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Theodore Wharton (1875-1931) fue un director de cine, productor y escritor estadounidense. Dirigió 48 películas en las décadas de 1910 y 1920, incluida The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford de 1915 con Oliver Hardy .

Biografía
Wharton nació el 12 de abril de 1875 en Milwaukee, Wisconsin . Era el hermano menor de Leopold Wharton (1870-1927), quien también se convirtió en director de cine.

En 1890, Wharton comenzó tanto en el aspecto comercial del teatro como en la actuación en Dallas, Texas. Trabajó para varias sociedades anónimas, incluida la de Augustin Daly hasta 1899, y luego se convirtió en director de escena. En 1907, visitó Edison Studios y trabajó allí hasta 1909. Durante los siguientes 3 años, escribió y dirigió muchos guiones para varios estudios, incluidos Essanay Studios.

En 1912, el gobierno de los Estados Unidos le encargó que produjera The Late Indian Wars, la primera película cinematográfica de siete carretes en Estados Unidos. Se filmó en locaciones de las grandes llanuras , con un guión del general Charles King y un gran elenco que incluía a otros generales y "Buffalo Bill" Cody .

El Whartons Studio abrió en Ithaca, Nueva York en 1914. Entre las estrellas que dirigió se encontraban Francis X. Bushman , Henry B. Walthall y Beverly Bayne. En la década de 1920, Wharton se mudó a Santa Cruz, California, promovido por el alcalde Fred Swanton.
Murió el 28 de noviembre de 1931 en Hollywood. wiki

Director (84 credits)
1920 The Moon Riders
1919 The Crooked Dagger
1919 The Red Peril
1918 Mission of the War Chest
1918 The Missionary
1918 The Eagle's Eye
1917 The Crusher
1917 The Great White Trail
1917 The Black Stork
1917 Patria (episodes 1-10)
1916 Beatrice Fairfax
1916 The Lottery Man
1916 The Mysteries of Myra
1916 Hazel Kirke
1916 The City
1916 Lord Southpaugh (Short)
1915 The Missing Heir (Short)
1915 Buying a Bank with Bunk (Short)
1915 A Stony Deal (Short)
1915 Apples and Eggbeaters (Short)
1915 Detective Blackie (Short)
1915 A Transaction in Summer Boarders (Short)
1915 A Bang Sun Engine (Short)
1915 A Trap for Trapp (Short)
1915 The Lilac Splash (Short)
1915 The Master Stroke (Short)
1915 A Rheumatic Joint (Short)
1915 Three Rings and a Goat (Short)
1915 The Bungalow Bungle (Short)
1915 The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford
1915 The Romance of Elaine
1915 The New Exploits of Elaine
1914 The Shanghai Man
1914 The Stolen Birthright (Short)
1914 The Exploits of Elaine
1914 The Fireman & the Girl (Short)
1914 A Prince of India
1914 A Change of Heart
1914 The Pawn of Fortune
1914 The Boundary Rider
1914 The Indian Wars
1913 Little Ned
1913 The Love Lute of Romany (Short)
1913 Dear Old Girl (Short)
1913 Tony, the Fiddler (Short)
1913 For Old Time's Sake (Short)
1913 Sunlight (Short)
1913 The Hermit of Lonely Gulch (Short)
1913 The Power of Conscience (Short)
1913 Tapped Wires (Short)
1913 A Brother's Loyalty (Short)
1913 Buster Brown, Tige and Their Creator, R.F. Outcault (Short)
1913 Into the North (Short)
1913 The Hero Coward (Short)
1912 The Virtue of Rags (Short)
1912 Football Days at Cornell (Documentary short)
1912 From the Submerged (Short)
1912 A Romance of the Dells (Short)
1912 Sunshine (Short) (as T.W. Wharton)
1912 The Snare (Short)
1912 The End of the Feud (Short)
1912 Neptune's Daughter (Short)
1912 The Voice of Conscience (Short)
1912 The Magic Wand (Short)
1910 The Maid of Niagara (Short)
1910 How Rastus Gets His Turkey (Short)
1910 The Other Way (Short)
1910 A Gambler's End (Short)
1910 Abraham Lincoln's Clemency
1910 The Motor Fiend (Short)
1910 The Mystery of Lonely Gulch (Short)
1910 A Summer Flirtation (Short)
1910 The Hoodoo (Short)
1910 A Simple Mistake (Short)
1910 An Arizona Romance (Short)
1910 The Appeal of the Prairie (Short)
1910 The Gambler's Wife (Short)
1910 Advertising for a Wife (Short)
1910 Her Photograph (Short)
1910 Tommy Gets His Sister Married (Short)
1910 The Cowboy's Sweetheart and the Bandit (Short)
1910 The Champion of the Race (Short)
1910 The Great Train Hold Up (Short)
1910 The Girl from Arizona (Short)
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Enlaces completados:
OK The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford (1915, Theodore Wharton)