David Kirkland

David Kirkland
BornNovember 26, 1878
San Francisco, California, United States
DiedOctober 27, 1964 (aged 85)
Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationsDirector, Actor
Years active1911-1943 (film)

David Henry Swim (November 26, 1878 – October 27, 1964), known professionally as David Kirkland, was an American actor and film director of the silent and early sound eras.

He was cast as Dr. Dopem in the Snakeville comedy series and directed several Keystone Studios comedy films. He was a pallbearer at Virginia Rappe's funeral. Kirkland's 1920 film The Perfect Woman was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

Kirkland was born in San Francisco and attended the University of California at Berkeley. He married actress Cecyl Margherita Kennedy on May 19, 1925, in Los Angeles. He also was married to Dorothea Wolter.[citation needed]

Partial filmography

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as David Kirkland Swim

References

  1. ↑ "Identity Revealed". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. 1925-03-10. p. 13. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
  2. ↑ Munden p. 39
  3. ↑ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. ISBN 9780786410590.
  4. ↑ Walker, Brent E. (2013-04-25). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. ISBN 9780786477111.
  5. ↑ Merritt, Greg (September 2013). Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hol. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781613747957.
  6. ↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
  7. ↑ Motion Picture News Blue Book. Motion Picture News, Inc. 1930. p. 134.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  8. ↑ "Wedding Bells Hush Wails of Divorce Seekers". The Los Angeles Times. 20 May 1925. p. 23.

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