Elmer Clifton

director • writer • actor

Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He ...

Born: March 12, 1890 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died: October 15, 1949 (age 59)

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Known For

7.5

Captain America

Movies & TV Credits

127 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
I Am Not a Racist Movie	—	Actor	Phil	2019
Outcasts of Black Mesa Movie	6.8	Writing	Story	1950
The Silver Bandit Movie	3.3	Writing	Screenplay	1950
The Kid from Gower Gulch Movie	3.8	Writing	Screenplay	1950
Not Wanted Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1949
The Judge Movie	5.8	Writing	Screenplay	1949
Red Rock Outlaw Movie	7.3	Writing	Screenplay	1949
Sunset Carson Rides Again Movie	5.1	Writing	Writer	1948
Quick on the Trigger Movie	6.9	Writing	Screenplay	1948
West to Glory Movie	5.9	Writing	Screenplay	1947
Rainbow Over the Rockies Movie	6.4	Writing	Screenplay	1947
Lightning Raiders Movie	5.9	Writing	Screenplay	1946
Outlaws of the Plains Movie	5.5	Writing	Story	1946
Swing, Cowboy, Swing Movie	—	Directing	Director	1946
Song of the Sierras Movie	5.0	Writing	Screenplay	1946
Marked for Murder Movie	5.1	Writing	Screenplay	1945
Three in the Saddle Movie	6.2	Writing	Screenplay	1945
Frontier Fugitives Movie	—	Writing	Screenplay	1945
Gangsters of the Frontier Movie	5.3	Writing	Screenplay	1944
Seven Doors to Death Movie	4.2	Writing	Screenplay	1944
Gunsmoke Mesa Movie	4.7	Writing	Screenplay	1944
Guns of the Law Movie	—	Writing	Screenplay	1944
Youth Aflame Movie	4.3	Directing	Director	1944
The Pinto Bandit Movie	5.5	Writing	Screenplay	1944
The Whispering Skull Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1944
Dead or Alive Movie	—	Directing	Director	1944
Outlaw Roundup Movie	6.1	Writing	Screenplay	1944
Brand of the Devil Movie	5.0	Writing	Screenplay	1944
Spook Town Movie	—	Writing	Screenplay	1944
Teen Age Movie	4.3	Writing	Screenplay	1944
Captain America Movie	5.4	Directing	Director	1944
The Blocked Trail Movie	7.5	Directing	Director	1943
Raiders of San Joaquin Movie	5.6	Writing	Screenplay	1943
Bad Men of Thunder Gap Movie	5.4	Writing	Writer	1943
Cheyenne Roundup Movie	6.1	Writing	Screenplay	1943
Frontier Law Movie	6.5	Writing	Screenplay	1943
Boss of Rawhide Movie	5.8	Writing	Screenplay	1943
The Return of the Rangers Movie	7.1	Writing	Screenplay	1943
Days of Old Cheyenne Movie	6.6	Directing	Director	1943
The Old Chisholm Trail Movie	5.4	Writing	Screenplay	1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1942
The Rangers Take Over Movie	5.8	Writing	Writer	1942
The Sundown Kid Movie	4.9	Directing	Director	1942
City of Missing Girls Movie	4.7	Directing	Director	1941
Swamp Woman Movie	4.3	Directing	Director	1941
The Trail of the Silver Spurs Movie	5.8	Writing	Story	1941
Hard Guy Movie	4.9	Directing	Director	1941
I'll Sell My Life Movie	5.6	Writing	Screenplay	1941
Isle Of Destiny Movie	4.5	Directing	Director	1940
West of Pinto Basin Movie	6.2	Writing	Story	1940
Crashing Thru Movie	—	Directing	Director	1939
Assassin of Youth Movie	4.3	Writing	Screenplay	1938
The Secret of Treasure Island Movie	4.6	Writing	Screenplay	1938
Paroled from the Big House Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1938
California Frontier Movie	6.5	Directing	Director	1938
Law of the Texan Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1938
The Stranger from Arizona Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	1938
Slaves in Bondage Movie	4.3	Directing	Director	1937
Mile a Minute Love Movie	5.2	Directing	Director	1937
Custer's Last Stand Movie	4.5	Directing	Director	1936
Pilot X Movie	4.9	Directing	Director	1936
Gambling with Souls Movie	4.4	Directing	Director	1936
Ten Laps to Go Movie	4.8	Directing	Director	1936
Custer's Last Stand Movie	5.0	Directing	Director	1936
Wolves of the Sea Movie	4.3	Directing	Director	1936
Wildcat Trooper Movie	—	Directing	Director	1936
Rough Riding Ranger Movie	5.0	Writing	Screenplay	1935
Fighting Caballero Movie	4.8	Directing	Director	1935
Cyclone of the Saddle Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1935
Skull and Crown Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1935
Captured in Chinatown Movie	5.2	Directing	Director	1935
Rip Roaring Riley Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1935
Pals of the Range Movie	3.5	Directing	Director	1935
Maid to Order Movie	3.3	Directing	Director	1931
The Fallen Empire Short Film	—	Directing	Director	1931
The Devil's Apple Tree Movie	—	Directing	Director	1929
Light of India Short Film	—	Directing	Director	1929
Let 'Er Go Gallegher Movie	6.5	Directing	Director	1928
Virgin Lips Movie	4.9	Directing	Director	1928
Tropical Nights Movie	2.9	Directing	Director	1928
The Wreck of the Hesperus Movie	7.7	Directing	Director	1927
The Warrens of Virginia Movie	7.7	Directing	Director	1924
Daughters of the Night Movie	—	Directing	Director	1924
Six Cylinder Love Movie	7.1	Directing	Director	1923
Down to the Sea in Ships Movie	6.0	Directing	Director	1922
Mary Ellen Comes to Town Movie	—	Directing	Director	1920
Nobody Home Movie	3.7	Directing	Director	1919
Boots Movie	4.9	Directing	Director	1919
Peppy Polly Movie	4.9	Directing	Director	1919
I'll Get Him Yet Movie	3.9	Directing	Director	1919
Nugget Nell Movie	—	Directing	Director	1919
Turning the Tables Movie	4.3	Directing	Director	1919
Battling Jane Movie	3.1	Directing	Director	1918
The Eagle Movie	4.9	Directing	Director	1918
Brace Up Movie	7.5	Directing	Director	1918
The Flash of Fate Movie	4.3	Directing	Director	1918
The Two-Soul Woman Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1918
Winner Takes All Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1918
Kiss or Kill Movie	6.9	Directing	Director	1918
The Hope Chest Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	1918
Smashing Through Movie	4.7	Directing	Director	1918
Nina, the Flower Girl Movie	4.1	Actor	Jimmie	1917
Her Official Fathers Movie	4.7	Directing	Director	1917
A Stormy Knight Movie	—	Directing	Director	1917
The Flame of Youth Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1917
The High Sign Movie	7.5	Directing	Director	1917
The Midnight Man Movie	7.9	Directing	Director	1917
The Man Trap Movie	—	Directing	Director	1917
Flirting with Death Movie	—	Directing	Director	1917
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages Movie	7.5	Actor	The Rhapsode (Babylonian Story)	1916
The Missing Links Movie	4.3	Actor	Horace Gaylord	1916
Acquitted Movie	5.9	Actor	Ned Fowler	1916
The Little School Ma'am Movie	—	Actor	Wilbur Howard	1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages Movie	7.5	Directing	First Assistant Director	1916
The Birth of a Nation Movie	5.9	Actor	Stoneman's Elder Son Phil	1915
The Lily and the Rose Movie	7.0	Actor	Allison Edwards	1915
The Sable Lorcha Movie	5.9	Actor	Phillip Clyde - Evelyn's Fiancé	1915
The Fox Woman Movie	—	Actor	Marashida	1915
The Lost House Short Film	—	Actor	Cuthbert	1915
The Birth of a Nation Movie	5.9	Directing	Assistant Director	1915
Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska Movie	5.3	Actor	Charley Bates	1914
Martin Eden Movie	5.9	Actor	Cub Reporter	1914
John Barleycorn Movie	—	Actor	Jack, 3rd period	1914
The Folly of Anne Short Film	—	Actor	The Sympathtic Publisher	1914
The Sisters Short Film	7.0	Actor	Frank (Carol's country lover)	1914
A Duel for Love Short Film	—	Actor	—	1914
A Lucky Disappointment Short Film	—	Actor	Jack Holt	1914

Elmer Clifton

Known For

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Not Wanted

The Birth of a Nation

Captain America

Movies & TV Credits