Ralph Ince
Born
January 14, 1887
Died
April 10, 1937 (50 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Ralph Ince (January 16, 1887 – April 10, 1937) was an American pioneer film actor, director and screenwriter whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. Ralph Ince was the brother of John Ince and Thomas H. Ince. Ralph Waldo Ince was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the younger of three sons and a daughter raised by English immigrants, John and Emma Ince. Sometime after his birth Ince moved to Manhattan where his entire family was engaged in theater work; his father as a musical agent and mother, sister Bertha and brothers, John and Thomas as actors. Ralph Ince studied art with cartoonist Dan McCarthy and for a while worked as a newspaper cartoonist for the New York World and later magazine illustrator for the New York Mirror and The Evening Telegram. At times over his acting and directing career Ince would continue to contribute cartoons to popular magazines of the day. Early on in his career Ince, who had done some stage acting as a child, was a member of Richard Mansfield's stock company playing parts in The College Widow and Ben Hur.
Around 1906 Ince became an animator in the fledgling film industry working for Winsor McCay, but soon turned to acting and joined Vitagraph Studios where he became known for his portrayals of Abraham Lincoln in a series of one reel films. Ince began directing at Vitagraph around 1910 and was officially advanced to the director’s chair in 1912, though he still continued to act in many of his films and throughout his career. Ince would go on to direct some 171 films between 1910 and 1937 and appear in approximately 110 films over nearly the same time period.
Known For
Gaol Break
Jim Oakley
1936
Rolling Home
Wally
1935
Blue Smoke
Al Dempson
1935

So You Won't Talk
Ralph Younger
1935
No Escape
Lucky
1934

Love at Second Sight
1934

Havana Widows
G.W. 'Butch' O'Neill
1933

Men Of America
Cicero
1932
Malay Nights
Jack Sheldon
1932

The Pride of the Legion
Klafki
1932

Guilty as Hell
Jack Reed
1932

Gorilla Ship
Capt. 'Gorilla' Larsen
1932

The Tenderfoot
Dolan
1932

State's Attorney
Second Trial Defense Attorney
1932
Extra! Extra!
Callahan
1932

The County Fair
Diamond Barnett
1932

The Mouthpiece
J.B. Roscoe
1932

The Lost Squadron
Jettick
1932

Law and Order
Poe Northrup
1932
Running Hollywood
Scratchface Henchman
1932

Girl of the Rio
O'Grady
1932

The Big Shot
Butch
1931

Men of Chance
Farley
1931

Law of the Sea
Marty Drake
1931

The Big Gamble
Webb
1931

The Star Witness
"Maxey" Campo
1931

Hell Bound
Dorgan
1931

Gentleman's Fate
Dante
1931

Little Caesar
Pete Montana
1931

Numbered Men
33410
1930

The Big Fight
Chuck
1930

Wall Street
Roller McCray
1929

Chicago After Midnight
Jim Boyd
1928

Bigger Than Barnum's
Carl Ravelle
1926

The Sea Wolf
'Wolf' Larsen
1926

Yellow Fingers
Brute Shane
1926

Channing of the Northwest
1922

The Last Door
1921

The Highest Law
Abraham Lincoln
1921

Out of the Snows
Robert Holliday
1920
The Swan Girl
1913
Song Bird of the North
President Lincoln
1913

A Regiment of Two
Dudley
1913
The Higher Mercy
Abraham Lincoln
1912

The Bond of Music
A German General
1912
The Heart of Esmeralda
Ben Holt
1912
The Money Kings
The Aviator
1912
Yellow Bird
The Hunter
1912
Love in the Ghetto
Barish - the Father
1912
The Serpents
Eric
1912
The Cave Man
Eric
1912

The Seventh Son
Abraham Lincoln
1912
The Freshet
Tom Ennis - the Young Blacksmith
1911
One Flag at Last
Abraham Lincoln
1911
The Child Crusoes
1911
How Betty Won the School
The Burglar
1911

Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father
Ralph - The Successful Suitor
1911
The Lure of Vanity
1911
The Geranium
1911

The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Abraham Lincoln
1911

A Tale of Two Cities
1911

Jean the Match-Maker
The Boy
1910
The Land of Opportunity
Abraham Lincoln