O. Henry (I) (1862–1910)

Writer

O. Henry was an American writer whose short stories are known for wit, wordplay and clever twist ...

Born: September 11, 1862
Died: June 5, 1910 (age 47)

Filmography

Known For

You're Fired Writer (1919)
The Daring Caballero Writer (1949)
An American Live Wire Writer (1918)
Known For

Lootera Writer (2013)
Writer

Fugacious (2021)
Nowhere Man (2020)
Nowhere Man (2020)
The Last Leaf (2019)
Racun (2017)
Heinz Marecek: Ein Fest des Lachens - Weihnachten einmal anders (2017)
Post Tenebras Lux (2017)
Henry (2016)
Twenty Years (2016)
The Green Door (2015)
Az utolsó levél (2015)
Blue Butterfly (2014)
Offer (2013)
Lootera (2013)
Darovete Na Vlahvite (2013)
While Auto Waits (2012)
Gift of the Magi (2010)
The Last Leaf (2009)
Makes the Whole World Kin (2009)
Shadows in the Wind (2009)
Gift of the Magi (2008)
Smesne i druge price (2004)
The Last Leaf (2004)
Raincoat (2004)
The Last Leaf (2003)
The Gift of the Magi (2001)
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001)
By Courier (2001)
Sarnawan (2000)
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
The Ransom of Red Chief (1998)
Wishbone's Dog Days of the West (1998)
The Gift of the Magi (1997)
O. Henry's Christmas (1996)
Koroli i kapusta (1996)
Princ z pohádky (1995)
Silent Love (1994)
The Cisco Kid (1994)
Výkupné za nácelníka (1993)
The Last Leaf (1993)
Ta enteha-ye hozoor (1987)
Ve vlaku je serif (1987)
Devce za vsechny peníze (1987)
Rubaroo (1986)
Katha Sagar (1986)
Princese un puma (1986)
Main Ki Karaan (1986)
Ruthless People (1986)
American Playhouse (1986)
The Imp with Fluffy Tail (1985)
Jimmy Valentine (1985)
Barg o bad (1984)
The Last Leaf (1983)
The Hiding of Black Bill (1983)
Trest, kotoryy lopnul (1983)
CBS Library (1982)
The Gift of the Magi (1981)
The Gift of the Magi (1980)
ABC Weekend Specials (1977-1979)
The Gift of the Magi (1978)
Nebusiu gangsteriu, brangioji (1978)
The Gift of Love (1978)
A Pink Christmas (1978)
Dzhentlmeny, kotorym ne povezlo (1977)
Manga sekai mukashi banashi (1977)
The Ransom of Red Chief (1975)
Der wilde und der zahme Westen (1974)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1974)
Ostatni lisc (1973)
Ficciones (1973)
Úsmevy sveta (1972)
Hora once (1970-1972)
Kogda more smeyotsya (1971)
Alta comedia (1971)
A visszaesö bünös (1971)
Koroli i kapusta (1970)
Potouchlé skotacinky zivota (1970)
Novellen aus dem wilden Westen (1969)
Láska a chléb (1967)
Amatér (1967)
Kun ympäri käydään... (1967)
Jim Valentines großer Coup (1967)
Kyvadlo (1966)
À la belle étoile (1966)
Magnetické vlny lécí (1965)
Úkryt cerného Billa (1965)
Policajt a chorál (1965)
Sunday Story (1965)
Potouchlé skotacinky zivota (1964)
Napravení Jima Valentina (1964)
Das Geschenk der Weisen (1964)
Estudio 3 (1964)
Ränke in der Probenpause (1964)
Harlémská tragédie (1963)
Winterquartier (1963)
Jeff und Andy, zwei Unschuldsengel (1963)
Tobins Handlinien (1963)
Der Liebesdienst (1963)
Business People (1963)
Ein besonderer Abend (1963)
Price iz hotela (1962)
Novogodisnji poklon (1962)
Prva ljubav (1962)
Tri price o Dzefu Pitersu (1962)
Pakinateatteri (1962)
Mrs. Billings' Scheidung (1961)
Habitación de alquiler (1960)
Qiu feng can ye (1960)
The Ransom of Red Chief (1959)
Gangster Boss (1959)
Servisna stanica (1959)
The Gift of the Magi (1958)
Kolovrashcheniye zhizni (1958)
Television Theater (1957-1958)
The O. Henry Playhouse (1957)
The Ford Television Theatre (1957)
Kraft Theatre (1956)
The Cisco Kid (1950-1956)
The Red Skelton Hour (1954-1955)
Ponds Theater (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950)
The Girl from San Lorenzo (1950)
Satan's Cradle (1949)
The Daring Caballero (1949)
The Gay Amigo (1949)
The Valiant Hombre (1948)
Black Eagle (1948)
King of the Bandits (1947)
Robin Hood of Monterey (1947)
Riding the California Trail (1947)
Beauty and the Bandit (1946)
South of Monterey (1946)
The Gay Cavalier (1946)
South of the Rio Grande (1945)
The Cisco Kid in Old New Mexico (1945)
The Cisco Kid Returns (1945)
Ride on Vaquero (1941)
Romance of the Rio Grande (1940)
The Gay Caballero (1940)
Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
Viva Cisco Kid (1940)
The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939)
The Llano Kid (1939)
The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)
Doctor Rhythm (1938)
The Great Consoler (1933)
The Cisco Kid (1931)
The Texan (1930)
Straightforward Boy (1929)
Fragmentos da vida (1929)
In Old Arizona (1928)
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928)
Suite Homes (1927)
Cupid and the Clock (1927)
A Man About Town (1927)
Girls (1927)
Roses and Romance (1927)
Babes in the Jungle (1926)
Marry Month of May (1926)
The Complete Life (1926)
A Lickpenny Lover (1926)
A Social Triangle (1926)
From a Cabby's Seat (1926)
Elsie in New York (1926)
Cupid à la Carte (1926)
Failure (1925)
Transients in Arcadia (1925)
Shoes (1925)
Fortune's Mask (1922)
An Unwilling Hero (1921)
Roads of Destiny (1921)
An Afternoon Miracle (1920)
The Passing of Black Eagle (1920)
Trimble, Trimble (1920)
While the Auto Waits (1920)
A Ruler of Men (1920)
The Roads We Take (1920)
The Ransom of Mack (1920)
The Day Resurgent (1920)
A Double-Dyed Deceiver (1920)
The Garter Girl (1920)
Thimble, Thimble (1920)
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920)
A Philistine in Bohemia (1920)
The Dream (1920)
The Call Loan (1920)
Telemachus, Friend (1920)
The Friendly Call (1920)
The Church with an Overshot Wheel (1920)
The Ghost of a Chance (1919)
The Buried Treasure (1919)
The Guardian of the Accolade (1919)
You're Fired (1919)
Shocks of Doom (1919)
The Unknown Quantity (1919)
The Border Terror (1919)
Everybody's Girl (1918)
A Ramble in Aphasia (1918)
Tobin's Palm (1918)
Transients in Arcadia (1918)
The Buyer from Cactus City (1918)
A Bird of Bagdad (1918)
The Changing Woman (1918)
The Marquis and Miss Sally (1918)
Springtime à la Carte (1918)
The Trimmed Lamp (1918)
Mammon and the Archer (1918)
One Thousand Dollars (1918)
The Brief Debut of Tildy (1918)
Sisters of the Golden Circle (1918)
Find the Woman (1918)
The Girl and the Graft (1918)
The Enchanted Profile (1918)
The Song and the Sergeant (1918)
The Purple Dress (1918)
Nemesis and the Candy Man (1918)
The Rathskeller and the Rose (1918)
Lost on Dress Parade (1918)
A Madison Square Arabian Night (1918)
By Injunction (1918)
An American Live Wire (1918)
The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball (1918)
The Thing's the Play (1918)
Schools and Schools (1918)
The Moment of Victory (1918)
Compliments of the Season (1918)
The Fifth Wheel (1918)
The Hiding of Black Bill (1918)
The Fourth in Salvador (1918)
Two Renegades (1917)
The Enchanted Kiss (1917)
The Last Leaf (1917)
One Dollar's Worth (1917)
Hygeia at the Solito (1917)
A Night in New Arabia (1917)
The Skylight Room (1917)
I Will Repay (1917)
The Renaissance at Charleroi (1917)
Law and Order (1917)
The Lonesome Road (1917)
The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson (1917)
The Last of the Troubadours (1917)
The Duplicity of Hargraves (1917)
Blind Man's Holiday (1917)
The Guilty Party (1917)
John Tom Little Bear (1917)
The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear (1917)
The Furnished Room (1917)
The Defeat of the City (1917)
The Discounters of Money (1917)
The Coming Out of Maggie (1917)
The Venturers (1917)
Strictly Business (1917)
No Story (1917)
A Little Speck in Garnered Fruit (1917)
The Love Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein (1917)
The Gold That Glittered (1917)
A Departmental Case (1917)
The Cop and the Anthem (1917)
A Service of Love (1917)
Vanity and Some Sables (1917)
Past One at Rooney's (1917)
Madame Bo-Peep (1917)
The Green Door (1917)
The Marionettes (1917)
The Gift of the Magi (1917)
The Third Ingredient (1917)
Friends in San Rosario (1917)
Love's Surprises Are Futile (1916)
A Christmas Revenge (1915)
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
Jimmy Hayes and Muriel (1914)
The Stirrup Brother; or, the Higher Abdication (1914)
The Saving Presence (1914)
The Caballero's Way (1914)
The Reformation of Calliope (1913)
The Badge of Policeman O'Roon (1913)
All on Account of an Egg (1913)
Hearts and Crosses (1913)
A Splendid Scapegrace (1913)
Friends in San Rosario (1912)
A Western Prince Charming (1912)
Falling Leaves (1912)
Thirty Days at Hard Labor (1912)
The Mexican's Gratitude (1911)
Pat Clancy's Adventure (1911)
The Trapper's Five Dollar Bill (1911)
The Ransom of Red Chief (1911)
A Summer Tragedy (1910)
His Masterpiece (1909)
His Duty (1909)
Trying to Get Arrested (1909)
Writer

The Sacrifice (1909)
Archive footage

The Life and Writing of O. Henry (2006)

All Filmography

Did You Know

Trivia

Worked as a draftsman in the Texas General Land Office (Austin), and is believed to have illustrated J. W. Wilbarger's "Indian Depredations in Texas" (1889).

Quotes

Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of life.

Star Sign

Virgo

Personal Details

Born

William Sidney Porter
September 11, 1862
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

Died

June 5, 1910 (age 47)
New York City, New York, USA

Height:

5' 7" (1.7 m)

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