Dan Hanlon
Silent film actor
About Dan Hanlon
Lived 1866 – 1951 (aged 84–85). Dan Hanlon was a silent film actor.
Daniel E. Hanlon (1866–1951) was an American silent film actor born in San Francisco, California, of Irish heritage. He began his career performing in theatre, debuting on stage in 1894 in Brooklyn, New York.
Hanlon is noted by The New York Dramatic Mirror for "contributing to the success of the Crescent Stock company in Brooklyn" in 1909." In 1917, while directing for the Players Stock company of St. Louis, he was announced as the producer of a five-reel drama for the St. Louis Times.
He died in 1951.
Filmography Year Title Role Ref The Great Problem Bill Carson The River of Romance Butler 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Prof. Aronnax
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