Biography
Kenean J. Buel (c.1873 – November 5, 1948) was an American film director during the silent era. Born in Kentucky, Buel became involved in theater and eventually made his way to New York City where he was hired by the Kalem Company in 1908 as a film director under the tutelage of Sidney Olcott. Buel was part of the pioneering Kalem team that filmed in Florida in the winter months and in the fall of 1910, the rapidly growing Kalem organization sent him to head up a filming unit in California.
After directing more than 50 films for Kalem, including a number starring Alice Joyce, Buel signed on with Fox Film Corporation in 1915 for whom he made another seventeen films. In 1919 he directed films for an independent company and made his last film in 1920.
Kenean Buel died in New York City in 1948.
Filmography
all 28
Movies 28
Director 26
Producer 1
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A Fallen Idol (1919)
Doing Their Bit (1918)
American Buds (1918)
Two Little Imps (1917)
She (1917)
The New York Peacock (1917)
Daredevil Kate (1916)
The Marble Heart (1916)
The School for Scandal (1914)
The Mystery of the Sleeping Death (1914)
The Brand (1914)
Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler (1914)
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec (1914)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1913)
Our New Minister (1913)
The Fatal Legacy (1913)
A Virginia Feud (1913)
Shenandoah (1913)
A Mississippi Tragedy (1913)
The Wartime Siren (1913)
As You Like It (1912)
The Confederate Ironclad (1912)
The Darling of the CSA (1912)
The Fiddler’s Requiem (1911)
Slim Jim's Last Chance (1911)
Mexican Filibusters (1911)
The Mexican Joan of Arc (1911)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1880-05-25
Deathday1948-11-05 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceSpringfield, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJohn William Adams, Keenan Buel, Keenan J. Buel, Keanan Buel
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