Acting • AGE 50
Tom Santschi was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era. Additionally, he directed numerous films during the mid 1910s.


King of the Wild
Harris
1931

Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Simon Slade
1931

The Phantom of the West
Bud Landers
1930

River's End
Shotwell
1930

The Utah Kid
Butch
1930

Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Bit role (voice)
1930

Paradise Island
Dutch Mike Lutze
1930

The Shannons of Broadway
Bradford
1929

The Wagon Master
Jake Lynch
1929

The Yellowback
Jules Breton
1929

Land of the Silver Fox
Butch Nelson
1928

Isle of Lost Men
Captain Jan Jodahl
1928

Honor Bound
Mr. Mortimer
1928

Vultures of the Sea
Grim Hawley - Sea Captain
1928

The Law and the Man
Dan Creedoon
1928

The Haunted Ship
Glenister
1927

Old San Francisco
Captain Stoner - in Prologue
1927

When a Man Loves
Captain of Convict Boat
1927

The Land Beyond the Law
Bob Crew
1927

The Eyes of the Totem
Philip La Rue
1927

Tracked by the Police
'Sandy' Sturgeon
1927

Hills of Kentucky
Ben Harley
1927

The Overland Stage
Hawk Lespard
1927

Jim the Conqueror
Sam Black
1926

The Third Degree
Daredevil Daley
1926

The Desert's Toll
Jasper
1926

Forlorn River
Bill Hall
1926

3 Bad Men
'Bull' Stanley
1926

The Hidden Way
Bill
1926

Her Honor, the Governor
Richard Palmer
1926

Hands Across the Border
Breen
1926

Siberia
Alexis Vetkin
1926

My Own Pal
August Deering
1926

The Primrose Path
Big Joe Snead
1925

Paths to Paradise
Chief of Detectives Callahan
1925

The Night Ship
Captain Jed Hobbs
1925

Barriers Burned Away
Hon. Bill Cronk
1925

Life's Greatest Game
Jack Donovan
1924

Little Robinson Crusoe
Captain Dynes
1924

The Right of the Strongest
'Babe' Davis
1924

The Storm Daughter
'Brute' Morgan
1924

Thundering Dawn
Gordon Van Brock
1923

Tipped Off
'The Fox,' Dan Grogan
1923

Is Divorce a Failure?
Smith
1923

Are You a Failure?
Kildevil Brenon
1923

Brass Commandments
Campan
1923

Daring Danger
1922

The Heart of Doreon
Doreon
1921

The Honor of Rameriz
Rameriz
1921

Mother o' Dreams
Tom
1921

The North Wind's Malice
Roger
1920

The Cradle of Courage
Tierney
1920

Her Kingdom of Dreams
Tom Langley (as Thomas Santschi)
1919

The Broken Commandments
John Radd
1919

In Search of Arcady
Lascho
1919

The Stronger Vow
Pedro Toral
1919

The Love That Dares
Perry Risdon
1919

The Railroader
Clive Standish
1919

Little Orphant Annie
Dave Johnson
1918

Code of the Yukon
Dan Cregan
1918

The Hell Cat
Jim Dyke
1918

The Still Alarm
Jack Manley
1918

The City of Purple Dreams
Daniel Fitzhugh
1918

Who Shall Take My Life?
Big Bill O'Shaughnessy (as Thomas Santschi)
1917

Beware of Strangers
John Mentor
1917

The Garden of Allah
Boris Androvsky
1916

The Crisis
Stephen Brice
1916

The Adventures of Kathlyn
Bruce
1916

The Blood Seedling
Allan Golyer
1915

The Leopard's Foundling
Peter Herman
1914

The King's Will
John Bruce
1914

The Forged Parchment
John Bruce
1914

The Warrior Maid
John Bruce
1914

The Spellbound Multitude
John Bruce
1914

The Spoilers
Alex McNamara
1914

The Cruel Crown
John Bruce
1914

Three Bags of Silver
John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
1914

A Colonel in Chains
John Bruce
1914

The Royal Slave
John Bruce
1914

The Two Ordeals
John Bruce
1914

The Adventures of Kathlyn
John Bruce
1913

Thor, Lord of the Jungles
Jan Karl
1913

Alone in the Jungle
Bob Arden
1913

In the Long Ago
The Indian Warrior
1913

Alas! Poor Yorick!
Deranged Actor
1913

Mike's Brainstorm
Mike Rosenberg
1912

Kings of the Forest
Fritz - Sona's Husband
1912

Monte Cristo
Danglars
1912

The Mate of the Alden Bessie
The 'Sea Lawyer'
1912

The Maid at the Helm
Stone - First Mate of the Dakota
1911

The New Superintendent
Bill Rooney - a Workman
1911

Lost in the Jungle
Undetermined Role
1911

Shipwrecked
Joe Runyon
1911

Back to the Primitive
1911

In Old California When the Gringos Came
1911

The Sanitarium
Director
1910

The Sergeant
Soldier
1910

Ben's Kid
1909