Neilan, Marshall A., 1891-1958

American silent film actor, director, and producer Marshall Neilan was born on April 11, 1891 in San Bernadino, California to Mary Blanche Brown and Michael Ambrose Neilan. He is most known for his work directing early Mary Pickford films in the 1910s. Neilan spent majority of his career working for Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation from 1944 to 1957.

Neilan married Mary Gertrude Bambrick in 1913, and the couple had one son, Marshall Ambrose Neilan Jr. in 1915. However, they divorced in 1921, and Neilan then remarried to Sarah Blanche Sweet on June 8, 1922 in Cook, Illinois. The couple divorced on October 22, 1929. Neilan died on October 27, 1958 in Los Angeles, California.

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Genealogy files about "Marshall Ambrose Neilan." Accessed on November 9, 2021 on FamilySearch.org.

"Silent Films' Marshall Neilan Dies: Pioneer Director, Actor and Producer Ill since February." Los Angeles Times (1923-1995), Oct 28, 1958. 1, http://ezproxy.library.unlv.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/silent-films-marshall-neilan-dies/docview/167275613/se-2?accountid=3611.