Bert Delaney was an actor with Thanhouser in 1915 and 1916.
Bert Delaney
A Thanhouser Company player, in 2 films you can watch free online.
Watch Bert DelaneyOpens The Scoop at Bellville (1915)
Biography
From Bowers’ encyclopedia entry. Read the full biography below ↓
Filmography
Films you can watch
Other Thanhouser films
- 1915The UndertowLost
- 1915Getting the Gardener’s GoatNo online copy
- 1915A Message Through FlamesLost
- 1915The Dead Man’s KeysLost
- 1915The Road to FameLost
- 1915“Clarissa’s” Charming CalfLost
- 1915Mr. Meeson’s WillLost
- 1915InspirationLost
- 1915His VocationLost
- 1915His Majesty, the KingLost
- 1916Belinda’s Bridal BreakfastNo online copy
- 1916Grace’s Gorgeous GownsLost
Show all 18 films
These have no online copy. Each page says what is known about where a print is held.
From the encyclopedia
The full biography
From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 252 words.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 16, 1891, Bert Delaney was educated at Notre Dame. Early in his career he served as private secretary to the president of the Canada Land Company in Minneapolis. Later in his career he was on the stage and appeared with Lewis Waller in Henry the Fifth, The Five Frankfurters, and other plays. In vaudeville he appeared with Helen Lowell in At Bay and other productions.
Delaney began his screen career with Edison, later going to Vitagraph, and then to Thanhouser by early 1915, where at first he worked on an occasional basis as an extra. In July 1915 he was signed as a member of the Thanhouser stock company, in which position he remained at least through 1916. In the spring of 1916 he worked in comedy and other films at Thanhouser’s Jacksonville studio.
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The Florida Metropolis, May 24, 1916, printed this item: “Friends and acquaintances of Bert Delaney, who was formerly connected with the Thanhouser Company in this city, will be glad to know of his joining the ranks of the Jesse Lasky Company of players on the West Coast. Bert was always destined to realize the highest pinnacle in the movie world, and we hope his ideals will soon be realized.”
A 1917 directory listing noted that he was 5’10” tall and had a dark complexion and dark eyes. At the time his address was care of the Screen Club, New York City.
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, “DELANEY, Bert.” thanhouser.org/research/people/bert-delaney/