John R. Cumpson

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John R. Cumpson (August 30, 1866Template:SpndMarch 15, 1913) was an American stage and film actor. On Broadway, he appeared in Up York State in 1901.[1] With regard to his screen career, Cumpson appeared in at least 124 films between 1905 and 1912. A 1910 newspaper item described him as "the famous Swedish dialect comedian."[2]

Silent film star Florence Lawrence enjoyed working often with Cumpson at the Biograph Company in 1908 and 1909, although later, in an interview with Photoplay, she described him as essentially a humorless comedian:Template:Quote

Cumpson died of pneumonia and diabetes at Washington Heights Hospital in New York City. He was survived by a brother and two sisters.[3]

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Film still of Cumpson (wearing hat) co-starring in the Biograph short Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)

Selected filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1905 The White Caps
1908 Romance of a Jewess Customer
The Zulu's Heart Zulu warrior
The Call of the Wild Chinese servant
A Calamitous Elopement
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court Justice McPheeney
A Smoked Husband Mr. Benjamin Bibbs
Mr. Jones at the Ball Mr. Eddie Jones
1909 Mrs. Jones Entertains Mr. Eddie Jones
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party Mr. Eddie Jones
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals Mr. Eddie Jones
Jones and His New Neighbors Mr. Eddie Jones
His Wife's Mother Mr. Eddie Jones
Jones and the Lady Book Agent Mr. Eddie Jones
Her First Biscuits Mr. Eddie Jones
The Peachbasket Hat Mr. Eddie Jones
Jones' Burglar Mr. Eddie Jones
Mrs. Jones' Lover or I Want My Hat Mr. Eddie Jones
The Road to the Heart Chinese cook
Trying to Get Arrested Tramp
A Sound Sleeper Tramp[4]
Schneider's Anti-Noise Crusade Mr. Schneider
Those Awful Hats Theatre audience member Alternative title: Those Darn Hats
The Lonely Villa "At the Inn"
1910 How Bumptious Papered the Parlor Bumptious
Two Men Miner
Bumptious as a Fireman Bumptious
1911 Mr. Bumptious, Detective Bumptious
Billy's Séance Billy
The Child and the Tramp 3rd tramp
1912 Percy Learns to Waltz Percy
A Millionaire for a Day Fred Dudley
How Shorty Won Out Shorty
A Case of Dynamite Jonathan Jay
Ferdie, Be Brave Ferdie

References

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  4. "The Sound Sleeper (1909)", catalog, American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles, California. Retrieved March 2, 2021.

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