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American actor, film director, and screenwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Gustav Adolfi (February 19, 1888 – May 11, 1933) was an American silent film director, actor, and screenwriter who was involved in more than 100 productions throughout his career. An early acting credit was in the recently restored 1912 film Robin Hood.
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Born | New York City, U.S. | February 19, 1888
Died | May 11, 1933 45) British Columbia, Canada | (aged
Other names | Jack Adolfi John G. Adolphi |
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Years active | 1907–1933 |
He was born in New York City to Gustav Adolfi and Jennie Reinhardt. Adolfi entered films as an actor in The Spy: A Romantic Story of the Civil War in 1907, but after appearing in thirty or so films he switched roles and concentrated on directing until his death in 1933 from a brain hemorrhage in British Columbia, Canada while hunting bears.[1][2]
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