David Kirkland

{{short description|American actor and director}}

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| name = David Kirkland

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| birth_date = November 26, 1878

| birth_place = San Francisco, California, United States

| death_date = October 27, 1964 (aged 85)

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, United States

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| occupation = Director, Actor

| yearsactive = 1911-1943 (film)

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David Kirkland (November 26, 1878 – October 27, 1964) was an American actor and film director of the silent and early sound eras.Munden p. 39{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqIYAQAAIAAJ&q=david+kirkland+actor+director | title=Silent Film Necrology| isbn=9780786410590| last1=Vazzana| first1=Eugene Michael| year=2001| publisher=McFarland}}

He was cast as Dr. Dopem in the Snakeville comedy series and directed several Keystone Studios comedy films.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_icAwAAQBAJ&q=david+kirkland+actor+director&pg=PA591 | title=Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel| isbn=9780786477111| last1=Walker| first1=Brent E.| date=2013-04-25| publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers}} He was a pallbearer at Virginia Rappe's funeral.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kaZuAAAAQBAJ&q=david+kirkland+actor+director&pg=PT192 | title=Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hol| isbn=9781613747957| last1=Merritt| first1=Greg| date=September 2013| publisher=Chicago Review Press}} Kirkland's 1920 film The Perfect Woman was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects|website=Academy Film Archive}}