Ralph Ince - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

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1911 - 1937

Born

January 16, 1887 in Boston, MA

Died

April 11, 1937 in London, England, UK

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The youngest of the three filmmaking Ince brothers, he was a child actor in theater and became a cartoonist at Vitagraph in 1906. He soon began acting in films and became a director in 1912. Continuing as an actor, Ince had a penchant for impersonating Abraham Lincoln, for other directors as well as in his own mid-teens films Lincoln the Lover and The Highest Law. He helmed numerous films in the '20s, several of which he also acted in, including Bigger Than Barnum's, The Sea Wolf (appearing as Jack London's Wolf Larsen) and Chicago After Midnight. Ince found few directing opportunities in Hollywood after the advent of sound, although he continued to act in others' films, including Little Caesar and Law and Order. He relocated to England in 1934 and helmed numerous features there until his untimely death in an auto accident in 1937.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
Law of the Sea Actor	1938
The Girl Thief Actor	1938
It's Not Cricket Director	1937
Side Street Angel Director	1937
The Man Who Made Diamonds Director	1937
The Perfect Crime Actor, Director	1937
The Vulture Director	1937
Fair Exchange Director	1936
Gaol Break Actor, Director	1936
Hail and Farewell Director	1936
It's You I Want. Director	1936
Jury's Evidence Director	1936
Twelve Good Men Director	1936
Black Mask Director	1935
Blue Skies Again Actor	1935
Blue Smoke Actor, Director	1935
Crime Unlimited Director	1935
Mr. What's-His-Name Director	1935
Murder at Monte Carlo Director	1935
Rolling Home Actor, Director, Producer	1935
So You Won't Talk? Actor	1935
A Glimpse of Paradise Director	1934
Flaming Gold Director	1934
No Escape Actor, Director	1934
Havana Widows Actor	1933
Lucky Devils Director	1933
Malay Nights Actor	1933
Men of America Actor, Director	1933
The Big Payoff Actor	1933
Girl of the Rio Actor	1932
Guilty As Hell Actor	1932
Law and Order Actor	1932
Law of the Sea Actor	1932
Men of Chance Actor	1932
The County Fair Actor	1932
The Gorilla Ship Actor	1932
The Hatchet Man Actor	1932
The Lost Squadron Actor	1932
The Mouthpiece Actor	1932
The Pride of the Legion Actor	1932
The Tenderfoot Actor	1932
Gentleman's Fate Actor	1931
Star Witness Actor	1931
State's Attorney Actor	1931
The Big Gamble Actor	1931
Little Caesar Actor	1930
Numbered Men Actor	1930
The Big Fight Actor	1930
Hardboiled Director, Intertitle Writer	1929
Hurricane Director	1929
Wall Street Actor	1929
Chicago After Midnight Actor, Director	1928
Danger Street Director, Producer	1928
Hit of the Snow Director	1928
Singapore Mutiny Actor, Director	1928
Home Struck Director	1927
Not for Publication Actor, Director	1927
Shanghaied Actor, Director, Producer	1927
Wandering Girls Director	1927
Better Way Actor, Director	1926
Bigger Than Barnum's Actor, Director	1926
Breed of the Sea Director	1926
The Lone Wolf Returns Director	1926
The Sea Wolf Actor, Director	1926
Yellow Fingers Actor	1926
Alias Mary Flynn Director	1925
Lady Robin Hood Director	1925
Playing With Souls Director	1925
Smooth As Satin Director	1925
Chorus Lady Director	1924
Dynamite Smith Director	1924
Moral Sinner Director	1924
The House of Youth Director	1924
The Uninvited Guest Director	1924
Homeward Bound Director	1923
Success Director	1923
A Wide-Open Town Director	1922
Channing of the Northwest Actor, Director	1922
Reckless Youth Director	1922
The Referee Director	1922
A Man's Home Director	1921
After Midnight Director	1921
Highest Law Director	1921
Wet Gold Actor, Director	1921
Out Yonder Director	1920
A Stitch in Time Director	1919
Panther Woman Director	1919
Sealed Hearts Director	1919
The Perfect Lover Director	1919
Too Many Crooks Director	1919
Virtuous Men Director	1919
$5000 an Hour Director	1918
Five Thousand an Hour Director	1918
Our Mrs. McChesney Director	1918
Co-Respondent Director	1917
The Argyle Case Director	1917
The Awakening Director	1917
Today Director	1917
Combat Director	1916
His Wife's Good Name Director	1916
My Lady's Slipper Director	1916
The Conflict Director	1916
Count 'em Director, Screenwriter	1915
From Headquarters Director	1915
His Phantom Sweetheart Director	1915
Sins of the Mothers Director	1915
The Goddess Director	1915
The Juggernaut Director, Screenwriter	1915
Two Women Director	1915
'midst Woodland Shadows Director, Screenwriter	1914
413 Director	1914
Back to Broadway Director, Screenwriter	1914
Diana's Dress Reform Director	1914
He Never Knew Director	1914
Lincoln, the Lover Actor, Director, Screenwriter	1914
Painted World Director	1914
Shadows of the Past Director	1914
The Girl from Prosperity Director	1914
The Lucky Elopement Actor, Director	1914
Uncle Bill Director	1914
Wife Wanted Actor, Director	1914
A Regiment of Two Actor, Director	1913
Fighting Chance Director	1913
His Last Fight Actor, Director	1913
Song Bird of the North Director, Screenwriter	1913
Sweet Deception Director	1913
The Classmates Frolic Director, Screenwriter	1913
The Forgotten Latchkey Director	1913
The Moulding Director	1913
The Prince of Evil Director	1913
The Swan Girl Director, Screenwriter	1913
Two's Company, Three's a Crowd Director	1913
Web Director	1913
Why I Am Here Director	1913
Wreck Director	1913
Her Choice Director, Screenwriter	1912
Song of the Shell Director, Screenwriter	1912
The Seventh Son Actor	1912
The Wood Violet Director, Screenwriter	1912
A Tale of Two Cities Actor	1911
The Star Spangled Banner Actor	1911

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