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Otis B. Thayer | |
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| Born | Otis Bryant Thayer[1] 1862 |
| Died | August 16, 1935 (aged 72–73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Obie |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1919 – 1928 |
| Spouses | Lily Adele Frey (m. 1883)Gertrude M. Cavagna
(m. 1903–1935) |
Otis Bryant Thayer (1862 – August 16, 1935) was an American actor, director, producer and owner of silent era film production companies. Before his film career he was a stage actor and operatic comedian.[2] By 1910, he piloted the Chicago based Selig Polyscope Company filming westerns on locations at Canon City. He founded the Art-O-Graf film company of Denver in 1919. And by 1920, he was the president of the "Superior Foto Play Company."[3][4][5][6][7][8]
- ^ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23S-S3VC : 18 May 2016), Otis Bryant Thayer in entry for Florence Marguerite Thayer, 29 Nov 1890; Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 31823, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
- ^ New York Dramatic Mirror, April 29, 1919
- ^ Film and Photography on the Front Range", page 170-193
- ^ Motion Picture World (USA) 17 July 1920, pg. 334, "Thayer Nearly Drowned"
- ^ Motion Picture World (USA) 1 March 1919, pg. 1237, "Franklyn Farnum Signed for Art-O-Graf Feature"
- ^ Motion Picture World (USA) 11 December 1915, pg. 2036, "Otis B. Thayer in New York"
- ^ Motion Picture World (USA) 30 January 1915, pg. 688, "Thayer a Master Hand at Mountain Pictures"
- ^ Motion Picture World (USA) 19 December 1914, pg. 1703, "Pike's Peak Film Company"