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| image = Portrait_of_actor_John_R._Cumpson,_1911.jpg
| image = Portrait_of_actor_John_R._Cumpson,_1911.jpg
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| caption =
| caption = ''[[The Motion Picture Story Magazine]]'', 1911
| birth_name =
| birth_name = John Raymond Cumpson
| birth_date = August 30, 1866
| birth_date = August 30, 1866
| birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
| death_date = March 15, 1913 (aged 46)
| death_date = March 15, 1913 (aged 46)
| death_place = [[New York City, New York]], U.S.
| death_place = [[New York City, New York]], U.S.
| othername = John Compson<br>John Cumpson<br>Mr. Cumpson
| othername = John Compson<br>John R. Cumpson<br>Mr. Cumpson
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor, comedian
| spouses = Carrie Craft<br>(m.1898{{ndash}}1900, her death)<ref>"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940", John Cumpson to Carrie Craft, 12 July 1898, database, New York Municipal Archives, New York. [[FamilySearch]].</ref>
| yearsactive = 1901–1913
| yearsactive = 1901–1913
}}
}}


'''John R. Cumpson''' (August 30, 1866{{ndash}}March 15, 1913) was an American stage and film actor. On [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]], he appeared in ''Up York State'' in 1901.<ref>{{cite web|title=John R. Cumpson|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-r-cumpson-36862|website=Internet Broadway Database|publisher=The Broadway League|accessdate=14 April 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414201400/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-r-cumpson-36862|archivedate=14 April 2018}}</ref> With regard to his screen career, Cumpson appeared in at least 124 films between [[1905 in film|1905]] and [[1912 in film|1912]]. A 1910 newspaper item described him as "the famous Swedish dialect comedian."<ref>{{cite news|title=Ole Olson|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19230547/john_r_cumpson/|work=The Springfield News-Leader|date=March 2, 1910|location=Missouri, Springfield|page=4|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = April 14, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>
'''John R. Cumpson''' (August 30, 1866{{spnd}}March 15, 1913) was an American stage and film actor. On [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]], he appeared in ''Up York State'' in 1901.<ref>{{cite web|title=John R. Cumpson|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-r-cumpson-36862|website=Internet Broadway Database|publisher=The Broadway League|accessdate=14 April 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414201400/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-r-cumpson-36862|archivedate=14 April 2018}}</ref> With regard to his screen career, Cumpson appeared in at least 124 films between [[1905 in film|1905]] and [[1912 in film|1912]]. A 1910 newspaper item described him as "the famous Swedish dialect comedian."<ref>{{cite news|title=Ole Olson|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19230547/john_r_cumpson/|work=The Springfield News-Leader|date=March 2, 1910|location=Missouri, Springfield|page=4|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = April 14, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>

Silent film star [[Florence Lawrence]] enjoyed working often with Cumpson at the [[Biograph Company]] in 1908 and 1909, although later, in an interview with ''[[Photoplay]]'', she described him as essentially a humorless comedian:{{quote|"Mr. Cumpson was the most serious comedian I have ever known. Nothing was ever funny to him, and he never tried to be funny....When all the rest of the company would laugh at something he had said or did, he would become indignant, thinking we were making fun of him."<ref>Lawrence, Florence (in collaboration with Monte K. Katterjohn). [https://archive.org/details/PhotoplayMagazineJan.1915/page/n101/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Cumpson "Growing Up with the Movies"], part three of four, ''Photoplay'' (Chicago), January 1915, p. 105. [[Internet Archive]], San Francisco, California. Retrieved March 2, 2021.</ref>}}


Cumpson died of [[pneumonia]] and [[diabetes]] at Washington Heights Hospital in [[New York City]]. He was survived by a brother and two sisters.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sudden Death of J.R. Cumpson|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19231902/jr_cumpson/|work=The Buffalo Enquirer|date=March 17, 1913|location=New York, Buffalo|page=10|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = April 14, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>
Cumpson died of [[pneumonia]] and [[diabetes]] at Washington Heights Hospital in [[New York City]]. He was survived by a brother and two sisters.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sudden Death of J.R. Cumpson|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19231902/jr_cumpson/|work=The Buffalo Enquirer|date=March 17, 1913|location=New York, Buffalo|page=10|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = April 14, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>


[[File:Mrs Jones entertains 1909.jpg|240px|thumb|right|[[Film still]] of Cumpson (wearing hat) co-starring in ''[[Mrs. Jones Entertains]]'' (1909)]]
[[File:Mrs Jones entertains 1909.jpg|240px|thumb|right|[[Film still]] of Cumpson (wearing hat) co-starring in the [[Biograph Studios|Biograph]] short ''[[Mrs. Jones Entertains]]'' (1909)]]


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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|Mr. Eddie Jones
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|Mr. Eddie Jones
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|Mr. Eddie Jones
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|''[[Jones' Burglar]]''
|Mr. Eddie Jones
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|''[[Mrs. Jones' Lover]]'' or ''[[I Want My Hat]]''
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|''[[A Sound Sleeper]]''
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|''[[Those Awful Hats]]''
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John R. Cumpson
The Motion Picture Story Magazine, 1911
Born
John Raymond Cumpson

August 30, 1866
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
DiedMarch 15, 1913 (aged 46)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Other namesJohn Compson
John R. Cumpson
Mr. Cumpson
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1901–1913
SpousesCarrie Craft
(m.1898–1900, her death)[1]

John R. Cumpson (August 30, 1866 – March 15, 1913) was an American stage and film actor. On Broadway, he appeared in Up York State in 1901.[2] With regard to his screen career, Cumpson appeared in at least 124 films between 1905 and 1912. A 1910 newspaper item described him as "the famous Swedish dialect comedian."[3]

Silent film star Florence Lawrence enjoyed working often with Cumpson at the Biograph Company in 1908 and 1909, although later, in an interview with Photoplay, she described him as essentially a humorless comedian:

"Mr. Cumpson was the most serious comedian I have ever known. Nothing was ever funny to him, and he never tried to be funny....When all the rest of the company would laugh at something he had said or did, he would become indignant, thinking we were making fun of him."[4]

Cumpson died of pneumonia and diabetes at Washington Heights Hospital in New York City. He was survived by a brother and two sisters.[5]

Film still of Cumpson (wearing hat) co-starring in the Biograph short Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)

Selected filmography

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Year Film Role Notes
1905 The White Caps
1908 Romance of a Jewess Customer
The Zulu's Heart Zulu warrior
The Call of the Wild Chinese servant
A Calamitous Elopement
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court Justice McPheeney
A Smoked Husband Mr. Benjamin Bibbs
Mr. Jones at the Ball Mr. Eddie Jones
1909 Mrs. Jones Entertains Mr. Eddie Jones
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party Mr. Eddie Jones
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals Mr. Eddie Jones
Jones and His New Neighbors Mr. Eddie Jones
His Wife's Mother Mr. Eddie Jones
Jones and the Lady Book Agent Mr. Eddie Jones
Her First Biscuits Mr. Eddie Jones
The Peachbasket Hat Mr. Eddie Jones
Jones' Burglar Mr. Eddie Jones
Mrs. Jones' Lover or I Want My Hat Mr. Eddie Jones
The Road to the Heart Chinese cook
Trying to Get Arrested Tramp
A Sound Sleeper Tramp[6]
Schneider's Anti-Noise Crusade Mr. Schneider
Those Awful Hats Theatre audience member Alternative title: Those Darn Hats
The Lonely Villa "At the Inn"
1910 How Bumptious Papered the Parlor Bumptious
Two Men Miner
Bumptious as a Fireman Bumptious
1911 Mr. Bumptious, Detective Bumptious
Billy's Séance Billy
The Child and the Tramp 3rd tramp
1912 Percy Learns to Waltz Percy
A Millionaire for a Day Fred Dudley
How Shorty Won Out Shorty
A Case of Dynamite Jonathan Jay
Ferdie, Be Brave Ferdie

References

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  1. ^ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940", John Cumpson to Carrie Craft, 12 July 1898, database, New York Municipal Archives, New York. FamilySearch.
  2. ^ "John R. Cumpson". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Ole Olson". The Springfield News-Leader. Missouri, Springfield. March 2, 1910. p. 4. Retrieved April 14, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Lawrence, Florence (in collaboration with Monte K. Katterjohn). "Growing Up with the Movies", part three of four, Photoplay (Chicago), January 1915, p. 105. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "Sudden Death of J.R. Cumpson". The Buffalo Enquirer. New York, Buffalo. March 17, 1913. p. 10. Retrieved April 14, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "The Sound Sleeper (1909)", catalog, American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles, California. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
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