Jacob K. Ruskin, a New Rochelle attorney, appeared in at least two Thanhouser films.
Jacob Ruskin
A Thanhouser Company player, credited on 2 Thanhouser films. None is online, though a print of one survives in an archive.
Biography
From Bowers’ encyclopedia entry. Read the full biography below ↓
Filmography
Thanhouser films
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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. 116 words.
Jacob K. Ruskin was born in 1886. He practiced law and at one time served as a judge. His name appeared frequently in New Rochelle newspapers in connection with local matters. He appeared in the 1913 Thanhouser release of The Missing Witness. He was employed as a consultant to the film, and when the actor playing the part of an attorney failed to appear, Ruskin acted the role. He must have liked acting, for in 1914 he was busy on the set of In the Jury Room, released in 1915. His death occurred in New Rochelle, New York on November 6, 1962.
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, “RUSKIN, Jacob.” thanhouser.org/research/people/jacob-ruskin/