Tom Santschi

Tom Santschi
Born	Paul William Santschi October 24, 1880 Crystal City, Missouri, U.S.
Died	April 9, 1931 (aged 50) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor

Paul William "Tom" Santschi (October 24, 1880, Crystal City, Missouri - April 9, 1931, Los Angeles, California) was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era.

Career

Santschi acted in over 245 films during the period 1907-1931, and directed 28 during 1914-1916. He wrote one screen play in 1914. A 1915 two-reeler In the King's Service, in which he starred with Marion Warner, surfaced at a yard sale in Maine, and was shown along with The Spoilers (1914) at a Northeast Historic Film Festival at Bucksport, Maine in 2002.

Death

Santschi died in his sleep from a heart attack at the age^[1] of 52. He is interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.^[2] His gravestone gives his year of birth as 1880.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Ben's Kid (1909)
• Pride of the Range (1910)
• Across the Plains (1910)
• Davy Crockett (1910)
• The New Superintendent (1911)
• Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913)
• The Spoilers (1914)
• The Crisis (1916)
• The Hell Cat (1918)
• Shadows (1919)
• Eve in Exile (1919)
• Two Kinds of Women (1922)
• Is Divorce A Failure? (1923)
• The Plunderer (1924)
• Paths to Paradise (1925)
• Beyond the Border (1925)
• Jim, the Conqueror (1926)
• The Third Degree (1926)
• 3 Bad Men (1926)
• The Desert's Toll (1926)
• Her Honor, the Governor (1926)
• Eyes of the Totem (1927)
• When a Man Loves (1927)
• Old San Francisco (1927)
• Tracked by the Police (1927)
• Vultures of the Sea (1928)
• The Utah Kid (1930)
• King of the Wild (1931)
• The Phantom of the West (1931)

References

1. "Tom Santschi (1880 - 1931) - Find A Grave Photos". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
2. "Tom Santschi (1880 - 1931) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
3. "Tom Santschi (1880 - 1931) - Find A Grave Photos". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.

External links

• Tom Santschi at the Internet Movie Database