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Ralph Ince (January 16, 1887 – April 10, 1937) was an American pioneer film actor, director and screenwriter whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. Ralph Ince was the brother of John Ince and Thomas H. Ince.
Ralph Waldo Ince was born in The College Widow” and "Ben Hur".[3][4]
Around 1906 Ince became an animator in the fledgling film industry working for Winsor McCay, but soon turned to acting and joined Vitagraph Studios where he became known for his portrayals of Abraham Lincoln in a series of one reel films.[5][6] Ince began directing at Vitagraph around 1910 and was officially advanced to the director’s chair in 1912, though he still continued to act in many of his films and throughout his career.[7] Ince would go on to direct some 171 films between 1910 and 1937 and appear in approximately 110 films over nearly the same time period.[8]
Ince married three times, first to Vitagraph player Lucille Lee Stewart, sister of actress Anita Stewart. Their fifteen-year marriage ended in 1925, two years after she had left him.[9] The following year he married Lucille Mendez, a stage and screen actress. This union ended in 1932 after Mendez claimed Ince damaged her career by not allowing her to accept certain job offers.[10] Ince’s last wife was Helen Ruth Tigges, a native of Frazee, Minnesota. She was the mother of his only child born just months before his death at age fifty.[11]
Ralph Ince died on April 10, 1937 when a car his wife was driving struck an iron standard near their residence in the Kensington district of London, England. The force of the impact, though not great, proved fatal to Ince when his head struck the dashboard. Helen Ince suffered cuts and bruises that required hospitalization. Ince and his wife had moved to Britain shortly after they had married in 1932 to continue his film work there.[11]
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