---
name: "Burr McIntosh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/burr-mcintosh"
fi1m_id: "burr-mcintosh"
imdb_id: "nm0570639"
tmdb_id: 145108
wikidata_id: "Q3227193"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 August 1862"
died: "28 April 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:48:58.828029+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Burr McIntosh

## Identity

Burr McIntosh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/burr-mcintosh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** burr-mcintosh
- **IMDb ID:** nm0570639
- **TMDB ID:** 145108
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3227193
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_McIntosh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3227193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570639/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145108

Actor. Born 21 August 1862 in Wellsville, Ohio, USA. Died 28 April 1942.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 August 1862, Wellsville, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 28 April 1942
- **Also known as:** William Burr McIntosh
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_McIntosh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3227193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570639/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145108

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Way Down East*](https://film.one/film/way-down-east.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

William Burr McIntosh, also credited as Burr McIntosh, was an American actor. He began his career on the stage before moving into silent films, appearing in 53 films between 1914 and 1934.

His best-known role was as Squire Bartlett in D. W. Griffith's *Way Down East* (1920). He had earlier graduated from Lafayette College in 1884 and was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. McIntosh had a varied career that also encompassed lecturing, photography and magazine publishing.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Way Down East* (1920), Fi1m 78, as Squire Bartlett — [page](https://film.one/film/way-down-east.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Richest Girl in the World* (1934), as David Preston
- *The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi* (1933), as Professor
- *Hallelujah, I'm a Bum* (1933), as Dignitary at Laying of Cornerstone
- *A Private Scandal* (1931), as George Wills
- *Command Performance* (1931), as Masoch
- *Skinner Steps Out* (1929), Actor
- *Fancy Baggage* (1929), as Austin
- *The Last Warning* (1928), as Josiah Bunce
- *Me, Gangster* (1928), as Bill Kane
- *Lilac Time* (1928), as Gen. Blythe
- *The Adorable Cheat* (1928), as Cyrus Dorsey
- *The Grip of the Yukon* (1928), as Chardon (Hotelkeeper)
- *Sailors' Wives* (1928), as Dr. Bobs
- *Across the Atlantic* (1928), as John Clayton
- *The Fourflusher* (1928), as Ira Wittaker
- *That Certain Thing* (1928), as A.B. Charles, Sr.
- *Breakfast at Sunrise* (1927), as General
- *Once and Forever* (1927), as Governor
- *Silk Stockings* (1927), as Judge
- *Fire and Steel* (1927), as Sandy McGreagor
- *Naughty But Nice* (1927), as Uncle Seth Sumners
- *Framed* (1927), as Magistrate
- *The Yankee Clipper* (1927), as Thomas Winslow
- *Taxi! Taxi!* (1927), as Grant Zimmerman
- *See You in Jail* (1927), as Judge Hauser
- *A One Mama Man* (1927), as The Father
- *The Golden Stallion* (1927), as Elmer Kendall
- *The Buckaroo Kid* (1926), as Henry Radigan
- *Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes* (1926), as The President
- *The Green Archer* (1925), Actor
- *Pearl of Love* (1925), as Captain Kittridge
- *Camille of the Barbary Coast* (1925), as Henry Morton
- *Virtuous Liars* (1924), as Livingston
- *The Spitfire* (1924), as Joshua Carrington
- *The Average Woman* (1924), as Judge Whipple
- *Restless Wives* (1924), as Pelham Morrison
- *On the Banks of the Wabash* (1923), as 'Cap' Hammond
- *The Exciters* (1923), as Rackham, the lawyer
- *Driven* (1923), as Mr. Tolliver
- *Way Down East* (1920), as Squire Bartlett — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/way-down-east.md)
- *The Lilac Splash* (1915), as J. Rufus 'Jim' Wallingford
- *The Wilderness Woman*, as The Judge

## Gallery

- ![Portrait of American journalist, photographer, and actor Burr McIntosh (1862–1942) in the role of J. Rufus Wallingford, from the Wharton Studio silent film seri (1915)](https://film.one/media/person/3848848/gallery-618ed0321780.jpg) Portrait of American journalist, photographer, and actor Burr McIntosh (1862–1942) in the role of J. Rufus Wallingford, from the Wharton Studio silent film seri (1915) — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Burr_McIntosh_as_Wallingford_%281915%29.jpg/1280px-Burr_McIntosh_as_Wallingford_%281915%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Burr McIntosh, film actor Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1928)](https://film.one/media/person/3848848/gallery-81f7f3b6f853.jpg) Burr McIntosh, film actor Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1928) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Burr_McIntosh%2C_film_actor_%28SAYRE_6556%29.jpg/1280px-Burr_McIntosh%2C_film_actor_%28SAYRE_6556%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Burr McIntosh](https://film.one/media/person/3848848/gallery-27f884dd67c8.jpg) Burr McIntosh — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Burr_McIntosh%2C_c._1918.jpg/1280px-Burr_McIntosh%2C_c._1918.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Portrait of actor Burr McIntosh, in character with a full beard, smoking a pipe](https://film.one/media/person/3848848/gallery-051c87663638.jpg) Portrait of actor Burr McIntosh, in character with a full beard, smoking a pipe — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Portrait_of_actor_Burr_McIntosh.jpg/1280px-Portrait_of_actor_Burr_McIntosh.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Burr McIntosh](https://film.one/media/person/3848848/gallery-3034bb03cc15.jpg) Burr McIntosh — Image via TMDB
- ![Burr McIntosh](https://film.one/media/person/3848848/gallery-3e38df0e9a4d.jpg) Burr McIntosh — Image via TMDB
- ![Title: Burr McIntosh Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.](https://film.one/media/person/3848848/gallery-fd77f821ade6.jpg) Title: Burr McIntosh Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Burr_McIntosh_LCCN2014701903_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Burr_McIntosh_LCCN2014701903_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Burr McIntosh, full length, seated, facing left; as Taffy in Trilby. (1895)](https://film.one/media/person/3848848/gallery-b6c6fbf596d8.jpg) Burr McIntosh, full length, seated, facing left; as Taffy in Trilby. (1895) — Napoleon Sarony, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Burr_McIntosh_as_Taffy_cph.3b10334.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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