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Henry Houry (1874–1972) was a French stage actor. He also appeared in and directed films. He worked for a while in the United States during the silent era, directing the 1918 Corinne Griffith film Love Watches.
Henry Houry est un acteur, réalisateur et scénariste français, né Henry Émile Houry le 2 juillet 1874 à Paris 12 e, et mort le 13 mars 1972 à Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).
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Henry Houry was born on 2 July 1874 in Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for Love Watches (1918), The Secret Spring (1923) and Daring Hearts (1919). He died on 13 March 1972 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
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Born in Traver, California, Hurst was half-Cherokee and half-Seneca.He was raised on a ranch. He appeared in hundreds of films during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. However, he got his start painting scenery as part of the backstage crew during the silent movie era. By 1911, he was active in films as an actor, writer and director. He freelanced and wo...
Hurst was married to actress Hedda Nova. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer in late 1952,[citation needed] and committed suicide on February 27, 1953. He is buried in Reedley Cemetery in Reedley, California.[citation needed]
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1. The Hazards of Helen(1914 serial) (uncredited) 2. A Woman in the Web(1918 serial) 3. Play Straight or Fight(1918) 4. The Kingfisher's Roost(1921) 5. The Crow's Nest(1922) 6. Battling Bunyan(1924) 7. Folly of Youth(1925) 8. The Law of the Snow Country(1926) 9. Blue Streak O'Neil(1926) 10. The Roaring Road(1926) 11. Rider of the Law(1927)
Rothel, David. 1984. Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, New Jersey. ISBN 0-8108-1707-1
Paul Hurst at IMDbPaul Hurst at Find a Grave, with a wardrobe still from Gone With the WindLove Watches is a lost 1918 American silent feature comedy-drama film directed by Henry Houry and starring Corinne Griffith. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. A Broadway play produced by Charles Frohman starred Billie Burke in 1908.
Miss Ambition: Directed by Henry Houry. With Corinne Griffith, Walter McGrail, Betty Blythe, Fred Smith. A beautiful and ambitious young woman leaves her boyfriend for a famous sculptor, and later--after she models for his statue "Miss Ambition"--marries an old but wealthy art collector.
The Clutch of Circumstance: Directed by Henry Houry. With Corinne Griffith, Robert Gaillard, David Herblin, Florence Deshon. When businessman John Lawson is seriously injured in an accident, his wife Ruth travels from their New England village to New York to find a job that will support them both.
