakenly given a huge fortune in stocks that he can spend any way he pleases. At the same time, his daughter has fallen in love with an impoverished, but good hearted boy. When the kibitzer suggests he bet all his money on a dog of a racehorse, the lad does it. Against all odds, the horse wins, and suddenly the young man is quite wealthy.The Virginian
5.8
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A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling.East of Suez
NYR
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After being educated in England, Daisy Forbes returns to China, the country of her birth, and discovers that her father has recently died and that she has become a social outcast, owing to the public revelation that the oriental nurse who raised her was actually her mother...The Studio Murder Mystery
4.1
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Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated, Helen MacDonald, all have substantial reasons for having wanted him dead.Wild Horse Mesa
NYR
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Chane Weymer, an Arizona rancher, goes after a gang that is trapping wild horses by the use of barbed-wire enclosures.Behind the Make-Up
6.2
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Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has a bicycle riding act. Gardoni shows his appreciation by stealing the clown's act and his girlfriend, whom he marries.The Mysterious Rider
6
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The ranchers have given money through Benton to the crooked lawyer Harkness to save the titles to their land. When Harkness gets a better offer, he steals Benton's receipt for the money and Benton is jailed. To fight back, Benton escapes jail at night to become the Phantom.Ella Cinders
7
Overview:
Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of her dead-end life and go to Hollywood, where she is promised a job in the movies. When she arrives in Hollywood, she discovers that the contest was a scam and the job non-existent. But through pluck, luck, and talent, she makes it in the movies anyway, and finds true love.Let 'Er Go Gallegher
5.5
Overview:
Young John Gallagher wants to be a newspaper reporter. One day he witnesses a murder committed by a mysterious man with only four fingers on one hand. He gives his account of the murder and a description of the killer to his hero, newsman Henry Callahan, resulting in his getting a job on the paper as an office boy. When circumstances arise that result in Callahan losing his job on the paper, he and Gallagher set out to discover the identity of the killer and help Callahan get his job back.The Glory Trail
NYR
Overview:
It's just after the Civil War and Captain Morgan and his confederate soldiers are establishing a town on the Bozeman trail. Colonel Strong and his union men are at the nearby fort. Things are peaceful until Riley has the Indians attack a union wagon train and leave a confederate sword at the scene.Western Courage
6
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Wealthy Henry Hanley takes his family to a dude ranch. But his daughter Gloria's boyfriend Eric is waiting and he is after Hanley's money. Ken overhears Eric's plan and abducts Gloria to stop the elopement. The outlaw Lacrosse and his henchman then catch Ken without his guns, take off with Gloria, and leave a tied up Ken in a burning shack.Sally
NYR
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Sally works at a cafe resort in Paris. After dancing at the cafe, Otis, an American theatrical agent, convinces her to pose as a Russian dancer. After being unmasked, she is offered a contract on Broadway. A lost film.Graft
4.5
Overview:
Cub reporter Dusty investigates the murder of the District Attorney and stumbles into a plot involving a kidnapping and a crooked election.The Conquerors
4.75
Overview:
A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.Acting
1939Union Pacific as Major (uncredited)
1936The Glory Trail as Colonel Strong
1936Murder at Glen Athol as District Attorney McDougal
1936The Oregon Trail as Jim Ridgeley
1935Western Courage as Col. Austin
1935Death from a Distance as District Attorney
1934Here Comes the Groom as George Randolph
1933Duck Soup as Officer in Battle Sequence (uncredited)
1933The Mysterious Rider as Sheriff Matt Arnold
1933Loops! My Dear as Colonel Crumpit
1932Wild Horse Mesa as Sheriff
1932The Conquerors as Doctor
1932Horse Feathers as Professor in Wagstaff's Study (uncredited)
1931Sealed Lips as Unknown
1931Graft as Police Inspector
1931Beyond Victory as Commanding Officer
1930The Widow from Chicago as Police Captain R.L. Davis
1930Let's Go Native as Diner (uncredited)
1930A Man from Wyoming as Maj. Gen. Hunter
1930The Border Legion as Judge Savin
1930The Social Lion as Henderson
1930The Benson Murder Case as DA John F.X. Markham
1930Only the Brave as The Colonel
1930The Love Parade as Ambassador
1930Behind the Make-Up as Dawson
1930The Kibitzer as Westcott
1930Peacock Alley as Paul
1929Darkened Rooms as Mr. Clayton
1929The Mighty as Major General
1929The Virginian as Judge Henry
1929Dark Streets as Police Lieutenant
1929The Greene Murder Case as John F. X. Markham
1929Thunderbolt as Dist. Atty. McKay
1929The Studio Murder Mystery as R.C. Grant
1929Blue Skies as Mr. Semple Jones (episode 1)
1929The Canary Murder Case as District Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)
1928Prep and Pep as Col. Marsh
1928Moran of the Marines as Gen. Marshall
1928The Legion of the Condemned as Commandant
1928Let 'Er Go Gallegher as City Editor
1928West Point as Superintendent (Uncredited)
1927The Wizard as Edwin Palmer
1927Lonesome Ladies as Mr. Burton (as Captain E.H. Calvert)
1927The First Auto as Elmer Hays - the Inventor
1926The House Without a Key as Dan Winterclip
1926Ella Cinders as Studio Actor (uncredited)
1926The Girl from Montmartre as Lord Robert Hautrive
1925Havoc as Regimental Adjutant
1925The Talker as Mr. Grayson
1925Sally as Richard Farquar (as Capt. E.H. Calvert)
1925East of Suez as Sidney Forbes
1924Inez from Hollywood as Gardner
1924The Only Woman as Rodney Blake
1924Why Men Leave Home as Arthur Phillips
1923The Silent Partner as Jim Harker
1922Affinities as Unknown
1916According to the Code as Judge Andrews
1915The Crimson Wing as Count Ludwig von Leun-Walram
1915The Clutch of Circumstance as Frank Morrison
1915A Romance of the Night as Regan
1914An Unplanned Elopement as Courtland
1914Pierre, of the North as Reno Bennett, another trapper
1914The Hour and the Man as A Drinking Buddy
1913The Ghost of Self as Frank Johnson
1913Life's Weaving as John Brannon Sr.
1913The Heart of the Law as Detective William Burke
1913Quicksands of Sin as The Priest
1913Thy Will Be Done as Post Office Superintendent
1913A Matter of Dress as Unknown
1913Women as Emerson - the Husband
1913Broken Threads United as The Detective
1913The Price of Gold as Lois's Former Sweetheart
1912From the Submerged as Charlie
1912Ghosts as The Real Estate Broker
1912The Voice of Conscience as Unknown
1912Back to the Old Farm as Frank Clayton
Directing
1928The City of Youth ... Director
1916According to the Code ... Director
1915The Crimson Wing ... Director
1915The Outer Edge ... Director
1915The Reaping ... Director
1915The Circular Path ... Director
1915The Clutch of Circumstance ... Director
1915The Slim Princess ... Director
1914An Unplanned Elopement ... Director
1914The Plum Tree ... Director
1914Under Royal Patronage ... Director
1914The Hour and the Man ... Director