Tom Santschi

Biography

Tom Santschi was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era. Additionally, he directed numerous films during the mid 1910s.

Career Overview

Tom Santschi has 151 screen credits in a career dating back to 1909. Signature works include Isle of Lost Men, Into No Man's Land, The Law and the Man. 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

151

Birth Date

1880-10-24 00:00:00

Birth Place

Crystal City, Missouri, USA

Known For

• 

  Isle of Lost Men
• Into No Man's Land
• 

  The Law and the Man
• Land of the Lawless
• The Pride of the Force
• The Street of Tears

Frequent Collaborators

• Crauford Kent (2 collaborations)
• James A. Marcus (1 collaborations)
• Maude George (1 collaborations)
• Paul Weigel (1 collaborations)
• Jules Cowles (1 collaborations)
• Allen Connor (1 collaborations)
• Patsy O'Leary (1 collaborations)
• Sailor Sharkey (1 collaborations)
• Josephine Norman (1 collaborations)
• Jack Dougherty (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (127 credits)

  • Trapped

    Capt. William Baxter

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Ten Nights in a Bar-room

    Simon Slade

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • King of the Wild

    Harris

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Phantom of the West

    Bud Landers

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • River's End

    Shotwell

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Utah Kid

    Butch

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Fourth Alarm

    Benjamin Griffith

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Du Barry, Woman of Passion

    Bit role (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Paradise Island

    Dutch Mike Lutze

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Shannons of Broadway

    Bradford

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Wagon Master

    Jake Lynch

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Yellowback

    Jules Breton

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Land of the Silver Fox

    Butch Nelson

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Isle of Lost Men

    Captain Jan Jodahl

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Into No Man's Land

    Thomas Blaisdell

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Honor Bound

    Mr. Mortimer

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Vultures of the Sea

    Grim Hawley - Sea Captain

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Law and the Man

    Dan Creedoon

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Land of the Lawless

    Kelter

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Haunted Ship

    Glenister

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Adventurous Soul

    Captain Svenson

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Cruise of the Hellion

    Kilroy

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Old San Francisco

    Captain Stoner - in Prologue

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • When a Man Loves

    Captain of Convict Boat

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Land Beyond the Law

    Bob Crew

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Eyes of the Totem

    Philip La Rue

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Tracked by the Police

    'Sandy' Sturgeon

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Hills of Kentucky

    Ben Harley

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Overland Stage

    Hawk Lespard

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Jim the Conqueror

    Sam Black

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Third Degree

    Daredevil Daley

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Desert's Toll

    Jasper

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Forlorn River

    Bill Hall

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Hidden Way

    Bill

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Her Honor, the Governor

    Richard Palmer

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Hands Across the Border

    Breen

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Siberia

    Alexis Vetkin

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • My Own Pal

    August Deering

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Primrose Path

    Big Joe Snead

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Pride of the Force

    Police Officer Moore

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Paths to Paradise

    Chief of Detectives Callahan

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • My Neighbor's Wife

    Inventor

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Night Ship

    Captain Jed Hobbs

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Barriers Burned Away

    Hon. Bill Cronk

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Street of Tears

    Jim Carlson

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Life's Greatest Game

    Jack Donovan

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Little Robinson Crusoe

    Captain Dynes

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Right of the Strongest

    'Babe' Davis

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Storm Daughter

    'Brute' Morgan

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Thundering Dawn

    Gordon Van Brock

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Tipped Off

    'The Fox,' Dan Grogan

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Is Divorce a Failure?

    Smith

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Are You a Failure?

    Kildevil Brenon

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Brass Commandments

    Campan

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Daring Danger

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Heart of Doreon

    Doreon

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Spirit of the Lake

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Honor of Rameriz

    Rameriz

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Mother o' Dreams

    Tom

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The North Wind's Malice

    Roger

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Cradle of Courage

    Tierney

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Eve in Exile

    John Sheen

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Her Kingdom of Dreams

    Tom Langley (as Thomas Santschi)

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Broken Commandments

    John Radd

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • In Search of Arcady

    Lascho

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Stronger Vow

    Pedro Toral

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Love That Dares

    Perry Risdon

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Railroader

    Clive Standish

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Little Orphant Annie

    Dave Johnson

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Code of the Yukon

    Dan Cregan

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Hell Cat

    Jim Dyke

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Still Alarm

    Jack Manley

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The City of Purple Dreams

    Daniel Fitzhugh

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Who Shall Take My Life?

    Big Bill O'Shaughnessy (as Thomas Santschi)

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Beware of Strangers

    John Mentor

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Garden of Allah

    Boris Androvsky

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Crisis

    Stephen Brice

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Adventures of Kathlyn

    Bruce

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Blood Seedling

    Allan Golyer

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • In the King's Service

    Rupert

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Heart of Paro

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Octopus

    Thatcher Thole

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Girl and the Reporter

    Ned Pelton - Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell

    John Callahan

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Jaguar Trap

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Two Natures Within Him

    Reverend William Morris

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Lion's Mate

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Great Experiment

    John Morning

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Red Blood of Courage

    Roscoe Harding

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Primitive Way

    Billy Vaughan

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • His Fighting Blood

    Sam Buck

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Lassoing a Lion

    Simon Valjon

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Sealed Package

    Gilbert Howell

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Leopard's Foundling

    Peter Herman

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The King's Will

    John Bruce

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Forged Parchment

    John Bruce

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Warrior Maid

    John Bruce

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Spellbound Multitude

    John Bruce

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Spoilers

    Alex McNamara

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Cruel Crown

    John Bruce

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Garden of Brides

    John Bruce

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Three Bags of Silver

    John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • A Colonel in Chains

    John Bruce

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Royal Slave

    John Bruce

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Two Ordeals

    John Bruce

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Adventures of Kathlyn

    John Bruce

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Thor, Lord of the Jungles

    Jan Karl

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Alone in the Jungle

    Bob Arden

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • In the Long Ago

    The Indian Warrior

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Alas! Poor Yorick!

    Deranged Actor

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Greater Wealth

    Ed Young

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Mike's Brainstorm

    Mike Rosenberg

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Kings of the Forest

    Fritz - Sona's Husband

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Monte Cristo

    Danglars

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Mate of the Alden Bessie

    The 'Sea Lawyer'

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Maid at the Helm

    Stone - First Mate of the Dakota

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The New Superintendent

    Bill Rooney - a Workman

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Lost in the Jungle

    Undetermined Role

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Shipwrecked

    Joe Runyon

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Blacksmith's Love

    Joe Saunders - the Blacksmith

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Back to the Primitive

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • In Old California When the Gringos Came

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Sergeant

    Soldier

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Courtship of Miles Standish

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • Briton and Boer

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Ben's Kid

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • In the Sultan's Power

    actor

    actors
    1909

• directing (23 credits)

  • The Baby and the Leopard

    director

    directing
    1915
  • A Jungle Revenge

    director

    directing
    1915
  • Young Love

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Vengeance of Rannah

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Blood Seedling

    director

    directing
    1915
  • In the King's Service

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Heart of Paro

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Octopus

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Girl and the Reporter

    director

    directing
    1915
  • How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Jaguar Trap

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Two Natures Within Him

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Lion's Mate

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Great Experiment

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Jungle Stockade

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Fork in the Road

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Guardian's Dilemma

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Red Blood of Courage

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Primitive Way

    director

    directing
    1915
  • His Fighting Blood

    director

    directing
    1915
  • Lassoing a Lion

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Sealed Package

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Sanitarium

    director

    directing
    1910

• writing (1 credits)

  • The Octopus

    scenario writer

    writing
    1915