Arthur L. Rankin appeared in Silas Marner, a Thanhouser film produced in 1915 and released in 1916.
Arthur L. Rankin
A Thanhouser Company player, in one film you can watch free online.
Watch Arthur L. RankinOpens Silas Marner (1916)
Biography
From Bowers’ encyclopedia entry. Read the full biography below ↓
Filmography
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The full biography
From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 81 words.
Arthur L. Rankin was born Arthur Rankin Davenport in New York City on August 30, 1900, the son of actor Harry Davenport (1886-1949) and actress Phyllis Rankin (1874-1934). He worked with Thanhouser briefly in 1916. Later, he appeared in dozens of films produced by various studios through the mid 1930s. Arthur L. Rankin died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Hollywood on March 23, 1947.
Bowers’ own filmography list is left out here: the filmography above lists the same films. Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “RANKIN, Arthur L.” thanhouser.org/research/people/arthur-l-rankin/