Henry Otto was an American

United States

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 silent film

Silent film

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 actor

Actor

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, director

Film director

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, producer

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, and screenwriter

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Otto contributed to over 150 films throughout his career working as an actor and a director throughout. He directed many films in 1914, in films such as When a Woman Waits

When a Woman Waits

When a Woman Waits is a 1914 American silent short drama film directed by Henry Otto starring Ed Coxen, George Field, and Winifred Greenwood.-Cast:* Ed Coxen as Ben Hewitt* George Field as Jack Lane* Winifred Greenwood as Agnes Graham...

, In Tune

In Tune

In Tune is a 1914 American silent short drama film directed by Henry Otto starring Charlotte Burton, Ed Coxen, George Field, and Winifred Greenwood....

, The Archeologist

The Archeologist

The Archeologist is a 1914 American silent short drama film directed by Henry Otto starring Ed, Winifred Greenwood, and John Steppling.-Cast:* Ed Coxen as Billy Green* Winifred Greenwood as Mary Devon* John Steppling as James Devon, her father...

, and The Redemption of a Pal

The Redemption of a Pal

The Redemption of a Pal is a 1914 American silent drama short directed by Henry Otto starring Edith Borella, Charlotte Burton, George Field, Winifred Greenwood and Edward Coxen....

working with actors such as Edward Coxen

Edward Coxen

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, Charlotte Burton

Charlotte Burton

Charlotte Burton was an American silent film actress.-Career:Born in San Francisco, Burton was signed by the American Company in 1912 where she worked for several years. She joined Essanay Studio which she sued in 1919 for $25,000 for breach of contract...

 and George Field. He retired from film in 1942. Otto died five days shy of his 75th birthday on August 3, 1952 in Los Angeles

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Actor

• Harbor Island (1912)
• Margarita and the Mission Funds (1913)
• Through the Centuries (1914)
• The Zaca Lake Mystery (1915)
• Mister 44 (1916)
• Lorelei of the Sea (1917)
• The Outlaw Express (1926)
• The Iron Mask
  The Iron Mask
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  (1929)
• One Hysterical Night
  One Hysterical Night
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  (1929)
• Sea Devils (1931)
• Silver Queen (Uncredited, 1942)

Director

• Betty's Bandit (1912)
• Beppo (1914)
• The Measure of Leon Du Bray (1915)
• The River of Romance (1916)
• The Butterfly Girl (1917)
• Their Honeymoon Baby (1918)
• The Island of Intrigue (1919)
• A Slave of Vanity (1920)
• The Temple of Venus (1923)
• Dante's Inferno
  Dante's Inferno (1924 film)
  Dante's Inferno is a silent film released by Fox Film Corporation, and adapted from Inferno, part of Dante Alighieri's epic poem The Divine Comedy.-Plot:...
  
  (1924)
• Alma de Gaucho (1930)

Writer

• Memories of the Past (1911)
• Oh, Such a Night! (1912)
• All on Account of a Transfer (1913)
• Lola (Scenario, 1914)
• The Phantom Fortune (Scenario, 1915)
• Half a Rogue (Scenario, 1916)
• The River of Romance (Scenario, 1916)
• A Slave of Vanity (Scenario, 1920)
• The Temple of Venus (Story, 1923)

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