Actor: Joseph J Dowling

Joseph J Dowling (1848-1928), 

Born September 4, 1848, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 

Died July 10, 1928, Hollywood, California;

Silent screen actor; achieved fame as the "The Miracle Man.".

The Bargain
Starring: William S Hart, J Frank Burke, J Barney Sherry, Clara Williams, Joseph J Dowling, Roy Laidlaw, Herschell Mayall, Charles French.

Directed by Reginald Barker

THE TRAIL OF THE AXE
Directed by Ernest C. Warde. 
Cast: Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, George Fisher, Joseph J. Dowling.

Lumber foreman Farnum, hires his drunken and unreliable brother, Fisher to meet a contract deadline. Unable to stay away from the bars, Fisher is fired and seeking revenge he dynamites the sawmill. 

A truly rare film because almost none of the Dustin Farnum feature material survives. Orchestra score. 54 minutes 

The Miracle Man
(1919) American
DramaBlack and White Silent  Feature film
Directed by George Loane Tucker

Starring

  •  Betty Compson asRose

  • Thomas Meighan as Tom Burke

  • Joseph J. Dowling as the patriarch

  •  Lon Chaney as The Frog 

  • J.M. Dumont as the dope

Mayflower Photoplay Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by George Loane Tucker, from the play adaptation The Miracle Man by George M. Cohan of the story "The Miracle Man" by Frank L. Packard. / © 1919 [LP14072]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Approximately five minutes of footage survives. The film is presumed lost.

The Law Forbids

Drama starring Winifred Bryson, James Corrigan, Joseph J Dowling.  Directed by Jesse Robbins

Baby Peggta popular child star of the 1920s who grew up to become film historian Peggy Carey, who stars in The Law Forbids. This time around, little-miss-fix-it Carey prevents her mother Elinor Fair from making a big mistake by divorcing Daddy (Robert Remsen). Separated from her husband, mother packs Peggy off to the family's country estate. The precocious tyke accidentally-on-purpose gets lost, reuniting her wandering parents. Based on a story by Bernard McConville.  The Law Forbids concludes with a tear-stained courtroom scene. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

 

Film Bibliography (major roles in bold)

  • The Coward 1915

  • The Bargain 1915

  • Home 1916

  • The Apostle of Vengeance 1016

  • Wooden Shoes 1917

  • The Pinch Hitter 1917

  • The Iced Bullet 1917

  • More Trouble 1918

  • His Robe of Honor 1918

  • Carmen of the Klondike 1918

  • And a Still, Small Voice 1918

  • An Alien Enemy 1918

  • The Miracle Man 1919

  • A Man's Country 1919

  • A Man in the Open 1919

  • The Lord Loves The Irish 1919

  • The Joyous Liar 1919

  • All of a Sudden Norma 1919

  • Adele 1919

  • Riders of the Dawn 1920

  • Everybody's Seetheart 1920

  • The Devil to Pay 1920

  • The Sin of Martha Queed 1921

  • Respondent 1921

  • Little Lord Fauntleroy 1921

  • Grim Comedian 1921

  • Fightin' Mad 1921

  • Certain Rich Man 1921

  • The Breaking Point 1921

  • The Beautiful Liar 1921

  • The Trail of The Axe 1922

  • Quincy Adams Sawyer 1922

  • The Pride of Palomar 1922

  • One Clear Call 1922

  • If You Believe It, It's So 1922

  • Half Breed 1922

  • The Danger Point 1922

  • The Girl Who Came Back 1923

  • Tiger Rose 1923

  • The Spider and The Rose 1923

  • Enemies and Children 1923

  • Dollar Devils 1923

  • The Courtship of Miles Standish 1923

  • Women Who Give 1924

  • Unseen Hands 1924

  • Those Who Dare 1924

  • Tess of The d'Urbervilles 1924

  • The Law Forbids 1924

  • Her Night of Romance 1924

  • Gaiety Girl 1924

  • Free and Equal 1924

  • New Lives For Old 1925

  • Lorraine and the Lions 1925

  • Lord Jim 1925

  • Flower of the Night 1925

  • Confessions of a Queen 1925

  • The Rainmaker 1926

  • The Little Irish Girl 1926

  • Borrowing Trouble 1937

  • I am The Law 1938

  • Missing Evidence 1939

  • Invisible Stripes 1940

  • Larceny, Inc. 1942

  • The Big Shot 1942

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