- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 9, 1896
- Place of Birth
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Died
- August 26, 1975
Cullen Landis
Cullen Landis (July 9, 1896 – August 26, 1975) was an American motion picture actor and director whose career began in the early ears of the silent film era. James Cullen Landis was the middle of three siblings (two sons and a daughter) raised by Lulan and Margaret (née Cullen) Landis in Nashville, Tennessee, where his father supported his family as a stock broker. As a boy, James was a train enthusiast and dreamed to be an railroad engineer. Though the ambition eventually faded, his interest in railroads did not, and some years later he helped design for himself a model train set powered by steam. He began working in the fledgling film industry at age 18 around the time his older sister, Margaret Landis, appeared in her first film. In 1928 Cullen Landis starred in the first ‘all talking’ motion picture, Lights of New York. He once confided in a friend that talkies were perfect for mus…
Filmography
movieThe Voice That Thrilled the World
1943 · Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
movieAuto-Lite on Parade
1940 · Director
Refreshment Through the Years
movieRefreshment Through the Years
1939 · Director
Convict's Code
movieConvict's Code
1930 · Kenneth Avery
movieThe Little Wild Girl
1928 · Jules Barbier
movieLights of New York
1928 · Eddie Morgan
Out with the Tide
movieOut with the Tide
1928 · John Templeton
A Midnight Adventure
movieA Midnight Adventure
1928 · Fred Nicholson
movieThe Devil's Skipper
1928 · John Dubray
movieThe Broken Mask
1928 · Pertio
movieOn to Reno
1928 · Bud
Two to One
movieTwo to One
1927 · George Minafer
movieBroadway After Midnight
1927 · Jimmy Crestmore
movieFinnegan's Ball
1927 · Flannigan Jr.
movieWe're All Gamblers
1927 · Georgie McCarver
movieLife in Hollywood No. 5
1927
movieThe Fighting Failure
1926 · Denny O'Brien
The Smoke Eaters
movieThe Smoke Eaters
1926 · Ed
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
movieSweet Rosie O'Grady
1926 · Victor McQuade
Frenzied Flames
movieFrenzied Flames
1926 · Danny Grovan
movieChristine of the Big Tops
1926 · Bob Hastings
movieWith Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
1926 · Davy Crockett
movieThe Dixie Flyer
1926 · 'Sunrise' Smith
movieMy Old Dutch
1926 · Herbert Brown
movieWith Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail
1926 · Gordon Kent
moviePerils of the Coast Guard
1926 · Coast Guard Captain Tom Norris
movieThe Midnight Flyer
1925 · David Henderson
moviePeacock Feathers
1925 · Jerry Chandler
movieAn Enemy of Men
1925 · Doctor Phil
movieWasted Lives
1925 · John Grayson
movieA Broadway Butterfly
1925 · Ronald Steel
moviePampered Youth
1925 · George Minafer
movieCheap Kisses
1924 · Donald Dillingham
movieBorn Rich
1924 · Jack Le Moyne
movieOne Law for the Woman
1924 · Ben Martin
movieA Girl of the Limberlost
1924 · Hart Henderson
movieThe Fighting Coward
1924 · Tom Rumford
movieThe Man Life Passed By
1923 · Harold Trevis
movieThe Midnight Alarm
1923 · Chaser
movieMasters of Men
1923 · Dick Halpin
movieSoul of the Beast
1923 · Paul Nadeau
moviePioneer Trails
1923 · Jack Dale / Jack Plains
movieCrashin' Thru
1923 · Cons Saunders
movieThe Famous Mrs. Fair
1923 · Alan Fair
movieDollar Devils
1923 · Jim Biggers
movieThe Fog
1923 · Nathan Forge
movieForsaking All Others
1922 · Oliver Newell
movieLove in the Dark
1922 · Tim O'Brien
movieYouth to Youth
1922 · Page Brookins
movieRemembrance
1922 · Seth Smith
movieGay and Devilish
1922 · Peter Armitage
movieWatch Your Step
1922 · Elmer Slocum
Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
movieWhere's My Wandering Boy Tonight?
1922
movieMan With Two Mothers
1922
movieVoices of the City
1921 · Jimmy
movieThe Infamous Miss Revell
1921 · Max Hildreth
movieThe Ace of Hearts
1921 · Young Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
movieThe Old Nest
1921 · Jim at 22-32
movieSnowblind
1921 · Pete Garth
movieBunty Pulls the Strings
1921 · Rab
movieIt's a Great Life
1920 · Stoddard
movieGoing Some
1920 · J. Wallingford Speed
moviePinto
1920 · Bob DeWitt
movieJinx
1919 · Slicker Evans
movieAlmost a Husband
1919 · Jerry Wilson
movieUpstairs
1919 · Lemuel Stallings
movieThe Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919 · Billy Lanyon / Tommy Oakhurst
movieWhere the West Begins
1919 · Ned Caldwell (as J. Cullen Landis)
movieCupid In Quarantine
1918 · The Boyfriend
Her Rustic Romeo
movieHer Rustic Romeo
1918 · Jack
movieOver the Garden Wall
1918 · Jack
movieSomebody's Widow
1918 · Jack Random
movieWho Is Number One?
1917 · Tommy Hale
movieSunny Jane
1917 · Thomas