{{short description|American actor}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Arthur Ashley | image = The Iron Ring (1917) - 1.jpg | caption = Film still of Ashley and Gerda Holmes in ''The Iron Ring'' (1916) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|10|06}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|12|28|1886|10|06}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|writer|film director}} | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} thumb|180px|Advertisement for ''The Revolt'' (1916) [[File:The Praise Agent (1919) - Ashley & Green.jpg|thumb|180px|Still of Ashley with Dorothy Green in ''The Praise Agent'' (1919)]] '''Arthur Ashley''' (October 6, 1886 – December 28, 1970) was an actor, writer, and director of silent films and also acted in legitimate theater.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thanhouser.org/TCOCD/Biography_Files/4hd1do.htm|title=ASHLEY, Arthur H.|website=www.thanhouser.org}}</ref> He was involved with World Pictures. He directed and acted in several film productions. Later in his career he established his own stock company for theatrical productions.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ajXwxJuYd5gC&dq=arthur+ashley+silent+film&pg=PA480 | title=American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913_ÑÐ1929| isbn=9780786487905| last1=Soister| first1=John T.| last2=Nicolella| first2=Henry| last3=Joyce| first3=Steve| date=2013-01-31| publisher=McFarland}}</ref>
His starring roles included ''The Guardian''.
He worked with William A. Brady's daughter Alice Brady on several projects.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/arthur-ashley-p185665 | title=Arthur Ashley | Overview | first=Hans J. | last=Wollstein | via=AllMovie | access-date=January 1, 2019 }}</ref>
He was also the manager of the Percy Williams Actors' Home.<ref>"Arthur Ashley." The New York Times, 30 Dec. 1970, p. 28.</ref>
==Filmography== ===Actor=== {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| * ''The Price of Vanity'' (1914) as Dick Arnold * ''The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray'' (1914) as Vanveldt * ''When a Woman Loves'' (1915) as Edgar Lowe * ''The Little Mademoiselle'' (1915) as Jim Pemberton * ''Sealed Lips'' (1915) as Cyril Maitland * ''The Grubstaker'' (1916) * ''The Gilded Cage'' (1916) as Capt. Kassari * ''The Revolt'' (1916) as John Stevens * ''The Summer Girl'' (1916) as Bruce Haldeman * ''The Men She Married'' (1916) as Ralph Semple *''Tangled Fates'' (1916) as George Blake *''The Struggle'' (1916) as Lt. Leonard Dames<ref name=afc/> * ''What Happened at 22''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=SBNT19160713.1.9&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- | title=South Bend News-Times 13 July 1916 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-posters/drama/what-happened-at-22-world-pictures-1916-good-on-linen-one-sheet-2775-x-41-/a/7197-86555.s | title=What Happened at 22 (World Pictures, 1916). Good+on Linen. One | Lot #86555 }}</ref> (1916) as Dave Wilson/Andrew Hart * ''Miss Petticoats'' (1916) as Guy Hamilton *''The Page Mystery'' (1917) as Ralph Cornwell * ''The Social Leper'' (1917) as Robert Warren * ''Shall We Forgive Her?'' (1917) as Neil Garth * ''The Bondage of Fear'' (1917) as Skinny Morgan *''The Divorce Game'' (1917) as Jean Le Beau * ''The Marriage Market'' (1917) * ''The Iron Ring'' (1917) as Jack Delamore *''Moral Courage'' (1917) as Chadwick Anson<ref name=afc>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltcNWzVEaEUC&dq=arthur+ashley+silent+film&pg=PA60 | title=American Film Cycles: The Silent Era| isbn=9780313306570| last1=Langman| first1=Larry| year=1998| publisher=Bloomsbury Academic}}</ref> *''A Woman Alone'' (1917) as Stephen Mallery, Jr. * ''The Guardian'' (1917) as Fenwick Harvey * ''The Marriage Market'' (1917) as Bradley Spayden * ''Rasputin, the Black Monk'' (2017) as Raff *''The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds'' (1918) as Aaron Burr *''Broken Ties'' (1918) as Arnold Curtis * ''The American Way'' (1919) as Richard Farrington *''The Praise Agent'' (1919) as Jack Bartling * ''Forest Rivals'' (1919) as Tom King * ''Breaking Home Ties'' (1922) as Paul Zeidman }}
===Director=== * ''The Guardian'' (1917) * ''The Marriage Market'' (1917) * ''Rasputin, the Black Monk'' (1917) * ''Shall We Forgive Her?'' (1917) * ''The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds'' (1918) * ''Broken Ties'' (1918) * ''Oh Mary Be Careful'' (1921)
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0039021}}
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