Marie Walcamp

Marie Walcamp was an American actress of the silent film era, often specializing in roles as an "action heroine" in serials, including Westerns. After landing various roles in New York, she signed to Universal Studios in 1913 and was cast at the age of 19 in the film "The Werewolf". Marie Walcamp appeared in more than 100 hundred film productions from 1913 till 1927. On November 17, 1936, suffering from depression, she committed suicide by turning on the gas in her Los Angeles apartment.

Where Are My Children? (1916)

Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Phillips Smalley
CAST:  Tyrone Power Sr.  •  Helen Riaume  •  Marie Walcamp  •  Cora Drew

Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Phillips Smalley
CAST:  Tyrone Power Sr.  •  Helen Riaume  •  Marie Walcamp  •  Cora Drew

Patria (1917)

Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border. They are stopped by the efforts of munitions factory heiress Patria Channing and U.S ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leopold Wharton  •  Theodore Wharton  •  Jacques Jaccard
CAST:  Irene Castle  •  Milton Sills  •  Warner Oland  •  George Majeroni

Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border. They are stopped by the efforts of munitions factory heiress Patria Channing and U.S ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leopold Wharton  •  Theodore Wharton  •  Jacques Jaccard
CAST:  Irene Castle  •  Milton Sills  •  Warner Oland  •  George Majeroni

The Blot (1921)

Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber
CAST:  Philip Hubbard  •  Margaret McWade  •  Claire Windsor  •  Louis Calhern

Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber
CAST:  Philip Hubbard  •  Margaret McWade  •  Claire Windsor  •  Louis Calhern

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DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Phillips Smalley
CAST:  Phillips Smalley  •  Lois Weber  •  Marie Walcamp  •  C. Norman Hammond

Discontent (1916)

Ed Brown plays a old war veteran tired of living in a veterans' home and decides to move in with his wealthy nephew.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Allen G. Siegler
CAST:  J. Edwin Brown  •  Charles Hammond  •  Katherine Griffith  •  Marie Walcamp

Ed Brown plays a old war veteran tired of living in a veterans' home and decides to move in with his wealthy nephew.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Allen G. Siegler
CAST:  J. Edwin Brown  •  Charles Hammond  •  Katherine Griffith  •  Marie Walcamp

The Dragon's Net (1920)

A set of eight golden lotus leaves holds the secret for eternal life. A young girl is tricked out of the one she holds, and enlists the aid of an adventurer is tracking down the entire set. Based on "The Petals of Lao-Tze".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry MacRae
CAST:  Marie Walcamp  •  Harland Tucker  •  Otto Lederer  •  Wadsworth Harris

A set of eight golden lotus leaves holds the secret for eternal life. A young girl is tricked out of the one she holds, and enlists the aid of an adventurer is tracking down the entire set. Based on "The Petals of Lao-Tze".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry MacRae
CAST:  Marie Walcamp  •  Harland Tucker  •  Otto Lederer  •  Wadsworth Harris

The Girl Ranchers (1913)

Two sisters inherit a ranch and choose to manage it without male help  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Christie
CAST:  Lee Moran  •  Stella Adams  •  Marie Walcamp  •  Ramona Langley

Two sisters inherit a ranch and choose to manage it without male help  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Christie
CAST:  Lee Moran  •  Stella Adams  •  Marie Walcamp  •  Ramona Langley

Coral (1915)

New England fisherman Dan McQuade finds a dying woman and her daughter shipwrecked after a storm and raises the daughter, whom he names Coral. After Dan reveals how he found her, Coral, who secretly builds sand sculptures, creates a life-size statue of a mother and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry MacRae  •  Normand McDonald
CAST:  Marie Walcamp  •  Wellington A. Playter  •  Ruby Cox  •  Rex De Rosselli

New England fisherman Dan McQuade finds a dying woman and her daughter shipwrecked after a storm and raises the daughter, whom he names Coral. After Dan reveals how he found her, Coral, who secretly builds sand sculptures, creates a life-size statue of a mother and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry MacRae  •  Normand McDonald
CAST:  Marie Walcamp  •  Wellington A. Playter  •  Ruby Cox  •  Rex De Rosselli

The Flirt (1916)

Cora Madison, the town flirt, delights in making men love her and then dropping them, so when newcomer Valentine Corliss arrives, she views him as just another potential victim. Rather than falling for her charms, however, Valentine persuades Cora to use them in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Phillips Smalley
CAST:  Marie Walcamp  •  Grace Benham  •  Antrim Short  •  Ogden Crane

Cora Madison, the town flirt, delights in making men love her and then dropping them, so when newcomer Valentine Corliss arrives, she views him as just another potential victim. Rather than falling for her charms, however, Valentine persuades Cora to use them in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Phillips Smalley
CAST:  Marie Walcamp  •  Grace Benham  •  Antrim Short  •  Ogden Crane

John Needham's Double (1916)

Although he has been appointed to guard the fortune of young Thomas Creighton, the unscrupulous Lord John Needham decides to spend all of it after Tom runs away. Then, however, an announcement comes that Tom is returning and that he plans to claim his money. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Phillips Smalley
CAST:  Tyrone Power Sr.  •  Agnes Emerson  •  Frank Elliott  •  Walter Belasco

Although he has been appointed to guard the fortune of young Thomas Creighton, the unscrupulous Lord John Needham decides to spend all of it after Tom runs away. Then, however, an announcement comes that Tom is returning and that he plans to claim his money. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Phillips Smalley
CAST:  Tyrone Power Sr.  •  Agnes Emerson  •  Frank Elliott  •  Walter Belasco

The Red Glove (1919)

On the American frontier in the last decades of the 19th century, Billie is a female cowboy who fights a series of bad men in this film serial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.P. McGowan
CAST:  Marie Walcamp  •  Pat O'Malley  •  Truman Van Dyke  •  Thomas G. Lingham

On the American frontier in the last decades of the 19th century, Billie is a female cowboy who fights a series of bad men in this film serial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.P. McGowan
CAST:  Marie Walcamp  •  Pat O'Malley  •  Truman Van Dyke  •  Thomas G. Lingham

The Werewolf (1913)

An old Indian legend tells of the supposed ability of persons who have been turned into wolves through magic power to assume human form at will for purposes of vengeance. This film is presumed lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry MacRae
CAST:  Clarence Burton  •  Marie Walcamp  •  Phyllis Gordon  •  Lule Warrenton

An old Indian legend tells of the supposed ability of persons who have been turned into wolves through magic power to assume human form at will for purposes of vengeance. This film is presumed lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry MacRae
CAST:  Clarence Burton  •  Marie Walcamp  •  Phyllis Gordon  •  Lule Warrenton

Liberty (1916)

A 20 part 2-reel Western film serial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Jaccard  •  Henry MacRae
CAST:  Marie Walcamp  •  Eddie Polo  •  Jack Holt  •  G. Raymond Nye

A 20 part 2-reel Western film serial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Jaccard  •  Henry MacRae
CAST:  Marie Walcamp  •  Eddie Polo  •  Jack Holt  •  G. Raymond Nye

Treasure Canyon (1924)

After discovering a rich silver deposit, Luke Hughes draws a map to his mine and plans on recording the claim. During his journey to the registrar's office, however, Luke is set upon by a bandit who steals the map.  (more)

DIRECTION:  B. Reeves Eason
CAST:  J.B. Warner  •  Marie Walcamp  •  W.G. Scott  •  Harry Todd

After discovering a rich silver deposit, Luke Hughes draws a map to his mine and plans on recording the claim. During his journey to the registrar's office, however, Luke is set upon by a bandit who steals the map.  (more)

DIRECTION:  B. Reeves Eason
CAST:  J.B. Warner  •  Marie Walcamp  •  W.G. Scott  •  Harry Todd