Dell Henderson
Known for: Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film. Born in the Southwestern Ontario city of St. Thomas, Dell Henderson started his acting career on the stage, but appeared in his first movie Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court already in 1908. Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith since 1909 and appeared in numerous of his early shorts in Hollywood. He also acted on a less prolific basis in the movies of producer Mack Sennett and his Keystone Studios. In addition to acting, Henderson also directed nearly 200 silent films between 1911 and 1928. Most of those films are forgotten or lost, but he also directed movies with silent stars like Harry Carey and Roscoe Arbuckle. Henderson also worked as a writer on numerous screenplays. After retiring from directing in 1927, Henderson turned to acting full-time and played important supporting roles in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and as General Marmaduke Pepper in Show People (1928). The advent of sound film damaged his acting career, and he often had to play smaller roles. In the 1930s, the comedic character actor appeared on several occasions as a comic foil for such comedians as The Three Stooges, W. C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy. He often played somewhat pompous figures like judges, businessmen, detectives or mayors. Modern audiences will remember Henderson as annoyed hospital president Dr. Graves in The Three Stooges film Men in Black and the put-upon chaperone in the Little Rascals film Choo-Choo!. He also appeared as a Night Court Judge in Laurel and Hardy's Our Relations (1936) and as a friendly Car salesman in Leo McCarey's drama Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). Henderson ended his film career after numerous small roles in 1950. Henderson died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 79. He was married with actress Florence Lee until his death, they made several silent films together.
Filmography
Film
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Extra (uncredited)
1916
Film
Show People
Colonel Pepper
1928
Film
The Awful Truth
Vance's Butler (uncredited)
1937
Film
Love Affair
Cafe Manager (uncredited)
1939
Film
Annie Get Your Gun
Hotel Guest in Hammock (uncredited)
1950
Film
Undercurrent
Party Guest (uncredited)
1946
Film
The Major and the Minor
Doorman (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Crowd
Dick
1928
Film
Make Way for Tomorrow
Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited)
1937
Film
Wells Fargo
Customer
1937
Film
The Champ
The Doctor (uncredited)
1931
Film
Young People
Eddie's Father (uncredited)
1940
Film
Du Barry Was a Lady
Flunky (uncredited)
1943
Film
Choo-Choo!
Mr. Henderson
1932
Film
Once Upon a Honeymoon
American Attaché (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Texas Rangers
Citizen (uncredited)
1936
Film
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
Film
Frontier Marshal
Dave Hall
1939
Film
Diamond Jim
Gambler
1935
Film
Hot Tip
Sheriff
1935
Film
Fifth Avenue Girl
Headwaiter (uncredited)
1939
Film
It's a Gift
Mr. Abernathy
1934
Film
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Benson (uncredited)
1945
Film
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
Film
Slightly Dangerous
Doorman (uncredited)
1943
Film
We Who Are About to Die
Blake's Associate (uncredited)
1937
Film
Stranger on the Third Floor
Detective (uncredited)
1940
Film
Little Big Shot
Policeman
1935
Film
You're Telling Me!
Mayor (as Del Henderson)
1934
Film
His Trust
Col. Frazier
1911
Film
The Mystery Man
Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager
1935
Film
Steamboat Round the Bend
Salesman
1935
Film
Main Street After Dark
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1945
Film
Fast Work
Old Faithful
1930
Film
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Southerner (uncredited)
1947
Film
3 Kids and a Queen
Reporter
1935
Film
The Big Brain
(uncredited)
1933
Film
Men with Wings
Chairman
1938
A Knight of the Road
The Hobo
1911
Film
The Great Morgan
Film Character (uncredited)
1945
Film
Riley the Cop
Judge Coronelli
1928
Big Money
1930
Film
The Two Paths
Worker
1911
Film
Bottoms Up
Lane Worthing
1934
Film
Millionaires in Prison
Dell, Deputy Taking Vander to Prison (uncredited)
1940
Film
Getting Gertie's Garter
Barry Scott
1927
Film
Too Much Harmony
Small Town Theatre Manager
1933
Film
The Sunbeam
The Bachelor
1912
Film
Ruggles of Red Gap
Sam
1935
Film
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Housekeeper (uncredited)
1930
Film
The Girl of the Golden West
Stagecoach Passenger
1938
Film
The Missing Juror
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1944
Film
Arsène Lupin Returns
Plainclothes Detective (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Daring Young Man
Mayor
1935
Film
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Ritz Amsterdam Manager
1940
Film
Taming a Husband
Nobleman
1910
Film
Here Comes Cookie
Lloyd
1935
The Ghost
A Crook
1911
Film
Thunder in the Night
Ambassador - Party Guest
1935
Film
Newly Rich
Director
1931
Film
Artists & Models
Lord (uncredited)
1937
The Blind Princess and the Poet
Lord Gold
1911
Film
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
House Manager
1934
Film
The Patsy
Pa Harrington
1928
Film
The Broken Locket
1909
Film
The Unchanging Sea
The Rescuer
1910
Film
The Power of the Press
Bill Johnson
1928
Film
The Notorious Sophie Lang
House Detective
1934
Film
The Massacre
In Wagon Train
1912
Film
Wrong Again
Painting owner
1929
Film
Something Simple
Tanhauser
1934
Film
Hitch Hike Lady
Williams
1935
Film
On Your Guard
Detective Calvin Carter - aka O'Hara
1933
Film
Men in Black
Dr. Graves (uncredited)
1934
Film
The Clinging Vine
B. Harvey Doolittle
1926
Film
Ramona
Man at Burial
1910
Film
Haunted at Midnight
Housekeeper
1931
Film
Once More, My Darling
Hotel Clerk
1949
Film
In the Border States
Union Officer
1910
Papa's Baby
Papa Binks
1913
Film
The Two Brothers
Manuel
1910
Film
Slightly Static
Mr. Campbell (as Del Henderson)
1935
Film
The Primal Call
The Creditor
1911
Film
A Gold Necklace
In Cafe
1910
Film
The Lonedale Operator
A Tramp
1911
Film
Thundering Tenors
Senator D.H. Henderson
1931
Film
Wilful Peggy
1910
Film
Hit the Deck
Admiral
1929
Film
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
The Masque
1933
Film
Free Eats
Mr. Moran
1932
Up a Tree
Del - Publicity Promoter
1930
Film
Helen's Marriage
Friend
1912
Film
Mr. Bride
J. P. Henderson
1932
Film
Little Orvie
Mr. Brown
1940
Film
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Aunt Mary's Sweetheart
1916
Film
The Usurer
First Mover
1910
Film
Rebellious Daughters
Mr. Stanley - First Victim
1938
Film
Enoch Arden: Part II
Rescuer
1911
Film
That Chink at Golden Gulch
Gentleman Jim Dandy
1910
Dave's Love Affair
1911
The Broken Cross
The Manicurist's Friend
1911
Film
Night of Goblins
Housekeeper
1930
The Face at the Window
The Butler
1910
Film
Chiselers of Hollywood
1930
Film
The Brave Hunter
The Brave Hunter's Rival
1912
Film
Rainbow Over Broadway
Bowers
1933
Film
A Child of the Ghetto
The Proprietor
1910
A Victim of Circumstance
The Husband
1911
The New Dress
1911
Film
A Plain Song
The Manager
1910
The Converts
In Bar
1910
Film
The Oath and the Man
Aristocrat
1910
The Gold Seekers
The Claim Agent
1910
Film
Whispering Whoopee
Mr. Henderson
1930
Film
The Speed Demon
Racing Official
1912
Film
Lone Cowboy
Mr. Burton (uncredited)
1933
Film
For His Son
Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)
1912
Film
Looser Than Loose
Mr. Henderson
1930
The Widow's Kids
The Traveling Man
1913
Film
The Newlyweds
A Friend / On Train
1910
Film
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
Film
The Sins of the Children
Ted Baldwin
1930
Film
The Making of a Man
Leading Man
1911
Film
All Teed Up
Judge Quirt
1930
Film
Those Bitter Sweets
The Rival
1915
Film
Arizona Terrors
President McKinley
1942
Film
Unexpected Help
1910
Gold Is Not All
Tom Darrell
1910
Film
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931
For Better - But Worse
The Police Chief's Daughter's Romeo
1915
Film
Goldie Gets Along
Mr. Moon
1933
Film
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
A Tramp
1910
Film
In Walked Charley
Delbert Henderson
1932
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
1908
Film
The Long Road
Wedding Guest
1911
Teaching Dad to Like Her
Harry's Father
1911
Film
Helping Grandma
Henderson
1931
Film
Won by a Fish
The Woman's Father
1912
Film
The Adventures of Billy
Rich Man
1911
Film
Skip the Maloo!
Mr. Benson
1931
Film
When a Man Loves
Mr. Bach
1911
The Power of the Camera
Second Convict
1913
Film
The Grand Bounce
Harry Briggs (uncredited)
1937
A Voice from the Deep
On Roller Coaster
1912
Film
Over Silent Paths
The Wanderer
1910
Film
The Last Drop of Water
Undetermined Role
1911
Film
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
Dick
1912
The Fatal Chocolate
The City Beau
1912
Film
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
A Cowboy
1910
Film
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
A Suitor
1910
The Message of the Violin
The Baron
1910
Off to Buffalo
Charley's boss
1929
The Lesson
Policeman
1910
Film
Fighting Blood
A Soldier
1911
Film
The Salvation Army Lass
1909
Film
Is Everybody Happy?
1928
Film
The Modern Prodigal
At Post Office
1910
Film
His Trust Fulfilled
1911
Film
The Mender of Nets
The Rival's Brother
1912
When the Fire-Bells Rang
An Actor
1912
Film
A Child's Impulse
At First Party / At Second Party
1910
Film
The Engagement Ring
Redmond
1912
Film
Help! Help!
Office Worker
1912
Film
Faithful
Bystander
1910
Bigger and Better
Mr. Kornman
1930
Film
Hot Stuff
Cigar Drummer
1912
Film
The Chump Takes a Bump
Elias J. Smart
1939
Film
The Baron
The Baron / A Waiter
1911
Film
The Furs
The Husband
1912
Getting a Raise
1930