Dell Henderson
234 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 4, 1877
- Died
- Dec 2, 1956 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Del Henderson · George Delbert "Dell" Henderson · George Delbert Henderson
Biography
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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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.1 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Film
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★ 7.2 The Awful Truth
1937 · Film
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★ 7.5 Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 · Film
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★ 7.6 The Crowd
1928 · Film
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★ 7.1 The Major and the Minor
1942 · Film
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★ 7.0 Love Affair
1939 · Film
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★ 6.3 It's a Gift
1934 · Film
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★ 6.4 Stranger on the Third Floor
1940 · Film
Dell Henderson: movies and TV shows
Acting (170)
- 1950 Annie Get Your Gun
as Hotel Guest in Hammock (uncredited)
- 1949 Once More, My Darling
as Hotel Clerk
- 1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Southerner (uncredited)
- 1946 Undercurrent
as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1945 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Benson (uncredited)
- 1945 Main Street After Dark
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- 1945 The Great Morgan
as Film Character (uncredited)
- 1944 The Missing Juror
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1944
- 1943 Du Barry Was a Lady
as Flunky (uncredited)
- 1943 Slightly Dangerous
as Doorman (uncredited)
- 1942 Once Upon a Honeymoon
as American Attaché (uncredited)
- 1942 The Major and the Minor
as Doorman (uncredited)
- 1942 Arizona Terrors
as President McKinley
- 1940 Young People
as Eddie's Father (uncredited)
- 1940 Stranger on the Third Floor
as Detective (uncredited)
- 1940 Millionaires in Prison
as Dell, Deputy Taking Vander to Prison (uncredited)
- 1940 You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Ritz Amsterdam Manager
- 1940 Little Orvie
as Mr. Brown
- 1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1939 Fifth Avenue Girl
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
- 1939 Frontier Marshal
as Dave Hall
- 1939 The Chump Takes a Bump
as Elias J. Smart
- 1939 Love Affair
as Cafe Manager (uncredited)
- 1938 Men with Wings
as Chairman
- 1938 Rebellious Daughters
as Mr. Stanley - First Victim
- 1938 The Girl of the Golden West
as Stagecoach Passenger
- 1938 Arsène Lupin Returns
as Plainclothes Detective (uncredited)
- 1937 Wells Fargo
as Customer
- 1937 The Awful Truth
as Vance's Butler (uncredited)
- 1937 Artists & Models
as Lord (uncredited)
- 1937 The Grand Bounce
as Harry Briggs (uncredited)
- 1937 Make Way for Tomorrow
as Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited)
- 1937 We Who Are About to Die
as Blake's Associate (uncredited)
- 1936 The Texas Rangers
as Citizen (uncredited)
- 1935 Hitch Hike Lady
as Williams
- 1935 3 Kids and a Queen
as Reporter
- 1935 Thunder in the Night
as Ambassador - Party Guest
- 1935 Slightly Static
as Mr. Campbell (as Del Henderson)
- 1935 Little Big Shot
as Policeman
- 1935 Steamboat Round the Bend
as Salesman
- 1935 Diamond Jim
as Gambler
- 1935 Here Comes Cookie
as Lloyd
- 1935 Hot Tip
as Sheriff
- 1935 The Daring Young Man
as Mayor
- 1935 Ruggles of Red Gap
as Sam
- 1935 The Mystery Man
as Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager
- 1934 It's a Gift
as Mr. Abernathy
- 1934 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as House Manager
- 1934 Men in Black
as Dr. Graves (uncredited)
- 1934 Something Simple
as Tanhauser
- 1934 The Notorious Sophie Lang
as House Detective
- 1934 Bottoms Up
as Lane Worthing
- 1934 You're Telling Me!
as Mayor (as Del Henderson)
- 1933 Lone Cowboy
as Mr. Burton (uncredited)
- 1933 Rainbow Over Broadway
as Bowers
- 1933 Too Much Harmony
as Small Town Theatre Manager
- 1933 The Big Brain
as (uncredited)
- 1933 Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
as The Masque
- 1933 On Your Guard
as Detective Calvin Carter - aka O'Hara
- 1933 Goldie Gets Along
as Mr. Moon
- 1932 Mr. Bride
as J. P. Henderson
- 1932 Choo-Choo!
as Mr. Henderson
- 1932 In Walked Charley
as Delbert Henderson
- 1932 Free Eats
as Mr. Moran
- 1931 The Champ
as The Doctor (uncredited)
- 1931 Skip the Maloo!
as Mr. Benson
- 1931 Newly Rich
as Director
- 1931 Haunted at Midnight
as Housekeeper
- 1931
- 1931 Thundering Tenors
as Senator D.H. Henderson
- 1931 Helping Grandma
as Henderson
- 1930
- 1930 Up a Tree
as Del - Publicity Promoter
- 1930 Looser Than Loose
as Mr. Henderson
- 1930 Bigger and Better
as Mr. Kornman
- 1930 Night of Goblins
as Housekeeper
- 1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
- 1930 Fast Work
as Old Faithful
- 1930 The Sins of the Children
as Ted Baldwin
- 1930
- 1930 All Teed Up
as Judge Quirt
- 1930 Whispering Whoopee
as Mr. Henderson
- 1930
- 1929 Hit the Deck
as Admiral
- 1929 Wrong Again
as Painting owner
- 1929 Off to Buffalo
as Charley's boss
- 1928 Riley the Cop
as Judge Coronelli
- 1928 Show People
as Colonel Pepper
- 1928 The Power of the Press
as Bill Johnson
- 1928
- 1928 The Patsy
as Pa Harrington
- 1928 The Crowd
as Dick
- 1927 Getting Gertie's Garter
as Barry Scott
- 1926 The Clinging Vine
as B. Harvey Doolittle
- 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
- 1916 The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
as Aunt Mary's Sweetheart
- 1915 Those Bitter Sweets
as The Rival
- 1915 For Better - But Worse
as The Police Chief's Daughter's Romeo
- 1913 Papa's Baby
as Papa Binks
- 1913 The Widow's Kids
as The Traveling Man
- 1913 The Power of the Camera
as Second Convict
- 1912 The Massacre
as In Wagon Train
- 1912 The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
as Dick
- 1912 The Speed Demon
as Racing Official
- 1912 Helen's Marriage
as Friend
- 1912 The Furs
as The Husband
- 1912 When the Fire-Bells Rang
as An Actor
- 1912 Won by a Fish
as The Woman's Father
- 1912 The Brave Hunter
as The Brave Hunter's Rival
- 1912 Help! Help!
as Office Worker
- 1912 A Voice from the Deep
as On Roller Coaster
- 1912 Hot Stuff
as Cigar Drummer
- 1912 The Engagement Ring
as Redmond
- 1912 The Sunbeam
as The Bachelor
- 1912 The Fatal Chocolate
as The City Beau
- 1912 The Mender of Nets
as The Rival's Brother
- 1912 For His Son
as Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)
- 1911 A Victim of Circumstance
as The Husband
- 1911 The Long Road
as Wedding Guest
- 1911 The Adventures of Billy
as Rich Man
- 1911 The Making of a Man
as Leading Man
- 1911 The Baron
as The Baron / A Waiter
- 1911 The Blind Princess and the Poet
as Lord Gold
- 1911 The Last Drop of Water
as Undetermined Role
- 1911 The Ghost
as A Crook
- 1911 Fighting Blood
as A Soldier
- 1911 The Primal Call
as The Creditor
- 1911 Enoch Arden: Part II
as Rescuer
- 1911
- 1911
- 1911 A Knight of the Road
as The Hobo
- 1911 The Broken Cross
as The Manicurist's Friend
- 1911 The Lonedale Operator
as A Tramp
- 1911 Teaching Dad to Like Her
as Harry's Father
- 1911
- 1911 His Trust
as Col. Frazier
- 1911 When a Man Loves
as Mr. Bach
- 1911 The Two Paths
as Worker
- 1910 The Lesson
as Policeman
- 1910 A Plain Song
as The Manager
- 1910 The Song of the Wildwood Flute
as A Suitor
- 1910 The Message of the Violin
as The Baron
- 1910 That Chink at Golden Gulch
as Gentleman Jim Dandy
- 1910 A Gold Necklace
as In Cafe
- 1910 The Oath and the Man
as Aristocrat
- 1910 Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as A Tramp
- 1910 The Modern Prodigal
as At Post Office
- 1910
- 1910 The Usurer
as First Mover
- 1910
- 1910 A Child's Impulse
as At First Party / At Second Party
- 1910 The Face at the Window
as The Butler
- 1910 In the Border States
as Union Officer
- 1910 A Child of the Ghetto
as The Proprietor
- 1910 Ramona
as Man at Burial
- 1910 Over Silent Paths
as The Wanderer
- 1910 The Two Brothers
as Manuel
- 1910 The Unchanging Sea
as The Rescuer
- 1910 The Gold Seekers
as The Claim Agent
- 1910 The Tenderfoot's Triumph
as A Cowboy
- 1910 Gold Is Not All
as Tom Darrell
- 1910 Faithful
as Bystander
- 1910 The Converts
as In Bar
- 1910 The Newlyweds
as A Friend / On Train
- 1910 Taming a Husband
as Nobleman
- 1909
- 1909
- 1909
- 1908
Behind the camera (74)
- 1927 The Rambling Ranger
Director
- 1925 Accused
Director
- 1925 Pursued
Director
- 1925 The Bad Lands
Director
- 1924 Battling Brewster
Director
- 1924 One Law for the Woman
Director
- 1924 Gambling Wives
Director
- 1923 Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
Director
- 1922 Sure-Fire Flint
Director
- 1922 The Broken Silence
Director
- 1921 The Girl from Porcupine
Director
- 1921 Dead or Alive
Director
- 1921 Dynamite Allen
Director
- 1920 The Dead Line
Director
- 1920 The Shark
Director
- 1919 Three Green Eyes
Director
- 1919 Hit or Miss
Director
- 1919 Courage for Two
Director
- 1919 Love in a Hurry
Director
- 1918 Hitting the Trail
Director
- 1918 The Road to France
Director
- 1918 By Hook or Crook
Director
- 1918 The Beloved Blackmailer
Director
- 1918 The Golden Wall
Director
- 1918 My Wife
Director
- 1918 Who Loved Him Best?
Director
- 1918 The Impostor
Director
- 1917 Her Second Husband
Director
- 1917 Please Help Emily
Director
- 1917 The Beautiful Adventure
Director
- 1917 Outcast
Director, Producer
- 1917 A Girl Like That
Director
- 1916 A Coney Island Princess
Director
- 1916 Rolling Stones
Director
- 1916 Wife and Auto Trouble
Director
- 1916 Because He Loved Her
Director
- 1915 Merely a Married Man
Director
- 1915 Those Bitter Sweets
Director
- 1915 For Better - But Worse
Director
- 1915 A Bear Affair
Director
- 1915 Ambrose's Nasty Temper
Director
- 1915 Ambrose's Fury
Director
- 1914 Gussle, the Golfer
Director
- 1914 The Plumber
Director
- 1914 Bertha, the Buttonhole-Maker
Director
- 1914 'Curses!' They Remarked
Director
- 1914 Liberty Belles
Director
- 1913 For the Son of the House
Director
- 1913 The Lady in Black
Director
- 1913 A Modest Hero
Director
- 1913 A Woman in the Ultimate
Director
- 1913 Black and White
Director
- 1913 The Suffragette Minstrels
Director
- 1913 Father's Chicken Dinner
Director
- 1913 Papa's Baby
Director
- 1913 The Widow's Kids
Director
- 1913 Those Little Flowers
Director
- 1913 Pa Says
Director
- 1913 Almost a Wild Man
Director
- 1913 Red Hicks Defies the World
Director
- 1913 Highbrow Love
Director
- 1913 The Power of the Camera
Director
- 1913 What Is the Use of Repining?
Writer, Director
- 1912 Getting Rid of Trouble
Director
- 1912 Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
Director
- 1912 The Speed Demon
Story
- 1912 A Dash Through the Clouds
Writer
- 1912 The Fickle Spaniard
Director
- 1912 A Voice from the Deep
Story
- 1911 Love in the Hills
Writer
- 1911 Bobby the Coward
Writer
- 1911 A Knight of the Road
Writer
- 1910 The Lesson
Writer
- 1910 The Modern Prodigal
Writer