John Bunny
Birthday: 1863-09-20
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Biography: John Bunny (September 21, 1863 – April 26, 1915) was an American actor. Bunny began his career as a stage actor, but transitioned to a film career after joining Vitagraph Studios around 1910. At Vitagraph, Bunny made over 150 short films – many of them domestic comedies with the comedian Flora Finch – and became one of the most well-known actors of his era.
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Yesterday and Today
A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the m...
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The Leading Lady
"The Irish Washerwoman" is to be produced by Manager Mathew Talon. The cast is all engaged but the l...
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At Scrogginses' Corner
The general store at Scrogginses' Corner is the favorite lounging and meeting place for the citizens...
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The Feudists
The Craigs and Smiths, next-door neighbors, are the best of friends until Smith builds a chicken hou...
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Gertie the Dinosaur
Although not the first feature-length animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first carto...
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Kitty and the Cowboys
Fatty comes up with a plan to prank his cowboy buddies. He announces that his sister Kitty is coming...
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The Wooing of Winifred
In order to inherit their uncle's property, two cousins must marry each other....
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Treasure Trove
Patience and Anne, two spinsters of the old school of aristocratic birth, have managed to keep up ap...
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Ups and Downs
Unless Marion Norman's intended husband can support her in the same style in which her father has, M...
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Madge of the Mountains
Harry Brownley, son of a rich New Yorker, reads a newspaper account of U.S. Revenue officers' plan t...
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Love's Old Dream
An old maid vies with a beautiful young student for the affections of an elderly professor....
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A Cure for Pokeritis
This domestic comedy depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin sta...
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The Adventure of the Shooting Party
The lost 3rd part of the film The Pickwick Papers, directed by Laurence Trimble, appeared in 1913. T...
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Troublesome Secretaries
A frustrated, protective father tries to stop his secretaries from falling in love with his charming...
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Her Crowning Glory
A widower becomes infatuated with his daughter's governess, to the displeasure of the child and her ...
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His Sister's Children
Harry Burton's sister and her husband are suddenly called away for a few days on business and telegr...
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Captain Jenks' Dilemma
Mrs. Brown, who is a widow, finds it a rather difficult matter to clothe and feed her large family o...
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A Tale of Two Cities
An early film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent ...
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The First Violin
Old Von Shultz, the first violin, finds as he grows older a longing for companionship. Hurrying from...
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Hearts and Diamonds
Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores bas...
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Captain Jenks' Diplomacy
Sir Brian, an irascible old gentleman, who suffers from gout, receives a note saying his son Gerald ...
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An Eventful Elopement
Emphatically opposed to Jack Moss, old Mr. McGillicuddy puts the ban on his marriage to his daughter...
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The Pickpocket
A John Bunny comedy short featuring his usual leading lady Flora Finch. Confusion over a stolen tick...
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Irene's Infatuation
Irene and Helen are worshipers at the shrine of Frangiapani, the tenor of the hour. When he sings at...
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The Honeymooners
No sooner have Jimmy and Mary, a newly-married couple, entered their new home when Jimmie receives a...
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Pandora’s Box
A maid accidentally switches gift boxes causing untold havoc in a household....
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Vanity Fair
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the positio...
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Little Nemo
Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wil...
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Polishing Up
When his wife goes away on vacation, a husband decides to use that time to do a little "playing arou...
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Bunny and the Bunny Hug
Norman Winthrop, a surveyor, accidentally meets John Bunny, an Irish watchman of a building. He intr...
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Bunny Backslides
While Flora Winslow, a widow is engaged to Bunny, she attends a lecture on eugenics and decides that...
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Tangled Tangoists
John and Flora meet at a ball, but neither can do these modern dances, so they sit out… and run into...
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The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers comprised three reels, individually titled "The Adventure of the Honourable Even...
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In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath
Bunny purchases a Vapor Bath, guaranteed to make the fat thin and do the trick with neatness. In his...
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Ida's Christmas
A poor young girl finds a purse and returns it to its owner, who decides to reward her honesty....
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The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton
An old doctor hires a young new doctor to join his practice, particularly to attract women for more ...
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The New Stenographer
A capable but homely new hire becomes ill and recommends her beautiful cousin during leave. The boss...
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Doctor Bridget
A silent comedy in which a sick young boy gets healthy after a regime of hard work, and does not com...
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Mr. Bunny in Disguise
LOST FILM. A comedy in which Johan has no desire to meet the unmarried Sarah, and so has his friend ...
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Diamond Cut Diamond
A silent comedy in which a jealous woman wants to catch her husband in the act of infidelity....
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Bunny All at Sea
On his trip to Europe, Bunny is very much disturbed because he fails to make his usual impression wi...
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The Troublesome Step-Daughters
A widower with four grown daughters remarries and brings his new wife home to meet them. The girls s...
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Mr. Bolter's Infatuation
Mr. Bolten is hoping to woo the dancer Céleste and invites her for coffee. Her answer is that she wi...
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Those Troublesome Tresses
Farce in which two neighbouring couples test each other's jealousy. The women decide to make the men...
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Stenographer Troubles
A comic one-act film featuring the character Bunny, which takes place in an office....
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When the Press Speaks
Comedy of a bachelor who succumbs to the charms of love and deserts 'the boys' who had given him up ...
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The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty
A woman in a crowded trolley car accidentally puts a locket with her picture in it into a man's pock...
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Bunny's Honeymoon
Bunny's niece has a beau who is so addicted to drink that her father will not permit her to marry hi...
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Bunny's Suicide
A tragicomedy in which the suicide attempt of the character Bunny is seen by a neighbour, who quickl...
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Freckles
A comedy in which a man secretly has his pustules removed. His secrecy leads his wife to believe tha...
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Stenographer Wanted
Two businessmen need to hire a stenographer, but their wives get suspicious when they notice a parad...
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Suing Susan
A romantic comedy in which two new neighbours initially cannot get along, but their staff get along ...
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The Film Parade
Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the mo...
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A Train of Incidents
Two young people, Betty Browne and Billy, are set to inherit money if they marry, but each imagines ...
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Seeing Double
A wife attempts to cure her husband Binks's addiction to alcohol by bringing the Misses Simms, ident...
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Three Black Bags
"Slick-Fingered Mag must he captured, or I will know the reason why!" These are the proud words of D...
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Bunny's Dilemma
John Bunny gets into an awful stew when he hears from his Aunt Eliza that she is coming to visit him...
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The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
Mrs. Nag objects to her husband having a pretty female stenographer in his office, and orders him to...
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Two Overcoats
Solomon keeps a clothing store, he has in stock two overcoats of exactly the same make and pattern. ...
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Doctor Cupid
Love! What a wonderful thing is love. Cupid is a specialist in aching hearts and for sick men and ma...
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The Locked House
Bunny receives a shock upon reading about the attempted assassination of the Mayor of New York. He l...
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The Vases of Hymen
Annette and Bunny each purchase one of a pair of antique vases, then meet and argue over who should ...
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The Old Maid's Baby
Bunny is rejected by Flora when her dog destroys his hat and gloves and she goes on a trip. She secr...
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Father's Flirtation
Betty is away at college when her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Bunny, come to visit. Mr. Bunny goes for a str...
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A Change in Baggage Checks
Two vaudeville performers, Steve Jenks and Stella Triplight, receive urgent bookings in different to...
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The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction
The story centers on Flapjack Ike (played by John Bunny), a dominant local figure or "autocrat" in t...
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