John Ince

Actor/director John Ince was born in 1878 in New York City to a pair of vaudeville performers. His two younger brothers, Ralph Ince and Thomas H. Ince, were also in show business, with Thomas being the most well-known of the three, having been a pioneering producer/director who built the first complete movie studio, containing everything from sound stages to processing labs to standing permanent sets, known as Inceville. Ralph also became an actor/director (many contemporary critics believed him to be a better director than Thomas and a better actor than John), but his reputation off-screen tended to overshadow his on-screen accomplishments. In addition to being an actor, John directed quite a few two-reels for his brother Thomas' studio, in addition to a lesser number of features, and acted in many of his own films. One of his more bizarre productions was Thomas H. Ince, a drama based on a real-life murder, in which the actual murderer, Clara Smith Hamon, played herself! His brother