Dell Henderson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1877-07-04
Day of Death
1956-12-02 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Dell Henderson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film.
Born in the Southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas, Dell Henderson started his acting career on the stage, but appeared in his first movie Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court already in 1908. Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith since 1909 and appeared in numerous of his early shorts in Hollywood. He also acted on a less prolific basis in the movies of producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios. In addition to acting, Henderson also directed nearly 200 silent films between 1911 and 1928. Most of those films are forgotten or lost, but he also directed movies with silent stars like Harry Carey and Roscoe Arbuckle. Henderson also worked as a writer on numerous screenplays.
After retiring from directing in 1927, Henderson turned to acting full-time and played important supporting roles in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and as General Marmaduke Pepper in Show People (1928). The advent of sound film damaged his acting career, and he often had to play smaller roles. In the 1930s, the comedic character actor appeared on several occasions as a comic foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, W. C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. He often played somewhat pompous figures like judges, businessmen, detectives or mayors. Modern audiences will remember Henderson as annoyed hospital president Dr. Graves in The Three Stooges film Men in Black and the put-upon chaperone in the Little Rascals film Choo-Choo!. He also appeared as a Night Court Judge in Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936) and as a friendly Car salesman in Leo McCarey's drama Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). Henderson ended his film career after numerous small roles in 1950.
Henderson died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 79. He was married with actress Florence Lee until his death, they made several silent films together.
Known For
Acting
(1950)
Annie Get Your Gun
as Hotel Guest in Hammock (uncredited)
(1949)
Once More, My Darling
as Hotel Clerk
(1946)
Undercurrent
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1945)
Main Street After Dark
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
(1945)
The Great Morgan
as Film Character (uncredited)
(1945)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Benson (uncredited)
(1944)
The Missing Juror
as Train Conductor (Uncredited)
(1943)
Slightly Dangerous
as Doorman (uncredited)
(1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Flunky (uncredited)
(1942)
Arizona Terrors
as President McKinley
(1942)
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as American Attaché (uncredited)
(1942)
The Major and the Minor
as Doorman (uncredited)
(1940)
Millionaires in Prison
as Dell, Deputy Taking Vander to Prison (uncredited)
(1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1940)
Little Orvie
as Mr. Brown
(1940)
Young People
as Eddie's Father
(1940)
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Detective (uncredited)
(1940)
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Ritz Amsterdam Manager
(1939)
Fifth Avenue Girl
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
(1939)
Love Affair
as Cafe Manager (uncredited)
(1939)
Frontier Marshal
as Dave Hall
(1939)
The Chump Takes a Bump
as Elias J. Smart
(1938)
Rebellious Daughters
as Mr. Stanley - First Victim
(1938)
Men with Wings
as Chairman
(1938)
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Plainclothes Detective (uncredited)
(1938)
The Girl of the Golden West
as Stagecoach Passenger
(1937)
We Who Are About to Die
as Blake's Associate (uncredited)
(1937)
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited)
(1937)
The Awful Truth
as Vance's Butler (uncredited)
(1937)
Artists & Models
as Lord (uncredited)
(1937)
Wells Fargo
as Customer
(1937)
The Grand Bounce
as Harry Briggs (uncredited)
(1936)
The Texas Rangers
as Citizen (uncredited)
(1935)
Little Big Shot
as Policeman
(1935)
Slightly Static
as Mr. Campbell (as Del Henderson)
(1935)
The Daring Young Man
as Mayor
(1935)
Here Comes Cookie
as Lloyd
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Gambler
(1935)
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Salesman
(1935)
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Sam
(1935)
3 Kids and a Queen
as Reporter
(1935)
Hot Tip
as Sheriff
(1935)
The Mystery Man
as Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager
(1935)
Thunder in the Night
as Ambassador - Party Guest
(1935)
Hitch Hike Lady
as Williams
(1934)
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as House Detective
(1934)
Bottoms Up
as Lane Worthing
(1934)
It's a Gift
as Mr. Abernathy
(1934)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as House Manager
(1934)
Men in Black
as Dr. Graves (uncredited)
(1934)
Something Simple
as Tanhauser
(1934)
You're Telling Me!
as Mayor (as Del Henderson)
(1933)
Rainbow Over Broadway
as Bowers
(1933)
Lone Cowboy
as Mr. Burton (uncredited)
(1933)
On Your Guard
as Detective Calvin Carter - aka O'Hara
(1933)
Too Much Harmony
as Small Town Theatre Manager
(1933)
Goldie Gets Along
as Mr. Moon
(1933)
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
as The Masque
(1932)
Free Eats
as Mr. Moran
(1932)
Mr. Bride
as J. P. Henderson
(1932)
Choo-Choo!
as Mr. Henderson
(1932)
In Walked Charley
as Delbert Henderson
(1931)
Haunted at Midnight
as Housekeeper
(1931)
Helping Grandma
as Henderson
(1931)
Newly Rich
as Director
(1931)
The Champ
as The Doctor (uncredited)
(1931)
Thundering Tenors
as Senator D.H. Henderson
(1931)
(1931)
Skip the Maloo!
as Mr. Benson
(1930)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
(1930)
Bigger and Better
as Mr. Kornman
(1930)
(1930)
Looser Than Loose
as Mr. Henderson
(1930)
Whispering Whoopee
as Mr. Henderson
(1930)
Night of Goblins
as Housekeeper
(1930)
The Sins of the Children
as Ted Baldwin
(1930)
Fast Work
as Old Faithful
(1930)
(1930)
Up a Tree
as Del - Publicity Promoter
(1930)
(1930)
All Teed Up
as Judge Quirt
(1929)
Wrong Again
as Painting owner
(1929)
Hit the Deck
as Admiral
(1929)
Off to Buffalo
as Charley's boss
(1928)
The Crowd
as Dick
(1928)
Riley the Cop
as Judge Coronelli
(1928)
The Power of the Press
as Bill Johnson
(1928)
(1928)
The Patsy
as Pa Harrington
(1928)
Show People
as Colonel Pepper
(1927)
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Barry Scott
(1926)
The Clinging Vine
as B. Harvey Doolittle
(1916)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
(1916)
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
as Aunt Mary's Sweetheart
(1915)
For Better - But Worse
as The Police Chief's Daughter's Romeo
(1915)
Those Bitter Sweets
as The Rival
(1913)
The Widow's Kids
as The Traveling Man
(1913)
Papa's Baby
as Papa Binks
(1913)
The Power of the Camera
as Second Convict
(1912)
The Massacre
as In Wagon Train
(1912)
The Engagement Ring
as Redmond
(1912)
The Mender of Nets
as The Rival's Brother
(1912)
The Fatal Chocolate
as The City Beau
(1912)
Help! Help!
as Office Worker
(1912)
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
as Dick
(1912)
The Furs
as The Husband
(1912)
The Sunbeam
as The Bachelor
(1912)
When the Fire-Bells Rang
as An Actor
(1912)
For His Son
as Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)
(1912)
The Brave Hunter
as The Brave Hunter's Rival
(1912)
Won by a Fish
as The Woman's Father
(1912)
Hot Stuff
as Cigar Drummer
(1912)
The Speed Demon
as Racing Official
(1912)
Helen's Marriage
as Friend
(1912)
A Voice from the Deep
as On Roller Coaster
(1911)
A Victim of Circumstance
as The Husband
(1911)
The Lonedale Operator
as A Tramp
(1911)
The Last Drop of Water
as Undetermined Role
(1911)
His Trust
as Col. Frazier
(1911)
(1911)
The Making of a Man
as Leading Man
(1911)
The Long Road
as Wedding Guest
(1911)
The Ghost
as A Crook
(1911)
The Primal Call
as The Creditor
(1911)
The Baron
as The Baron / A Waiter
(1911)
The Adventures of Billy
as Rich Man
(1911)
When a Man Loves
as Mr. Bach
(1911)
Teaching Dad to Like Her
as Harry's Father
(1910)
The Modern Prodigal
as At Post Office
(1910)
A Plain Song
as The Manager
(1910)
The Message of the Violin
as The Baron
(1910)
Faithful
as Bystander
(1910)
The Two Brothers
as Manuel
(1910)
A Gold Necklace
as In Cafe
(1910)
The Usurer
as First Mover
(1910)
The Unchanging Sea
as The Rescuer
(1910)
(1910)
That Chink at Golden Gulch
as Gentleman Jim Dandy
(1910)
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
as A Suitor
(1910)
In the Border States
as Union Officer
(1910)
The Lesson
as Policeman
(1910)
The Oath and the Man
as Aristocrat
(1910)
A Child's Impulse
as At First Party / At Second Party
(1910)
A Child of the Ghetto
as The Proprietor
(1910)
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as A Tramp
(1910)
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
as A Cowboy
(1910)
The Gold Seekers
as The Claim Agent
(1910)
Over Silent Paths
as The Wanderer
(1910)
The Converts
as In Bar
(1910)
Ramona
as Man at Burial
(1910)
(1910)
The Newlyweds
as A Friend / On Train
(1909)
(1909)
(1909)
(1908)
Crew
(1927)
The Rambling Ranger
Director
(1925)
The Bad Lands
Director
(1925)
Accused
Director
(1924)
Battling Brewster
Director
(1924)
One Law for the Woman
Director
(1924)
Gambling Wives
Director
(1923)
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
Director
(1922)
Sure-Fire Flint
Director
(1922)
The Broken Silence
Director
(1921)
Dynamite Allen
Director
(1921)
Dead or Alive
Director
(1920)
The Dead Line
Director
(1919)
Love in a Hurry
Director
(1919)
Three Green Eyes
Director
(1919)
Hit or Miss
Director
(1919)
Courage for Two
Director
(1918)
The Road to France
Director
(1918)
The Beloved Blackmailer
Director
(1918)
Who Loved Him Best?
Director
(1918)
The Impostor
Director
(1918)
My Wife
Director
(1918)
Hitting the Trail
Director
(1918)
By Hook or Crook
Director
(1918)
The Golden Wall
Director
(1917)
A Girl Like That
Director
(1917)
Please Help Emily
Director
(1917)
The Beautiful Adventure
Director
(1917)
Her Second Husband
Director
(1917)
Outcast
Director, Producer
(1916)
Wife and Auto Trouble
Director
(1916)
Because He Loved Her
Director
(1916)
A Coney Island Princess
Director
(1915)
Merely A Married Man
Director
(1915)
Those Bitter Sweets
Director
(1915)
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
Director
(1915)
Ambrose's Fury
Director
(1915)
For Better - But Worse
Director
(1915)
A Bear Affair
Director
(1914)
'Curses!' They Remarked
Director
(1914)
Gussle, the Golfer
Director
(1914)
The Plumber
Director
(1914)
Bertha, the Buttonhole-Maker
Director
(1914)
Liberty Belles
Director
(1913)
Red Hicks Defies the World
Director
(1913)
The Suffragette Minstrels
Director
(1913)
Pa Says
Director
(1913)
For the Son of the House
Director
(1913)
Highbrow Love
Director
(1913)
The Power of the Camera
Director
(1913)
The Widow's Kids
Director
(1913)
The Lady in Black
Director
(1913)
Papa's Baby
Director
(1913)
Almost a Wild Man
Director
(1913)
Black and White
Director
(1913)
Father's Chicken Dinner
Director
(1913)
A Woman in the Ultimate
Director
(1913)
A Modest Hero
Director
(1913)
What Is the Use of Repining?
Writer, Director
(1913)
Those Little Flowers
Director
(1912)
(1912)
The Fickle Spaniard
Director
(1912)
(1912)
The Speed Demon
Story
(1912)
Getting Rid of Trouble
Director
(1912)
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
Director
(1911)
Bobby the Coward
Writer
(1911)
Love in the Hills
Writer
(1910)
The Lesson
Writer
(1910)
The Modern Prodigal
Writer