Milton J. Fahrney

Milton J. Fahrney, sometimes credited as Milton H. Fahrney or simply Milton Fahrney, was an actor and director during the silent film era.

Photographed among Nestor Film Company players

He worked for Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company and Nestor Film Company.

He featured comedian George Ovey in films.[1]

He married Alexandra Phillips, a screenwriter.

He directed the Cub Comedies.[2] He engaged Louise Horner to play a role in the Jerry series.[3] Fahrney wrote and directed dozens of shorts for the series.[4]

Filmography

Director

• The Pilgrim (1910)[5]
• The Law of the Range (1911 film)[6]
• His Only Son (1912)
• White Cloud's Secret(1912), extant at EYE collection in Netherlands
• The Little Hero (1915)
• The Little Detective (1915), a Cub Comedies[7]
• Jerry's Big Game (1916)[8]
• Jerry and the Smugglers (1916)[9]
• Jerry in the Movies (1916)
• Holding His Own (1917), extant
• The Hero of the E.Z. Ranch
• Jerry and the Bandits
• Jerry and the Vampire

Actor

• Yankee Speed (1924)
• In the First Degree (1927)
• Stepping on the Gas (1927)[10]

References

1. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1915-12-23/ed-1/seq-11/ocr.txt
2. Motography. Motography. 1916. p. 104.
3. Motography. Motography. 1916. p. 104.
4. Buck Rainey (23 March 2010). Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. McFarland. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-7864-4702-2.
5. "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
6. "Hollywood". December 3, 1922 – via Google Books.
7. Ken Wlaschin (28 April 2009). Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-7864-4350-5.
8. "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. December 3, 1916 – via Google Books.
9. Bill Mason (9 January 2019). A Holmes by Any Other Name. Wildside Press LLC. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-4794-4921-7.
10. http://8mmforum.film-tech.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=000364 (includes photo)

External links

• Milton J. Fahrney at IMDb