Elmer Clifton
Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He was also a second-unit director for those films. Promoted to director in 1917, Clifton supervised several successful Fine Arts comedies starring Dorothy Gish while continuing to serve as Griffith's assistant. Their association culminated with the blockbuster "Way Down East" (1920). Clifton shot much of its famous "Rescue from the ice" sequence and doubled for star Richard Barthelmess in the riskier scenes. He then left Griffith to form his own production company and had a smash hit with "Down to the Sea in Ships" (1922), a colorful whaling saga made on location in New England. It made a star of future "It Girl" Clara Bow, who appeared as a cross-dressing stowaway. In 1923 Clifton signed a lucrative seven-year contract with Fox and was poised to become one of Hollywood's major directors. Then tragedy struck. He was filming "The Warrens of Virginia" in Texas when his lead actress died from burns in an accident on the set. Although Clifton was blameless in the incident, he was fired by Fox and his career never regained its momentum.
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Films (133)
I Am Not a Racist
2019 · Phil (archive footage) (uncredited)
Outcast of Black Mesa
1950 · Story
The Silver Bandit
1950 · Screenplay, Story, Director
The Kid from Gower Gulch
1950 · Screenplay
Red Rock Outlaw
1949 · Director, Screenplay
Not Wanted
1949 · Director
The Judge
1949 · Director, Screenplay
Quick on the Trigger
1948 · Screenplay
Sunset Carson Rides Again
1948 · Writer
West to Glory
1947 · Screenplay
Rainbow Over the Rockies
1947 · Screenplay
Song of the Sierras
1946 · Screenplay
Outlaws of the Plains
1946 · Story
Swing, Cowboy, Swing
1946 · Writer, Director
Lightning Raiders
1946 · Screenplay, Original Story
Frontier Fugitives
1945 · Screenplay
Three in the Saddle
1945 · Screenplay
Marked for Murder
1945 · Director, Screenplay
The Whispering Skull
1944 · Director
Dead or Alive
1944 · Director
Youth Aflame
1944 · Director, Screenplay
Gangsters of the Frontier
1944 · Screenplay, Director
Gunsmoke Mesa
1944 · Screenplay
Seven Doors to Death
1944 · Director, Screenplay
Brand of the Devil
1944 · Screenplay
Teen Age
1944 · Story, Screenplay
Spook Town
1944 · Director, Screenplay
The Pinto Bandit
1944 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Guns of the Law
1944 · Director, Screenplay
Outlaw Roundup
1944 · Screenplay
Captain America
1944 · Director
Boss of Rawhide
1943 · Director, Story, Screenplay
The Return of the Rangers
1943 · Story, Director, Screenplay
Frontier Law
1943 · Director, Screenplay
Raiders of San Joaquin
1943 · Screenplay
Cheyenne Roundup
1943 · Story, Screenplay
Days of Old Cheyenne
1943 · Director
The Blocked Trail
1943 · Director
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
1943 · Writer
The Sundown Kid
1942 · Director
The Rangers Take Over
1942 · Writer
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942 · Director, Screenplay
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942 · Director
Swamp Woman
1941 · Director
Hard Guy
1941 · Director
I'll Sell My Life
1941 · Director, Screenplay
City of Missing Girls
1941 · Director
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
1941 · Story
West of Pinto Basin
1940 · Story
Isle Of Destiny
1940 · Director
Crashing Thru
1939 · Director
California Frontier
1938 · Director
Law of the Texan
1938 · Director
The Stranger from Arizona
1938 · Director
Paroled from the Big House
1938 · Director
The Secret of Treasure Island
1938 · Director, Screenplay
Assassin of Youth
1938 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Slaves in Bondage
1937 · Director
Mile a Minute Love
1937 · Director
Ten Laps to Go
1936 · Director
Pilot X
1936 · Director
Gambling with Souls
1936 · Director
Wildcat Trooper
1936 · Director
Wolves of the Sea
1936 · Director, Story
Custer's Last Stand
1936 · Director
Custer's Last Stand
1936 · Director
Skull and Crown
1935 · Director
Rip Roaring Riley
1935 · Director
Captured in Chinatown
1935 · Director, Writer
Rough Riding Ranger
1935 · Director, Screenplay
Fighting Caballero
1935 · Director, Writer
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935 · Writer, Director
Pals of the Range
1935 · Director, Writer
Maid to Order
1931 · Director
The Fallen Empire
1931 · Director
Light of India
1929 · Director
The Devil's Apple Tree
1929 · Director
Tropical Nights
1928 · Director
Virgin Lips
1928 · Director
Beautiful But Dumb
1928 · Director
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
1928 · Director
The Bride of the Colorado
1928 · Director
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1927 · Director
Daughters of the Night
1924 · Director
The Warrens of Virginia
1924 · Director
Six Cylinder Love
1923 · Director
Down to the Sea in Ships
1922 · Director, Producer
Mary Ellen Comes to Town
1920 · Director
Turning the Tables
1919 · Director
Nobody Home
1919 · Director
Nugget Nell
1919 · Director
I'll Get Him Yet
1919 · Director
Peppy Polly
1919 · Director
Boots
1919 · Director
The Hope Chest
1918 · Director
Kiss or Kill
1918 · Director, Writer
Battling Jane
1918 · Director
Winner Takes All
1918 · Director
The Eagle
1918 · Director
Smashing Through
1918 · Director
The Guilt of Silence
1918 · Director
The Two-Soul Woman
1918 · Director, Writer
Brace Up
1918 · Story, Director
The Flash of Fate
1918 · Director
The High Sign
1917 · Director
The Man Trap
1917 · Director
Flirting with Death
1917 · Director
A Stormy Knight
1917 · Director
The Midnight Man
1917 · Director
High Speed
1917 · Director
The Flame of Youth
1917 · Director
Her Official Fathers
1917 · Director
Nina, the Flower Girl
1917 · Jimmie
The Old Folks at Home
1916 · Steve Coburn
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · The Rhapsode (Babylonian Story), First Assistant Director
The Little School Ma'am
1916 · Wilbur Howard
Acquitted
1916 · Ned Fowler
The Missing Links
1916 · Horace Gaylord
The Sable Lorcha
1915 · Phillip Clyde - Evelyn's Fiancé
The Lily and the Rose
1915 · Allison Edwards
The Fox Woman
1915 · Marashida
The Lost House
1915 · Cuthbert
The Birth of a Nation
1915 · Stoneman's Elder Son Phil, Assistant Director
A Lucky Disappointment
1914 · Jack Holt
The Sisters
1914 · Frank (Carol's country lover)
The Folly of Anne
1914 · The Sympathtic Publisher
Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska
1914 · Charley Bates
Martin Eden
1914 · Cub Reporter
John Barleycorn
1914 · Jack, 3rd period
A Duel for Love
1914
Wives at Auction
· Director
The Truth About Men
· Director
The Virgin Wife
· Director
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