Dell Henderson
Acting
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.
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)
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
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)
Something Simple
Tanhauser
The Notorious Sophie Lang
House Detective
Bottoms Up
Lane Worthing
You're Telling Me!
Mayor (as Del Henderson)
Lone Cowboy
Mr. Burton (uncredited)
Rainbow Over Broadway
Bowers
Too Much Harmony
Small Town Theatre Manager
The Big Brain
(uncredited)
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
The Masque
On Your Guard
Detective Calvin Carter - aka O'Hara
Goldie Gets Along
Mr. Moon
Mr. Bride
J. P. Henderson
Choo-Choo!
Mr. Henderson
In Walked Charley
Delbert Henderson
Free Eats
Mr. Moran
The Champ
The Doctor (uncredited)
Skip the Maloo!
Mr. Benson
Newly Rich
Director
Haunted at Midnight
Housekeeper
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
Thundering Tenors
Senator D.H. Henderson
Helping Grandma
Henderson
Chiselers of Hollywood
Up a Tree
Del - Publicity Promoter
Looser Than Loose
Mr. Henderson
Bigger and Better
Mr. Kornman
Night of Goblins
Housekeeper
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Fast Work
Old Faithful
The Sins of the Children
Ted Baldwin
Big Money
All Teed Up
Judge Quirt
Whispering Whoopee
Mr. Henderson
Getting a Raise
Hit the Deck
Admiral
Wrong Again
Painting owner
Off to Buffalo
Charley's boss
Riley the Cop
Judge Coronelli
Show People
Colonel Pepper
The Power of the Press
Bill Johnson
Is Everybody Happy?
The Patsy
Pa Harrington
The Crowd
Dick
Getting Gertie's Garter
Barry Scott
The Clinging Vine
B. Harvey Doolittle
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Extra (uncredited)
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Aunt Mary's Sweetheart
Those Bitter Sweets
The Rival
For Better - But Worse
The Police Chief's Daughter's Romeo
Papa's Baby
Papa Binks
The Widow's Kids
The Traveling Man
The Power of the Camera
Second Convict
The Massacre
In Wagon Train
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
Dick
The Speed Demon
Racing Official
Helen's Marriage
Friend
The Furs
The Husband
When the Fire-Bells Rang
An Actor
Won by a Fish
The Woman's Father
The Brave Hunter
The Brave Hunter's Rival
Help! Help!
Office Worker
Hot Stuff
Cigar Drummer
A Voice from the Deep
On Roller Coaster
The Engagement Ring
Redmond
The Sunbeam
The Bachelor
The Fatal Chocolate
The City Beau
The Mender of Nets
The Rival's Brother
For His Son
Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)
A Victim of Circumstance
The Husband
The Long Road
Wedding Guest
The Adventures of Billy
Rich Man
The Making of a Man
Leading Man
The Baron
The Baron / A Waiter
The Blind Princess and the Poet
Lord Gold
The Last Drop of Water
Undetermined Role
The Ghost
A Crook
Fighting Blood
A Soldier
The Primal Call
The Creditor
Enoch Arden: Part II
Rescuer
Dave's Love Affair
The New Dress
A Knight of the Road
The Hobo
The Broken Cross
The Manicurist's Friend
The Lonedale Operator
A Tramp
Teaching Dad to Like Her
Harry's Father
His Trust Fulfilled
His Trust
Col. Frazier
When a Man Loves
Mr. Bach
The Two Paths
Worker
The Lesson
Policeman
A Plain Song
The Manager
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
A Suitor
The Message of the Violin
The Baron
That Chink at Golden Gulch
Gentleman Jim Dandy
A Gold Necklace
In Cafe
The Oath and the Man
Aristocrat
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
A Tramp
The Modern Prodigal
At Post Office
Wilful Peggy
The Usurer
First Mover
Unexpected Help
A Child's Impulse
At First Party / At Second Party
In the Border States
Union Officer
A Child of the Ghetto
The Proprietor
Ramona
Man at Burial
Over Silent Paths
The Wanderer
The Two Brothers
Manuel
The Face at the Window
The Butler
The Unchanging Sea
The Rescuer
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
A Cowboy
Faithful
Bystander
The Gold Seekers
The Claim Agent
The Newlyweds
A Friend / On Train
Taming a Husband
Nobleman
Gold Is Not All
The Converts
In Bar
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
The Broken Locket
The Salvation Army Lass
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court