Paul William "Tom" Santschi (October 24, 1880 – April 9, 1931) was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era.
Personal life Santschi was born in Missouri to Paul Santschi, a Swiss immigrant, and Margaret Kern, a native of Louisville, Kentucky. The family later moved to Kokomo, Indiana. Paul left home to pursue a career in moviemaking (as Tom Santschi), and at the time he registered for the draft in 1918, he was working for the Goldwyn Motion Picture Corporation in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Career Santschi acted in over 245 films during the period 1907–1931, and directed 28 films during 1914–1916. He wrote one screenplay in 1914. A 1915 two-reeler, In the King's Service, in which he starred with Marion Warner, surfaced at a yard sale in Maine, and was shown along with The Spoilers (1914) at a Northeast Historic Film Festival at Bucksport, Maine in 2002.
Partial filmography Actor
Year Title Role Notes 1909 Fighting Bob 1909 1909 1909 In the Sultan's Power 1909 Mephisto and the Maiden 1909 Ben's Kid 1909 On the Border 1909 Up San Juan Hill 1909 Faust 1910 Across the Plains 1910 Davy Crockett 1910 Mazeppa 1910 The Sergeant 1910 Pride of the Range 1911 Kit Carson's Wooing 1911 1912 Danglars as William T. Santschi 1912 Ed Harvey 1912 Bill Wildern 1912 Euchered Tom Saunders 1913 Bruce 1913 Alas! Poor Yorick Hamlet McGinnis 1913 In the Long Ago Indian Warrior 1913 Wamba, a Child of the Jungle Portuguese Pete 1914 Alex McNamara 1915 Hamad 1916 Stephen Brice 1916 Steve Brant 1917 Beware of Strangers John Mentor 1917 Who Shall Take My Life? "Big Bill" O'Shaughnessy 1918 Jim Dyke 1918 The City of Purple Dreams Daniel Fitzhugh, the derelict 1918 The Still Alarm Jack Manley 1918 Little Orphant Annie Dave 1919 The Love That Dares Perry Risdon1919Rose of the WestLieut. Col. Bruce Knight1919 The RailroaderClive Standish 1919 Pedro Toral 1919 Shadows Jack McGoff 1919 Eve in Exile John Sheen 1920 Sagebrush Musketeers Short 1921 Sheriff of the Mojave Short 1921 The Death Trap Short 1921 The Desert Wolf Short 1921 Lorraine of the Timberlands Short 1921 Mother o' Dreams Short 1921 The Honor of Rameriz Rameriz Short 1921 The Spirit of the Lake Short 1921 The Heart of Doreon Doreon Short 1921 The Secret of Butte Ridge Short 1922 Two Kinds of Women Bud Lee 1923 Is Divorce a Failure? Smith 1923 Thundering Dawn Gordon Van Brock 1923Tipped Off Dan Grogan 1924 Bill Presbey 1924 Little Robinson Crusoe Captain Dynes 1925 Beyond the Border Nick Perdue 1925 The Night Ship Captain Jed Hobbs 1925 Paths to Paradise Callahan 1926 Siberia Alexis Vetkin 1926 My Own Pal August Deering 1926 Her Honor, the Governor Richard Palmer 1926 The Hidden Way Bill 1926 3 Bad Men "Bull" Stanley 1926 Jim the Conqueror Sam Black 1926 Jasper 1926 Daredevil Daly 1926 No Man's Gold 1927 When a Man Loves Captain of the convict boat 1927 Tracked by the Police Sandy Sturgeon 1927 The Adventurous Soul Captain Svenson 1927 Eyes of the Totem Philip La Rue 1927 Old San Francisco Captain Stoner 1927 Hills of Kentucky Ben Harley 1928 Land of the Silver Fox Butch Nelson 1928 The Law and the Man Dan Creedon 1928 Vultures of the Sea 1929 In Old Arizona Cowpuncher 1929 Jake Lynch 1930 River's End Shotwell 1930 Butch 1931 Ten Nights in a Barroom Simon Slady 1931 Bud Landers 1931 King of the Wild Harris
Director Year Title Notes 1910 The Sanitarium 1914 Caryl of the Mountains 1915 1915 Also screenwriter 1915 His Fighting Blood 1915 1915 1915
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