Robert G. Vignola
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert G. Vignola (born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 5, 1882 – October 25, 1953) was an Italian-born American actor, screenwriter and film director in American cinema. One of the silent screen's most prolific directors, he made a handful of sound films in the early years of talkies but his career essentially ended in the silent era. Born at Trivigno, in the province of Potenza, Vignola left Italy with his family at the age of 3 and was raised in upstate New York. He made his acting debut at 19 performing in "Romeo and Juliet", with Eleanor Robson Belmont and Kyrle Bellew. He began his film career as an actor in 1906 with the short film The Black Hand, directed by Wallace McCutcheon and produced by Biograph Company, generally considered the film that launched the mafia genre. In 1907 he joined Kalem Studios, for which he made numerous movies. One of Vignola's most notable film roles was as Judas Iscariot in From the Manger to the Cross (1912)...
Known For
Top 35 Movies
The Black Hand
1906
The Vampire
1913
Shenandoah
1913
From the Manger to the Cross
1912
An Arabian Tragedy
1912
The Lad from Old Ireland
1910
The Message of the Palms
1913
The Prosecuting Attorney
1913
Over the Hills to the Poor House
1908
The Colleen Bawn
1911
The Little Gluers
1912
The Scimitar of the Prophet
1913
Ireland, the Oppressed
1912
The Wives of Jamestown
1913
Tragedy of the Desert
1912
The Show Girl's Glove
1914
The Alien
1913
Railroad Raiders of '62
1911
When Lovers Part
1910
The War Correspondent
1913
The Railroad Raiders of '62
1915
Captured by Bedouins
1912
Rory O'More
1911