Nick Cogley

Nick Cogley
Born	1869 New York, New York, USA
Died	May 20, 1936 (aged 66–67) Santa Monica, California, USA
Years active	1909–1934

Nick Cogley (1869 – May 20, 1936) was an American actor, director and writer of the silent era. He appeared in over 170 films between 1909 and 1934. He was born in New York, New York and died in Santa Monica, California.

Consistent with the practice at the time, Cogley appeared in blackface in some of his roles. For example, in the Civil War film The Coward (1915) he played "A Negro Servant," and in Toby's Bow (1919) he portrayed the black servant "Uncle Toby" that gives the film its name. The use of blackface was not unusual in American silent films, and did not disappear until the 1930s when public sensibilities regarding race began to change and blackface became increasingly associated with racism and bigotry.^[1]

Selected filmography

• The Sanitarium (1910)
• The New Superintendent (1911)
• Mabel's New Hero (1913)
• The Paymaster's Son (1913)
• A Noise from the Deep (1913)
• The Bangville Police (1913)
• That Ragtime Band (1913)
• Murphy's I.O.U. (1913)
• The Gangsters (1913)
• Passions, He Had Three (1913)
• Help! Help! Hydrophobia! (1913)
• Peeping Pete (1913)
• A Bandit (1913)
• The Gypsy Queen (1913)
• Mother's Boy (1913)
• Two Old Tars (1913)
• The Woman Haters (1913)
• In the Clutches of the Gang (1914)
• Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
• Love, Loot and Crash (1915)
• The Coward (1915)
• A La Cabaret (1916)
• Hearts and Sparks (1916)
• A Dash of Courage (1916)
• Stars and Bars (1917)
• Madam Who? (1918)
• Sis Hopkins (1919)
• The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)
• The Heart of Maryland (1927)
• In Old Kentucky (1927)
• Abie's Irish Rose (1928)
• Treason (1933)

References

1. John Kenrick, Blackface and Old Wounds. Musicals101.com. Accessed online 2 Nov. 2013.

External links

• Nick Cogley at the Internet Movie Database