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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1890
- Died
- 1949
- Works
- 1
Top works
- City of missing girls
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Film & TV
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He was also a second-unit director for those films. Promoted to director in 1917, Clifton supervised…
Known for
- I Am Not a Racist — Phil (archive footage) (uncredited)2019
- Nina, the Flower Girl — Jimmie1917
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages — The Rhapsode (Babylonian Story)1916
- The Missing Links — Horace Gaylord1916
- Acquitted — Ned Fowler1916
- The Little School Ma'am — Wilbur Howard1916
- The Old Folks at Home — Steve Coburn1916
- The Birth of a Nation — Stoneman's Elder Son Phil1915
- The Fox Woman — Marashida1915
- The Lost House — Cuthbert1915
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1925-06-25
- Active to
- 1987-12-12
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Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elmer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Toronto
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Elmer Clifton.jpg
- Work location
- United States
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1890-03-14
- date of death
- 1949-10-15
- Commons category
- Elmer Clifton
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Elmer Clifton
- start of work period
- 1912-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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