Leslie T. Peacocke
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| Born | 1872 Bangalore, India |
| Died | March 5, 1941 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
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Captain Leslie Tufnell Peacocke (1872 - March 5, 1941) was an actor, screenwriter, and director in the United States.
He was born in Bangalore, India and served in the Connaught Rangers before emigrating to the United States.
In 1919 he wrote.on behalf of Democracy Film Corporation about producing a film adaptation of The Souls of Black Folk.[1] His film Injustice was a response to Thomas Dixon Jr.'s The Clansman.[2]
His book Hints on Photoplay Writing from his articles in Photoplay Magazine was published in 1916. A photo of the author appears at the beginning of the book.[3]
His films include adaptations of stories by Florence Herrington.[4]
He was an actor in the 1929 show A Comedy of Women at the Ambassador Theatre.[5]
Filmography
Actor
- His Neighbor's Wife (1913) as Captain Roberts
- The Woman Who Dared (1916) as Minister of Foreign Affairs[6]
- Bab the Fixer (1917) as John Porter
- Betty Be Good (1917) as Jonathan Brownlee[6]
- Angel Child (1918) as Glory's father[6]
- Shadows of Suspicion (1919) as Chief of Scotland Yard
- The Vanishing Dagger (1920)
- Black Beauty (1921) as Lord Wynwaring
Writer
- Neptune's Daughter (1914)[6]
- Salvation Nell (1915)[6]
- Help! (1916) [6]
- The Woman Who Dared (1916)[6]
- The Unwritten Law (1916)[6]
- The Clean Gun (1917)
- Mentioned in Confidence (1917)[6]
- The Alien Blood (1917)[6]
- Innocence (1917 film)|Innocence (1917)[6]
- The Checkmate (1917)[6]
- Brand's Daughter (1917)
- Whatever the Cost (1918)
- The Heart of Juanita (1919)
- Injustice (1919)
- Reformation (1920)[6]
Director
- Putting One Over on Ignatz (1917)[7]
- Good Morning, Nurse! (1917)
- It Happened in Room 7 (1917)[8]
- O, It's Great to Be Crazy (1918) with Stan Laurel
- Reformation (1919), a Sidney P. Dones film[9]
- Injustice (1919 film)|Injustice (1919)
- Neptune's Bride (1920)
- The Midnight Flower (1923)
- The Wheel of Fortune (film)|The Wheel of Fortune (1923)[6]
References
- ↑ "Letter from Democracy Film Corporation to W. E. B. Du Bois, August 1, 1919". credo.library.umass.edu.
- ↑ Lucia, Cynthia; Simon, Art; Grundmann, Roy (25 June 2015). American Film History: Selected Readings, Origins to 1960. ISBN 9781118475164.
- ↑ Peacocke, Leslie T. (1916). "Hints on Photoplay Writing: Compiled from the Series of Articles Written for Photoplay Magazine and which Were Published 1915-1916".
- ↑ "Author and Composer: A Digest for Songwriters, Dramatists, Scenario Writers, Fictionists". 1922.
- ↑ "Leslie T. Peacocke – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB".
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 "Capt. Leslie T. Peacocke". www.tcm.com.
- ↑ "The Moving Picture World". 1917.
- ↑ "Leslie T. Peacocke". BFI.
- ↑ Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610528 – via Google Books.
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