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Higbee, Missouri, USA
Elgin Lessley (also credited as Lesly, Lessly, and Leslie) (June 10, 1883 - January 10, 1944) was an American hand-crank cameraman of the silent film era—a period of filmmaking when virtually all special effects work had to be produced inside the camera during filming. Though Lessley worked earlier with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and later with Harry Langdon, he is best known for the groundbreaking…
Known for
- The General — Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)1926
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Higbee
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- actor
- Image
- Элджин Лесли.jpg
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- date of death
- 1944-02-08
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1883-01-10
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- Elgin Lessley
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