Elmer Clifton
Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He was also a second-unit director for those films. Promoted to director in 1917, Clifton supervised...
Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He was also a second-unit director for those films. Promoted to director in 1917, Clifton supervised...
Known For
Cast Credits
I Am Not a Racist
as Phil (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nina, the Flower Girl
as Jimmie
The Old Folks at Home
as Steve Coburn
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Rhapsode (Babylonian Story)
The Little School Ma'am
as Wilbur Howard
Acquitted
as Ned Fowler
The Missing Links
as Horace Gaylord
The Sable Lorcha
as Phillip Clyde - Evelyn's Fiancé
The Lily and the Rose
as Allison Edwards
The Fox Woman
as Marashida
The Lost House
as Cuthbert
The Birth of a Nation
as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
A Lucky Disappointment
as Jack Holt
The Sisters
as Frank (Carol's country lover)
The Folly of Anne
as The Sympathtic Publisher
Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska
as Charley Bates
Martin Eden
as Cub Reporter
John Barleycorn
as Jack, 3rd period
Crew Credits
The Silver Bandit
Director
The Kid from Gower Gulch
Screenplay
Red Rock Outlaw
Director
Not Wanted
Director
The Judge
Director
Quick on the Trigger
Screenplay
West to Glory
Screenplay
Rainbow Over the Rockies
Screenplay
Song of the Sierras
Screenplay
Swing, Cowboy, Swing
Director
Lightning Raiders
Original Story
Frontier Fugitives
Screenplay
Three in the Saddle
Screenplay
Marked for Murder
Director
The Whispering Skull
Director
Dead or Alive
Director
Youth Aflame
Director
Gangsters of the Frontier
Director
Gunsmoke Mesa
Screenplay
Seven Doors to Death
Director
Brand of the Devil
Screenplay
Teen Age
Screenplay
Spook Town
Director
The Pinto Bandit
Director
Guns of the Law
Director
Outlaw Roundup
Screenplay
Captain America
Director