John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.
2011Blazing the Trail: The O'Kalems in IrelandMovie
1927The ClawMovieDirector
1926The White Black SheepMovieDirector
1926The Amateur GentlemanMovieDirector1926Ranson's FollyMovieDirector
1925The Best PeopleMovieDirector
1925Not So Long AgoMovieDirector
1925The CharmerMovieDirector
1925Salome of the TenementsMovieDirector
1924The Only WomanMovieDirector1924Monsieur BeaucaireMovieDirector1924The Humming BirdMovieDirector1923The Green GoddessMovieDirector1923Little Old New YorkMovieDirector1922Timothy's QuestMovieDirector1921Pardon My FrenchMovieDirector
1921God's Country and the LawMovieDirector
1921The Right WayMovieDirector
1919Marriage for ConvenienceMovieDirector
1916The Daughter of MacGregorMovieDirector
1916The SmugglersMovieDirector
1916The Innocent LieMovieDirector1916Poor Little PeppinaMovieDirector
1916DiplomacyMovieDirector
1916My Lady Incog.MovieDirector
1915The Ghost of Twisted OaksMovieDirector1915Madame ButterflyMovieDirector
1915Bold Emmett, Ireland's MartyrMovieas Con Daly · Writer · Producer · Director
1915The Seven SistersMovieDirector
1915All for Old IrelandMovieDirector · Writer
1915The Moth and the FlameMovieDirector
1915The Railroad Raiders of '62Movieas Captain Andrews (archive footage) (uncredited) · Director
1914Come Back to ErinMovieDirector
1914For Ireland's SakeMovieas Father Flanagan · Director · Writer
1913Uncle Tom's CabinMovieDirector
1913The Wives of JamestownMovieDirector
1912Ireland, the OppressedMovieas Father Falvey · Director
1912The Little GluersMovieas Capt. Sidney Keirnan · Director1912From the Manger to the CrossMovieas Blind Man (uncredited) · Director
1912The Poacher's PardonMovieDirector
1912The Darling of the CSAMovieDirector
1912Winning a WidowMovieDirector
1912Tragedy of the DesertMovieDirector
1912Captured by BedouinsMovieDirector
1912An Arabian TragedyMovieDirector
1912Dust of the DesertMovieDirector1912You Remember EllenMovieDirector
1912Far from Erin's IsleMovieDirector1912His MotherMovieDirector1911The Colleen BawnMovieas Danny Mann · Director1911Rory O'MoreMovieDirector
1911Railroad Raiders of '62Movieas Capt. Andrews · Director
1911When the Dead ReturnMovieDirector1911By a Woman's WitMovieDirector1910The Girl Spy Before VicksburgMovieDirector
1910The Little Spreewald MaidenMovieas Hans - Frieda's Peasant Sweetheart · Director1910The Lad from Old IrelandMovieas Terry O'Connor · Director
1910The Evil Artist or a Girl WrongedMovieDirector
1910The Navajo's BrideMovieDirector
1910The Further Adventures of the Girl SpyMovieDirector
1909A Slave to DrinkMovieDirector
1909The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil WarMovieDirector1908EvangelineMovieDirector1907Ben HurMovieDirector
19052 A.M. in the SubwayMovieas Drunk Man