Matt B. Snyder (March 22, 1835 â€" January 17, 1917) was an American
stage and silent screen actor and a Civil War veteran.Snyder (also
known as M.B. Snyder) is among the earliest born actors to appear in
motion pictures and at his death the oldest actor in movies. Snyder
was born when Andrew Jackson was President and died when Woodrow
Wilson was President.During the Civil War Snyder served in the Union
Navy and was a gunner on the USS Essex at Vicksburg. In the Victorian
and Edwardian eras Snyder and his wife performed on the stage,
sometimes on Broadway and much in touring companies as was the norm
before motion pictures. In film he had an important role in the 1913
King Baggot Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. His last film was The Crisis, a
film by novelist Winston Churchill about the Civil War which he did
not live to see released. The Crisis is a surviving film at the
Library of Congress and Snyder can be seen in this role in a still
photo in Daniel Blum's Pictorial History of the Silent Screen with his
young costar Marshall Neilan.
stage and silent screen actor and a Civil War veteran.Snyder (also
known as M.B. Snyder) is among the earliest born actors to appear in
motion pictures and at his death the oldest actor in movies. Snyder
was born when Andrew Jackson was President and died when Woodrow
Wilson was President.During the Civil War Snyder served in the Union
Navy and was a gunner on the USS Essex at Vicksburg. In the Victorian
and Edwardian eras Snyder and his wife performed on the stage,
sometimes on Broadway and much in touring companies as was the norm
before motion pictures. In film he had an important role in the 1913
King Baggot Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. His last film was The Crisis, a
film by novelist Winston Churchill about the Civil War which he did
not live to see released. The Crisis is a surviving film at the
Library of Congress and Snyder can be seen in this role in a still
photo in Daniel Blum's Pictorial History of the Silent Screen with his
young costar Marshall Neilan.
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