Dell Henderson
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film. Born in the Southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas, Dell Henderson started his acting career on the stage, but appeared in his first movie Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court already in 1908. Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith since 1909 and appeared in numerous of his early shorts in Hollywood. He also acted on a less prolific basis in the movies of producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios. In addition to acting, Henderson also directed nearly 200 silent films between 1911 and 1928. Most of those films are forgotten or lost, but he also directed movies with silent stars like Harry Carey and Roscoe Arbuckle. Henderson also worked as a writer on numerous screenplays. After retiring from directing in 1927, Henderson turned to acting full-time and played important supporting roles in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and as General Marmaduke Pepper in Show People (1928). The advent of sound film damaged his acting career, and he often had to play smaller roles. In the 1930s, the comedic character actor appeared on several occasions as a comic foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, W. C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. He often played somewhat pompous figures like judges, businessmen, detectives or mayors. Modern audiences will remember Henderson as annoyed hospital president Dr. Graves in The Three Stooges film Men in Black and the put-upon chaperone in the Little Rascals film Choo-Choo!. He also appeared as a Night Court Judge in Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936) and as a friendly Car salesman in Leo McCarey's drama Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). Henderson ended his film career after numerous small roles in 1950. Henderson died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 79. He was married with actress Florence Lee until his death, they made several silent films together.
Known for
Credits
Show People (1928)
as Colonel Pepper
The Awful Truth (1937)
as Vance's Butler (uncredited)
Big Money (1930)
Actor
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Flunky (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
as Extra (uncredited)
The Ghost (1911)
as A Crook
Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Fast Work (1930)
as Old Faithful
You're Telling Me! (1934)
as Mayor (as Del Henderson)
Young People (1940)
as Eddie's Father (uncredited)
Love Affair (1939)
as Cafe Manager (uncredited)
Undercurrent (1946)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Dave's Love Affair (1911)
Actor
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
as Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
as Doorman (uncredited)
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
as Detective (uncredited)
The Great Morgan (1945)
as Film Character (uncredited)
Main Street After Dark (1945)
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Gambler
Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
Actor
Hot Tip (1935)
as Sheriff
Choo-Choo! (1932)
as Mr. Henderson
Wells Fargo (1937)
as Customer
The Brave Hunter (1912)
as The Brave Hunter's Rival
The Crowd (1928)
as Dick
On Your Guard (1933)
as Detective Calvin Carter - aka O'Hara
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Those Bitter Sweets (1915)
as The Rival
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
as Stagecoach Passenger
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
as Salesman
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Little Big Shot (1935)
as Policeman
The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
as Lord Gold
For Better - But Worse (1915)
as The Police Chief's Daughter's Romeo
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1916)
as Aunt Mary's Sweetheart
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
as Plainclothes Detective (uncredited)
In Walked Charley (1932)
as Delbert Henderson
The Tenderfoot's Triumph (1910)
as A Cowboy
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
as Benson (uncredited)
The Clinging Vine (1926)
as B. Harvey Doolittle
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
as Sam
Frontier Marshal (1939)
as Dave Hall
The Champ (1931)
as The Doctor (uncredited)
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
as Southerner (uncredited)
Artists & Models (1937)
as Lord (uncredited)
Taming a Husband (1910)
as Nobleman
Men with Wings (1938)
as Chairman
Skip the Maloo! (1931)
as Mr. Benson
Helen's Marriage (1912)
as Friend
The Power of the Camera (1913)
as Second Convict
The Face at the Window (1910)
as The Butler
Millionaires in Prison (1940)
as Dell, Deputy Taking Vander to Prison (uncredited)
The Gold Seekers (1910)
as The Claim Agent
The Daring Young Man (1935)
as Mayor
The Sunbeam (1912)
as The Bachelor
The Widow's Kids (1913)
as The Traveling Man
Bottoms Up (1934)
as Lane Worthing
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Doorman (uncredited)
A Knight of the Road (1911)
as The Hobo
The Mystery Man (1935)
as Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager
The Texas Rangers (1936)
as Citizen (uncredited)
The Message of the Violin (1910)
as The Baron
The Broken Cross (1911)
as The Manicurist's Friend
The Power of the Press (1928)
as Bill Johnson
It's a Gift (1934)
as Mr. Abernathy
Wrong Again (1929)
as Painting owner
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
as House Manager
The Missing Juror (1944)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The New Dress (1911)
Actor
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
as American Attaché (uncredited)
The Big Brain (1933)
as (uncredited)
The Patsy (1928)
as Pa Harrington
Men in Black (1934)
as Dr. Graves (uncredited)
Too Much Harmony (1933)
as Small Town Theatre Manager
Getting Gertie's Garter (1927)
as Barry Scott
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
as Hotel Guest in Hammock (uncredited)
Gold Is Not All (1910)
as Tom Darrell
Rebellious Daughters (1938)
as Mr. Stanley - First Victim
Here Comes Cookie (1935)
as Lloyd
Looser Than Loose (1930)
as Mr. Henderson
Lone Cowboy (1933)
as Mr. Burton (uncredited)
The Two Paths (1911)
as Worker
Papa's Baby (1913)
as Papa Binks
A Voice from the Deep (1912)
as On Roller Coaster
Once More, My Darling (1949)
as Hotel Clerk
Thundering Tenors (1931)
as Senator D.H. Henderson
Hitch Hike Lady (1935)
as Williams
The Lonedale Operator (1911)
as A Tramp
The Massacre (1912)
as In Wagon Train
3 Kids and a Queen (1935)
as Reporter
Up a Tree (1930)
as Del - Publicity Promoter
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
as Blake's Associate (uncredited)
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)
Actor
Teaching Dad to Like Her (1911)
as Harry's Father
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
as Ritz Amsterdam Manager
Newly Rich (1931)
as Director
Little Orvie (1940)
as Mr. Brown
The Salvation Army Lass (1909)
Actor
Hit the Deck (1929)
as Admiral
Riley the Cop (1928)
as Judge Coronelli
Night of Goblins (1930)
as Housekeeper
The Speed Demon (1912)
as Racing Official
The Mender of Nets (1912)
as The Rival's Brother
Ramona (1910)
as Man at Burial
The Usurer (1910)
as First Mover
That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910)
as Gentleman Jim Dandy
The Sins of the Children (1930)
as Ted Baldwin
A Gold Necklace (1910)
as In Cafe
Fighting Blood (1911)
as A Soldier
Thunder in the Night (1935)
as Ambassador - Party Guest
A Child of the Ghetto (1910)
as The Proprietor
The Adventures of Billy (1911)
as Rich Man
The Newlyweds (1910)
as A Friend / On Train
The Modern Prodigal (1910)
as At Post Office
Something Simple (1934)
as Tanhauser
Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)
as Rescuer
Rainbow Over Broadway (1933)
as Bowers
Goldie Gets Along (1933)
as Mr. Moon
The Engagement Ring (1912)
as Redmond
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (1933)
as The Masque
The Unchanging Sea (1910)
as The Rescuer
The Making of a Man (1911)
as Leading Man
Wilful Peggy (1910)
Actor
When a Man Loves (1911)
as Mr. Bach
The Primal Call (1911)
as The Creditor
His Trust (1911)
as Col. Frazier
Free Eats (1932)
as Mr. Moran
His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
Actor
Helping Grandma (1931)
as Henderson
A Child's Impulse (1910)
as At First Party / At Second Party
For His Son (1912)
as Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)
A Victim of Circumstance (1911)
as The Husband
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit (1912)
as Dick
The Oath and the Man (1910)
as Aristocrat
Mr. Bride (1932)
as J. P. Henderson
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931)
Actor
Arizona Terrors (1942)
as President McKinley
The Grand Bounce (1937)
as Harry Briggs (uncredited)
The Last Drop of Water (1911)
as Undetermined Role
Faithful (1910)
as Bystander
Off to Buffalo (1929)
as Charley's boss
Help! Help! (1912)
as Office Worker
The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
as House Detective
Over Silent Paths (1910)
as The Wanderer
The Lesson (1910)
as Policeman
Whispering Whoopee (1930)
as Mr. Henderson
All Teed Up (1930)
as Judge Quirt
The Song of the Wildwood Flute (1910)
as A Suitor
The Fatal Chocolate (1912)
as The City Beau
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court (1908)
Actor
Bigger and Better (1930)
as Mr. Kornman
The Converts (1910)
as In Bar
The Baron (1911)
as The Baron / A Waiter
Haunted at Midnight (1931)
as Housekeeper
The Broken Locket (1909)
Actor
The Furs (1912)
as The Husband
When the Fire-Bells Rang (1912)
as An Actor
Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910)
as A Tramp
In the Border States (1910)
as Union Officer
The Long Road (1911)
as Wedding Guest
Unexpected Help (1910)
Actor
Chiselers of Hollywood (1930)
Actor
The Chump Takes a Bump (1939)
as Elias J. Smart
The Two Brothers (1910)
as Manuel
Is Everybody Happy? (1928)
Actor
Hot Stuff (1912)
as Cigar Drummer
Getting a Raise (1930)
Actor
Won by a Fish (1912)
as The Woman's Father
Slightly Static (1935)
as Mr. Campbell (as Del Henderson)
A Plain Song (1910)
as The Manager