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Henry Lehrman (April 21, 1886 – November 7, 1946) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director and producer. Born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, Lehrman emigrated to the United States at a young age and although he is best remembered as a film director, he began his career as an actor in a 1909 Biograph Studios production directed by D.W. Griffith. He gained the nickname "Pathé," reportedly because he told Biograph he had been sent there from Europe to have a job by France's Pathé Frères. While the executive at Biograph may not have believed him, they nevertheless gave him his... MORE

Henry Lehrman (April 21, 1886 – November 7, 1946) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director and producer. Born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, Lehrman emigrated to the United States at a young age and although he is best remembered as a film director, he began his career as an actor in a 1909 Biograph Studios production directed by D.W. Griffith. He gained the nickname "Pathé," reportedly because he told Biograph he had been sent there from Europe to have a job by France's Pathé Frères. While the executive at Biograph may not have believed him, they nevertheless gave him his first acting work in film, appearing as one of many in a mob scene with another aspiring actor named Mack Sennett. A few years later Lehrman was a successful actor and would make his directorial debut, co-directing a 1911 Biograph production with Sennett. When Sennett left to create his own Keystone Studios, Henry Lehrman would join him, working as an actor, a screenwriter, and as the first director of Charlie Chaplin. In 1915, Lehrman established his own film company called the L-KO Kompany to make two-reel comedies for Universal Studios. Lehrman was notorious for his low regard toward actors, and his LESS