Cullen Landis
60 Movies
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Plays Eddie Morgan
Lights of New York
1928
Plays Tom Rumford
The Fighting Coward
1924
Plays John Grayson
Wasted Lives
1925
Plays David Henderson
The Midnight Flyer
1925
Plays Jack Le Moyne
Born Rich
1924
Plays Cons Saunders
Crashin' Thru
1923
Plays Jack Dale / Jack Plains
Pioneer Trails
1923
Plays Jules Barbier
The Little Wild Girl
1928
Plays Harold Trevis
The Man Life Passed By
1923
Plays Gordon Kent
With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail
1926
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The Little Wild Girl
Jules Barbier
1928
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Lights of New York
Eddie Morgan
1928
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The Devil's Skipper
John Dubray
1928
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The Broken Mask
Pertio
1928
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On to Reno
Bud
1928
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Broadway After Midnight
Jimmy Crestmore
1927
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Finnegan's Ball
Flannigan Jr.
1927
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We're All Gamblers
Georgie McCarver
1927
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The Fighting Failure
Denny O'Brien
1926
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Is Cullen Landis still alive?
Cullen Landis passed away on August 26, 1975 at age 79.
What are the most famous roles of Cullen Landis?
Cullen Landis is best known for roles in The Ace of Hearts, Lights of New York, With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail.
How many movies has Cullen Landis been in?
Over a 58-year career (since 1917), Cullen Landis has appeared in 60 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Cullen Landis's first movie?
The career of Cullen Landis began with Sunny Jane (1917).
What is Cullen Landis's most recent movie or series?
Cullen Landis's most recent release is Convict's Code, which premiered on August 1, 1930.
Cullen Landis
1896-07-09 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Cullen Landis (July 9, 1896 – August 26, 1975) was an American motion picture actor and director whose career began in the early ears of the silent film era.
James Cullen Landis was the middle of three siblings (two sons and a daughter) raised by Lulan and Margaret (née Cullen) Landis in Nashville, Tennessee, where his father supported his family as a stock broker. As a boy, James was a train enthusiast and dreamed to be an railroad engineer. Though the ambition eventually faded, his interest in railroads did not, and some years later he helped design for himself a model train set powered by steam. He began working in the fledgling film industry at age 18 around the time his older sister, Margaret Landis, appeared in her first film.
In 1928 Cullen Landis starred in the first ‘all talking’ motion picture, Lights of New York. He once confided in a friend that talkies were perfect for musicals and that he was no "song and dance man". He left Hollywood for Detroit in 1930 to produce and direct industrial films for automobile companies. Landis began as a movie director, only turning to acting after his lead player broke a leg and it was discovered that the actor’s costumes fit him. He went on to become one of the more popular lead actors of the silent era, appearing in some one hundred films over 14 years. During World War II, he served as a captain with US Army Signal Corps producing training films in the South Pacific. By war’s end he was twice decorated and promoted to major. In the post war years he made documentaries for the US State Department that took him to the far corners of the world. James Cullen Landis died on August 28, 1975, aged 79, at a nursing home in Bloomfield, Michigan, three months after the death of his wife, Jane.