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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 4, 1877
Died
December 2, 1956
Place of Birth
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Del Henderson
- George Delbert "Dell" Henderson
- George Delbert Henderson
Dell Henderson
0.3 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.7
Hotel Guest in Hammock (uncredited)
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
5.7
Hotel Clerk
Once More, My Darling
1949
5.9
Party Guest (uncredited)
Undercurrent
1946
5.6
Benson (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
4.0
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Main Street After Dark
1945
5.5
Film Character (uncredited)
The Great Morgan
1945
6.0
Train Conductor (Uncredited)
The Missing Juror
1944
6.2
Flunky (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
6.1
Doorman (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
1943
6.2
American Attaché (uncredited)
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
Credits
Annie Get Your Gun
as Hotel Guest in Hammock (uncredited)
1950
6.7
Once More, My Darling
as Hotel Clerk
1949
5.7
Undercurrent
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1946
5.9
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Benson (uncredited)
1945
5.6
Main Street After Dark
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1945
4.0
The Great Morgan
as Film Character (uncredited)
1945
5.5
The Missing Juror
as Train Conductor (Uncredited)
1944
6.0
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Flunky (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Slightly Dangerous
as Doorman (uncredited)
1943
6.1
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as American Attaché (uncredited)
1942
6.2
The Major and the Minor
as Doorman (uncredited)
1942
7.0
Arizona Terrors
as President McKinley
1942
0.0
Young People
as Eddie's Father
1940
4.6
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Detective (uncredited)
1940
6.4
Millionaires in Prison
as Dell, Deputy Taking Vander to Prison (uncredited)
1940
6.0
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Ritz Amsterdam Manager
1940
4.5
Little Orvie
as Mr. Brown
1940
7.0
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
6.8
Fifth Avenue Girl
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
1939
6.9
Frontier Marshal
as Dave Hall
1939
6.2
The Chump Takes a Bump
as Elias J. Smart
1939
0.0
Love Affair
as Cafe Manager (uncredited)
1939
7.0
Men with Wings
as Chairman
1938
5.0
Rebellious Daughters
as Mr. Stanley - First Victim
1938
4.5
The Girl of the Golden West
as Stagecoach Passenger
1938
4.6
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Plainclothes Detective (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Wells Fargo
as Customer
1937
5.2
The Awful Truth
as Vance's Butler (uncredited)
1937
7.2
Artists & Models
as Lord (uncredited)
1937
6.0
The Grand Bounce
as Harry Briggs (uncredited)
1937
6.5
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Ed Weldon - Auto Salesman (uncredited)
1937
7.5
We Who Are About to Die
as Blake's Associate (uncredited)
1937
6.8
The Texas Rangers
as Citizen (uncredited)
1936
6.3
Hitch Hike Lady
as Williams
1935
6.8
3 Kids and a Queen
as Reporter
1935
6.0
Thunder in the Night
as Ambassador - Party Guest
1935
5.7
Slightly Static
as Mr. Campbell (as Del Henderson)
1935
0.0
Little Big Shot
as Policeman
1935
6.0
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Salesman
1935
7.5
Diamond Jim
as Gambler
1935
6.0
Here Comes Cookie
as Lloyd
1935
7.3
Hot Tip
as Sheriff
1935
5.0
The Daring Young Man
as Mayor
1935
0.0
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Sam
1935
7.1
The Mystery Man
as Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager
1935
5.4
It's a Gift
as Mr. Abernathy
1934
6.3
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as House Manager
1934
6.0
Men in Black
as Dr. Graves (uncredited)
1934
7.2
Something Simple
as Tanhauser
1934
4.0
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as House Detective
1934
6.0
Bottoms Up
as Lane Worthing
1934
4.8
You're Telling Me!
as Mayor (as Del Henderson)
1934
6.3
Lone Cowboy
as Mr. Burton (uncredited)
1933
2.7
Rainbow Over Broadway
as Bowers
1933
4.0
Too Much Harmony
as Small Town Theatre Manager
1933
5.0
The Big Brain
as (uncredited)
1933
0.0
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
as The Masque
1933
1.0
On Your Guard
as Detective Calvin Carter - aka O'Hara
1933
6.0
Goldie Gets Along
as Mr. Moon
1933
4.0
Mr. Bride
as J. P. Henderson
1932
5.5
Choo-Choo!
as Mr. Henderson
1932
6.7
In Walked Charley
as Delbert Henderson
1932
0.0
Free Eats
as Mr. Moran
1932
6.8
The Champ
as The Doctor (uncredited)
1931
7.1
Skip the Maloo!
as Mr. Benson
1931
6.0
Newly Rich
as Director
1931
3.0
Haunted at Midnight
as Housekeeper
1931
7.8
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931
5.0
Thundering Tenors
as Senator D.H. Henderson
1931
6.0
Helping Grandma
as Henderson
1931
6.7
Chiselers of Hollywood
1930
0.0
🎬
Up a Tree
as Del - Publicity Promoter
1930
0.0
Looser Than Loose
as Mr. Henderson
1930
4.0
🎬
Bigger and Better
as Mr. Kornman
1930
5.0
Night of Goblins
as Housekeeper
1930
6.0
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
1930
6.7
Fast Work
as Old Faithful
1930
6.5
The Sins of the Children
as Ted Baldwin
1930
4.3
🎬
Big Money
1930
0.0
All Teed Up
as Judge Quirt
1930
4.2
Whispering Whoopee
as Mr. Henderson
1930
5.9
🎬
Getting a Raise
1930
0.0
Hit the Deck
as Admiral
1929
9.0
Wrong Again
as Painting owner
1929
6.7
🎬
Off to Buffalo
as Charley's boss
1929
0.0
Riley the Cop
as Judge Coronelli
1928
5.6
Show People
as Colonel Pepper
1928
7.1
The Power of the Press
as Bill Johnson
1928
6.2
Is Everybody Happy?
1928
0.0
The Patsy
as Pa Harrington
1928
6.6
The Crowd
as Dick
1928
7.6
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Barry Scott
1927
7.3
The Clinging Vine
as B. Harvey Doolittle
1926
6.2
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
1916
7.1
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
as Aunt Mary's Sweetheart
1916
5.0
🎬
Those Bitter Sweets
as The Rival
1915
5.0
🎬
For Better - But Worse
as The Police Chief's Daughter's Romeo
1915
3.5
🎬
Papa's Baby
as Papa Binks
1913
0.0
🎬
The Widow's Kids
as The Traveling Man
1913
0.0
🎬
The Power of the Camera
as Second Convict
1913
0.0
The Massacre
as In Wagon Train
1912
5.9
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
as Dick
1912
4.0
The Speed Demon
as Racing Official
1912
4.0
Helen's Marriage
as Friend
1912
4.9
The Furs
as The Husband
1912
3.0
🎬
When the Fire-Bells Rang
as An Actor
1912
0.0
Won by a Fish
as The Woman's Father
1912
4.0
The Brave Hunter
as The Brave Hunter's Rival
1912
3.7
Help! Help!
as Office Worker
1912
4.3
Hot Stuff
as Cigar Drummer
1912
4.2
🎬
A Voice from the Deep
as On Roller Coaster
1912
7.0
The Engagement Ring
as Redmond
1912
4.0
The Sunbeam
as The Bachelor
1912
6.3
🎬
The Fatal Chocolate
as The City Beau
1912
0.0
The Mender of Nets
as The Rival's Brother
1912
5.8
For His Son
as Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)
1912
5.5
🎬
A Victim of Circumstance
as The Husband
1911
0.0
The Long Road
as Wedding Guest
1911
0.0
The Adventures of Billy
as Rich Man
1911
5.7
The Making of a Man
as Leading Man
1911
6.3
The Baron
as The Baron / A Waiter
1911
4.0
The Last Drop of Water
as Undetermined Role
1911
5.1
🎬
The Ghost
as A Crook
1911
0.0
The Primal Call
as The Creditor
1911
4.0
The Lonedale Operator
as A Tramp
1911
6.1
🎬
Teaching Dad to Like Her
as Harry's Father
1911
0.0
His Trust Fulfilled
1911
3.7
His Trust
as Col. Frazier
1911
4.1
When a Man Loves
as Mr. Bach
1911
4.0
The Lesson
as Policeman
1910
4.3
A Plain Song
as The Manager
1910
0.0
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
as A Suitor
1910
0.0
🎬
The Message of the Violin
as The Baron
1910
0.0
That Chink at Golden Gulch
as Gentleman Jim Dandy
1910
5.0
A Gold Necklace
as In Cafe
1910
5.5
The Oath and the Man
as Aristocrat
1910
4.5
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as A Tramp
1910
5.0
The Modern Prodigal
as At Post Office
1910
5.2
Wilful Peggy
1910
5.0
The Usurer
as First Mover
1910
5.0
Unexpected Help
1910
0.0
A Child's Impulse
as At First Party / At Second Party
1910
6.2
In the Border States
as Union Officer
1910
5.5
A Child of the Ghetto
as The Proprietor
1910
4.5
Ramona
as Man at Burial
1910
4.8
Over Silent Paths
as The Wanderer
1910
4.7
The Two Brothers
as Manuel
1910
0.0
The Unchanging Sea
as The Rescuer
1910
6.4
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
as A Cowboy
1910
0.0
Faithful
as Bystander
1910
4.5
🎬
The Gold Seekers
as The Claim Agent
1910
0.0
The Newlyweds
as A Friend / On Train
1910
5.0
🎬
Gold Is Not All
1910
0.0
🎬
The Converts
as In Bar
1910
0.0
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
3.2
The Broken Locket
1909
3.5
The Salvation Army Lass
1909
4.0
🎬
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
1908
2.5