# Howell Hansel

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{{short description|American film director}}

{{Infobox person
| name               = Howell Hansel
| birth_date         = 1860
| birth_place        = Indiana, USA
| death_date         = November 5, {{death year and age|1917|1860}}
| death_place        = Manhattan, New York, USA
| occupation         = Actor, film director
}}

'''Howell Hansel''' (1860 – 1917), was an American film director. He directed 26 films between [1913](/source/1913_in_film) and [1917](/source/1917_in_film).

== Biography ==
Hansel was born in Indiana, and began his career as a stage actor on the East Coast. Eventually he gave up his acting career<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/431141021/?terms=%22howell+hansel%22|title=25 Mar 1917, 41 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-03}}</ref> to join [Thanhauser](/source/Thanhouser_Company) as a film director; he'd also direct films for [Famous Players–Lasky](/source/Famous_Players%E2%80%93Lasky).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/88281546/?terms=%22howell+hansel%22|title=6 Nov 1917, Page 7 - The Sun at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-03}}</ref>

His output slowed toward the end of his life as he struggled with a prolonged illness. He died in Manhattan in 1917, leaving behind a wife and a daughter.<ref name=":0" />

== Selected filmography ==

* ''[The Long Trail](/source/The_Long_Trail_(film))'' (1917)
* ''[The Deemster](/source/The_Deemster_(1917_film))'' (1917)
* ''The Goad of Jealousy'' (1916) (short)
* ''Weighed in the Balance'' (1916) (short)
* ''The Lost Paradise'' (1916) (short)
* ''A Trial of Souls'' (1916) (short)
* ''Beyond Recall'' (1916) (short)
* ''Truth Crushed to Earth'' (1916) (short)
* ''Sold Out'' (1916) (short)
* ''The Tight Rein'' (1916) (short)
* ''[Tillie's Tomato Surprise](/source/Tillie's_Tomato_Surprise)'' (1916)
* ''Horrible Hyde'' (1915) (short)
* ''Colonel Carter of Cartersville'' (1915)
* ''The Road o' Strife'' (1915)
* ''A Man of Iron'' (1915) (short)
* ''A Hatful of Trouble'' (1914) (short)
* ''Zudora'' (1914)
* ''[The Million Dollar Mystery](/source/The_Million_Dollar_Mystery)'' (1914)
* ''A Dog of Flanders'' (1914)
* ''A Woman's Loyalty'' (1914)
* ''Ben Bolt'' (1913)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0360617|name=Howell Hansel}}

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