Cullen Landis

Cullen Landis (July 9, 1896 – August 26, 1975) was an American motion picture actor and director whose career began in the early ears of the silent film era. James Cullen Landis was the middle of three siblings (two sons and a daughter) raised by Lulan and Margaret (née Cullen) Landis in Nashville, Tennessee, where his father supported his family as a stock broker. As a boy, James was a train enthusiast and dreamed to be an railroad engineer. Though the ambition eventually faded, his interest in railroads did not, and some years later he helped design for himself a model train set powered by steam. He began working in the fledgling film industry at age 18 around the time his older sister, Margaret Landis, appeared in her first film. In 1928 Cullen Landis starred in the first ‘all talking’ motion picture, Lights of New York. He once confided in a friend that talkies were perfect for musicals and that he was no "song and dance man". He left Hollywood for Detroit in 1930 to produce and direct industrial films for automobile companies. Landis began as a movie director, only turning to acting after his lead player broke a leg and it was discovered that the actor’s costumes fit him. He went on to become one of the more popular lead actors of the silent era, appearing in some one hundred films over 14 years. During World War II, he served as a captain with US Army Signal Corps producing training films in the South Pacific. By war’s end he was twice decorated and promoted to major. In the post war years he made documentaries for the US State Department that took him to the far corners of the world. James Cullen Landis died on August 28, 1975, aged 79, at a nursing home in Bloomfield, Michigan, three months after the death of his wife, Jane. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	1.143
Birthday	1896-07-09
Place of Birth	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Also Known As	James Cullen Landis, J. Cullen Landis,

Born Rich

Lights of New York

Almost a Husband

Upstairs

Pinto

Watch Your Step

Remembrance

The Famous Mrs. Fair

Soul of the Beast

Somebody's Widow

The Broken Mask

Her Rustic Romeo

The Dixie Flyer

My Old Dutch

With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail

Christine of the Big Tops

Voices of the City

The Ace of Hearts

The Fighting Coward

The Man Life Passed By

Peacock Feathers

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Pampered Youth

Cupid In Quarantine

We're All Gamblers

On to Reno

Where the West Begins

The Devil's Skipper

A Broadway Butterfly

Frenzied Flames

The Fighting Failure

The Voice That Thrilled the World

The Fog

Pioneer Trails

Cheap Kisses

It's a Great Life

Forsaking All Others

Jinx

Gay and Devilish

The Little Wild Girl

Two to One

One Law for the Woman

Over the Garden Wall

Life in Hollywood No. 5

With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo

The Midnight Flyer

Crashin' Thru

Snowblind

The Old Nest

Who Is Number One?

Sunny Jane

Convict's Code

Wasted Lives

Bunty Pulls the Strings

The Midnight Alarm

Where's my Wandering Boy Tonight?