Edgar Lewis(1869-1938)
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Edgar Lewis began his career as a stage actor and entered the film
industry in 1911 as an actor, making his directorial debut two years
later. Specializing in action-adventure films and westerns, he directed
dozens of pictures between 1913 and 1930, when he left directing and
returned to his first love, acting. Most of his films during the sound
era were in bit parts or uncredited roles. He appeared in his final
film, Riding Wild (1935), in 1935 and
retired. He died in Los Angeles in 1938.