For His Son is a 1912 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when Biograph Company and other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century. A print of the film survives today.
Cast
Charles Hill Mailes as The Father, a Physician
Charles West as The Son
Blanche Sweet as The Son's Fiancée
William Bechtel as In Office
Dorothy Bernard as The Secretary
W. Christy Cabanne as One of the Son's Friends / At Soda Fountain
Edward Dillon as At Soda Fountain
Edna Foster as At Soda Fountain
Robert Harron as At Soda Fountain
Dell Henderson as In Office
Grace Henderson as The Landlady
Harry Hyde as One of the Son's Friends
J. Jiquel Lanoe as At Soda Fountain
Alfred Paget as In Office
Gus Pixley as At Soda Fountain
W. C. Robinson as At Soda Fountain
Ynez Seabury as At Soda Fountain (as Inez Seabury) Kate Toncray as At Soda Fountain