Alfred Paget
Paget in 1916.
Born(1879-06-02)2 June 1879
London, England
Died8 October 1919(1919-10-08) (aged 40)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Resting placeBrookside Cemetery, Winnipeg
OccupationActor
Years active1908–1918
SpouseLeila Halstead Paget

Alfred Paget (2 June 1879 – 8 October 1919) was an English silent film actor best known for his portrayal of Prince Belshazzar in D.W. Griffith's 1916 historical epic Intolerance. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1908 and 1918. Prior to his film career, he had served from 1899 to 1903 in the Royal Horse Guards of the British Army.

He served in South Africa during the Second Boer War from July to November 1900, receiving the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal. In April 1918 he travelled to Canada and enrolled in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, being assigned to the 34th Fort Garry Horse Depot Squadron in Winnipeg as an instructor, being quickly promoted to the rank of Sergeant due to his previous service and experience.

Paget was married to Leila Halstead.[1] In the summer of 1919, he contracted a form of malarial fever, and died in Winnipeg on 8 October 1919. He is buried in the Field Of Honour in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg.[1]

Filmography

Paget as Prince Belshazzar of Babylon in Intolerance (1916)
YearTitleRoleNotes
1908 Romance of a Jewess Short
1909 The Red Man's View Silver Eagle Short, Uncredited
1910 The Two Brothers Mexican Short
A Romance of the Western Hills Indian Short
The Unchanging Sea Villager Short
In the Border States Union Soldier Short
A Flash of Light Wedding Guest Short
The House with Closed Shutters On Porch / At Farewell Short
The Modern Prodigal Guard Short
A Mohawk's Way Indian Short
1911 His Trust Messenger / Confederate soldier Short
What Shall We Do with Our Old? In shop Short
The Lily of the Tenements A Customer Short
Enoch Arden A Shipwrecked Sailor Short
The Indian Brothers In Second Tribe / At Funeral Short
A Country Cupid A Farmer Short
The Last Drop of Water An Indian / In Wagon Train Short
Out from the Shadow At Dance Short
The Blind Princess and the Poet Short
The Battle Confederate Officer Short
The Miser's Heart Policeman Short
A Woman Scorned The Sneak Thief's Companion Short
1912 The Old Bookkeeper A Thief Short
For His Son In Office Short, Uncredited
Under Burning Skies Emily's Husband's Friend Short
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch A Cowboy Short
One Is Business, the Other Crime Short
The Lesser Evil The Leader of the Smugglers Short
A Temporary Truce A Drunken Cutthroat / An Indian / Among Rescuers Short
The Spirit Awakened The Renegade Farmhand Short
The Inner Circle Police Agent Short
Blind Love A Policeman Short
Two Daughters of Eve In Audience Short
The Chief's Blanket The Unfaithful Sentinel Short
The Girl and Her Trust A Tramp Short
In the Aisles of the Wild An Indian Short
The Musketeers of Pig Alley Rival Gang Leader Short
Heredity Indian / Woodsman Short
Gold and Glitter In Canoe Short
My Baby The Married Sister's Husband Short
The Informer Confederate General Short
Brutality Outside Bar Short
The New York Hat The Doctor Short
My Hero Indian Short
The Burglar's Dilemma Interrogating Detective Short
A Cry for Help Policeman Short
1913 The Telephone Girl and the Lady The Telephone Girl's Sweetheart Short
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods The Woodsman Short
The Tender Hearted Boy Policeman Short, Uncredited
Oil and Water Among Dancers Short, Uncredited
Broken Ways In Posse Short, Uncredited
A Girl's Stratagem The Saloon Keeper Short
The Sheriff's Baby The Sheriff Short
A Misunderstood Boy The Vigilante Leader Short
The Left-Handed Man Policeman Short
The Tenderfoot's Money Short
The House of Darkness Asylum Guard Short, Uncredited
Just Gold Second Brother Short
A Timely Interception The Oil Syndicate Short
Red Hicks Defies the World In Crowd Short, Uncredited
Almost a Wild Man In Audience Short, Uncredited
The Mothering Heart Club Patron Short, Uncredited
Two Men of the Desert An Indian Short
A Woman in the Ultimate Member of the Badger Gang Short
A Modest Hero First Policeman Short
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch Waifs' uncle Short
The Little Tease Short
The Yaqui Cur In Tribe Short
1914 Judith of Bethulia Bethulian / Assyrian Soldier
Brute Force In Club / Tribesman Short, (Prologue) / (The Old Days)
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle Short
1915 Enoch Arden Enoch Arden Short
The Absentee Evil
Strathmore Bertie Errol
The Lamb Bill Cactus
The Gambler of the West
Martyrs of the Alamo James Bowie
1916 Intolerance Prince Belshazzar
The Old Folks at Home
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's[2] Bert Gallagher
Pathways of Life Short
1917 Nina, the Flower Girl Archie Dean
Big Timber Charlie Benton
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp The Sultan
The Fair Barbarian Mr. Burmistone
1918 Cupid's Round Up Jim Cocksey
The Girl with the Champagne Eyes Matt
1919 When a Girl Loves Ben Grant

References

  1. 1 2 "Sergeant Paget Passes Away at Winnipeg". San Bernardino Sun. 16 October 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 14 January 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "The Heiress at Coffee Dan's". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
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