Marshall Neilan Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Marshall Neilan Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Marshall Ambrose "Mickey" Neilan (April 11, 1891 â€" October 27, 1958)

was an American motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and

producer.Born in San Bernardino, California, Neilan was known by most

as "Mickey." Following the death of his father, the eleven-year-old

Mickey Neilan had to give up on school to work at whatever he could

find in order to help support his mother. As a teenager, he began

acting in bit parts in live theatre, and in 1910 he got a job as

chauffeur, driving Biograph Studios executives around Los Angeles to

determine the suitability of the West Coast as a place for a permanent

studio.Neilan made his film debut as part of the acting cast on the

American Film Manufacturing Company Western The Stranger at Coyote

(1912). Hired by Kalem Studios for their Western film production

facility in Santa Monica, Neilan was first cast opposite Ruth Roland.

Described as confident, but egotistical at times, Neilan's talent saw

him directing films within a year of joining Kalem. After acting in

more than seventy silent film shorts for Kalem and directing more than

thirty others, Neilan was hired by the Selig Polyscope Company then

Bison Motion Pictures and Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. In 1915,

Neilan was one of the founding members of the Motion Picture Directors

Association along with directors such as Cecil B. DeMille, Allan Dwan,

and William Desmond Taylor.
Marshall Neilan Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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