Dell Henderson
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George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film.
Born in the Southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas, Dell Henderson started his acting career on the stage, but appeared in his first movie Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court already in 1908. Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith since 1909 and appeared in numerous of his early shorts in Hollywood. He also acted on a less prolific basis in the movies of producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios. In addition to acting, Henderson also directed nearly 200 silent films between 1911 and 1928. Most of those films are forgotten or lost, but he also directed movies with silent stars like Harry Carey and Roscoe Arbuckle. Henderson also worked as a writer on numerous screenplays.
After retiring from directing in 1927, Henderson turned to acting full-time and played important supporting roles in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and as General Marmaduke Pepper in Show People (1928). The advent of sound film damaged his acting career, and he often had to play smaller roles. In the 1930s, the comedic character actor appeared on several occasions as a comic foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, W. C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. He often played somewhat pompous figures like judges, businessmen, detectives or mayors. Modern audiences will remember Henderson as annoyed hospital president Dr. Graves in The Three Stooges film Men in Black and the put-upon chaperone in the Little Rascals film Choo-Choo!. He also appeared as a Night Court Judge in Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936) and as a friendly Car salesman in Leo McCarey's drama Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). Henderson ended his film career after numerous small roles in 1950.
Henderson died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 79. He was married with actress Florence Lee until his death, they made several silent films together.
Known for
The Patsy
Pa Harrington
The Crowd
Dick
Thundering Tenors
Senator D.H. Henderson
Stranger on the Third Floor
Detective (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
Customer
Love Affair
Cafe Manager (uncredited)
The Girl of the Golden West
Stagecoach Passenger
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Ritz Amsterdam Manager
The Lesson
Policeman
A Child of the Ghetto
The Proprietor
The Furs
The Husband
Something Simple
Tanhauser
Rebellious Daughters
Mr. Stanley - First Victim
The Major and the Minor
Doorman (uncredited)
Wilful Peggy
Slightly Dangerous
Doorman (uncredited)
The Awful Truth
Vance's Butler (uncredited)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Mr. Bride
J. P. Henderson
The Baron
The Baron / A Waiter
Arizona Terrors
President McKinley
Faithful
Bystander
Ruggles of Red Gap
Sam
Helping Grandma
Henderson
The Daring Young Man
Mayor
The Massacre
In Wagon Train
The Sunbeam
The Bachelor
The Champ
The Doctor (uncredited)
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
A Suitor
Young People
Eddie's Father
The Notorious Sophie Lang
House Detective
Choo-Choo!
Mr. Henderson
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Extra (uncredited)
Frontier Marshal
Dave Hall
3 Kids and a Queen
Reporter
The Usurer
First Mover
The Power of the Press
Bill Johnson
The Sins of the Children
Ted Baldwin
Make Way for Tomorrow
Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited)
For His Son
Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)
Rainbow Over Broadway
Bowers
The Clinging Vine
B. Harvey Doolittle
His Trust
Col. Frazier
Skip the Maloo!
Mr. Benson
The Oath and the Man
Aristocrat
In the Border States
Union Officer
Goldie Gets Along
Mr. Moon
Lone Cowboy
Mr. Burton (uncredited)
Little Orvie
Mr. Brown
Men with Wings
Chairman
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
Once Upon a Honeymoon
American Attaché (uncredited)
Artists & Models
Lord (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
Flunky (uncredited)
Won by a Fish
The Woman's Father
The Long Road
Wedding Guest
Too Much Harmony
Small Town Theatre Manager
The Missing Juror
Train Conductor (Uncredited)
Getting a Raise
Off to Buffalo
Charley's boss
The Broken Locket
The Mystery Man
Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
Dick
The Lonedale Operator
A Tramp
The Big Brain
(uncredited)
Diamond Jim
Gambler
Men in Black
Dr. Graves (uncredited)
The Unchanging Sea
The Rescuer
Newly Rich
Director
His Trust Fulfilled
The Great Morgan
Film Character (uncredited)
The Adventures of Billy
Rich Man
Here Comes Cookie
Lloyd
Hitch Hike Lady
Williams
Teaching Dad to Like Her
Harry's Father
Wrong Again
Painting owner
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
The Masque
Slightly Static
Mr. Campbell (as Del Henderson)
Big Money
The Last Drop of Water
Undetermined Role
When a Man Loves
Mr. Bach
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
A Tramp
Hit the Deck
Admiral
Annie Get Your Gun
Hotel Guest in Hammock (uncredited)
A Child's Impulse
At First Party / At Second Party
Undercurrent
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Widow's Kids
The Traveling Man
Once More, My Darling
Hotel Clerk
Free Eats
Mr. Moran
Getting Gertie's Garter
Barry Scott
Haunted at Midnight
Housekeeper
Hot Tip
Sheriff
Whispering Whoopee
Mr. Henderson
The Grand Bounce
Harry Briggs (uncredited)
Thunder in the Night
Ambassador - Party Guest
It's a Gift
Mr. Abernathy
You're Telling Me!
Mayor (as Del Henderson)
When the Fire-Bells Rang
An Actor
Show People
Colonel Pepper
The Speed Demon
Racing Official
The Texas Rangers
Citizen (uncredited)
The Modern Prodigal
At Post Office
Looser Than Loose
Mr. Henderson
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Benson (uncredited)
The Primal Call
The Creditor
Little Big Shot
Policeman
The Making of a Man
Leading Man
Riley the Cop
Judge Coronelli
Helen's Marriage
Friend
The Engagement Ring
Redmond
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
House Manager
Is Everybody Happy?
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bottoms Up
Lane Worthing
The Power of the Camera
Second Convict
The Two Brothers
Manuel
The Mender of Nets
The Rival's Brother
The Brave Hunter
The Brave Hunter's Rival
The Message of the Violin
The Baron
A Gold Necklace
In Cafe
Arsène Lupin Returns
Plainclothes Detective (uncredited)
Main Street After Dark
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Ghost
A Crook
Steamboat Round the Bend
Salesman
Fifth Avenue Girl
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Hot Stuff
Cigar Drummer
All Teed Up
Judge Quirt
On Your Guard
Detective Calvin Carter - aka O'Hara
Fast Work
Old Faithful
The Salvation Army Lass
Millionaires in Prison
Dell, Deputy Taking Vander to Prison (uncredited)
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
A Cowboy
Night of Goblins
Housekeeper
The Gold Seekers
The Claim Agent
The Chump Takes a Bump
Elias J. Smart
We Who Are About to Die
Blake's Associate (uncredited)
Ramona
Man at Burial
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Aunt Mary's Sweetheart
Over Silent Paths
The Wanderer
The Newlyweds
A Friend / On Train
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Chiselers of Hollywood
In Walked Charley
Delbert Henderson
Papa's Baby
Papa Binks
Up a Tree
Del - Publicity Promoter
That Chink at Golden Gulch
Gentleman Jim Dandy
A Victim of Circumstance
The Husband
The Converts
In Bar
Unexpected Help
For Better - But Worse
The Police Chief's Daughter's Romeo
A Plain Song
The Manager
Gold Is Not All
The Fatal Chocolate
The City Beau
Bigger and Better
Mr. Kornman
A Voice from the Deep
On Roller Coaster
Help! Help!
Office Worker
Those Bitter Sweets
The Rival