Marshall Neilan

Biography

Marshall Neilan was a pioneering American actor and filmmaker whose career spanned the early silent era. He began acting in live theatre as a teenager and made his film debut in 1912, working with Kalem Studios before directing over thirty films within a year of joining the company. As an actor, he is notable for his role as Senator Worthington Fuller in Elia Kazan's "A Face in the Crowd" (1957).