Henry Lehrman | |
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 Lehrman in 1914 | |
| Born | March 30, 1881 |
| Died | November 7, 1946 (aged 65) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Other names | "Pathe" Lehrman |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1909–1931 |
| Spouse | |
| Partner | Virginia Rappe (1919–1921) |
Henry Lehrman (March 30, 1881[1][2] – November 7, 1946) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Lehrman was a very prominent figure of Hollywood's silent film era, working with such cinematic pioneers as D. W. Griffith and Mack Sennett. He directed, as well as co-starred in, Charlie Chaplin's first film, Making a Living.
Lehrman was notoriously careless of the safety of the actors who worked for him. He was the fiance of the actress Virginia Rappe, for whose death Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (whom Lehrman had directed in about a dozen films in the early 1920s), in a highly publicized series of trials, was accused, and later acquitted, of manslaughter.