Joseph Henabery(1888-1976)

Director
Actor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joseph Henabery was born on 15 January 1888 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916) and His Majesty, the American (1919). He was married to Lillian Nolan and Maceal Nolan. He died on 18 February 1976 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

The Birth of a Nation

6.1

Abraham Lincoln(as Jos. Henabery)

1915

Intolerance

7.7

L'amiral de Coligny
Defendant

1916

His Majesty, the American

6.1

Director

1919

The Love Trader

7.5

Director

1930

Credits

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Director

Shades of Gray
6.3
- Director (as Joe Henabery)
- 1948
Leather Burners
6.3
- Director (as Joseph E. Henabery)
- 1943
An Organ Novelty
Short
- Director
- 1940
Symphony of Swing
7.1
Short
- Director
- 1939
World's Fair Junior
Short
- Director
- 1939
Rubinoff and His Violin
Short
- Director
- 1939
Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra
7.6
Short
- Director
- 1939
Verge of Disaster
Short
- Director
- 1939
Three-Minute Fuse
Short
- Director
- 1939
Lives in Peril
Short
- Director
- 1939
Haunted House
Short
- Director
- 1939
Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
5.4
Short
- Director
- 1939
Voodoo Fires
Short
- Director
- 1939
Public Jitterbug No. 1
5.5
Short
- Director
- 1939
Chained
Short
- Director
- 1939

Actor

Intolerance
7.7
- L'amiral de Coligny
- Defendant
- 1916
The Penitentes
- Minor Role (unconfirmed, uncredited)
- 1915
Her Oath of Vengeance
Short
- Mr. Gray
- 1915
The Little Cupids
Short
- Dick
- 1915
Providence and the Twins
Short
- Caleb Lacey
- 1915
The Way of a Mother
Short
- Henry Bartlett
- 1915
Billie's Rescue
Short
- Elmer Worth - Jim's Brother
- 1915
The Mystic Jewel
Short
- John Burton - Charles' Brother
- 1915
Children of the Sea
Short
- Joe - Letty's Sweetheart
- 1915
The Ten O'Clock Boat
Short
- Walton
- 1915
A Mother's Justice
Short
- George Shields - a Drummer
- 1915
The Race Love
Short
- John Walton
- 1915
The Huron Converts
Short
- Asaban
- 1915
The Spell of the Poppy
Short
- John Hale
- 1915
The Little Matchmaker
Short
- 1915

Second Unit or Assistant Director

The Mollycoddle
6.5
- second unit director (uncredited)
- 1920
When the Clouds Roll by
6.9
- assistant director (unconfirmed, uncredited)
- 1919
The Mother and the Law
7.0
- assistant director
- 1919
Down to Earth
6.2
- second unit director (uncredited)
- 1917
Wild and Woolly
6.4
- assistant director
- second unit director (uncredited)
- 1917
Intolerance
7.7
- first assistant director: Babylon story
- second unit director: New York (uncredited)
- 1916
The Birth of a Nation
6.1
- assistant director (uncredited)
- 1915

Personal details

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Alternative names
- Joseph J. Henaberry
Height
- 6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
Born
- January 15, 1888
- Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Died
- February 18, 1976
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
Spouses
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography
- 6 Articles

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Trivia
In 1925 he contracted tuberculosis and didn't work for almost a year while he was recuperating. When he was finally well enough to return to work, he found that none of the big studios would hire him, mainly because he had previously clashed with powerful studio heads Louis B. Mayer of MGM and Adolph Zukor of Paramount, and he was effectively blackballed. He wound up freelancing for lower-ranked studios like Columbia and Universal and cranking out low-budget action pictures for the independent states-rights market until he got a contract making shorts at Vitaphone.

Quotes
[on Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, who he directed in several pictures] He was too nice a guy to get fouled up the way he did. He was a victim of the times.