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Tom Santschi in 1920
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Born |
Paul William Santschi October 24, 1880 Crystal City, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | April 9, 1931 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
(aged 50)
Occupation | Actor |
Paul William "Tom" Santschi (October 24, 1880, Crystal City, Missouri – April 9, 1931, Los Angeles, California) was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era.
Santschi acted in over 245 films during the period 1907–1931, and directed 28 films during 1914–1916. He wrote one screenplay in 1914. A 1915 two-reeler, In the King's Service, in which he starred with Marion Warner, surfaced at a yard sale in Maine, and was shown along with The Spoilers (1914) at a Northeast Historic Film Festival at Bucksport, Maine in 2002.