Biography
Allan Sears (March 9, 1887 – August 18, 1942) was an American film actor who played leading roles in the 1910s and 1920s before transitioning into character roles in the 1930s. He was noted for his tall stature. Sears was born in San Antonio, Texas, to Harry Sears and Alice Gould.He started acting on camera around 1914, after getting his start on the stage in theater and as an opera singer. In Hollywood, appeared in a number of D. W. Griffith's films alongside actress Mary Miles Minter.
He took some time away from Hollywood to recuperate from an illness in the early 1920s, returning a few years later to play character roles.He died in Los Angeles in 1942, and was survived by his daughter, Zaida.
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Filmography
all 41
Movies 41
Prison Guard (uncredited)
The Women Men Marry (1937)
Movie
Rioter
Exclusive (1937)
Movie
Laughing Bill Slagg
Two-Fisted Sheriff (1937)
Movie
Cal
Trapped (1937)
Movie
Henchman Slim
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek (1936)
Movie
Henchman (uncredited)
For the Service (1936)
Movie
Bit
Silly Billies (1936)
Movie
Utah Joe
The Singing Vagabond (1935)
Movie
Pinto Carew
Justice of the Range (1935)
Movie
Townsman
Life Begins at Forty (1935)
Movie
Henchman Lynch
The Revenge Rider (1935)
Movie
Hobbs
Name the Woman (1934)
Movie
Jake Houser
Secrets (1933)
Movie
Mr. Pratt - Hotel Manager
Hollywood Bound (1928)
Movie
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Movie
American Customer
Into Her Kingdom (1926)
Movie
Danny O'Neil
Rio Grande (1920)
Movie
Jim Shuckles
Judy of Rogues' Harbor (1920)
Movie
Jason Honeycutt
Heart o' the Hills (1919)
Movie
Gerald Staples
The Big Little Person (1919)
Movie
John DeWitt
The Red, Red Heart (1918)
Movie
Actor
The Wife He Bought (1918)
Movie
Neil Cunningham
The Gown Of Destiny (1917)
Movie
Captain McKeever
The Savage (1917)
Movie
Dick Marr
The Desire of the Moth (1917)
Movie
Teddy Westlake
Madame Bo-Peep (1917)
Movie
Allen Cotter
A Woman's Awakening (1917)
Movie
Francis Ames
A Girl of the Timber Claims (1917)
Movie
Major Rushton
The Little Yank (1917)
Movie
Don Francisco Garcia (as A.D. Sears)
A Sister of Six (1916)
Movie
Jimmie Darcy
Diane of the Follies (1916)
Movie
The Mercenary
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Movie
6
Gent Rolling in Wealth
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
Movie
Ivan
Sold for Marriage (1916)
Movie
David Crockett
Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)
Movie
Isaac Shuman
The Failure (1915)
Movie
Dr. Protheroe
The Lost House (1915)
Movie
Klansman
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Movie
3
Sykes
The Craven (1915)
Movie
François Gaudet / Bob
The Three Brothers (1915)
Movie
Ren Sears
Granny (1914)
Movie
Ratings
Average 3.47
Based on 55.4 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1887-03-09
Deathday1942-08-18 (55 years old)
Birth PlaceSan Antonio, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsA.D. Sears, Alan Sears, Allan D. Sears, Allen Sears, Al Sears, E.D. Sears, Alfred Daniel Sears
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