The 'brains' and 'action' heavies who had meaty roles and lots of dialog ... and the players who were fathers, ranch owners, lawman, mayors, judges, lawyers, storekeepers, newspaper editors, wardens, etc.

Lloyd Ingraham Full name: Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham 1874 - 1956

Ingraham, circa 1934

Illinois born Lloyd Ingraham learned his acting trade doing plays and touring with repertory companies. He arrived in Hollywood around 1912 and became a prolific silent screen actor and director, and his bosses included Thomas Ince and Louis B. Mayer.

He directed or acted in about a dozen 1913 - 1914 'Broncho Billy' Anderson westerns for Essanay. Then came movie roles and directing jobs for the American Film Company and Triangle-Fine Arts and Lloyd worked with many notables including D. W. Griffith and Douglas Fairbanks. In the late 1920s, Ingraham was at FBO and Paramount, directing/co-directing Fred Thomson oaters including Thomson's last, KIT CARSON (Paramount, 1928).

When talkies arrived, Lloyd had passed the half century mark in age and moved in front of the camera. In B westerns, he was a familiar face (along with Lafe McKee, John Elliott and a few others) that specialized in playing the white-haired and kindly rancher or heroine's father, as well as a respectable lawman, doctor, banker, lawyer, judge, etc. And in TEXAS GUN-FIGHTER (Tiffany, 1932), he plays "Banty", an old-timer sidekick to hero Ken Maynard.

Ingraham's cinema career spanned nearly forty years, from approximately 1912 - 1950. His quantity of film work is significant - Lloyd directed 100+ silents and acted in over 300 silents and talkies. Les Adams has him identified in about 180 sound era films, and that number includes 115 westerns and 7 chapterplays. During the period 1935 - 1950, Ingraham worked at Republic Pictures in a mixture of about three dozen westerns, serials and other features. His last movie role was in 1950.

On April 4, 1956, 81 year old Lloyd Ingraham passed away at the Motion Picture Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California due to pneumonia and heart problems.

  Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has information on Lloyd Ingraham: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408937/

Lois Ingraham (1908 - 1955), Lloyd's youngest child, appeared in a few silents: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408938/

Ingraham directed about fifteen American Film Company titles during the years 1917 - 1919. The website for the American Film Company (nicknamed the "Flying A") is maintained by the University of California at Santa Barbara. When you get to this webpage, click on the letter I, and scroll down the listing for Lloyd Ingraham: https://flyinga.filmandmedia.ucsb.edu/people/index.html

The Family Search website (free), Newspaper Archive (subscription), California Death Index and the death certificate provide more on Lloyd Ingraham and family:

• 1900 census summary and census takers worksheet - 21 year old Lloyd C. Ingraham (born Illinois), 25 year old wife Blanch S. (born Minnesota), 4 year old son David (born Illinois), and 2 year old daughter Margret (born Illinois) are living in Rochelle, Ogle County, Illinos at the home of their grandparents, 80 year old David P. Navason and 72 year old wife Mary M. Occupations of both Lloyd and Blanch is "Actor": https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS4T-J2M
• World War I draft registration dated September 12, 1918 - Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham was born November 30, 1874. He and wife Maud May Ingraham are living at the Arlington Hotel, Santa Barbara, California. His occupation is "Director of Motion Pictures, American Film Company" in Santa Barbara: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G1S2-9SM6?mode=g&i=3797&cc=1968530
• 1920 census summary and census takers worksheet - renting in Los Angeles are 45 year old Lloyd Ingraham (born Illinois), 36 year old wife Maud M. (born Illinois), 14 year old daughter Zella, 11 year old daughter Lois, 74 year old father-in-law Riley Plopper, and two maids. Lloyd's occupation is "Mot. Pict. Director - Ince Co.": https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHQJ-SJZ
• 1930 census summary and census takers worksheet - renting in Los Angeles are 55 year old Lloyd C. Ingram [sic] (born Illinois), his 47 year old wife Maud (born Illinois), 24 year old daughter Zella U. (born California), and 21 year old daughter Lois M. (born Nebraska). Lloyd's occupation is "Actor - Movie Studio" and he was a World War I veteran. Occupation of daughter Zella is "Actress - Movie Studio": https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCV7-JX3
• 1940 census summary and census takers worksheet - 65 year old Lloyd Ingraham and 56 year old wife Maude (both born in Illinois) are renting in a multi-unit building or hotel. Their address is Unit 340, 5846 Carlton Way, Los Angeles. Lloyd reports his occupation as "Actor - Theater", and in 1939, he worked 30 weeks and earned $2000.00: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K9CD-1R5
• Death certificate: 81 year old Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham was born November 30, 1874 in Illinois. He passed away on April 4, 1956 at the Motion Picture Hospital, Woodland Hills, California, and the cause of death was lobar pneumonia (2 weeks duration) and myocardial infarction (1 year duration). His occupation was "Actor and Director - Stage and Screen". Parents were Samuel Ingraham (born Texas) and Margaret A. Navarro (born Illinois). Wife Maude Ingraham was the death certificate informant, and they lived at 5846 Carlton Way, Los Angeles. Funeral director was Pierce Bros. Hollywood and cremation at Chapel of the Pines.
• California Death Index mirrors the death certificate - Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham was born 11/30/1874 in Illinois, Mother's maiden name of Navarro, and he passed away on 4/4/1956. There is no corresponding record in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPZV-K6V
• Newspaper Archive had many April, 1956 newspapers which carried UPI and AP syndicated death notices on Ingraham. These mention his early stage work, first film role was 1912, and he was survived by wife Maude.

Find A Grave website has a photo of the marker for Lloyd C. Ingraham (1874 - 1956) and his wife Maude (1883 - 1969) who are interred at Chapel Of The Pines, Los Angeles, California: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11753592/lloyd-ingraham

(Courtesy of Les Adams) Above is a lobby card of Fred Thomson and Silver King from SILVER COMES THRU (FBO, 1927). Lloyd Ingraham (name in bottom center) was over fifty years old when he directed this silent. He directed or co-directed several other Thomson oaters, including JESSE JAMES (Paramount, 1927) and KIT CARSON (Paramount, 1928). (Image courtesy of Ed Tabor) Above from left to right are John Wayne, Lloyd Ingraham (as the prison warden), Eddie Parker, and Jay Wilsey (Buffalo Bill, Jr.) in a lobby card from Wayne's RAINBOW VALLEY (Lone Star/Monogram, 1935). (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are Carl Stockdale, Rosalind Keith, Tom Chatterton, Lloyd Ingraham (as a judge), George O'Brien, unidentified guy (holding his hat), and Jack O'Shea in a scene from O'Brien's TROUBLE IN SUNDOWN (RKO, 1939).