Jere Austin

Jere Austin (1876-1927)[2] was an American silent film actor from Minnesota. He was born John Van Akin Austin and he began in films in 1914 and made his last appearance in Cecil B. DeMille's King of Kings(1927). Austin had entered films with the Kalem Company.[3]

Jere Austin
Mae Marsh with Austin in Hidden Fires (1918)
Born	John Van Akin Austin[1] March 24, 1876 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died	November 12, 1927 Los Angeles, California
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Other names	Jerry Austin
Occupation	actor

Austin died of cancer.[4]

Filmography

• Chest of Fortune (1914)*short
• Wolfe; Or, The Conquest of Quebec (1914)
• Nina o' the Theatre (1914)*short
• The Weakling (1914)*short
• The Old Army Coat (1914)*short
• Kit, The Arkansaw Traveler (1914)*short
• The Green Rose (1914)*short
• The Viper (1914)*short
• Fate's Midnight Hour (1914)*short
• The Lynbrook Tragedy (1914)*short
• The Riddle of the Green Umbrella (1914)*short
• The Theft of the Crown Jewels (1914)*short
• The Price of Silence (1914)*short
• The School for Scandal (1914)*short
• The Mayor's Secretary (1914)*short
• Cast Up by the Sea (1915)*short
• The Swindler (1915)*short
• The White Goddess (1915)*short
• Unfaithful to His Trust (1915)*short
• The Lure of Mammon (1915)*short
• When the Mind Sleeps (1915)*short
• Over Night (1915)
• The Romance of the Hollow Tree (1916)*short
• For Uncle Sam's Navy (1916)*short
• The Seven Swans (1917)
• Resurrection (1918)
• All Woman (1918)
• Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918)
• Peg o' the Sea (1918)
• Fedora (1918)
• Hidden Fires (1918)
• A Perfect Lady (1918)
• Day Dreams (1919)
• The Woman on the Index (1919)
• The Trap (1919)
• Erstwhile Susan (1919)
• The Eternal Mother (1920)
• Why Leave Your Husband? (1920)
• The Woman Game (1920)
• The Wakefield Case (1921) (*as Jerry Austin)
• The Splendid Lie (1922)
• Cardigan (1922)
• His Mystery Girl (1923)
• Pure Grit (1923)
• Single Wives (1924)
• Sundown (1924)
• A Regular Fellow (1925)(*as Jerry Austin)
• The Storm Breaker (1925)
• The Cowboy and the Countess (1926)
• The Demon (1926)
• The Desperate Game (1926)
• The Mad Racer (1926(*short)

References

1. Jere Austin at Findagrave.com
2. Silent Film Necrology, p.24 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana..ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
3. Jere Austin; allmovie.com
4. Who Was Who on Screen p.17 2nd Edition c.1977 Evelyn Mack Truitt..ISBN 0-8352-0914-8

External links

• Jere Austin at IMDb.com