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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1880-10-24 (144 years old)

Place of Birth

Crystal City, Missouri, USA

Tom Santschi

Biography:

Tom Santschi was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era. Additionally, he directed numerous films during the mid 1910s.

Known For

Acting

1931

Trapped as Capt. William Baxter

1930

Paradise Island as Dutch Mike Lutze
River's End as Shotwell
The Utah Kid as Butch
Du Barry, Woman of Passion as Bit role (voice)

1929

The Wagon Master as Jake Lynch

1928

Vultures of the Sea as Grim Hawley - Sea Captain
Honor Bound as Mr. Mortimer
Isle of Lost Men as Captain Jan Jodahl
Land of the Silver Fox as Butch Nelson
The Law and the Man as Dan Creedoon
Into No Man's Land as Thomas Blaisdell

1927

Old San Francisco as Captain Stoner - in Prologue
The Adventurous Soul as Captain Svenson
The Overland Stage as Hawk Lespard
Hills of Kentucky as Ben Harley
When a Man Loves as Captain of Convict Boat
Tracked by the Police as 'Sandy' Sturgeon
The Eyes of the Totem as Philip La Rue
The Haunted Ship as Glenister

1926

3 Bad Men as 'Bull' Stanley
My Own Pal as August Deering
Siberia as Alexis Vetkin
Her Honor, the Governor as Richard Palmer
The Third Degree as Daredevil Daley
Forlorn River as Bill Hall

1925

The Pride of the Force as Police Officer Moore
The Primrose Path as Big Joe Snead
Paths to Paradise as Chief of Detectives Callahan
Barriers Burned Away as Hon. Bill Cronk

1924

Little Robinson Crusoe as Captain Dynes

1923

Are You a Failure? as Kildevil Brenon
Thundering Dawn as Gordon Van Brock

1921

1920

1919

The Stronger Vow as Pedro Toral
Eve in Exile as John Sheen
Her Kingdom of Dreams as Tom Langley (as Thomas Santschi)

1918

The Hell Cat as Jim Dyke
Little Orphant Annie as Dave Johnson

1917

Who Shall Take My Life? as Big Bill O'Shaughnessy (as Thomas Santschi)
Beware of Strangers as John Mentor

1916

The Garden of Allah as Boris Androvsky
The Crisis as Stephen Brice

1915

Lassoing a Lion as Simon Valjon
His Fighting Blood as Sam Buck
The Primitive Way as Billy Vaughan
The Red Blood of Courage as Roscoe Harding
The Great Experiment as John Morning
The Two Natures Within Him as Reverend William Morris
The Girl and the Reporter as Ned Pelton - Reporter
The Octopus as Thatcher Thole
The Blood Seedling as Allan Golyer

1914

Three Bags of Silver as John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
The Two Ordeals as John Bruce
A Colonel in Chains as John Bruce
The Royal Slave as John Bruce
The Garden of Brides as John Bruce
The Cruel Crown as John Bruce
The Warrior Maid as John Bruce
The King's Will as John Bruce
The Forged Parchment as John Bruce
The Sealed Package as Gilbert Howell
The Spoilers as Alex McNamara
The Leopard's Foundling as Peter Herman

1913

Greater Wealth as Ed Young
Alas! Poor Yorick! as Deranged Actor
In the Long Ago as The Indian Warrior
Alone in the Jungle as Bob Arden

1912

Mike's Brainstorm as Mike Rosenberg
Monte Cristo as Danglars
Kings of the Forest as Fritz - Sona's Husband
The Mate of the Alden Bessie as The 'Sea Lawyer'

1911

The New Superintendent as Bill Rooney - a Workman
The Maid at the Helm as Stone - First Mate of the Dakota
The Blacksmith's Love as Joe Saunders - the Blacksmith
Lost in the Jungle as Undetermined Role
Shipwrecked as Joe Runyon

1910

The Sergeant as Soldier

1909

Directing

1914

The Sealed Package as Director

1910

The Sanitarium as Director

Writing

1915

The Octopus as Scenario Writer