Ralph Ince


Actor, Director
Ralph Ince

About

Also Known As
Ralph W. Ince
Birth Place
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Born
January 16, 1887
Died
April 11, 1937
Cause of Death
Traffic Accident

Biography

Prolific actor and director of the silent era whose reputation was nevertheless dwarfed by the achievements of his brother Thomas. After the advent of sound Ince made a living as a character actor, notably in "Little Caesar" (1930), before resuming his directing career in England in the early 1930s. Ince's brother John (1879-1947) was also an actor and director....

Biography

Prolific actor and director of the silent era whose reputation was nevertheless dwarfed by the achievements of his brother Thomas. After the advent of sound Ince made a living as a character actor, notably in "Little Caesar" (1930), before resuming his directing career in England in the early 1930s. Ince's brother John (1879-1947) was also an actor and director.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

The Perfect Crime (1937)
Director
The Man Who Made Diamonds (1937)
Director
It's Not Cricket (1937)
Director
Side Street Angel (1937)
Director
The Vulture (1937)
Director
Fair Exchange (1936)
Director
It's You I Want (1936)
Director
Twelve Good Men (1936)
Director
Jury's Evidence (1936)
Director
Hail and Farewell (1936)
Director
Mr. What's-His-Name (1935)
Director
Blue Smoke (1935)
Director
Crime Unlimited (1935)
Director
Rolling Home (1935)
Director
No Escape (1934)
Director
What's in a Name? (1934)
Director
A Glimpse of Paradise (1934)
Director
Murder at Monte Carlo (1934)
Director
Lucky Devils (1933)
Director
Flaming Gold (1933)
Director
Men of America (1932)
Director
La fuerza del querer (1930)
Director
Hurricane (1930)
Director
Hardboiled (1929)
Director
Coney Island (1928)
Director
Chicago After Midnight (1928)
Director
Danger Street (1928)
Director
Hit of the Show (1928)
Director
The Singapore Mutiny (1928)
Director
Not for Publication (1927)
Director
South Sea Love (1927)
Director
Wandering Girls (1927)
Director
Moulders of Men (1927)
Director
Shanghaied (1927)
Director
Home Struck (1927)
Director
Breed of the Sea (1926)
Director
Bigger Than Barnum's (1926)
Director
The Sea Wolf (1926)
Director
The Lone Wolf Returns (1926)
Director
The Better Way (1926)
Director
Alias Mary Flynn (1925)
Director
Playing With Souls (1925)
Director
Lady Robinhood (1925)
Director
Smooth as Satin (1925)
Director
Dynamite Smith (1924)
Director
The Uninvited Guest (1924)
Director
The Moral Sinner (1924)
Director
The House of Youth (1924)
Director
The Chorus Lady (1924)
Director
Counterfeit Love (1923)
Director
Success (1923)
Director
Homeward Bound (1923)
Director
A Wide-Open Town (1922)
Director
The Referee (1922)
Director
Reckless Youth (1922)
Director
Channing of the Northwest (1922)
Director
After Midnight (1921)
Director
Remorseless Love (1921)
Director
Wet Gold (1921)
Director
The Highest Law (1921)
Director
A Man's Home (1921)
Director
Tropical Love (1921)
Director
Red Foam (1920)
Director
His Wife's Money (1920)
Director
Out of the Snows (1920)
Director
A Stitch in Time (1919)
Director
The Wreck (1919)
Director
The Painted World (1919)
Director
Virtuous Men (1919)
Director
Out Yonder (1919)
Director
Sealed Hearts (1919)
Director
Shadows of the Past (1919)
Director
From Headquarters (1919)
Director
Too Many Crooks (1919)
Director
The Perfect Lover (1919)
Director
Two Women (1919)
Director
The Panther Woman (1918)
Director
Tempered Steel (1918)
Director
Our Mrs. McChesney (1918)
Director
The Eleventh Commandment (1918)
Director
Five Thousand an Hour (1918)
Director
Her Man (1918)
Director
Fields of Honor (1918)
Director
The Co-Respondent (1917)
Director
The Argyle Case (1917)
Director
To-Day (1917)
Director
His Wife's Good Name (1916)
Director
The Ninety and Nine (1916)
Director
The Destroyers (1916)
Director
My Lady's Slipper (1916)
Director
The Conflict (1916)
Director
The Combat (1916)
Director
The Sins of the Mothers (1915)
Director
The Juggernaut (1915)
Director
The Goddess (1915)
Director
The Awakening (1915)
Director
Two Women (1915)
Director
A Million Bid (1914)
Director
He Danced Himself to Death (1914)
Director
The Girl From Prosperity (1914)
Director
Shadows of the Past (1914)
Director
Uncle Bill (1914)
Director
Lincoln the Lover (1914)
Director
Four Thirteen (1914)
Director
A Prince of Evil (1913)
Director
The Forgotten Latchkey (1913)
Director
The Swan Girl (1913)
Director
A Regiment of Two (1913)
Director
The Lost Millionaire (1913)
Director
Why I Am Here (1913)
Director
The Moulding (1913)
Director
A Fighting Chance (1913)
Director
Love Laughs at Blacksmiths or Love Finds a Way (1913)
Director
His Last Fight (1913)
Director
Treasure of Desert Island (1913)
Director
Sweet Deception (1913)
Director
Her Choice (1912)
Director
The Ninety and Nine (1911)
Director
The Troublesome Secretaries; or, How Betty Outwitted Her Father (1911)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

The Perfect Crime (1937)
Rolling Home (1935)
Blue Smoke (1935)
No Escape (1934)
Lucky
Havana Widows (1933)
Butch O'Neill
Malay Nights (1933)
Jack Sheldon
The Lost Squadron (1932)
Jettick
The Pride of the Legion (1932)
Klafki
State's Attorney (1932)
Defense counsel
Girl of the Rio (1932)
O'Grady
The Tenderfoot (1932)
Dolan
The Mouthpiece (1932)
J. B.
Guilty As Hell (1932)
Jack Reed
Law and Order (1932)
Poe Northrup
Gorilla Ship (1932)
Captain [Gorilla] Larson
The County Fair (1932)
"Diamond" Barnett
Men of America (1932)
Cicero
Men of Chance (1932)
Joe Farley
The Hatchet Man (1932)
"Big Jim" Malone
Gentleman's Fate (1931)
Dante
The Big Gamble (1931)
Webb
Little Caesar (1931)
[Diamond] Pete Montana
Law of the Sea (1931)
Marty Drake
Star Witness (1931)
Maxey Campo
Hell Bound (1931)
Dorgan
The Big Fight (1930)
Chuck
Numbered Men (1930)
King Callahan
Wall Street (1929)
Roller McCray
The Singapore Mutiny (1928)
Kelsey
Chicago After Midnight (1928)
Jim Boyd
Shanghaied (1927)
Hurricane Haley
Not for Publication (1927)
"Big Dick" Wellman
The Better Way (1926)
Billie Woods
Yellow Fingers (1926)
Brute Shane
The Sea Wolf (1926)
"Wolf" Larsen
Breed of the Sea (1926)
Tod Pembroke/Tom Pembroke
Bigger Than Barnum's (1926)
Carl Ravelle
Wet Gold (1921)
John Cromwell
The Highest Law (1921)
Abraham Lincoln
Out of the Snows (1920)
Robert Holliday
The Sins of the Mothers (1915)
Mr. Raymond
Lincoln the Lover (1914)
Lincoln
His Last Fight (1913)
Acting
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1912)
Lincoln
The Seventh Son (1912)
The Lady of the Lake (1912)
The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1911)
One Flag at Last (1911)

Writer (Feature Film)

Hardboiled (1929)
Art titles
The Singapore Mutiny (1928)
Titles
The Last Door (1921)
Story
Virtuous Men (1919)
Scen
Virtuous Men (1919)
Story
The Eleventh Commandment (1918)
Story
The Argyle Case (1917)
Scen
To-Day (1917)
Scen
The Juggernaut (1915)
Story
Lincoln the Lover (1914)
Screenwriter
His Last Fight (1913)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

Not for Publication (1927)
Producer
The Highest Law (1921)
Supervisor
Her Man (1918)
Producer

Life Events

1934

Moved to England to direct for Warner Bros.

1937

Died when his wife, driving their car, hit an iron standard in Kensington Gardens; Ince struck his head on the dashboard

Videos

Movie Clip

Trailer

Family

John Ince
Brother
Actor, director.
Thomas H Ince
Brother
Director, producer, screenwriter, actor.

Bibliography