Willis Marks (August 20, 1865, Rochester, Minnesota, United States â€"
December 6, 1952, Los Angeles, California) was an American silent film
actor.Marks made his professional stage debut in 1888 and for nine
years was a member of West Coast entrepreneur Oliver Morosco's stock
company. The actor and director Marshall Neilan brought Marks to
Hollywood in 1915, where he spent the next twenty years playing older
gentlemen in many films, including The Dramatic Life of Abraham
Lincoln (1924), in which he played William Seward. Marks' career
declined after the emergence of sound movies.Marks' papers are housed
at the University of Denver.
December 6, 1952, Los Angeles, California) was an American silent film
actor.Marks made his professional stage debut in 1888 and for nine
years was a member of West Coast entrepreneur Oliver Morosco's stock
company. The actor and director Marshall Neilan brought Marks to
Hollywood in 1915, where he spent the next twenty years playing older
gentlemen in many films, including The Dramatic Life of Abraham
Lincoln (1924), in which he played William Seward. Marks' career
declined after the emergence of sound movies.Marks' papers are housed
at the University of Denver.
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