Dell Henderson

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: Acting

Born: St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, 1877-07-04

Died: 1956-12-02

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1908	Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court		25
2	1909	The Salvation Army Lass		40
3	1909	The Broken Locket		35
4	1909	Lines of White on a Sullen Sea		32
5	1910	The Converts	In Bar	0
6	1910	Gold Is Not All		0
7	1910	The Gold Seekers	The Claim Agent	0
8	1910	Faithful	Bystander	45
9	1910	The Unchanging Sea	The Rescuer	64
10	1910	The Two Brothers	Manuel	0
11	1910	Over Silent Paths	The Wanderer	47
12	1910	Ramona	Man at Burial	47
13	1910	A Child of the Ghetto	The Proprietor	45
14	1910	In the Border States	Union Officer	55
15	1910	The Usurer	First Mover	50
16	1910	Wilful Peggy		50
17	1910	The Modern Prodigal	At Post Office	50
18	1910	Muggsy Becomes a Hero	A Tramp	50
19	1910	A Gold Necklace	In Cafe	55
20	1910	That Chink at Golden Gulch	Gentleman Jim Dandy	50
21	1910	The Message of the Violin	The Baron	0
22	1910	The Song of the Wildwood Flute	A Suitor	0
23	1910	A Plain Song	The Manager	0
24	1910	The Lesson	Policeman	43
25	1911	When a Man Loves	Mr. Bach	44
26	1911	His Trust	Col. Frazier	41
27	1911	His Trust Fulfilled		37
28	1911	Teaching Dad to Like Her	Harry's Father	0
29	1911	The Lonedale Operator	A Tramp	61
30	1911	The Primal Call	The Creditor	40
31	1911	The Ghost	A Crook	0
32	1911	The Last Drop of Water	Undetermined Role	51
33	1911	The Baron	The Baron / A Waiter	40
34	1911	The Making of a Man	Leading Man	63
35	1911	The Adventures of Billy	Rich Man	57
36	1911	The Long Road	Wedding Guest	0
37	1911	A Victim of Circumstance	The Husband	0
38	1912	For His Son	Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)	55
39	1912	The Mender of Nets	The Rival's Brother	58
40	1912	The Fatal Chocolate	The City Beau	0
41	1912	The Sunbeam	The Bachelor	63
42	1912	The Engagement Ring	Redmond	40
43	1912	A Voice from the Deep	On Roller Coaster	70
44	1912	Hot Stuff	Cigar Drummer	42
45	1912	Help! Help!	Office Worker	43
46	1912	The Brave Hunter	The Brave Hunter's Rival	37
47	1912	Won by a Fish	The Woman's Father	40
48	1912	When the Fire-Bells Rang	An Actor	0
49	1912	The Furs	The Husband	30
50	1912	Helen's Marriage	Friend	48
51	1912	The Speed Demon	Racing Official	40
52	1912	The Tragedy of a Dress Suit	Dick	40
53	1912	The Massacre	In Wagon Train	59
54	1913	The Power of the Camera	Second Convict	0
55	1913	The Widow's Kids	The Traveling Man	0
56	1913	Papa's Baby	Papa Binks	0
57	1915	For Better - But Worse	The Police Chief's Daughter's Romeo	35
58	1915	Those Bitter Sweets	The Rival	50
59	1916	The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary	Aunt Mary's Sweetheart	50
60	1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages	Extra (uncredited)	71
61	1926	The Clinging Vine	B. Harvey Doolittle	62
62	1927	Getting Gertie's Garter	Barry Scott	73
63	1928	The Crowd	Dick	76
64	1928	The Patsy	Pa Harrington	68
65	1928	Is Everybody Happy?		0
66	1928	The Power of the Press	Bill Johnson	62
67	1928	Show People	Colonel Pepper	71
68	1928	Riley the Cop	Judge Coronelli	56
69	1929	Off to Buffalo	Charley's boss	0
70	1929	Wrong Again	Painting owner	66
71	1929	Hit the Deck	Admiral	90
72	1930	Getting a Raise		0
73	1930	Whispering Whoopee	Mr. Henderson	58
74	1930	All Teed Up	Judge Quirt	33
75	1930	Big Money		0
76	1930	The Sins of the Children	Ted Baldwin	44
77	1930	Fast Work	Old Faithful	65
78	1930	The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case	Housekeeper (uncredited)	67
79	1930	Night of Goblins	Housekeeper	60
80	1930	Bigger and Better	Mr. Kornman	50
81	1930	Looser Than Loose	Mr. Henderson	40
82	1930	Up a Tree	Del - Publicity Promoter	0
83	1930	Chiselers of Hollywood		0
84	1931	Helping Grandma	Henderson	68
85	1931	Thundering Tenors	Senator D.H. Henderson	0
86	1931	Windy Riley Goes Hollywood		50
87	1931	Haunted at Midnight	Housekeeper	85
88	1931	Newly Rich	Director	30
89	1931	Skip the Maloo!	Mr. Benson	0
90	1931	The Champ	The Doctor (uncredited)	71
91	1932	Free Eats	Mr. Moran	68
92	1932	In Walked Charley	Delbert Henderson	0
93	1932	Choo-Choo!	Mr. Henderson	67
94	1932	Mr. Bride	J. P. Henderson	55
95	1933	Goldie Gets Along	Mr. Moon	40
96	1933	On Your Guard	Detective Calvin Carter - aka O'Hara	60
97	1933	Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles	The Masque	10
98	1933	Too Much Harmony	Small Town Theatre Manager	50
99	1933	Rainbow Over Broadway	Bowers	40
100	1933	Lone Cowboy	Mr. Burton (uncredited)	35
101	1934	You're Telling Me!	Mayor (as Del Henderson)	67
102	1934	Bottoms Up	Lane Worthing	48
103	1934	The Notorious Sophie Lang	House Detective	60
104	1934	Something Simple	Tanhauser	40
105	1934	Men in Black	Dr. Graves (uncredited)	72
106	1934	Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch	House Manager	60
107	1934	It's a Gift	Mr. Abernathy	64
108	1935	The Mystery Man	Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager	54
109	1935	Ruggles of Red Gap	Sam	71
110	1935	The Daring Young Man	Mayor	0
111	1935	Hot Tip	Sheriff	50
112	1935	Here Comes Cookie	Lloyd	73
113	1935	Diamond Jim	Gambler	60
114	1935	Steamboat Round the Bend	Salesman	75
115	1935	Slightly Static	Mr. Campbell (as Del Henderson)	0
116	1935	Little Big Shot	Policeman	60
117	1935	Thunder in the Night	Ambassador - Party Guest	55
118	1935	3 Kids and a Queen	Reporter	60
119	1935	Hitch Hike Lady	Williams	68
120	1936	The Texas Rangers	Citizen (uncredited)	64
121	1937	We Who Are About to Die	Blake's Associate (uncredited)	68
122	1937	Make Way for Tomorrow	Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited)	75
123	1937	The Grand Bounce	Harry Briggs (uncredited)	65
124	1937	Artists & Models	Lord (uncredited)	60
125	1937	The Awful Truth	Vance's Butler (uncredited)	72
126	1937	Wells Fargo	Customer	52
127	1938	Arsène Lupin Returns	Plainclothes Detective (uncredited)	58
128	1938	The Girl of the Golden West	Stagecoach Passenger	46
129	1938	Rebellious Daughters	Mr. Stanley - First Victim	50
130	1938	Men with Wings	Chairman	50
131	1939	Love Affair	Cafe Manager (uncredited)	70
132	1939	The Chump Takes a Bump	Elias J. Smart	0
133	1939	Frontier Marshal	Dave Hall	61
134	1939	Fifth Avenue Girl	Headwaiter (uncredited)	70
135	1940	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Minor Role (uncredited)	70
136	1940	Little Orvie	Mr. Brown	70
137	1940	You Can't Fool Your Wife	Ritz Amsterdam Manager	45
138	1940	Millionaires in Prison	Dell, Deputy Taking Vander to Prison (uncredited)	60
139	1940	Stranger on the Third Floor	Detective (uncredited)	65
140	1940	Young People	Eddie's Father	46
141	1942	Arizona Terrors	President McKinley	0
142	1942	The Major and the Minor	Doorman (uncredited)	70
143	1942	Once Upon a Honeymoon	American Attaché (uncredited)	62
144	1943	Slightly Dangerous	Doorman (uncredited)	60
145	1943	Du Barry Was a Lady	Flunky	61
146	1944	The Missing Juror	Train Conductor (Uncredited)	60
147	1945	The Great Morgan	Film Character (uncredited)	55
148	1945	Main Street After Dark	Plainclothesman (uncredited)	48
149	1945	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood	Benson (uncredited)	57
150	1946	Undercurrent	Party Guest (uncredited)	58
151	1949	Once More, My Darling	Hotel Clerk	57

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