He was an American pioneer film actor, director and screenwriter whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. The brother of John and Thomas H. Ince (producer/director), he started his career with Vitagraph playing and directing and was the first to play Abraham Lincoln in films. As a director he worked with Columbia, Selznick, RKO Radio, Universal, Warner Bros., First National-British and Monogram pictures. He was killed in an automobile accident when his car struck an iron railing.
He was an American pioneer film actor, director and screenwriter whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. The brother of John and Thomas H. Ince (producer/director), he started his career with Vitagraph playing and directing and was the first to play Abraham Lincoln in films. As a director he worked with Columbia, Selznick, RKO Radio, Universal, Warner Bros., First National-British and Monogram pictures. He was killed in an automobile accident when his car struck an iron railing.
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