John R. Cumpson

John R. Cumpson (August 30, 1866 – March 15, 1913) was an American stage and film actor. In 1895 he performed on Broadway as Tam Duncan Faa in Sidney R. Ellis's Bonnie Scotland. He returned to Broadway in Up York State in 1901. With regard to his screen career, Cumpson appeared in at least 124 films between 1905 and 1912. A 1910 newspaper item described him as "the famous Swedish dialect comedian."

Silent film star Florence Lawrence enjoyed working often with Cumpson at the Biograph Company in 1908 and 1909, although later, in an interview with Photoplay, she described him as essentially a humorless comedian:

Cumpson died of pneumonia and diabetes at Washington Heights Hospital in New York City.

Film still of Cumpson (wearing hat) co-starring in the Biograph short Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)

Selected filmography Year Film Role Notes1905The White Caps 1908Romance of a JewessCustomerThe Zulu's HeartZulu warriorThe Call of the WildChinese servantA Calamitous ElopementMonday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court Justice McPheeneyA Smoked HusbandMr. Benjamin BibbsMr. Jones at the BallMr. Eddie Jones1909Mrs. Jones EntertainsMr. Eddie JonesMr. Jones Has a Card PartyMr. Eddie JonesThe Joneses Have Amateur TheatricalsMr. Eddie JonesJones and His New NeighborsMr. Eddie JonesHis Wife's MotherMr. Eddie JonesJones and the Lady Book AgentMr. Eddie JonesHer First BiscuitsMr. Eddie JonesThe Peachbasket HatMr. Eddie JonesJones' BurglarMr. Eddie JonesMrs. Jones' Lover or I Want My HatMr. Eddie JonesThe Road to the HeartChinese cookTrying to Get ArrestedTrampA Sound SleeperTramp Schneider's Anti-Noise CrusadeMr. SchneiderThose Awful HatsTheatre audience memberAlternative title: Those Darn HatsThe Lonely Villa"At the Inn"1910How Bumptious Papered the ParlorBumptiousTwo MenMinerBumptious as a FiremanBumptious1911Mr. Bumptious, DetectiveBumptiousBilly's SéanceBillyThe Child and the Tramp3rd tramp1912Percy Learns to WaltzPercyA Millionaire for a DayFred DudleyHow Shorty Won OutShortyA Case of DynamiteJonathan JayFerdie, Be BraveFerdie