James Kirkwood(1875-1963)
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
A veteran stage actor, James Kirkwood entered films in 1909 as an actor
and was soon playing leads in many of D.W. Griffith's early pictures. He
turned to directing in 1912, and by 1914 was the favorite director of
Mary Pickford, with whom he made nine films; he also co-starred in three of
them. Although he was considered a major director in his day, he soon
found directing assignments difficult to come by. His directing career
faded by 1920, but he continued acting well into the
1950s.
