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Elmer Clifford
Elmer S. Pond
Elmer Pond
Elmer Clifton Forsyth
Elmer Clifton
Directing
Biography
Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He was also a second-unit director for those films. Promoted to director in 1917, Clifton supervised several successful Fine Arts comedies starring Dorothy Gish while continuing to serve as Griffith's assistant. Their association culminated with the blockbuster "Way Down East" (1920). Clifton shot much…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
I Am Not a Racist
as Phil (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nina, the Flower Girl
as Jimmie
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Rhapsode (Babylonian Story)
The Missing Links
as Horace Gaylord
The Little School Ma'am
as Wilbur Howard
Acquitted
as Ned Fowler
The Old Folks at Home
as Steve Coburn
The Birth of a Nation
as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
The Lily and the Rose
as Allison Edwards
The Fox Woman
as Marashida