“Jock” (or Jack) Gironda appeared in Thanhouser films from 1914 to 1917.
“Jock” Gironda
A Thanhouser Company player, credited on 7 Thanhouser films. None is online, and no print of any is known to survive.
Biography
From Bowers’ encyclopedia entry. Read the full biography below ↓
Filmography
Thanhouser films
- 1914Old Jackson’s GirlLost
- 1915The Volunteer FiremanLost
- 1915Big Brother BillLost
- 1915Mercy on a CrutchLost
- 1916A Bird of PreyLost
- 1916Ruining Randall’s ReputationLost
- 1916The Professor’s Peculiar PrecautionsLost
These have no online copy. Each page says what is known about where a print is held.
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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. 130 words.
“Jock” Gironda was born in Mamaroneck, New York and was educated there. His early career was as a jockey, which qualified him for horseman roles and special stunt work in films. On August 21, 1915, he won the horse race and first prize for exhibition riding at a carnival held by motion picture exhibitors at Brighton Beach. The 1916 and 1917 editions of the New Rochelle city directories noted that he operated a riding school and his home was at 18 Franklin Avenue. Early in the same year he did work for Thanhouser at the Jacksonville studio.
Note: His surname was misspelled as “Gironde,” “Girando,” “Geronda,” and “Gerando” in some notices. His first name sometimes appeared as Jack.
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, “GIRONDA, “Jock”.” thanhouser.org/research/people/jock-gironda/