Hal Clements

Hal Clements (1869-1957) was an American actor and director of silent films. He starred in dozens of silent films. He married writer Olga Printzlau.^{[citation needed]}

Clements was part of Kalem Studio's Jacksonville film crew.^[1] In 1914, he directed and managed the studio's comedy unit in Santa Monica featuring Ruth Roland and John Brennan (actor).^[2] He portrayed General John Pershing in a Thomas Ince film.^[3] In 1916 he was managing director of the new Gate City Feature Film Company.^[4]

Filmography

• Battle of Pottsburg Bridge (1912)
• The Drummer Girl of Vicksburg (1912)
• Uncle Tom's Cabin (1913)
• The Grim Toll of War (1913)^[5]
• O'Brien Finds a Way (1914)
• Armstrong's Wife (1915)
• Out of the Darkness (1915)
• The Unknown (1915)
• The Secret Sin (1915)
• The Immigrant (1915)
• The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve (1916)
• Miss Jackie of the Army (1917)^[6]
• An American Live Wire (1918)^[5]
• Other Men's Wives (1919)
• An Innocent Adventuress (1919)
• The Siege of Petersburg
• The Sacrifice at the Spillway^[7]
• The Man Who Could Not Lose, a Biograph film, as Jack Carter^[8]
• Seventeen (1940)
• Wichita (1955)^[9]