A Thanhouser Company player, in 2 films you can watch free online.
Biography
Burton Law was a Thanhouser actor around 1913, playing heavy and character parts. Born in the mining camp of Ouray, Colorado, in 1877, he started in burlesque and comedy in Chicago in his teens, then played stock in Salt Lake City and toured with road companies.
After Thanhouser he went to Universal, where he appeared in serials including The Broken Coin and wrote the scenario for The Sea Lily. He died in 1963.
A short summary written from the encyclopedia.Read Bowers’ full biography on this page ↓
Filmography
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From the encyclopedia
From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 151 words.
Burton Law was an actor with Thanhouser in the 1913 era.
Burton Law was born on October 22, 1877 in Ouray, Colorado, a mining camp in the Rockies. After graduating from Stern’s Academy in Chicago, in his late teenage years he followed a stage career in burlesque and comedy in Chicago, later playing stock in Salt Lake City and traveling with several road companies. His film career included playing heavy and character parts for Powers, Thanhouser, and Universal (The Broken Coin, Sign of the Crescent, Graft, and others, including The Sea Lily, for which he wrote the scenario). Directories published 1916-1918 noted that he was with Universal at time, was 5’10” tall, weighed 170 pounds, and had a dark complexion, black hair, and brown eyes, and lived at the Ellison Apartments in Venice, California. His favorite pastimes included horseback riding, swimming, and other athletics. Burton Law died on November 2, 1963.
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, “LAW, Burton.” thanhouser.org/research/people/burton-law/
