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James Cruze
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Cruze in 1923
Born
Jens Cruz Bosen

(1884-03-27)March 27, 1884
Ogden, Utah, U.S.
Died August 3, 1942(1942-08-03) (aged 58)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation Actor, film director
Years active 1910–1938
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1901; her death 1907)​
Marguerite Snow
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(m. 1913; div. 1923)​
Betty Compson
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(m. 1924; div. 1930)​
Alberta Beatrice McCoy
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(m. 1941)​
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James Cruze (born Jens Cruz Bosen; March 27, 1884 – August 3, 1942) was a silent film actor and film director.

Career

Cruze acted in, directed and or produced over 100 films, mainly during the silent era. His first known acting job was at Lubin Manufacturing Company in 1910. He started at Thanhouser Company in 1911 with She (1911), which is where the majority of his body of work was produced, much of it as the leading man.

After leaving Thanhouser in 1916, he worked for several other companies as director and producer, primarily for Paramount Pictures, from 1918 to 1938.

Personal life

Cruze was first married to a fellow Latter Day Saint, identity unknown, circa 1901 until her death in 1907; they had five children. By no later than 1914, he had married actress Marguerite Snow, and they had a daughter, Julie Jane. They divorced in 1923. He married actress Betty Compson on October 14, 1924. He married Alberta Beatrice McCoy in June 1941, and they were still wed when he died.

Death

Cruze died on August 3, 1942, at his home in Hollywood, California, aged 58. His cremated remains were interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Filmography

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Cruze in The Web of Life (1917)
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Cruze in The Million Dollar Mystery (1914)

As director

Partial list
  • The Wrong Road (1937)
  • Sutter's Gold (1936)
  • Two-Fisted (1935)
  • David Harum (1934)
  • Helldorado (1934)
  • Mr. Skitch (1933) with Will Rogers
  • I Cover the Waterfront (1933) with Claudette Colbert
  • Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) with Lee Tracy
  • If I Had a Million (1932) 8 directors; Cruze directed segment with Gene Raymond and Frances Dee
  • Salvation Nell (1931) based on the play by Edward Sheldon
  • Once a Gentleman (1930)
  • The Great Gabbo (1929) with Erich von Stroheim and Betty Compson
  • A Man's Man (1929) with William Haines
  • The Duke Steps Out (1929)
  • The Mating Call (1928) produced by Howard Hughes starring Thomas Meighan, Evelyn Brent, and Renée Adorée (Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in conjunction with UNLV, in 2016.)
  • The City Gone Wild (1927) with Louise Brooks—lost film
  • Old Ironsides (1926) partly filmed in experimental widescreen process Magnascope
  • Mannequin (1926) with Alice Joyce, Warner Baxter, Dolores Costello
  • The Pony Express (1925)
  • Beggar on Horseback (1925) based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly
  • Welcome Home (1925) with Lois Wilson
  • Merton of the Movies (1924) based on the novel by Harry Leon Wilson and the play by Kaufman and Connelly
  • The Fighting Coward (1924) with Cullen Landis, Mary Astor
  • The Covered Wagon (1923)
  • Hollywood (1923) lost film
  • To the Ladies (1923)
  • One Glorious Day (1922) with Will Rogers
  • The Dictator (1922) with Wallace Reid, Lila Lee
  • Leap Year (1921) with Fatty Arbuckle
  • Crazy to Marry (1921) with Arbuckle
  • Gasoline Gus (1921) with Arbuckle
  • The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921) with Arbuckle
  • The Fast Freight (1921) with Arbuckle
  • The Charm School (1921) with Wallace Reid
  • Thirty Days (1922) with Reid and Hawley
  • Food for Scandal (1920)
  • An Adventure in Hearts (1919) with Robert Warwick
  • Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919) with Reid
  • The Valley of the Giants (1919) with Reid
  • You're Fired (1919) with Reid and Wanda Hawley
  • The Roaring Road (1919) with Reid
  • The Dub (1919)

As actor

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newspaper advertisement for Rivalry (1914)
  • The Last of the Mohicans (1911)
  • The Covered Wagon (1923) (scenes deleted) .... Indian (Cruze was also director)
  • The Slave Market (1921)
  • Johnny Get Your Gun (1919) .... The Duke of Bullconia
  • Under the Top (1919) .... 'Foxy' Stillmore
  • The Source (1918) .... Langlois
  • Less Than Kin (1918) .... Jinx
  • The City of Dim Faces (1918) .... Wing Lung
  • Believe Me, Xantippe (1918) .... Simp Calloway
  • Wild Youth (1918) .... Li Choo
  • The Hidden Pearls (1918) .... Koro Leon
  • Nan of Music Mountain (1917) .... Gale Morgan
  • The Call of the East (1917) .... Janzo
  • On the Level (1917) .... Ozmun
  • What Money Can't Buy (1917) .... Ferdinand Vaslof
  • The Web of Life (1917) .... Tom Wilson
  • Her Temptation (1917) .... Walton Maynard
  • The Snowbird (1916) .... Bruce Mitchell
  • Armstrong's Wife (1915) .... Harvey Arnold
  • His Guardian Auto (1915)
  • The Patriot and the Spy (1915) .... Pietro
  • The Heart of the Princess Marsari (1915)
  • Zudora (1914) .... Hassam Ali/Jim Baird, Reporter (film was retitled The Twenty Million Dollar Mystery)
  • From Wash to Washington (1914)
  • The Million Dollar Mystery (1914) .... Jim Norton
  • Rivalry (1914)
  • A Dog of Flanders (1914)
  • A Debut in the Secret Service (1914)
  • The Cat's Paw (1914)
  • The Desert Tribesman (1914)
  • Cardinal Richelieu's Ward (1914) .... Richelieu
  • A Leak in the Foreign Office (1914)
  • Joseph in the Land of Egypt (1914) .... Joseph
  • Why Reginald Reformed (1914)
  • The Woman Pays (1914)
  • The Adventures of a Diplomatic Freelance (1914)
  • Frou Frou (1914) .... Comte Paul de Valreas
  • The Legend of Provence (1913) .... Sir Henry
  • The Silver-Tongued Orator (1913)
  • The Plot Against the Governor (1913)
  • A Daughter Worth While (1913)
  • Moths (1913) .... Undetermined Name, villain
  • Robin Hood (1913) (uncredited)
  • The Message to Headquarters (1913)
  • The Ward of the King (1913)
  • An Unromantic Maiden (1913)
  • Tannhäuser (1913)
  • The Lost Combination (1913)
  • The Snare of Fate (1913)
  • Marble Heart (1913) .... Raphael
  • Her Sister's Secret (1913)
  • Rosie's Revenge (1913)
  • The Woman Who Did Not Care (1913)
  • Cymbeline (1913) .... Leonatus
  • For Her Boy's Sake (1913)
  • Her Gallant Knights (1913)
  • The Idol of the Hour (1913)
  • Good Morning, Judge (1913)
  • The Dove in the Eagle's Nest (1913) .... The Eagle
  • The Tiniest of Stars (1913) .... The Musician
  • A Poor Relation (1913)
  • When Ghost Meets Ghost (1913)
  • A Militant Suffragette (1912) .... John Strong, Mary's Fiancé
  • The Star of Bethlehem (1912) .... Micah, Joseph
  • The Other Half (1912) .... The Father
  • The Forest Rose (1912) .... Albert as an Older Man, Rose's Lover
  • The Thunderbolt (1912) .... The Dishonest Broker
  • Cross Your Heart (1912) .... The Little Boy Grown Up
  • The Ladder of Life (1912)
  • Put Yourself in His Place (1912) .... Edith's Husband
  • In a Garden (1912) .... Jack, as an Adult
  • The Woman in White (1912) .... Sir Percival
  • When Mercy Tempers Justice (1912) .... The Impoverished Father
  • Miss Robinson Crusoe (1912) .... Miss Crusoe's Rescuer and Lover
  • Letters of a Lifetime (1912) .... A Dying Bachelor
  • But the Greatest of These Is Charity (1912) .... The Rich Father
  • Undine (1912) .... Huldbrand, the Knight
  • Lucile (1912) .... Lord Alfred
  • Baby Hands (1912) .... The Husband
  • The Finger of Scorn (1912) .... The Minister
  • Nursie and the Knight (1912) .... The Father
  • Pa's Medicine (1912) .... The Doctor
  • Under Two Flags (1912)
  • Called Back (1912) .... Gilbert Vaughn
  • Whom God Hath Joined (1912) .... The Husband
  • The Ring of a Spanish Grandee (1912)
  • Jess (1912) .... Captain John Neil
  • Love's Miracle (1912) .... The Convict/Lover
  • Miss Arabella Snaith (1912) .... Harry Hargreaves, Novelist
  • The Cry of the Children (1912) .... The working father
  • Rejuvenation (1912) .... The Millionaire
  • Into the Desert (1912) .... The Arab
  • A Love of Long Ago (1912)
  • The Girl of the Grove (1912)
  • For Sale—A Life (1912) .... The Wealthy Young Clubman
  • he Golf Caddie's Dog (1912) .... The Lover
  • Flying to Fortune (1912) .... The Daughter's Sweetheart
  • The Arab's Bride (1912) .... The Wealthy Moor
  • On Probation (1912)
  • East Lynne (1912) .... Archibald Carlyle
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) .... Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
  • She (1911) .... Leo Vincey / Kallikrates
  • Brother Bob's Baby (1911) .... Bob's Brother
  • Beneath the Veil (1911) .... The Artist
  • A Mother's Faith (1911) .... The Errant Son
  • The Last of the Mohicans (1911) .... Uncas
  • The Higher Law (1911)
  • A Boy of the Revolution (1911)
  • Back to Nature (1911)
  • The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1911)

See also

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