Tom Santschi

Tom Santschi (24 de octubre de 1880 – 9 de abril de 1931) fue un actor y director cinematográfico de nacionalidad estadounidense, activo en la época del cine mudo.

Biografía 
Su verdadero nombre era Paul William Santschi, y nació en Cristal City, Misuri, aunque algunas fuentes afirman que nació en Suiza. Desde 1908 a 1931, Santschi actuó en más de 300 filmes, y dirigió por encima de los 50 desde 1910 a 1916. 

Santschi murió en 1931, mientras dormía, en Los Ángeles, California, a causa de hipertensión arterial y un ataque al corazón . Tenía 52 años de edad. Fue enterrado en el Cementerio Hollywood Forever. En la lápida se lee 1880 como su año de nacimiento.

Filmografía (selección)

Actor 

 1908 : The Spirit of '76
 1909 : Boots and Saddles
 1909 : Mephisto and the Maiden
 1909 : In the Badlands
 1909 : In the Sultan's Power
 1909 : Ben's Kid
 1909 : The Heart of a Race Tout
 1909 : The Leopard Queen
 1909 : The Tenderfoot
 1909 : The Stampede
 1909 : Briton and Boer
 1909 : Up San Juan Hill
 1909 : On the Border
 1909 : Pine Ridge Feud
 1910 : The Roman
 1910 : Across the Plains
 1910 : Pride of the Range
 1910 : In the Great Northwest
 1910 : The Courtship of Miles Standish
 1910 : Davy Crockett
 1910 : Mazeppa, or the Wild Horse of Tartary
 1911 : Blackbeard
 1911 : The New Superintendent
 1911 : The Novice
 1911 : Captain Brand's Wife
 1911 : Range Pals
 1911 : Wheels of Justice
 1911 : Stability vs. Nobility
 1911 : One of Nature's Noblemen
 1911 : The Regeneration of Apache Kid
 1911 : Old Billy
 1911 : The Blacksmith's Love
 1911 : Captain Kate
 1911 : Shipwrecked
 1911 : The Coquette
 1911 : George Warrington's Escape
 1911 : The Night Herder
 1911 : The Right Name, But the Wrong Man
 1911 : Evangeline
 1911 : The Profligate
 1911 : Their Only Son
 1911 : In the Days of Gold
 1911 : Slick's Romance
 1911 : Through Fire and Smoke
 1911 : How Algy Captured a Wild Man
 1911 : Kit Carson's Wooing
 1911 : Back to the Primitive
 1911 : The Curse of the Redman
 1911 : The Rival Stage Lines
 1911 : In Old California When the Gringos Came
 1911 : Lieutenant Grey of the Confederacy
 1911 : The Bootlegger
 1911 : The Heart of John Barlow
 1911 : The Maid at the Helm
 1911 : Making a Man of Him
 1911 : How They Stopped the Run on the Bank 
 1912 : Me an' Bill
 1912 : Bessie's Dream
 1912 : Monte Cristo
 1912 : A Waif of the Sea
 1912 : The Ones Who Suffer
 1912 : The Lake of Dreams
 1912 : The New Woman and the Lion
 1912 : The Coming of Columbus
 1912 : The Love of an Island Maid
 1912 : Rivals
 1912 : A Reconstructed Rebel
 1912 : The Price of Art
 1912 : The Vision Beautiful
 1912 : The Professor's Wooing
 1912 : His Masterpiece
 1912 : The Polo Substitute
 1912 : The Little Indian Martyr
 1912 : Sergeant Byrne of the Northwest Mounted Police

 1912 : The Indelible Stain
 1912 : Partners
 1912 : The Pity of It
 1912 : The Great Drought
 1912 : The Shuttle of Fate
 1912 : The Fisherboy's Faith
 1912 : The Cowboy's Adopted Child
 1912 : His Wedding Eve
 1912 : Carmen of the Isles
 1912 : Kings of the Forest
 1912 : Old Songs and Memories
 1912 : Shanghaied
 1912 : A Crucial Test
 1912 : Mike's Brainstorm
 1912 : The Triangle
 1912 : The God of Gold
 1912 : Opitsah: Apache for Sweetheart
 1912 : Sammy Orpheus
 1912 : The Last of Her Tribe
 1912 : The Little Organ Player of San Juan
 1912 : The Bandit's Mask
 1912 : The Danites
 1913 : Greater Wealth
 1913 : Whose Wife Is This?
 1913 : A Revolutionary Romance
 1913 : The Three Wise Men
 1913 : A Little Hero
 1913 : The Early Bird
 1913 : The Flaming Forge
 1913 : The Dancer's Redemption
 1913 : Sally in Our Alley
 1913 : A Prisoner of Cabanas
 1913 : Vengeance Is Mine
 1913 : Alas! Poor Yorick!
 1913 : Dollar Down, Dollar a Week
 1913 : Hiram Buys an Auto
 1913 : An Old Actor
 1913 : In the Long Ago
 1913 : Wamba, a Child of the Jungle
 1913 : The Wordless Message
 1913 : Alone in the Jungle
 1913 : When Lillian Was Little Red Riding Hood
 1913 : When Men Forget
 1913 : Budd Doble Comes Back 
 1913 : A Wild Ride
 1913 : Thor, Lord of the Jungles
 1913 : Hope
 1913 : The Adventures of Kathlyn
 1914 : His Fight
 1914 : The Lonesome Trail
 1914 : The Spoilers, de Colin Campbell
 1914 : Caryl of the Mountains
 1915 : Love Finds a Way
 1915 : A Sultana of the Desert
 1915 : The Lion's Mate
 1915 : The Vengeance of Rannah
 1915 : The Jaguar Trap
 1915 : Lost in the Jungle
 1916 : The Three Wise Men
 1916 : The Smouldering Flame
 1916 : The Garden of Allah
 1916 : The Regeneration of Jim Halsey
 1916 : The Crisis
 1916 : Toll of the Jungle
 1916 : The Adventures of Kathlyn
 1917 : Beware of Strangers
 1917 : Her Perilous Ride
 1917 : The Smoldering Spark
 1917 : Who Shall Take My Life?
 1918 : The Still Alarm
 1918 : The City of Purple Dreams
 1919 : Her Kingdom of Dreams, de Marshall Neilan
 1926 : Tres hombres malos
 1928 : Vultures of the Sea
 1931 : The Phantom of the West

Director 

 1914 : Caryl of the Mountains
 1915 : The Lion's Mate
 1915 : Love Finds a Way 1915 : The Two Natures Within Him 1915 : The Jaguar Trap 1915 : How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell 1915 : The Girl and the Reporter 1915 : The Octopus 1915 : The Heart of Paro 1915 : In the King's Service 1915 : The Blood Seedling 1915 : A Sultana of the Desert 1915 : In Leopard Man 1915 : The Vengeance of Rannah 1915 : Young Love 1915 : A Jungle Revenge 1915 : Orders 1915 : The Baby and the Leopard 1916 : Toll of the Jungle 1916 : An Elephant's Gratitude 1916 : The Private Banker''

Referencias

Enlaces externos 

Tom Santschi  en Find a Grave

Actores de teatro de Estados Unidos
Actores de cine de Estados Unidos
Actores de cine mudo
Directores de cine de Estados Unidos
Directores de cine mudo
Actores de Misuri
Nacidos en Misuri
Fallecidos en Los Ángeles