Actor

Thomas F. Dixon Jr.

January 11, 1864 · Shelby, North Carolina, USA

Thomas F. Dixon, Jr. (January 11, 1864 – April 3, 1946) was an American Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Clansman — which was to become the inspiration for D. W. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation (1915).

Often works with

Buck Jones
2 titles together
The Gentle Cyclone, The Trail Rider
Will Walling
2 titles together
The Gentle Cyclone, The Trail Rider
Jack McDonald
2 titles together
The Trail Rider, Champion of Lost Causes
Edmund Lowe
2 titles together
Champion of Lost Causes, The Brass Bowl

Full filmography · 8

The Gentle Cyclone
Writer
1926
The Trail Rider
Writer
1925
Champion of Lost Causes
Writer
1925
The Brass Bowl
Writer
1924
Wing Toy
Writer
1921
Bolshevism on Trial
Writer
1919
The Fall of a Nation
Director and Writer
1916
A Freight Train Drama
as Jake
1912