Sunshine Dad

{{short description|1916 film by Edward Dillon}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Sunshine Dad

| image = Sunshine_Dad_(1916)_1.jpg

| caption = Fay Tincher and Chester Withey

| director = Edward Dillon

| producer = Fine Arts Film (aka D. W. Griffith)

| writer = Tod Browning (story)
Chester Withey (story & scenario)
F. M. Pierson (scenario)

| cinematography = Alfred Gosden

| editing =

| distributor = Triangle Film Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1916|04|23}}

| runtime = 5 reels

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

Sunshine Dad is a 1916 American silent comedy film produced by Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. It was directed by Edward Dillon, written by Tod Browning and 'Chet' Withey and starred stage comedian DeWolf Hopper. Hopper's year old son, William, appears in the film as a baby.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=14433 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Sunshine Dad][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SunshineDad1916.html Progressive Silent Film List: Sunshine Dad] at silentera.com

The film is also known as A Knight of the Garter.

A print is preserved at the Library of Congress.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.177 c.1978 by The American Film Institute