- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 5, 1882
- Place of Birth
- Trivignano, Veneto, Italy
- Died
- October 25, 1953
Robert G. Vignola
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert G. Vignola (born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 5, 1882 – October 25, 1953) was an Italian-born American actor, screenwriter and film director in American cinema. One of the silent screen's most prolific directors, he made a handful of sound films in the early years of talkies but his career essentially ended in the silent era. Born at Trivigno, in the province of Potenza, Vignola left Italy with his family at the age of 3 and was raised in upstate New York. He made his acting debut at 19 performing in "Romeo and Juliet", with Eleanor Robson Belmont and Kyrle Bellew. He began his film career as an actor in 1906 with the short film The Black Hand, directed by Wallace McCutcheon and produced by Biograph Company, generally considered the film that launched the mafia genre. In 1907 he joined Kalem Studios, for which he made numerous movies. One…
Filmography
movieThe Girl from Scotland Yard
1937 · Director
movieThe Perfect Clue
1935 · Director
movieThe Scarlet Letter
1934 · Director
movieBroken Dreams
1933 · Director
movieThe Red Sword
1929 · Director
movieTropic Madness
1928 · Director
movieCabaret
1927 · Director
movieFifth Avenue
1926 · Director
movieDéclassé
1925 · Director
movieThe Way of a Girl
1925 · Director
movieMarried Flirts
1924 · Director
movieYolanda
1924 · Director
movieAdam and Eva
1923 · Director
movieWhen Knighthood Was in Flower
1922 · Director
movieThe Young Diana
1922 · Director
movieBeauty's Worth
1922 · Director
movieEnchantment
1921 · Director
movieThe Woman God Changed
1921 · Director
movieStraight Is the Way
1921 · Director
movieThe Passionate Pilgrim
1921 · Director
movieThe World and His Wife
1920 · Director
movieThe 13th Commandment
1920 · Director
movieMore Deadly Than the Male
1919 · Director
movieThe Third Kiss
1919 · Director
movieThe Heart of Youth
1919 · Director
Louisiana
movieLouisiana
1919 · Director
movieAn Innocent Adventuress
1919 · Director
movieThe Home Town Girl
1919 · Director
movieExperimental Marriage
1919 · Director
movieThe Winning Girl
1919 · Director
You Never Saw Such a Girl
movieYou Never Saw Such a Girl
1919 · Director
movieWomen's Weapons
1918 · Director
movieThe Savage Woman
1918 · Director
movieThe Claw
1918 · Director
movieMadame Jealousy
1918 · Director
movieThe Knife
1918 · Director
movieThe Hungry Heart
1917 · Director
movieDouble Crossed
1917 · Director
movieThe Love That Lives
1917 · Director
movieHer Better Self
1917 · Director
movieThe Fortunes of Fifi
1917 · Director
movieGreat Expectations
1917 · Director
movieSeventeen
1916 · Director
movieThe Reward of Patience
1916 · Director
movieUnder Cover
1916 · Director
movieThe Evil Thereof
1916 · Director
movieThe Moment Before
1916 · Director
movieAudrey
1916 · Director
movieThe Spider
1916 · Director
movieThe Black Crook
1916 · Director
movieThe Maker of Dreams
1915 · Director
movieThe Crooked Path
1915 · Director
movieDon Caesar de Bazan
1915 · Director, Scenario Writer
Honor Thy Father
movieHonor Thy Father
1915 · Chick Fenway - a Thief, Director
movieThe Haunting Fear
1915 · Director
movieA Sister's Burden
1915 · Director
movieThe Destroyer
1915 · Director
movieThe Siren's Reign
1915 · Director
movieThe Railroad Raiders of '62
1915 · Railroad Engineer (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Night Operator at Buxton
1915 · Director
The Stolen Ruby
movieThe Stolen Ruby
1915 · Director
movieThe Scorpion's Sting
1915 · Director
The Hate That Withers
movieThe Hate That Withers
1914 · Director
The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet
movieThe Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet
1914 · Director
Her Bitter Lesson
movieHer Bitter Lesson
1914 · Director
movieThe Man of Iron
1914 · Director
A Midnight Tragedy
movieA Midnight Tragedy
1914 · Director
The Menace of Fate
movieThe Menace of Fate
1914 · Director
The False Guardian
movieThe False Guardian
1914 · Director
Seed and the Harvest
movieSeed and the Harvest
1914 · Director
Into the Depths
movieInto the Depths
1914 · Director
movieThe Devil's Dansant
1914 · Director
The Hand of Fate
movieThe Hand of Fate
1914 · Director
movieThe Barefoot Boy
1914 · Director, Writer
The Storm at Sea
movieThe Storm at Sea
1914 · Director
movieThe Vampire's Trail
1914 · Director, Writer
Through the Flames
movieThrough the Flames
1914 · Director
movieThe Show Girl's Glove
1914 · , Director
movieThe Cabaret Dancer
1914 · Director
The Shadow
movieThe Shadow
1914 · Director
Her Husband's Friend
movieHer Husband's Friend
1914 · Director
The Padrone's Plot
movieThe Padrone's Plot
1913 · Tony
moviePrimitive Man
1913 · Director
movieThe Vampire
1913 · , Scenario Writer, Director
The Bribe
movieThe Bribe
1913 · Director
movieThe Lost Diamond
1913 · Director
movieA Stolen Identity
1913 · Director
The Hidden Witness
movieThe Hidden Witness
1913 · Director
movieShenandoah
1913 · Undetermined Role
A Victim of Heredity
movieA Victim of Heredity
1913 · Director
movieMan's Greed for Gold
1913 · Director
movieThe Alien
1913 · Paola, Director
movieThe Scimitar of the Prophet
1913 · Hadjji - a Mohammedan Priest, Director
movieThe War Correspondent
1913 · Hal Martin - the Star Reporter, Director
movieThe Message of the Palms
1913 · Uncle Tom - the Colonel's Servant, Director
The Peril of the Dance Hall
movieThe Peril of the Dance Hall
1913 · Pablo Florenti - Pepita's Father
Lady Peggy’s Escape
movieLady Peggy’s Escape
1913 · Preston
movieThe Prosecuting Attorney
1913 · The Criminal
A Desperate Chance
movieA Desperate Chance
1913 · Joe Mellon - the Brakeman
A Sawmill Hazard
movieA Sawmill Hazard
1913 · Geoffrey Stern
movieThe Wives of Jamestown
1913 · Shamus O’Daly
The Shaughraun
movieThe Shaughraun
1912 · Harvey Duff
movieIreland, the Oppressed
1912 · Michael Dee
movieThe Little Gluers
1912 · Darby O'Drive
movieFrom the Manger to the Cross
1912 · Judas
A Prisoner of the Harem
movieA Prisoner of the Harem
1912 · Mahmoud Pasha
movieTragedy of the Desert
1912 · The Flirtatious Malmoud Bey
movieCaptured by Bedouins
1912 · Judge Barnett - the Father
movieAn Arabian Tragedy
1912 · Ayub Kashif
The O'Neill
movieThe O'Neill
1912
movieThe Colleen Bawn
1911 · Mr. Corrigan
movieRory O'More
1911 · Black William, Director
movieRailroad Raiders of '62
1911 · Engineer
The Fiddler’s Requiem
movieThe Fiddler’s Requiem
1911 · Dolores' fiance
A Sawmill Hero
movieA Sawmill Hero
1911
When Lovers Part
movieWhen Lovers Part
1910
movieThe Lad from Old Ireland
1910 · Man in Campaign Office
The Fight for Freedom
movieThe Fight for Freedom
1908
movieOver the Hills to the Poor House
1908
movieThe Black Hand
1906
movieThe Reason Why
— · Director