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John G. Adolfi

{{short description|American actor, film director, and screenwriter}}

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| name = John G. Adolfi

| image = Silent film actor John Adolfi (SAYRE 1680).jpg

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| caption = Adolfi {{circa}} 1920

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|2|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|5|11|1888|2|19|mf=y}}

| death_place = British Columbia, Canada

| othername = Jack Adolfi
John G. Adolphi

| occupation = {{hlist|Silent film director|Actor|Screenwriter}}

| years_active = 1907–1933

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John Gustav Adolfi (February 19, 1888 – May 11, 1933) was an American silent film director, actor, and screenwriter who was involved in more than 100 productions throughout his career. An early acting credit was in the recently restored 1912 film Robin Hood.

Biography

He was born in New York City to Gustav Adolfi and Jennie Reinhardt. Adolfi entered films as an actor in The Spy: A Romantic Story of the Civil War in 1907, but after appearing in thirty or so films he switched roles and concentrated on directing until his death in 1933 from a brain hemorrhage in British Columbia, Canada while hunting bears.{{cite news|title=John G. Adolfi, Movie Director Guided Arliss In Several of His Films|work=New York Times |date=May 15, 1933}}{{cite magazine|title=Deaths|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745591,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122142607/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745591,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 22, 2010|magazine=Time|date=May 22, 1933|access-date=2008-07-20 }}

Filmography

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0012317|name=John G.Adolfi}}
  • [http://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-g-adolfi-p79089 John G. Adolf @ allmovie.com]
  • {{Find a Grave|18646}}
  • [http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/search/collection/sayre/searchterm/john%20adolfi/field/all/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress John G. Adolfi, as an actor in 1917](Univ. of Washington, J. Willis Sayre collection)

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Category:1888 births

Category:1933 deaths

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:American male silent film actors

Category:Film directors from New York City

Category:Male actors from New York City

Category:American silent film directors

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