Burr McIntosh

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia William Burr McIntosh 21 August 1862 28 April 1942 had an eclectic career He was known at different points in his life to be a lecturer photographer movie studio owner silent film actor author publisher of Burr McIntosh Monthly reporter and a pioneer in the early movie and radio business He was born in Wellsville Ohio the son of William Ambrose and Minerva McIntosh His father was the president of a public utility New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company and a member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club  The clubs activities were blamed but the members were not held legally responsible for the failure of the South Fork Dam which caused the Johnstown Flood in 1889 that resulted in the loss of over 2200 lives in Johnstown Pennsylvania His sister Nancy McIntosh an operatic soprano was the protégée adopted daughter and heiress to the estate and royalties of W S Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan McIntosh graduated from Lafayette College in 1884 where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity He began as a stage actor and then moved into silent films His most enduring role was Squire Bartlett who banished the character played by Lillian Gish from his home and into the cold Maine winter in DW Griffiths classic film Way Down East 1920 Miss Gish described McIntosh as a gentle giant always apologizing for having to treat me so cruelly He appeared in 53 films between 1914 and 1934 He died in Hollywood California from a heart attack Description above from the Wikipedia article Burr McIntosh licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia