Wallace McCutcheon Sr.

Biography

Wallace McCutcheon Sr., referred to affectionately as "Old Man McCutcheon" by members of the Biograph stock company, was, by 1907, indeed one of the senior figures in American film production. Little is known of his background, but he had apparently moved into the early film industry from stage direction. Under the encouragement of his friend Frank Marion, McCutcheon began working as a supervisor and director for American Mutoscope in 1897, continuing with them after their reorganization as American Mutoscope & Biograph in 1899. McCutcheon Sr.'s wealth of credits are often mixed up with the small handful of films directed by his son, Wallace McCutcheon Jr. (1884–1928). Sources indicate he also went by the name of George McCutcheon.

Directed

1. A Winter Straw Ride (1906) — Director
2. The Black Hand (1906) — Director
3. Personal (1904) — Director
4. From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies (1906) — Director
5. Three American Beauties (1906) — Director
6. How They Rob Men in Chicago (1900) — Director
7. The White Caps (1905) — Director
8. Panorama from Times Building, New York (1905) — Director
9. Her First Adventure (1908) — Director
10. The Escaped Lunatic (1904) — Director
11. The Sculptor's Nightmare (1908) — Director
12. The Moonshiner (1904) — Director
13. Getting Evidence (1906) — Director
14. The Nihilist (1905) — Director
15. At the French Ball (1908) — Director
16. The Invisible Fluid (1908) — Director
17. Grandpa's Reading Glass (1902) — Director
18. Mixed Babies (1908) — Director
19. The Widow and the Only Man (1904) — Director
20. The Boy Detective, or The Abductors Foiled (1908) — Director
21. Classmates (1908) — Director
22. Caught by Wireless (1908) — Director
23. Falsely Accused! (1908) — Director
24. When Knights Were Bold (1908) — Director
25. King of the Cannibal Islands (1908) — Director
26. A Total Accident (1903) — Director
27. Thompson's Night Out (1908) — Director
28. Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker (1908) — Director
29. The King's Messenger (1908) — Director
30. The Stage Rustler (1908) — Director
31. The Kentuckian (1908) — Director
32. The Man in the Box (1908) — Director
33. The Lost Child (1904) — Director
34. The Yellow Peril (1908) — Director
35. Hulda's Lovers (1908) — Director
36. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (1903) — Director
37. Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America (1907) — Director
38. The Chicken Thief (1904) — Director
39. Bobby's Kodak (1908) — Director
40. The Princess in the Vase (1908) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Moonshiner (1904)