List of Canadian Film Pioneers in Hollywood
Among those Canadians who took part in the early years of Hollywood were:
- Allakariallak (1890s–1924?), Inuit actor & subject of "Nanook of the North"
- Charles Arling (1880–1922), actor
- William Bertram (1880–1933), actor, director
- Ben Blue (1901–1975), actor, comedian
- Jack Carson (1910–1963), actor
- Al Christie (1881–1951), co-founder of Christie Film Company, director/producer/screenwriter
- Charles Christie (1880–1955), co-founder of Christie Film Company; builder of Hollywood's first luxury hotel
- Berton Churchill (1876–1940), actor
- Sam De Grasses (1875–1953), actor
- Joe De Grasse (1873–1940), director
- Fifi D'Orsay (1904–1983), actress
- Marie Dressler (1869–1934), Academy Award for Best Actress
- Douglass Dumbrille (1889–1974), moving and television actor
- Allan Dwan (1885–1981), director, producer, screenwriter
- Edward Earle (1882–1972), actor
- Rockliffe Fellowes (1883–1950), actor
- Glenn Ford (1916–2006), actor
- Huntley Gordon (1887–1956), actor
- Harry Hayden (1882–1955), actor
- George Delbert Henderson (1883–1956), actor, director, writer
- Walter Huston (1884–1950), Academy Award winning actor
- May Irwin (1862-1938), actor, first screen kiss in 1896
- Ruby Keeler, (1909–1993), dancer, actress
- Barbara Kent (1906-2011), actress
- Florence La Badie (1888–1917), actress
- Florence Lawrence (1886–1938), "America's first movie star"
- Beatrice Lillie (1894-1989), actress
- Gene Lockhart (1891–1957), actor
- Del Lord (1894–1970), comedy director
- Wilfred Lucas (1871–1940), director, screenwriter, actor
- Henry MacRae (1876–1944), director, producer, screenwriter, actor
- Raymond Massey (1896–1983), actor
- Louis B. Mayer (1885–1957), co–founder of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Motion Picture Studios
- Bob Nolan (1908-1980), singer/actor in western musicals as leader of "The Sons of the Pioneers"
- Sidney Olcott (1873–1949), director
- Jack Pickford (1896–1933), actor, Hollywood's first "Bad Boy"
- Lottie Pickford (1893-1936), actress
- Mary Pickford (1892–1979), "America's Sweetheart," Academy Award for Best Actress, co–founder of United Artists
- Walter Pidgeon (1897–1984), actor
- Marie Prevost (1898–1937), actress
- William Quinn (1884–1965), actor
- Mack Sennett (1880–1960), director, known as the "King of Comedy"
- Athole Shearer (1900–1985), actress, wife of director Howard Hawks
- Douglas Shearer, (1899–1971), sound director/designer, winner of seven Academy Awards
- Norma Shearer (1902–1983), Academy Award for Best Actress
- Nell Shipman (1892–1970), actress, writer, producer
- Jay Silverheels (1912–1980), actor known for his portrayal of Tonto, sidekick to the Lone Ranger
- Ned Sparks (1883–1957), actor
- Richard Travers (1885–1935), actor
- Jack Warner (1892–1978), co-founder of Warner Brothers
- Marjorie White (1904-1935), actress
- Joseph Wiseman (1918–2009), actor
- Fay Wray (1907–2004), actress
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