Cyril Gardner

Cyril Gardner (30 May 1898 - 30 December 1942) was a French-born American actor, film director, editor and screenwriter.

Gardner was born Cyril Gottlieb in Paris, France in 1898 and emigrated to the United States at an early age, where he changed his surname to 'Gardner'. He began his career as a child actor, most notably in a starring role in the 1913 Thomas H. Ince-directed Cilvil War drama The Drummer of the 8th, opposite child star Mildred Harris.

Selected filmography

Director

Declassee (1925) editor

The Trespasser (1929) editor

Grumpy (1930) The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) Reckless Living (1931) Doomed Battalion (1932) Perfect Understanding (1933) Big Business (1934) Widow's Might (1935)

Screenwriter

Chick (1936)

Editor

Prisoners of the Pines (1918) Whispers (1920)

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1898 births

1942 deaths

American film directors

American male screenwriters

American male film actors

American male silent film actors

French emigrants to the United States

Male actors from Paris

20th-century American male actors

20th-century American male writers

20th-century American screenwriters