Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 04, 1877
Died
Dec 02, 1956
Place of Birth
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Credits
234 titles
Dell Henderson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Filmography
Annie Get Your Gun
Hotel Guest in Hammock (uncredited)
Once More, My Darling
Hotel Clerk
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Southerner (uncredited)
Undercurrent
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Benson (uncredited)
Main Street After Dark
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Great Morgan
Film Character (uncredited)
The Missing Juror
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Du Barry Was a Lady
Flunky (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Doorman (uncredited)
Once Upon a Honeymoon
American Attaché (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor
Doorman (uncredited)
Arizona Terrors
President McKinley
Young People
Eddie's Father (uncredited)
Stranger on the Third Floor
Detective (uncredited)
Millionaires in Prison
Dell, Deputy Taking Vander to Prison (uncredited)
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Ritz Amsterdam Manager
Little Orvie
Mr. Brown
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Minor Role (uncredited)
Fifth Avenue Girl
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Frontier Marshal
Dave Hall
The Chump Takes a Bump
Elias J. Smart
Love Affair
Cafe Manager (uncredited)
Men with Wings
Chairman
Rebellious Daughters
Mr. Stanley - First Victim
The Girl of the Golden West
Stagecoach Passenger
Arsène Lupin Returns
Plainclothes Detective (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
Customer
The Awful Truth
Vance's Butler (uncredited)
Artists & Models
Lord (uncredited)
The Grand Bounce
Harry Briggs (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die
Blake's Associate (uncredited)
The Texas Rangers
Citizen (uncredited)
Hitch Hike Lady
Williams
3 Kids and a Queen
Reporter
Thunder in the Night
Ambassador - Party Guest
Little Big Shot
Policeman
Slightly Static
Mr. Campbell (as Del Henderson)
Steamboat Round the Bend
Salesman
Diamond Jim
Gambler
Here Comes Cookie
Lloyd
Hot Tip
Sheriff
The Daring Young Man
Mayor
Ruggles of Red Gap
Sam
The Mystery Man
Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager
It's a Gift
Mr. Abernathy
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
House Manager
Men in Black
Dr. Graves (uncredited)