Colin Campbell (director)

{{other people||Colin Campbell (disambiguation){{!}}Colin Campbell}}

{{short description|American film director}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Colin Campbell

| image = Colin Campbell film director.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1859|10|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Scotland, United Kingdom

| death_date = {{death date and age|1928|8|26|1859|10|11|df=yes}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, United States

| yearsactive = 1911–1924

| occupation = Film director

}}

James Colin Campbell (11 October 1859 – 26 August 1928) was a film director, actor and screenwriter.{{cite book|publisher=Greenwood Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdEPgRJyVPIC&q=colin+campbell+a+wise+old+elephant&pg=PA65|date=1999|title=Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema|author=McCaffrey, Donald W.|author2=Jacobs, Christopher P.|isbn = 9780313303456}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13615350/james-colin-campbell/ |title=James Colin Campbell |work=Newspapers.com |date=27 August 1928 |page=1 |access-date=18 May 2020}} He directed more than 170 American films between 1911 and 1924; and wrote scripts for 60 films between 1911 and 1922. He was born in Scotland, and died in Hollywood, California.

Campbell married actress Blanche Crozier on March 2, 1912.California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1830-1980. California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com