Harry Solter

Biography

Career Overview

Harry Solter has 221 screen credits in a career dating back to 1908. Signature works include A Burglar’s Mistake, The Roue’s Heart, The Hindoo Dagger. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

221

Birth Date

1873-11-17 00:00:00

Birth Place

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Known For

• A Burglar’s Mistake
• The Roue’s Heart
• The Hindoo Dagger
• The Brahma Diamond
• The Sacrifice
• The Reckoning

Frequent Collaborators

• D.W. Griffith (11 collaborations)
• Marion Leonard (5 collaborations)
• Arthur V. Johnson (5 collaborations)
• Florence Lawrence (4 collaborations)
• Charles Inslee (3 collaborations)
• John R. Cumpson (3 collaborations)
• George Gebhardt (3 collaborations)
• Adele DeGarde (2 collaborations)
• Robert Harron (2 collaborations)
• Linda Arvidson (2 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (2 credits)

  • The Sage Hen

    story

    writing
    1921
  • The Taming of the Shrew

    writer

    writing
    1908

• directing (134 credits)

  • The Wife He Bought

    director

    directing
    1918
  • The Lash of Power

    director

    directing
    1917
  • The Spotted Lily

    director

    directing
    1917
  • The Face on the Screen

    director

    directing
    1916
  • The Man Who Was Never Kissed

    director

    directing
    1914
  • A Mysterious Mystery

    director

    directing
    1914
  • Counterfeiters

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Honor of the Humble

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Mad Man’s Ward

    director

    directing
    1914
  • Her Ragged Knight

    director

    directing
    1914
  • A Singular Cynic

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Doctor’s Testimony

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Disenchantment

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Bribe

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Pawns of Destiny

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Little Mail Carrier

    director

    directing
    1914
  • Diplomatic Flo

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Honeymooners

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Stepmother

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Law’s Decree

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The False Bride

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Romance of the Photograph

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Coryphee

    director

    directing
    1914
  • A Girl and Her Money

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Influence of Sympathy

    director

    directing
    1913
  • Unto the Third Generation

    director

    directing
    1913
  • His Wife’s Child

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Spender

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Girl O’ the Woods

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Closed Door

    director

    directing
    1913
  • The Lady Leone

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Sisters

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Redemption of Riverton

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Angel of the Studio

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Betty’s Nightmare

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Tangled Relations

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Advent of Jane

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Flo's Discipline

    director

    directing
    1912
  • All for Love

    director

    directing
    1912
  • After All

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Winning Punch

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Her Cousin Fred

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Chance Shot

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Mill Buyers

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Taking a Chance

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Players

    director

    directing
    1912
  • In Swift Waters

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Not Like Other Girls

    director

    directing
    1912
  • The Surgeon’s Heroism

    director

    directing
    1912
  • A Village Romance

    director

    directing
    1912
  • Art Versus Music

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Girlish Impulse

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Head for Business

    director

    directing
    1911
  • His Chorus Girl Wife

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Aunt Jane’s Legacy

    director

    directing
    1911
  • One on Reno

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Rural Conqueror

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Maniac

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Slavey’s Affinity

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Matchmaker

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Life Saver

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Story of Rosie’s Rose

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Romance of Pond Cove

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Rebellious Blossom

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Through Jealous Eyes

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Her Two Sons

    director

    directing
    1911
  • During Cherry Time

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Snare of Society

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Always a Way

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Little Rebel

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Higgenses Versus Judsons

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Duke de Ribbon Counter

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Professor’s Ward

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Game of Deception

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The State Line

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Good Turn

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Her Humble Ministry

    director

    directing
    1911
  • That Awful Brother

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Fascinating Bachelor

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Sheriff and the Man

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Hoyden

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Two Fathers

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Opportunity and the Man

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Wife’s Awakening

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Her Child's Honor

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Her Artistic Temperament

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Actress and the Singer

    director

    directing
    1911
  • His Friend, the Burglar

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Vanity and Its Cure

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Nan’s Diplomacy

    director

    directing
    1911
  • The Test

    director

    directing
    1911
  • A Show Girl’s Strategem

    director

    directing
    1911
  • Age Versus Youth

    director

    directing
    1911
  • His Bogus Uncle

    director

    directing
    1911
  • All the World’s a Stage

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Pressed Roses

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Debt

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Right Girl

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Taming of Jane

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Senator’s Double

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Once Upon a Time

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Irony of Fate

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Mistake

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Old Heads and Young Hearts

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Time-Lock Safe

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Call of the Circus

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Game for Two

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Nichols on a Vacation

    director

    directing
    1910
  • A Reno Romance

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Eternal Triangle

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Doctor's Perfidy

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Two Men

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The New Shawl

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Maelstrom

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Rosary

    director

    directing
    1910
  • His Second Wife

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Miser’s Daughter

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Transfusion

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Stage Note

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Broken Oath

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Mother Love

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Governor’s Pardon

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Jane and the Stranger

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Blind Man’s Tact

    director

    directing
    1910
  • Justice in the Far North

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Tide of Fortune

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Right of Love

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Winning Punch

    director

    directing
    1910
  • The Awakening of Bess

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Lest We Forget

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Her Generous Way

    director

    directing
    1909
  • The Forest Ranger’s Daughter

    director

    directing
    1909
  • Love's Stratagem

    director

    directing
    1909

• actors (85 credits)

  • The Two Paths

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Restoration

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • They Would Elope

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Slave

    Deletrius

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Renunciation

    Sam Walters

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Cardinal's Conspiracy

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Her First Biscuits

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Son's Return

    The Employer

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Violin Maker of Cremona

    The Judge

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • What Drink Did

    The Boss

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Cricket on the Hearth

    Tackleton

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Winning Coat

    Duke

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • A Drunkard's Reformation

    Man in the Play

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • A Burglar’s Mistake

    Henry Newman

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Deception

    Harvey's Friend

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Lure of the Gown

    Enrico

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Salvation Army Lass

    Bob Walton

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Roue’s Heart

    Monsieur Flamant

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Prussian Spy

    Count Lopes

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • At the Altar

    Man on Street

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Hindoo Dagger

    Jack Windom

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Curtain Pole

    Mr. Edwards

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Brahma Diamond

    A Tourist

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Girls and Daddy

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Cord of Life

    On Street

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Welcome Burglar

    Ben Harris

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

    Guest

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Fascinating Mrs. Francis

    Young Man's Father

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Criminal Hypnotist

    The Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Sacrifice

    Mr. Hardluck

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • A Rural Elopement

    Hungry Henry

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Honor of Thieves

    Mr. Einstein

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Love Finds a Way

    One of the Daughter's Suitors

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Maniac Cook

    Mr. Holland

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • One Touch of Nature

    Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Helping Hand

    Bill Wolfe

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Mr. Jones at the Ball

    Guest at Ball

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Christmas Burglars

    One of Mike's Assistants

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • An Awful Moment

    Judge Mowbray

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Test of Friendship

    The Butler / Foreman

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Reckoning

    The Husband

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Feud and the Turkey

    Mr. Caufield

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Money Mad

    First Villain

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Valet's Wife

    Postman

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • A Woman's Way

    A Camper

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Song of the Shirt

    Employer / In Second Restaurant

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Guerrilla

    Confederate Soldier / Union Soldier

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Taming of the Shrew

    Katharina's Father

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • After Many Years

    Tom Foster

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Concealing a Burglar

    Mr. Wells

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Call of the Wild

    Lieutenant Penrose

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Planter's Wife

    Tom Roland

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Vaquero's Vow

    Gonzales

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Ingomar, the Barbarian

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Father Gets in the Game

    Son

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Zulu's Heart

    The Boer

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Devil

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Stolen Jewels

    Mr. Jenkins

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • A Smoked Husband

    Maid's Accomplice

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Where the Breakers Roar

    At the Beach

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Heart of O Yama

    Spy

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Red Girl

    Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Girl and the Outlaw

    Nellie's Father

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court

    McPheeney's Aide

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Betrayed by a Handprint

    Mr. Wharton

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • For a Wife's Honor

    Frank Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Balked at the Altar

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • For Love of Gold

    Thief / Butler

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Fatal Hour

    Pong Lee

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Man and the Woman

    Priest

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • A Calamitous Elopement

    Frank

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora

    Police Sergeant

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Deceived Slumming Party

    Chinese

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Tavern Keeper’s Daughter

    Old Man

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Stage Rustler

    Man in Bar

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Kentuckian

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • 'Ostler Joe

    Wedding guest

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Thompson's Night Out

    Theatre Patron

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • When Knights Were Bold

    Nobleman

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • The Sculptor's Nightmare

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • Hulda's Lovers

    Extra

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • King of the Cannibal Islands

    Heinie Holtzmeyer

    actor

    actors
    1908
  • A Famous Escape

    Prison guard

    actor

    actors
    1908