Wallace McCutcheon Sr.

Known for: Directing
Born: January 1, 1858, New York, New York
Died: October 3, 1918
Movies: 48

Wallace McCutcheon Sr., referred to affectionately as "Old Man McCutcheon" by members of the Biograph stock company, was, by 1907, indeed one of the senior figures in American film production. Little is known of his background, but he had apparently moved into the early film industry from stage direction. Under the encouragement of his friend Frank Marion, McCutcheon began working as a supervisor and director for American Mutoscope in 1897, continuing with them after their reorganization as American Mutoscope & Biograph in 1899. McCutcheon Sr.'s wealth of credits are often mixed up with the small handful of films directed by his son, Wallace McCutcheon Jr. (1884–1928). Sources indicate he also went by the name of George McCutcheon.

Best-Known Movies

5.2

A Winter Straw Ride

1906

4.9

Personal

1904

6.2

The Black Hand

1906

5.6

From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies

1906

6.3

Three American Beauties

1906

5.6

The White Caps

1905

4.8

Her First Adventure

1908

5.0

The Escaped Lunatic

1904

4.3

The Sculptor's Nightmare

1908

4.6

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

1905

Filmography

1904

The Moonshiner

Directing, Writing & Producing

1908	The Stage Rustler	Director
1908	The Kentuckian	Director
1908	At the French Ball	Director
1908	The Outlaw	Director
1908	The Man in the Box	Director
1908	The Invisible Fluid	Director
1908	Mixed Babies	Director
1908	'Ostler Joe	Director
1908	Thompson's Night Out	Director
1908	When Knights Were Bold	Director
1908	The Sculptor's Nightmare	Director
1908	The King's Messenger	Director
1908	Hulda's Lovers	Director
1908	King of the Cannibal Islands	Director
1908	A Famous Escape	Director
1908	Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker	Director
1908	Caught by Wireless	Director
1908	Her First Adventure	Director
1908	The Boy Detective, or The Abductors Foiled	Director
1908	The Yellow Peril	Director
1908	The Princess in the Vase	Director
1908	Bobby's Kodak	Director
1908	Classmates	Director
1908	Falsely Accused!	Director
1908	Professional Jealousy	Director
1908	When Knighthood Was in Flower	Director
1907	Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America	Director
1906	Getting Evidence	Director
1906	From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies	Director
1906	Three American Beauties	Director
1906	A Winter Straw Ride	Director
1906	The Black Hand	Director
1905	The White Caps	Director
1905	Panorama from Times Building, New York	Director
1905	The Nihilist	Director
1905	Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son	Writer
1904	The Chicken Thief	Director
1904	The Suburbanite	Writer
1904	The Lost Child	Director
1904	The Moonshiner	Director
1904	Personal	Director
1904	The Escaped Lunatic	Director
1904	The Widow and the Only Man	Director
1903	He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not	Director
1903	A Total Accident	Director
1902	Grandpa's Reading Glass	Director
1900	How They Rob Men in Chicago	Director

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