
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.

Little Old New York

The Colleen Bawn

Timothy's Quest

By a Woman's Wit

Ranson's Folly

The Humming Bird

The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

Monsieur Beaucaire

Poor Little Peppina

From the Manger to the Cross

The Lad from Old Ireland

You Remember Ellen

For Ireland's Sake

Railroad Raiders of '62

The Green Goddess

Come Back to Erin

The Smugglers

Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr

Madame Butterfly

Ben Hur

Rory O'More

His Mother

The Darling of the CSA

The Conspiracy of Pontiac

For Love of an Enemy

When Lovers Part

The Navajo's Bride

The Seven Sisters

The Moth and the Flame

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Dust of the Desert

An Arabian Tragedy

The Poacher's Pardon

Ireland, the Oppressed

The Kerry Gow

The Railroad Raiders of '62

All for Old Ireland

The Claw

My Lady Incog.

The Best People

The Charmer

The Only Woman

God's Country and the Law

Diplomacy

The Little Spreewald Maiden

The Amateur Gentleman

Salome of the Tenements

The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged

When the Dead Return

A Slave to Drink

Evangeline

Captured by Bedouins

The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy

The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War

Winning a Widow

The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

Not So Long Ago

The Right Way

The Innocent Lie

Marriage for Convenience

Tragedy of the Desert

The Wives of Jamestown

Pardon My French

The White Black Sheep