Sep 20, 1873 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.
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| Movie | 1912 | The Little Gluers | Capt. Sidney Keirnan | |
| Movie | 1912 | Ireland, the Oppressed | Father Falvey | |
| Movie | 1912 | The Shaughraun | Conn - the Shaughraun | |
| Movie | 1915 | The Railroad Raiders of '62 | Captain Andrews (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1911 | Railroad Raiders of '62 | Capt. Andrews | |
| Movie | 1910 | The Little Spreewald Maiden | Hans - Frieda's Peasant Sweetheart | |
| Movie | 1910 | The Lad from Old Ireland | Terry O'Connor | |
| Movie | 1911 | The Colleen Bawn | Danny Mann | |
| Movie | 1911 | The Fiddler’s Requiem | Notary | |
| Movie | 1914 | For Ireland's Sake | Father Flanagan | |
| Movie | 1915 | All for Old Ireland | ||
| Movie | 1915 | Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr | Con Daly | |
| Movie | 1912 | From the Manger to the Cross | Blind Man (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1911 | The Irish Honeymoon | Larry Malone | |
| Movie | 1913 | Lady Peggy’s Escape | Father O’Donnell | |
| Movie | 1914 | The Eye of the Government | The Detective | |
| Movie | 1905 | 2 A.M. in the Subway | Drunk Man | |
| Movie | 1912 | Vagabonds | Tom | |
| Movie | 1911 | The Fishermaid of Ballydavid | A Fisherman / Kathleen's Fiance | |
| Movie | 1912 | The Mayor from Ireland | ||
| Movie | 1912 | The O'Neill |
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| Movie | 1913 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | Dust of the Desert | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | An Arabian Tragedy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | A Prisoner of the Harem | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | The Poacher's Pardon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | The Little Gluers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | Ireland, the Oppressed | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | The Shaughraun | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1915 | The Railroad Raiders of '62 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | Monsieur Beaucaire | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1910 | The Lad from Old Ireland | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1907 | Ben Hur | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | His Mother | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | You Remember Ellen | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | Little Old New York | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | Rory O'More | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | The Colleen Bawn | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1914 | For Ireland's Sake | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1915 | All for Old Ireland | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1915 | Madame Butterfly | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1916 | Poor Little Peppina | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | Railroad Raiders of '62 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1927 | The Claw | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1915 | The Seven Sisters | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1909 | The Governor's Daughter | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | From the Manger to the Cross | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1916 | My Lady Incog. | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | The Darling of the CSA | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | The Best People | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | The Green Goddess | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1910 | The Conspiracy of Pontiac | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1922 | Timothy's Quest | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | The Charmer | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | By a Woman's Wit | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1910 | The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | For Love of an Enemy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | The Only Woman | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1921 | God's Country and the Law | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1916 | Diplomacy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1910 | The Little Spreewald Maiden | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1926 | The Amateur Gentleman | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | Salome of the Tenements | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | The Humming Bird | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1910 | The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | When the Dead Return | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1909 | A Slave to Drink | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1908 | Evangeline | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1915 | The Moth and the Flame | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1926 | Ranson's Folly | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1908 | Way Down East | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1910 | The Stepmother | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1909 | The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1910 | The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1910 | When Lovers Part | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | Her Chum’s Brother | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | The Fiddler’s Requiem | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | The Little Soldier of ’64 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | A Sawmill Hero | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | Captured by Bedouins | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | Winning a Widow | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1914 | Come Back to Erin | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | The Special Messenger | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1914 | For Ireland's Sake | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1908 | The Scarlet Letter | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1910 | Her Indian Mother | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1910 | Her Indian Mother | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1915 | The Ghost of Twisted Oaks | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | Not So Long Ago | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1921 | The Right Way | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1915 | All for Old Ireland | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1916 | The Innocent Lie | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1910 | The Romance of a Trained Nurse | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1916 | The Smugglers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1910 | The Navajo's Bride | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1915 | Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1915 | Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1915 | Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1919 | Marriage for Convenience | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | Tragedy of the Desert | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | The Irish Honeymoon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1913 | The Wives of Jamestown | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1913 | Lady Peggy’s Escape | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1914 | The Eye of the Government | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | Far from Erin's Isle | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | Vagabonds | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1911 | The Fishermaid of Ballydavid | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | Conway, The Kerry Dancer | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | The Mayor from Ireland | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1912 | The O'Neill | Director | Directing |
