David Thompson
actor, assistant_director, production_manager
- Birth name:
- David Henry Thompson
- Born:
- 1884-05-04, New York City, New York, USA
- Died:
- 1957-05-20, Hollywood, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, assistant_director, production_manager
Biography
A spring baby delivered to Manhattan on 4 May 1884, David Thompson traded New York’s clatter for the flicker of silent film. In front of the camera he breathed life into legends like Robin Hood (1913), chased down The Stolen Triumph (1916), and lent quiet steel to Jess (1912); behind it he orchestrated chaos as an assistant director. The final curtain rang down on 20 May 1957 in Hollywood, California, closing a career that helped stitch early American cinema together frame by frame.
