Alfred Paget
Alfred Paget was born in London, England June 2, 1879,
and he appeared in 244 films between 1908 and 1918. He entered
military school when he was 16 "where his aptitude in riding
placed him in the cavalary." He served in South Africa in
the Royal Horse Guard of the British Army and received the Queen's
South Africa Medal. He came to the United States, and after a
short time on the stage, entered the movies with D.W. Griffith
at the old Biograph studios in New York in 1908 appearing in many
of Griffith's earliest films for the studio. Almost all of his
11-year career was spent with Griffith appearing in many of his
most famous shorts, as well as portraying King Belshazzar in the
epic "Intolerance" (1916). He continued to appear in
Triangle-Fine Arts Productions during his last few years, but
not necessarily under the directorial supervision of Griffith.
It appears that his first film away from the Griffith sphere was
"Big Timber" (1917) which starred Kathlyn Williams and
Wallace Reid and was produced by the Oliver Morosco Photoplay
Company. He also appeared in three Fox features, "Aladdin
and His Wonderful Lamp" (1917) with Frances Carpenter and
Virginia Lee Corbin, a Tom Mix feature, "Cupid's Roundup"
(1918), and "The Girl With the Champagne Eyes" (1918)
with Jewel Carmen. For whatever reason, his last film, "When
A Girl Loves" (1919) for Lois Weber Productions, wasn't released
until 1919, several months after he had left Hollywood. In April
1918, he enrolled in the Canadian Expeditornary Force and was
assigned to the 34th Fort Garry Horse Depot Squadron in Winnipeg
as an instructor. His premature death is reported in an October
16, 1919, article in the San Bernardino County (CA) Sun
newspaper, "Mr. Page was a native of London, England, and
a year ago last April enlisted with the Canadian forces in Los
Angeles, being sent to Winnipeg and enrolled in the Fort Garry
Horse (Regiment), where previous experience in the English Calvary
in the Boer War, in which he participated when a mere youth, made
his services particularly valuable as an instructor. It was this
same value which held him in the barracks at Winnipeg when he
longed to be overseas in action." The article goes on to
say, "During the summer he contracted a form of malarial
fever, and while convalescent took pneumonia, which became serious
because of a heart complication . . ." Paget passed away
at the Manitoba Military Hospital in Winnipeg, Canada, on October
9, 1919. He was survived by his wife, Leila Halstead Paget.
Selected films of this star available for viewing:
An Arcadian Maid (1910)
The House With Closed Shutters (1910)
The Userer (1910)
Enoch Arden (1911)
The Last Drop of Water (1911)
The Girl and Her Trust (1912)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
The Burglar's Dilemma (1912)
Judith
of Bethulia (1914)
The Lamb
(1915)
Intolerance (1916)
Aladdin
and the Wonderful Lamp (1917)
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