James Morrison Wiki Biography
James Morrison is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Rugby, Warwickshire. In 2006, his debut single “You Give Me Something” became a hit in Europe, Australia, and Japan, peaking in the top five in the UK and claiming the number 1 spot in New Zealand. His debut a…
| Net Worth | $12 Million |
| Date Of Birth | August 13, 1984 |
| Place Of Birth | Rugby, United Kingdom |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Profession | Singer, Songwriter, Singer-songwriter, Guitarist |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Parents | Suzy Catchpole, Paul Catchpole |
| Partner | Gill |
| Nicknames | James Morrison Catchpole , Morrison, James |
| http://www.facebook.com/jamesmorrison | |
| http://www.twitter.com/jamesmorrisonok | |
| MySpace | http://www.myspace.com/jamesmorrisonmusic |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607174 |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| A Tale of Two Cities (1911) | $25 /week |
| Quote | |
|---|---|
| 1 | [about fellow Vitagraph star John Bunny] He looked down on anybody who wasn’t as great as he was. |
| 2 | [in 1970] Most of my films made me sick. I wanted to do more with them, but the material wasn’t there. |
| 3 | [on why he left films] Because I was fed up with them. Everyone thought I was so old, as I’d been in films so long. A Los Angeles paper called me “the perennial juvenile”, and I decided that was my exit line. |
| Fact | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Diminutive contract star at Vitagraph from 1911 to 1916, often in boyish roles. He was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and began in films, earning $25 a week. |
| 2 | After leaving the film industry, he taught drama and speech at Parker Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, NY, for 17 years. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Flappers | 1927 | ||
| The Impostor | 1926 | Gordon | |
| The Seventh Bandit | 1926 | Paul Scanlon | |
| The Count of Luxembourg | 1926 | Anatole | |
| Don’t | 1925 | Abel | |
| Wreckage | 1925 | Grant Demarest | |
| The Pride of the Force | 1925 | Jimmy Moore | |
| Captain Blood | 1924 | Jeremy Pitt | |
| Wine of Youth | 1924 | Clinton (1870 prologue) | |
| Held to Answer | 1923 | Rollie Burbeck | |
| On the Banks of the Wabash | 1923 | David | |
| The Unknown Purple | 1923 | Leslie Bradbury | |
| The Man Next Door | 1923 | Jimmy | |
| The Little Girl Next Door | 1923 | Jim Manning | |
| The Nth Commandment | 1923 | Harry Smith | |
| The Dangerous Age | 1923 | Bob | |
| Only a Shop Girl | 1922 | Charles Black | |
| Shattered Idols | 1922 | Lt. Walter Hurst / DavidHurst | |
| Handle with Care | 1922 | Phil Burnham | |
| The Little Minister | 1922 | Gavin Dishart | |
| Danger Ahead | 1921 | Norman Minot | |
| A Yankee Go-Getter | 1921 | Barry West | |
| Sowing the Wind | 1921 | Ned Brabazon | |
| Black Beauty | 1921/I | Harry Blomefield | |
| When We Were 21 | 1921 | Richard Audaine | |
| The Midnight Bride | 1920 | Robert Pitcairn – Jeanne’s sweetheart | |
| Love Without Question | 1920 | Robert Blackburn (as James W. Morrison) | |
| Sacred Silence | 1919 | Lt. Ralph Harrison | |
| Miss Dulcie from Dixie | 1919 | Orrin Castleton | |
| I’m on My Way | 1919 | Short uncredited | |
| How Could You, Caroline? | 1918 | Bob Worth | |
| Over the Top | 1918 | Albert Lloyd | |
| Moral Suicide | 1918 | Undetermined Role | |
| Life or Honor? | 1918 | James Manly / Aguinaldo | |
| Bashful | 1917 | Short uncredited | |
| Sins of Ambition | 1917 | Franklin Church | |
| Crazy by Proxy | 1917 | Short | |
| Babbling Tongues | 1917 | Paul Savary | |
| One Law for Both | 1917 | Ossip Pulaski | |
| Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation | 1917 | Philip Ward | |
| Two Men and a Woman | 1917 | ||
| A Tale of Two Cities | 1917 | Undetermined Role | |
| Enlighten Thy Daughter | 1917 | Harold Winthrop | |
| The Enemy | 1916 | Tommy Tinkle | |
| The Sex Lure | 1916 | Arthur Reynolds | |
| Phantom Fortunes | 1916 | Bob Deering | |
| The Dawn of Freedom | 1916 | Dick Cartwright | |
| The Alibi | 1916 | Arthur Mansfield | |
| The Redemption of Dave Darcey | 1916 | Dave Darcey | |
| The Man Hunt | 1916 | Short | Richard Ralston |
| The Hero of Submarine D-2 | 1916 | Gilman Austen | |
| The Little Trespasser | 1916 | Short | |
| For the Honor of the Crew | 1915 | Short | Dick Morgan |
| The Ruling Power | 1915 | Short | Hugh Williams – the Son |
| The Third Party | 1915 | Short | |
| From Out of the Big Snows | 1915 | Short | Harris |
| Mortmain | 1915 | Tom Forsythe | |
| What Did He Whisper? | 1915 | Short | |
| The Battle Cry of Peace | 1915 | Charley Harrison | |
| Four Grains of Rice | 1915 | Short | Sidney Rance |
| In the Days of Famine | 1915 | Short | Jan De Bar |
| Pawns of Mars | 1915 | Short | John – Florence’s Brother |
| Easy Money | 1915/II | Short | The Theatrical Manager |
| A Fortune Hunter | 1915 | Short | Rupert |
| A Wireless Rescue | 1915 | Short | Polly’s Sweetheart |
| Twice Rescued | 1915 | Short | Stephan Royston – Younger Son |
| A Madcap Adventure | 1915 | Short | Guy Dunbar |
| The Wheels of Justice | 1915 | Ralph Brooks | |
| The Man, the Mission and the Maid | 1915 | Short | Hal Gilman |
| Mother’s Roses | 1915 | Payne Morrison | |
| The Greater Love | 1914/I | Short | John Brown |
| Saved from a Life of Crime | 1914 | Short | Tom |
| Netty or Letty | 1914 | Short | Freddy – the Young Sweetheart |
| Too Much Burglar | 1914 | Short | |
| Within an Ace | 1914 | Short | Dick Anderson |
| The Love of Pierre Larosse | 1914 | Short | Jacques Javillier |
| Regan’s Daughter | 1914 | Short | Detective Phil Riordan |
| A Double Error | 1914 | Short | Earle Hewlett |
| The Unwritten Play | 1914 | Short | Old Silas Liversedge – the Father |
| The Honeymooners | 1914/I | Short | Jimmy – the Nephew |
| The Wheat and the Tares | 1914 | Short | Jim Stillwell |
| The Greater Motive | 1914 | Short | Bob Hammond aka The Battler |
| The Apple | 1914 | Short | Hugo Hunfalvy |
| My Official Wife | 1914 | Undetermined Role (unconfirmed, uncredited) | |
| The Soul of Luigi | 1914 | Short | Luigi |
| The False and the True | 1914 | Short | Tom Saunders |
| The Toll | 1914 | Short | John Steele |
| Two Stepchildren | 1914 | Short | Joe Leigh – an Artist |
| The Passing of Diana | 1914 | Short | Rodney Miller |
| The Crime of Cain | 1914 | Short | Wylie Stone |
| Miss Raffles | 1914 | Short | Ralph Lyons |
| Dorothy Danesbridge, Militant | 1914 | Short | Ernest Lardner |
| The Antique Engagement Ring | 1914 | Short | George Darrel |
| Fanny’s Melodrama | 1914 | Short | |
| The Vanity Case | 1914 | Short | Jack Upton |
| He Never Knew | 1914 | Short | Earle Castro |
| The Christian | 1914 | Brother Paul (as Mr. James W. Morrison) | |
| The Portrait | 1914 | Short | David – Mrs. Blair’s Son |
| A Pair of Frauds | 1914 | Short | |
| The Hero | 1914 | Short | |
| Iron and Steel | 1914 | Short | Carl Heiner |
| The First Endorsement | 1914 | Short | John Wild – Allen’s Son |
| Children of the Feud | 1914 | Short | Boone Morton Sr. |
| Marrying Sue | 1914 | Short | Percy |
| Wooing the Cook | 1914 | Short | |
| A Christmas Story | 1913 | Short | Jack Harvey – the Artist |
| Up in a Balloon | 1913 | Short | |
| The Swan Girl | 1913 | Short | |
| The Sale of a Heart | 1913 | Short | |
| A Homespun Tragedy | 1913 | Short | |
| He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law | 1913 | Short | The Husband |
| The Tiger Lily | 1913 | Short | |
| The Butler’s Secret | 1913 | Short | Wallace Dixon – Alfred’s Son |
| Tricks of the Trade | 1913 | Short | |
| Cupid Through a Keyhole | 1913 | Short | Harry Eschert – Lila’s Sweetheart |
| A Lady and Her Maid | 1913 | Short | Billy |
| Vampire of the Desert | 1913 | Short | Derrick Corday, William’s Son |
| The Web | 1913 | Short | Francis Phillips |
| The Modern Prodigal | 1913 | Short | Jack Gray, Their Son |
| Getting Up a Practice | 1913 | Short | One of the Doctor’s Friends |
| Beau Brummel | 1913 | Short | Lord Alvanley |
| Stenographer Troubles | 1913 | Short | Office Employee |
| The Volunteer Strike Breakers | 1913 | Short | Chester Colton |
| Betty’s Baby | 1913 | Short | George |
| Two of a Kind | 1913 | Short | Wallie |
| The Sepoy Rebellion | 1912 | ||
| A Marriage of Convenience | 1912 | Short | Billy Emerson, Mildred’s Fiancé |
| Following the Star | 1912 | Short | John Tobin |
| The Signal of Distress | 1912 | Short | The Stranger |
| Romance of a Rickshaw | 1912 | Short | Lt. Graham |
| A Modern Atalanta | 1912 | Short | Jim – Third Suitor |
| When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet | 1912 | Short | Young Man at Cotillion (uncredited) |
| As You Like It | 1912 | Silvius, a Shepherd | |
| The Adventure of the Italian Model | 1912 | Short | Aubrey, The Artist Under Suspicion |
| The Indian Mutiny | 1912 | Short | Jack Wilson – an Officer of the British Regiment in India |
| A Vitagraph Romance | 1912 | Short | Charles Mackay – a Young Author – Caroline’s Sweetheart |
| The Loyalty of Sylvia | 1912 | Short | Suitor |
| The Higher Mercy | 1912 | Short | Jasper Brinton, Mrs. Brinton’s Son |
| Coronets and Hearts | 1912 | Short | |
| Tommy’s Sister | 1912 | Short | Tommy Morgan |
| Saving an Audience | 1912 | Short | Mark |
| The Two Battles | 1912 | Short | Young Mayford – Gladys’s Brother |
| The Heart of Esmeralda | 1912 | Short | Duncan Miller |
| Suing Susan | 1912 | Short | James – Gordon’s Valet |
| The Miracle | 1912/I | Short | The Palace Poet |
| The Black Sheep | 1912/I | Short | Percival Summers – Clara’s Sweetheart |
| The Foster Child | 1912 | Short | Jack – the Adopted Son (as James W. Morrison) |
| On the Pupil of His Eye | 1912 | Short | Herbert – Senator Walker’s Nephew |
| Yellow Bird | 1912 | Short | Edith’s Sweetheart (as J.W. Morrison) |
| The Cylinder’s Secret | 1912 | Short | |
| An Eventful Elopement | 1912 | Short | Jack Moss – the Girl’s Sweetheart |
| The Serpents | 1912 | Short | Gregg |
| Dr. LaFleur’s Theory | 1912 | Short | The Criminal’s Right-Hand-Man |
| The Pink Pajama Girl | 1912 | Short | James Davidson – Cecilia’s Fiancé |
| Captain Jenks’ Diplomacy | 1912 | Short | Sir Brian’s Son, Gerald (as Mr. Morrison) |
| At Scrogginses’ Corner | 1912 | Short | A Young Sculptor |
| The Seventh Son | 1912 | Short | Harry Beecham, Janet’s Seventh Son |
| She Never Knew | 1912 | Short | James |
| Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes | 1912 | Short | Harry Brown – the Young Man Who Finds Belle’s Dancing Shoes |
| Lulu’s Anarchist | 1912 | Short | Tom – a Reporter |
| A Cure for Pokeritis | 1912 | Short | |
| The Struggle | 1912 | Short | Howard Peyton |
| The First Violin | 1912 | Short | |
| Willie’s Sister | 1912 | Short | Willie Green |
| The Younger Brother | 1911/I | Short | The Younger Werner Brother |
| The Life Boat | 1911 | Short | The Son |
| A Message from Beyond | 1911 | Short | Jack Morrison – the Son |
| Kitty and the Cowboys | 1911 | Short | Cowboy |
| The Fighting Schoolmaster | 1911 | Short | Phil Gardner – Nellie’s Brother |
| The Mate of the ‘John M’ | 1911 | Short | Mandy’s School Chum’s Brother |
| Over the Chafing Dish | 1911 | Short | |
| Cherry Blossoms | 1911 | Short | The Classmate |
| The Death of King Edward III | 1911 | Short | |
| The Strategy of Anne | 1911 | Short | Bob |
| She Came, She Saw, She Conquered | 1911 | Short | Jack Hally |
| The Geranium | 1911 | Short | Daniel Briton, the Huckster |
| The Subduing of Mrs. Nag | 1911 | Short | |
| The Battle Hymn of the Republic | 1911 | Short | |
| When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins | 1911 | Short | Jack Howard |
| Troublesome Secretaries | 1911 | Short | |
| Easter Babies | 1911 | Short | The Father |
| Betty Becomes a Maid | 1911 | Short | |
| A Tale of Two Cities | 1911 | Short | Peasant Brother (uncredited) |