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{{short description|American actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Otis B. Thayer
| name = Otis B. Thayer
| image =
| image = Otis B Thayer, stage actor (SAYRE 10815).jpg
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| caption =
| birthname = Otis Bryant Thayer<ref>"Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23S-S3VC : 18 May 2016), Otis Bryant Thayer in entry for Florence Marguerite Thayer, 29 Nov 1890; Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 31823, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .</ref>
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| birth_date = 1862
| birthname = Otis B. Thayer
| birth_date = 1862
| birth_place = [[Richland Center, Wisconsin]], U.S.
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1935|8|16|1862|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Richland Center, Wisonsin|Richland Center]], [[Richland County, Wisconsin]]
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| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1935|8|16|1862|0|0|mf=y}}
| other_names = Obie
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| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[Los Angeles County, California]], U.S.
| occupation = Actor, Director
| occupation = Actor, director
| years_active = 1919 &ndash; 1928
| years_active = 1919 &ndash; 1928
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Gertrude M. Cavagna]]|1903|1935}}<br>.
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Lily Adele Frey|1883}}
* {{marriage|Gertrude M. Cavagna|1903|1935}}
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}}
}}
}}


'''Otis B. Thayer''' (1862 &ndash; August 16, 1935) "Obie," was an [[United States|American]] [[Actor#In film|actor]], [[Film director|director]], film producer and owner of [[silent era]] film production companies. Before his film career he was a stage actor and operatic comedian.<ref>New York Dramatic Mirror, April 29, 1919</ref> By 1910 he piloted the [[Chicago]] based [[Selig Polyscope Company]] filming westerns on locations at Canon City. He founded the [[Art-O-Graf]] film company of Denver in 1919. And by 1920 he was the president of the "Superior Foto Play Company." <ref>Film and Photography on the Front Range", page 170-193</ref><ref>Motion Picture World (USA) 17 July 1920, pg. 334, "Thayer Nearly Drowned"</ref><ref>Motion Picture World (USA) 1 March 1919, pg. 1237, "Franklyn Farnum Signed for Art-O-Graf Feature"</ref><ref>Motion Picture World (USA) 11 December 1915, pg. 2036, "Otis B. Thayer in New York"</ref><ref>Motion Picture World (USA) 30 January 1915, pg. 688, "Thayer a Master Hand at Mountain Pictures"</ref><ref>Motion Picture World (USA) 19 December 1914, pg. 1703, "Pike's Peak Film Company"</ref>
'''Otis Bryant Thayer''' (1862 – August 16, 1935) was an American actor, director, producer and owner of [[silent era]] film production companies. Before his film career he was a stage actor and operatic comedian.<ref>New York Dramatic Mirror, April 29, 1919</ref> By 1910, he piloted the [[Chicago]] based [[Selig Polyscope Company]] filming westerns on locations at Canon City. He founded the [[Art-O-Graf]] film company of Denver in 1919. And by 1920, he was the president of the "Superior Foto Play Company."<ref>Film and Photography on the Front Range", page 170-193</ref><ref>Motion Picture World (USA) 17 July 1920, pg. 334, "Thayer Nearly Drowned"</ref><ref>Motion Picture World (USA) 1 March 1919, pg. 1237, "Franklyn Farnum Signed for Art-O-Graf Feature"</ref><ref>Motion Picture World (USA) 11 December 1915, pg. 2036, "Otis B. Thayer in New York"</ref><ref>Motion Picture World (USA) 30 January 1915, pg. 688, "Thayer a Master Hand at Mountain Pictures"</ref><ref>Motion Picture World (USA) 19 December 1914, pg. 1703, "Pike's Peak Film Company"</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
;As a director:
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*1911 - The Bully of Bingo Gulch, A Romance of the Rio Grande, Circumstantial Evidence
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*1912 - An Equine Hero, The Whiskey Runners, A Cowboy's Mother, The Wayfarer, The Boob, An Unexpected Fortune, The Peculiar Nature of the White Man's Burden, The Double Cross, Murray the Masher, The Adopted Son, The Mystery of Room 29, A Citizen in the Making, The Vagabonds, According to Law, Jack and Jingles, Driftwood, His Chance to Make Good, All on Account of Checkers, The Slip, Hypnotized, The 'Diamond S' Ranch, The Horseshoe, The Girl He Left Behind, {{Interlanguage link multi|The Scapegoat (1914 film)|it|3=The Scapegoat (film 1914)}}, A Cowboy's Best Girl, A Modern Ananias, Two Men and a Girl
*1913 - [https://archive.org/details/the-city-reformed/11.+Saved+by+the+Juvenile+Court+%5Bexcerpt%5D+(1913).mp4 Saved by the Juvenile Court]
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*1914 - Across the Border, Bringing in the Law, The Romance of Copper Gulch, Pirates of the Plains, The Ace of Diamonds, The Range War
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*1915 - Montana Blunt, Out of the Silence, The Word, Told in the Rockies, The Parasite's Double, The Cost, The Greater Barrier
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*1916 - The Unborn, The Awakening of Bess Morton, The Sins That Ye Sin
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*1917 - The Love of Princess Olga, The Prodigal's Return, ''[[The Mystery of No. 47]]'', A Social Climber, The Daughter of Gas House Dan, The Evil Sag, Two-Dollar Gloves, A Question of Honesty, Father and Son, The Boob, The Power of Pin Money, The Great Treasure
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*1918 - Little Red Riding Hood
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*1919 - [[Miss Arizona (1919 Film)]]
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*1920 - A Desperate Tenderfoot, [[Wolves of the Street (1920 Film)]], [[The Desert Scorpion]]
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*1921 - [[Out of the Depths (1921 Film)]], The Outlaw's Revenge, The Golden Lure, A Western Feud, [[Finders Keepers (1921 Film)]]
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*1923 - [[Riders of the Range (1923 Film)]]
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*1928 - Tracy the Outlaw, [[Finders Keepers (1928 film)|Finders Keepers]]


As a Director:<br>
;As an actor:
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*1911 - Western Hearts, Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor, Told in Colorado, A Tennessee Love Story, A New York Cowboy, A Fair Exchange, The Warrant, Dan Thomas - the Sheriff, Two Lives, The New Editor, The Mission Worker, Montana Anna, A Novel Experiment, Busy Day at the Selig
<br>
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*1912 - Circumstantial Evidence, The Wayfarer, The Boob, The Double Cross, Murray the Masher
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1911 The Bully of Bingo Gulch, A Romance of the Rio Grande, Circumstantial Evidence<br>
⚫
*1914 - Pirates of the Plains
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1912 An Equine Hero, The Whiskey Runners, A Cowboy's Mother, The Wayfarer, The Boob, An Unexpected Fortune, The Peculiar Nature of the White Man's Burden, The Double Cross, Murray the Masher, The Adopted Son, The Mystery of Room 29, A Citizen in the Making, The Vagabonds, According to Law, Jack and Jingles, Driftwood, His Chance to Make Good, All on Account of Checkers, The Slip, Hypnotized, The 'Diamond S' Ranch, The Horseshoe, The Girl He Left Behind, The Scapegoat, A Cowboy's Best Girl, A Modern Ananias, Two Men and a Girl<br>
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*1920 - [[The Desert Scorpion]]
1913 Saved by the Juvenile Court<br>
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1914 Across the Border, Bringing in the Law, The Romance of Copper Gulch, Pirates of the Plains, The Ace of Diamonds, The Range War<br>
⚫
1915 Montana Blunt, Out of the Silence, The Word, Told in the Rockies, The Parasite's Double, The Cost, The Greater Barrier<br>
⚫
1916 The Unborn, The Awakening of Bess Morton, The Sins That Ye Sin<br>
⚫
1917 The Love of Princess Olga, The Prodigal's Return, The Mystery of No. 47, A Social Climber, The Daughter of Gas House Dan, The Evil Sag, Two-Dollar Gloves, A Question of Honesty, Father and Son, The Boob, The Power of Pin Money, The Great Treasure<br>
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1918 Little Red Riding Hood<br>
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1919 [[Miss Arizona (1919 Film)]]<br>
⚫
1920 A Desperate Tenderfoot, [[Wolves of the Street (1920 Film)]], [[The Desert Scorpion]]<br>
⚫
1921 [[Out of the Depths (1921 Film)]], The Outlaw's Revenge, The Golden Lure, A Western Feud, [[Finders Keepers (1921 Film)]]<br>
⚫
1923 [[Riders of the Range (1923 Film)]]<br>
⚫
1928 Tracy the Outlaw, Finders Keepers<br>
<br>
As an Actor:<br>
<br>
⚫
1911 Western Hearts, Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor, Told in Colorado, A Tennessee Love Story, A New York Cowboy, A Fair Exchange, The Warrant, Dan Thomas - the Sheriff, Two Lives, The New Editor, The Mission Worker, Montana Anna, A Novel Experiment, Busy Day at the Selig<br>
⚫
1912 Circumstantial Evidence, The Wayfarer, The Boob, The Double Cross, Murray the Masher<br>
⚫
1914 Pirates of the Plains<br>
⚫
1920 [[The Desert Scorpion]]<br>
<br>
As a Writer:<br>
<br>
⚫
1911 The Bully of Bingo Gulch, A Romance of the Rio Grande<br>
⚫
1912 The Scapegoat, Riders of the Range<br>
<br>
As a Producer:<br>
<br>
⚫
1928 Tracy the Outlaw


;As a writer:
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==Personal life and death==
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*1911 - The Bully of Bingo Gulch, A Romance of the Rio Grande
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*1912 - The Scapegoat, Riders of the Range


;As a producer:
⚫
*1928 - Tracy the Outlaw

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==Personal life and death==
Educated in Freeport, Illinois. Son of William Henry Harrison and Letitia Ann (Morgan) Thayer, husband of Gertrude M. Cavagna.
Educated in Freeport, Illinois. Son of William Henry Harrison and Letitia Ann (Morgan) Thayer, husband of Gertrude M. Cavagna.

Founder of [[Art-O-Graf]] Film Co., and was President and Director for General Superior Foto Play Company.
Founder of [[Art-O-Graf]] Film Co., and was President and Director for General Superior Foto Play Company.


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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* http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103360077


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| NAME = Thayer, Otis B.
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Thayer, Otis
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Actor, Director
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1862
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Richland Center, Richland, Wisconsin, USA
| DATE OF DEATH = August 16, 1935
| PLACE OF DEATH = Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Latest revision as of 22:27, 7 August 2024

Otis B. Thayer
Born
Otis Bryant Thayer[1]

1862
Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedAugust 16, 1935(1935-08-16) (aged 72–73)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesObie
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1919 – 1928
Spouses
Lily Adele Frey
​
(m. 1883)​
Gertrude M. Cavagna
​
​
(m. 1903⁠–⁠1935)​

Otis Bryant Thayer (1862 – August 16, 1935) was an American actor, director, producer and owner of silent era film production companies. Before his film career he was a stage actor and operatic comedian.[2] By 1910, he piloted the Chicago based Selig Polyscope Company filming westerns on locations at Canon City. He founded the Art-O-Graf film company of Denver in 1919. And by 1920, he was the president of the "Superior Foto Play Company."[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Career

[edit]
As a director
  • 1911 - The Bully of Bingo Gulch, A Romance of the Rio Grande, Circumstantial Evidence
  • 1912 - An Equine Hero, The Whiskey Runners, A Cowboy's Mother, The Wayfarer, The Boob, An Unexpected Fortune, The Peculiar Nature of the White Man's Burden, The Double Cross, Murray the Masher, The Adopted Son, The Mystery of Room 29, A Citizen in the Making, The Vagabonds, According to Law, Jack and Jingles, Driftwood, His Chance to Make Good, All on Account of Checkers, The Slip, Hypnotized, The 'Diamond S' Ranch, The Horseshoe, The Girl He Left Behind, The Scapegoat (1914 film) [it], A Cowboy's Best Girl, A Modern Ananias, Two Men and a Girl
  • 1913 - Saved by the Juvenile Court
  • 1914 - Across the Border, Bringing in the Law, The Romance of Copper Gulch, Pirates of the Plains, The Ace of Diamonds, The Range War
  • 1915 - Montana Blunt, Out of the Silence, The Word, Told in the Rockies, The Parasite's Double, The Cost, The Greater Barrier
  • 1916 - The Unborn, The Awakening of Bess Morton, The Sins That Ye Sin
  • 1917 - The Love of Princess Olga, The Prodigal's Return, The Mystery of No. 47, A Social Climber, The Daughter of Gas House Dan, The Evil Sag, Two-Dollar Gloves, A Question of Honesty, Father and Son, The Boob, The Power of Pin Money, The Great Treasure
  • 1918 - Little Red Riding Hood
  • 1919 - Miss Arizona (1919 Film)
  • 1920 - A Desperate Tenderfoot, Wolves of the Street (1920 Film), The Desert Scorpion
  • 1921 - Out of the Depths (1921 Film), The Outlaw's Revenge, The Golden Lure, A Western Feud, Finders Keepers (1921 Film)
  • 1923 - Riders of the Range (1923 Film)
  • 1928 - Tracy the Outlaw, Finders Keepers
As an actor
  • 1911 - Western Hearts, Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor, Told in Colorado, A Tennessee Love Story, A New York Cowboy, A Fair Exchange, The Warrant, Dan Thomas - the Sheriff, Two Lives, The New Editor, The Mission Worker, Montana Anna, A Novel Experiment, Busy Day at the Selig
  • 1912 - Circumstantial Evidence, The Wayfarer, The Boob, The Double Cross, Murray the Masher
  • 1914 - Pirates of the Plains
  • 1920 - The Desert Scorpion
As a writer
  • 1911 - The Bully of Bingo Gulch, A Romance of the Rio Grande
  • 1912 - The Scapegoat, Riders of the Range
As a producer
  • 1928 - Tracy the Outlaw

Personal life and death

[edit]

Educated in Freeport, Illinois. Son of William Henry Harrison and Letitia Ann (Morgan) Thayer, husband of Gertrude M. Cavagna.

Founder of Art-O-Graf Film Co., and was President and Director for General Superior Foto Play Company.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23S-S3VC : 18 May 2016), Otis Bryant Thayer in entry for Florence Marguerite Thayer, 29 Nov 1890; Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 31823, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
  2. ^ New York Dramatic Mirror, April 29, 1919
  3. ^ Film and Photography on the Front Range", page 170-193
  4. ^ Motion Picture World (USA) 17 July 1920, pg. 334, "Thayer Nearly Drowned"
  5. ^ Motion Picture World (USA) 1 March 1919, pg. 1237, "Franklyn Farnum Signed for Art-O-Graf Feature"
  6. ^ Motion Picture World (USA) 11 December 1915, pg. 2036, "Otis B. Thayer in New York"
  7. ^ Motion Picture World (USA) 30 January 1915, pg. 688, "Thayer a Master Hand at Mountain Pictures"
  8. ^ Motion Picture World (USA) 19 December 1914, pg. 1703, "Pike's Peak Film Company"
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