# Alfred Paget

Alfred Paget (2 June 1879 – 8 October 1919) was an English silent film actor best known for his portrayal of Prince Belshazzar in D.W. Griffith's 1916 historical epic Intolerance. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1908 and 1918. Prior to his film career, he had served from 1899 to 1903 in the Royal Horse Guards of the British Army.
He served in South Africa during the Second Boer War from July to November 1900, receiving the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal. In April 1918 he travelled to Canada and enrolled in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, being assigned to the 34th Fort Garry Horse Depot Squadron in Winnipeg as an instructor, being quickly promoted to the rank of Sergeant due to his previous service and experience.
Paget was married to Leila Halstead. In the summer of 1919, he contracted a form of malarial fever, and died in Winnipeg on 8 October 1919. He is buried in the Field Of Honour in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1908 | Romance of a Jewess | | Short |
| 1909 | The Red Man's View | Silver Eagle | Short, Uncredited |
| 1910 | The Two Brothers | Mexican | Short |
| 1910 | A Romance of the Western Hills | Indian | Short |
| 1910 | The Unchanging Sea | Villager | Short |
| 1910 | In the Border States | Union Soldier | Short |
| 1910 | A Flash of Light | Wedding Guest | Short |
| 1910 | The House with Closed Shutters | On Porch / At Farewell | Short |
| 1910 | The Modern Prodigal | Guard | Short |
| 1910 | A Mohawk's Way | Indian | Short |
| 1911 | His Trust | Messenger / Confederate soldier | Short |
| 1911 | What Shall We Do with Our Old? | In shop | Short |
| 1911 | The Lily of the Tenements | A Customer | Short |
| 1911 | Enoch Arden | A Shipwrecked Sailor | Short |
| 1911 | The Indian Brothers | In Second Tribe / At Funeral | Short |
| 1911 | A Country Cupid | A Farmer | Short |
| 1911 | The Last Drop of Water | An Indian / In Wagon Train | Short |
| 1911 | Out from the Shadow | At Dance | Short |
| 1911 | The Blind Princess and the Poet | | Short |
| 1911 | The Battle | Confederate Officer | Short |
| 1911 | The Miser's Heart | Policeman | Short |
| 1911 | A Woman Scorned | The Sneak Thief's Companion | Short |
| 1912 | The Old Bookkeeper | A Thief | Short |
| 1912 | For His Son | In Office | Short, Uncredited |
| 1912 | Under Burning Skies | Emily's Husband's Friend | Short |
| 1912 | The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch | A Cowboy | Short |
| 1912 | One Is Business, the Other Crime | | Short |
| 1912 | The Lesser Evil | The Leader of the Smugglers | Short |
| 1912 | A Temporary Truce | A Drunken Cutthroat / An Indian / Among Rescuers | Short |
| 1912 | The Spirit Awakened | The Renegade Farmhand | Short |
| 1912 | The Inner Circle | Police Agent | Short |
| 1912 | Blind Love | A Policeman | Short |
| 1912 | Two Daughters of Eve | In Audience | Short |
| 1912 | The Chief's Blanket | The Unfaithful Sentinel | Short |
| 1912 | The Girl and Her Trust | A Tramp | Short |
| 1912 | In the Aisles of the Wild | An Indian | Short |
| 1912 | The Musketeers of Pig Alley | Rival Gang Leader | Short |
| 1912 | Heredity | Indian / Woodsman | Short |
| 1912 | Gold and Glitter | In Canoe | Short |
| 1912 | My Baby | The Married Sister's Husband | Short |
| 1912 | The Informer | Confederate General | Short |
| 1912 | Brutality | Outside Bar | Short |
| 1912 | The New York Hat | The Doctor | Short |
| 1912 | My Hero | Indian | Short |
| 1912 | The Burglar's Dilemma | Interrogating Detective | Short |
| 1912 | A Cry for Help | Policeman | Short |
| 1913 | The Telephone Girl and the Lady | The Telephone Girl's Sweetheart | Short |
| 1913 | An Adventure in the Autumn Woods | The Woodsman | Short |
| 1913 | The Tender Hearted Boy | Policeman | Short, Uncredited |
| 1913 | Oil and Water | Among Dancers | Short, Uncredited |
| 1913 | Broken Ways | In Posse | Short, Uncredited |
| 1913 | A Girl's Stratagem | The Saloon Keeper | Short |
| 1913 | The Sheriff's Baby | The Sheriff | Short |
| 1913 | A Misunderstood Boy | The Vigilante Leader | Short |
| 1913 | The Left-Handed Man | Policeman | Short |
| 1913 | The Tenderfoot's Money | | Short |
| 1913 | The House of Darkness | Asylum Guard | Short, Uncredited |
| 1913 | Just Gold | Second Brother | Short |
| 1913 | A Timely Interception | The Oil Syndicate | Short |
| 1913 | Red Hicks Defies the World | In Crowd | Short, Uncredited |
| 1913 | Almost a Wild Man | In Audience | Short, Uncredited |
| 1913 | The Mothering Heart | Club Patron | Short, Uncredited |
| 1913 | Two Men of the Desert | An Indian | Short |
| 1913 | A Woman in the Ultimate | Member of the Badger Gang | Short |
| 1913 | A Modest Hero | First Policeman | Short |
| 1913 | The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | Waifs' uncle | Short |
| 1913 | The Little Tease | | Short |
| 1913 | The Yaqui Cur | In Tribe | Short |
| 1914 | Judith of Bethulia | Bethulian / Assyrian Soldier | |
| 1914 | Brute Force | In Club / Tribesman | Short, (Prologue) / (The Old Days) |
| 1914 | The Rebellion of Kitty Belle | | Short |
| 1915 | Enoch Arden | Enoch Arden | Short |
| 1915 | The Absentee | Evil | |
| 1915 | Strathmore | Bertie Errol | |
| 1915 | The Lamb | Bill Cactus | |
| 1915 | The Gambler of the West | | |
| 1915 | Martyrs of the Alamo | James Bowie | |
| 1916 | Intolerance | Prince Belshazzar | |
| 1916 | The Old Folks at Home | | |
| 1916 | The Heiress at Coffee Dan's | Bert Gallagher | |
| 1916 | Pathways of Life | | Short |
| 1917 | Nina, the Flower Girl | Archie Dean | |
| 1917 | Big Timber | Charlie Benton | |
| 1917 | Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | The Sultan | |
| 1917 | The Fair Barbarian | Mr. Burmistone | |
| 1918 | Cupid's Round Up | Jim Cocksey | |
| 1918 | The Girl with the Champagne Eyes | Matt | |
| 1919 | When a Girl Loves | Ben Grant | |