# Gardner James

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{{Short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| image        = Gardner James - Dec 1926 Variety.jpg
| image_size   =
| caption      = 1926 Season's Greetings
| name         = Gardner James
| birth_date   = March 16, 1903
| birth_place  = [New York, New York](/source/New_York%2C_New_York), [United States](/source/United_States)
| death_date   = June 23, 1953 (aged 50)
| death_place  = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), United States
| other_names  = 
| occupation   = Actor
| years_active = 1922–1940 (film) 
}}
'''Gardner James''' (1903–1953) was an American [film actor](/source/film_actor).

In 1925 James traveled to Los Angeles as a coal-hand on a vessel. In 1926 he signed a five-year contract with Inspiration Pictures.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dream realized a la Hollywood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-post-record-gardner/146512888/ |access-date=May 3, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Evening Post-Record |date=July 31, 1926 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503023542/https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-post-record-gardner/146512888/ |archive-date=May 3, 2024 |page=7|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>

After some stage experience with [George Arliss](/source/George_Arliss), he entered [silent films](/source/silent_films) in 1922. While he once played a [lead role](/source/lead_role), he was often billed third in the cast.<ref>Katchmer p. 177</ref>

He was married to the actress and writer [Marian Constance Blackton](/source/Marian_Constance_Blackton),<ref>{{cite news |title=Wife Sues Gardner James, Actor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-times-gardner-james/146513393/ |access-date=May 3, 2024 |work=The Kansas City Times |agency=Associated Press |date=October 30, 1928 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503024747/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-times-gardner-james/146513393/ |archive-date=May 3, 2024|page=15 |via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) }}</ref> daughter of the founder of [Vitagraph Studios](/source/Vitagraph_Studios), but this rapidly ended in divorce.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}}

==Filmography==
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* ''[Beyond the Rainbow](/source/Beyond_the_Rainbow)'' (1922)
* ''[The Love Bandit](/source/The_Love_Bandit)'' (1924)
* ''[Unrestrained Youth](/source/Unrestrained_Youth)'' (1925)
* ''[Silent Sanderson](/source/Silent_Sanderson)'' (1925)
* ''[The Happy Warrior](/source/The_Happy_Warrior_(1925_film))'' (1925)
* ''[The Night Patrol](/source/The_Night_Patrol)'' (1926)
* ''[Hell-Bent for Heaven](/source/Hell-Bent_for_Heaven)'' (1926)
* ''[The Passionate Quest](/source/The_Passionate_Quest)'' (1926)
* ''[The Amateur Gentleman](/source/The_Amateur_Gentleman_(1926_film))'' (1926)
* ''[The Flaming Forest](/source/The_Flaming_Forest)'' (1926)
* ''[The Gilded Highway](/source/The_Gilded_Highway)'' (1926)
* ''[Ladies at Ease](/source/Ladies_at_Ease)'' (1927)
* ''[Eager Lips](/source/Eager_Lips)'' (1927)
* ''[The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come](/source/The_Little_Shepherd_of_Kingdom_Come_(1928_film))'' (1928)
* ''[The Big Killing](/source/The_Big_Killing_(1928_film))'' (1928)
* ''[The Mating Call](/source/The_Mating_Call)'' (1928)
* ''[The Wreck of the Singapore](/source/The_Wreck_of_the_Singapore)'' (1928)
* ''[The Studio Murder Mystery](/source/The_Studio_Murder_Mystery)'' (1929)
* ''[The Flying Fleet](/source/The_Flying_Fleet)'' (1929)
* ''[The Dawn Patrol](/source/The_Dawn_Patrol_(1930_film))'' (1930)
* ''[The Great Meadow](/source/The_Great_Meadow)'' (1931)
* ''[Bright Eyes](/source/Bright_Eyes_(1934_film))'' (1934)
* ''[Captain Blood](/source/Captain_Blood_(1935_film))'' (1935)
* ''[Dante's Inferno](/source/Dante's_Inferno_(1935_film))''' (1935)
* ''[The White Angel](/source/The_White_Angel_(1936_film))'' (1936)
* ''[Crash Donovan](/source/Crash_Donovan)'' (1936)
* ''[Adventures of Red Ryder](/source/Adventures_of_Red_Ryder)'' (1940)
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Katchmer, George A. ''A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses''. McFarland, 2015.

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0416515}}

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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:1903 births
Category:1953 deaths
Category:Male actors from New York City

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