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Burr McIntosh

{{short description|American actor}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Burr McIntosh

| image = Burr McIntosh, c. 1918.jpg

| caption = Burr McIntosh, 1918

| birth_name = William Burr McIntosh

| birth_date = {{birth date|1862|8|21}}

| birth_place = Wellsville, Ohio, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|4|28|1862|8|21}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, US

| yearsactive = 1880s–1934

| occupation = Lecturer, photographer, film studio owner, silent film actor, author, publisher

}}

William Burr McIntosh (August 21, 1862 – April 28, 1942) was an American lecturer, photographer, film studio owner, silent film actor, author, publisher of The Burr McIntosh Monthly,[http://www.things-and-other-stuff.com/magazines/burr-mcintosh.html Burr McIntosh] A Timeline of His Life and Review of the Burr McIntosh Monthly. reporter and a pioneer in the early film and radio business.

Life and career

He was born in Wellsville, Ohio, the son of William A. McIntosh (died 1921) and his wife Minerva née Bottenberg (died 1883)."Death of Mrs. W. A. McIntosh", Pittsburgh Daily Post, January 10, 1883, p. 4 His father was the president of a public company, New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company, and a member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.[https://home.nps.gov/jofl/learn/historyculture/people.htm "Johnstown Flood – People"]. NPS.gov., accessed April 17, 2010 The club's activities were blamed (but the members were not held legally responsible) for the failure of the South Fork Dam, which caused the Johnstown Flood in 1889 that resulted in the loss of over 2,200 lives in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. His sister Nancy McIntosh, an operatic soprano, was the protege, adopted daughter and heiress to the estate of W. S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan.Stone, David. [https://www.gsarchive.net/whowaswho/M/McIntoshNancy.htm Nancy McIntosh] at Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, August 17, 2005, accessed April 17, 2010

McIntosh graduated from Lafayette College in 1884, where he was an athleteSmith, J. Donald. "Who Was Nancy McIntosh?", Sir Arthur Sullivan Society Magazine, No. 104, Winter 2020/21, pp. 8–35 and became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.

He began as a stage actor and then moved into silent films. His most enduring role was Squire Bartlett, who banished the character played by Lillian Gish from his home and into the cold Maine winter in D.W. Griffith's classic film, Way Down East (1920). Miss Gish described McIntosh as a gentle giant, "always apologizing for having to treat me so cruelly". He appeared in 53 films between 1914 and 1934.

He died in Hollywood on April 28, 1942, aged 79, from a heart attack.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

''The Burr McIntosh Monthly''

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The Burr McIntosh Monthly was a monthly magazine started by Burr McIntosh which lasted from 1903–1910.[http://dlib.nyu.edu/eadapp/transform?source=nyhs/mcintosh.xml&style=nyhs/nyhs.xsl&part=body Guide to the Burr McIntosh Photograph Collection], [1900]-1910. It consisted mainly of photographs of famous people and landscapes, and was bound by string so as to encourage framing of the photographs.[http://www.things-and-other-stuff.com/magazines/burr-mcintosh.html Burr McIntosh] -- A Timeline of His Life and Review of the Burr McIntosh Monthly. It was published and edited by Burr McIntosh, with Clark Hobart as art director.

Selected filmography

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References

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External links

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  • {{Find a Grave|18666}}
  • [http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/mcintosh/index.html The Burr McIntosh Photograph Collection at the New York Historical Society]
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=cboaAAAAYAAJ&q=editions:NYPL33433060409863 The Burr McIntosh monthly], various digitized editions. From google books.

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Category:1862 births

Category:1942 deaths

Category:19th-century American male actors

Category:American male stage actors

Category:American magazine publishers (people)

Category:American male silent film actors

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:People from Wellsville, Ohio

Category:Male actors from Ohio

Category:Writers from Ohio

Category:Lafayette College alumni

Category:American photographers