Dell Henderson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film. Born in the Southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas, Dell Henderson started his acting career on the stage, but appeared in his first movie Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court already in 1908. Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith since 1909 and appeared in numerous of his early shorts in Hollywood. He also acted on a less prolific basis in the movies of producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios. In addition to acting, Henderson also directed nearly 200 silent films between 1911 and 1928. Most of those films are forgotten or lost, but he also directed movies with silent stars like Harry Carey and Roscoe Arbuckle. Henderson also worked as a writer on numerous screenplays. After retiring from directing in 1927, Henderson turned to acting full-time and played important supporting roles in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and as General Marmaduke Pepper in Show People (1928). The advent of sound film damaged his acting career, and he often had to play smaller roles. In the 1930s, the comedic character actor appeared on several occasions as a comic foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, W. C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. He often played somewhat pompous figures like judges, businessmen, detectives or mayors. Modern audiences will remember Henderson as annoyed hospital president Dr. Graves in The Three Stooges film Men in Black and the put-upon chaperone in the Little Rascals film Choo-Choo!. He also appeared as a Night Court Judge in Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936) and as a friendly Car salesman in Leo McCarey's drama Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). Henderson ended his film career after numerous small roles in 1950. Henderson died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 79. He was married with actress Florence Lee until his death, they made several silent films together.
The Power of the Camera
(Second Convict)
Arizona Terrors
(President McKinley)
Artists & Models
(Lord (uncredited))
Getting a Raise
Show People
(Colonel Pepper)
Help! Help!
(Office Worker)
It's a Gift
(Mr. Abernathy)
Teaching Dad to Like Her
(Harry's Father)
Once Upon a Honeymoon
(American Attaché (uncredited))
Helen's Marriage
(Friend)
The Girl of the Golden West
(Stagecoach Passenger)
When the Fire-Bells Rang
(An Actor)
Is Everybody Happy?
Off to Buffalo
(Charley's boss)
The Chump Takes a Bump
(Elias J. Smart)
Lone Cowboy
(Mr. Burton (uncredited))
His Trust
(Col. Frazier)
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
(Dick)
The Brave Hunter
(The Brave Hunter's Rival)
The Baron
(The Baron / A Waiter)
The Last Drop of Water
(Undetermined Role)
Up a Tree
(Del - Publicity Promoter)
The Furs
(The Husband)
The Sunbeam
(The Bachelor)
Those Bitter Sweets
(The Rival)
A Child of the Ghetto
(The Proprietor)
Rainbow Over Broadway
(Bowers)
The Grand Bounce
(Harry Briggs (uncredited))
A Voice from the Deep
(On Roller Coaster)
Hitch Hike Lady
(Williams)
Rebellious Daughters
(Mr. Stanley - First Victim)
Getting Gertie's Garter
(Barry Scott)
The Widow's Kids
(The Traveling Man)
Papa's Baby
(Papa Binks)
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
(A Tramp)
For His Son
(Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited))
The Sins of the Children
(Ted Baldwin)
In Walked Charley
(Delbert Henderson)
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
(The Masque)
Slightly Static
(Mr. Campbell (as Del Henderson))
Too Much Harmony
(Small Town Theatre Manager)
We Who Are About to Die
(Blake's Associate (uncredited))
Wells Fargo
(Customer)
Bottoms Up
(Lane Worthing)
Men with Wings
(Chairman)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
(Housekeeper (uncredited))
The Primal Call
(The Creditor)
For Better - But Worse
(The Police Chief's Daughter's Romeo)
Love Affair
(Cafe Manager (uncredited))
Fifth Avenue Girl
(Headwaiter (uncredited))
Frontier Marshal
(Dave Hall)
The Texas Rangers
(Citizen (uncredited))
The Lesson
(Policeman)
Bigger and Better
(Mr. Kornman)
Looser Than Loose
(Mr. Henderson)
Chiselers of Hollywood
Arsène Lupin Returns
(Plainclothes Detective (uncredited))
Over Silent Paths
(The Wanderer)
Main Street After Dark
(Plainclothesman (uncredited))
Riley the Cop
(Judge Coronelli)
Big Money
The Daring Young Man
(Mayor)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
(Minor Role (uncredited))
The Awful Truth
(Vance's Butler (uncredited))
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
(House Manager)
The Speed Demon
(Racing Official)
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
The Broken Locket
All Teed Up
(Judge Quirt)
Wrong Again
(Painting owner)
The Patsy
(Pa Harrington)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
(Extra (uncredited))
Hot Tip
(Sheriff)
Make Way for Tomorrow
(Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited))
Men in Black
(Dr. Graves (uncredited))
Thunder in the Night
(Ambassador - Party Guest)
Stranger on the Third Floor
(Detective (uncredited))
Millionaires in Prison
(Dell, Deputy Taking Vander to Prison (uncredited))
Young People
(Eddie's Father)
The Power of the Press
(Bill Johnson)
The Two Brothers
(Manuel)
The Champ
(The Doctor (uncredited))
Diamond Jim
(Gambler)
Little Big Shot
(Policeman)
Once More, My Darling
(Hotel Clerk)
Mr. Bride
(J. P. Henderson)
Thundering Tenors
(Senator D.H. Henderson)
Steamboat Round the Bend
(Salesman)
Little Orvie
(Mr. Brown)
You Can't Fool Your Wife
(Ritz Amsterdam Manager)
Helping Grandma
(Henderson)
Choo-Choo!
(Mr. Henderson)
The Making of a Man
(Leading Man)
The Crowd
(Dick)
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
(A Suitor)
A Plain Song
(The Manager)
When a Man Loves
(Mr. Bach)
The Unchanging Sea
(The Rescuer)
Ruggles of Red Gap
(Sam)
Won by a Fish
(The Woman's Father)
The Clinging Vine
(B. Harvey Doolittle)
Fast Work
(Old Faithful)
The Adventures of Billy
(Rich Man)
The Long Road
(Wedding Guest)
Slightly Dangerous
(Doorman (uncredited))
The Great Morgan
(Film Character (uncredited))
Whispering Whoopee
(Mr. Henderson)
Night of Goblins
(Housekeeper)
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
(Aunt Mary's Sweetheart)
Haunted at Midnight
(Housekeeper)
The Lonedale Operator
(A Tramp)
Goldie Gets Along
(Mr. Moon)
You're Telling Me!
(Mayor (as Del Henderson))
Du Barry was a Lady
(Flunky)
Undercurrent
(Party Guest (uncredited))
Gold Is Not All
The Mender of Nets
(The Rival's Brother)
Skip the Maloo!
(Mr. Benson)
3 Kids and a Queen
(Reporter)
The Major and the Minor
(Doorman (uncredited))
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
(Benson (uncredited))
Newly Rich
(Director)
The Ghost
(A Crook)
Ramona
(Man at Burial)
The Mystery Man
(Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager)
A Gold Necklace
(In Cafe)
The Converts
(In Bar)
The Gold Seekers
(The Claim Agent)
On Your Guard
(Detective Calvin Carter - aka O'Hara)
Hot Stuff
(Cigar Drummer)
Hit the Deck
(Admiral)
The Engagement Ring
(Redmond)
A Victim of Circumstance
(The Husband)
The Fatal Chocolate
(The City Beau)
Wilful Peggy
The Modern Prodigal
(At Post Office)
In the Border States
(Union Officer)
The Usurer
(First Mover)
That Chink at Golden Gulch
(Gentleman Jim Dandy)
His Trust Fulfilled
The Missing Juror
(Train Conductor (Uncredited))
The Massacre
(In Wagon Train)
Something Simple
(Tanhauser)
Free Eats
(Mr. Moran)
The Notorious Sophie Lang
(House Detective)
Red Hicks Defies the World
(Director)
Battling Brewster
(Director)
Pa Says
(Director)
The Suffragette Minstrels
(Director)
A Dash Through the Clouds
(Writer)
A Girl Like That
(Director)
'Curses!' They Remarked
(Director)
The Fickle Spaniard
(Director)
Wife and Auto Trouble
(Director)
Gussle, the Golfer
(Director)
The Plumber
(Director)
Merely A Married Man
(Director)
Those Bitter Sweets
(Director)
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
(Director)
Ambrose's Fury
(Director)
A Voice from the Deep
(Story)
For the Son of the House
(Director)
Highbrow Love
(Director)
The Power of the Camera
(Director)
The Widow's Kids
(Director)
Papa's Baby
(Director)
The Lady in Black
(Director)
Love in a Hurry
(Director)
Almost a Wild Man
(Director)
Bertha, the Buttonhole-Maker
(Director)
The Road to France
(Director)
Please Help Emily
(Director)
The Rambling Ranger
(Director)
The Speed Demon
(Story)
For Better - But Worse
(Director)
Getting Rid of Trouble
(Director)
Black and White
(Director)
Father's Chicken Dinner
(Director)
The Dead Line
(Director)
One Law for the Woman
(Director)
Dynamite Allen
(Director)
The Bad Lands
(Director)
The Lesson
(Writer)
A Woman in the Ultimate
(Director)
Liberty Belles
(Director)
A Bear Affair
(Director)
Because He Loved Her
(Director)
The Beloved Blackmailer
(Director)
Accused
(Director)
Bobby the Coward
(Writer)
Love in the Hills
(Writer)
A Coney Island Princess
(Director)
Who Loved Him Best?
(Director)
A Modest Hero
(Director)
Gambling Wives
(Director)
What Is the Use of Repining?
(Director)
What Is the Use of Repining?
(Writer)
Those Little Flowers
(Director)
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
(Director)
The Beautiful Adventure
(Director)
Her Second Husband
(Director)
Outcast
(Director)
Outcast
(Producer)
The Impostor
(Director)
My Wife
(Director)
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
(Director)
Sure-Fire Flint
(Director)
Three Green Eyes
(Director)
Hit or Miss
(Director)
Courage for Two
(Director)
Hitting the Trail
(Director)
By Hook or Crook
(Director)
The Golden Wall
(Director)
The Broken Silence
(Director)