Biography
Tom Santschi was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era. Additionally, he directed numerous films during the mid 1910s.
Acted in 98
1930s
- 1931
King of the Wild
Harris
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Simon Slade
- 1930
The Phantom of the West
Bud Landers
River's End
Shotwell
The Utah Kid
Butch
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Bit role (voice)
Paradise Island
Dutch Mike Lutze
1920s
- 1929
The Shannons of Broadway
Bradford
The Wagon Master
Jake Lynch
The Yellowback
Jules Breton
- 1928
Land of the Silver Fox
Butch Nelson
Isle of Lost Men
Captain Jan Jodahl
Vultures of the Sea
Grim Hawley - Sea Captain
The Law and the Man
Dan Creedoon
- 1927
The Haunted Ship
Glenister
Old San Francisco
Captain Stoner - in Prologue
When a Man Loves
Captain of Convict Boat
The Land Beyond the Law
Bob Crew
The Eyes of the Totem
Philip La Rue
Tracked by the Police
'Sandy' Sturgeon
Hills of Kentucky
Ben Harley
The Overland Stage
Hawk Lespard
- 1926
Jim the Conqueror
Sam Black
The Third Degree
Daredevil Daley
The Desert's Toll
Jasper
Forlorn River
Bill Hall
3 Bad Men
'Bull' Stanley
The Hidden Way
Bill
Her Honor, the Governor
Richard Palmer
Hands Across the Border
Breen
Siberia
Alexis Vetkin
My Own Pal
August Deering
- 1925
The Primrose Path
Big Joe Snead
Paths to Paradise
Chief of Detectives Callahan
The Night Ship
Captain Jed Hobbs
Barriers Burned Away
Hon. Bill Cronk
- 1924
Life's Greatest Game
Jack Donovan
Little Robinson Crusoe
Captain Dynes
The Right of the Strongest
'Babe' Davis
The Storm Daughter
'Brute' Morgan
- 1923
Thundering Dawn
Gordon Van Brock
Tipped Off
'The Fox,' Dan Grogan
Is Divorce a Failure?
Smith
Are You a Failure?
Kildevil Brenon
Brass Commandments
Campan
- 1922
Daring Danger
Movie
- 1921
The Heart of Doreon
Doreon
The Honor of Rameriz
Rameriz
Mother o' Dreams
Tom
Beyond the Trail
The Blacksmith
- 1920
The North Wind's Malice
Roger
The Cradle of Courage
Tierney
1910s
- 1919
Her Kingdom of Dreams
Tom Langley (as Thomas Santschi)
The Broken Commandments
John Radd
In Search of Arcady
Lascho
The Stronger Vow
Pedro Toral
The Love That Dares
Perry Risdon
The Railroader
Clive Standish
- 1918
Code of the Yukon
Dan Cregan
The Hell Cat
Jim Dyke
The Still Alarm
Jack Manley
The City of Purple Dreams
Daniel Fitzhugh
- 1917
Who Shall Take My Life?
Big Bill O'Shaughnessy (as Thomas Santschi)
Beware of Strangers
John Mentor
- 1916
The Garden of Allah
Boris Androvsky
The Crisis
Stephen Brice
The Adventures of Kathlyn
Bruce
- 1915
The Blood Seedling
Allan Golyer
- 1914
The Leopard's Foundling
Peter Herman
The King's Will
John Bruce
The Forged Parchment
John Bruce
The Warrior Maid
John Bruce
The Spellbound Multitude
John Bruce
The Spoilers
Alex McNamara
The Cruel Crown
John Bruce
Three Bags of Silver
John Bruce (as Thomas Santschi)
A Colonel in Chains
John Bruce
The Royal Slave
John Bruce
The Two Ordeals
John Bruce
- 1913
The Adventures of Kathlyn
John Bruce
Thor, Lord of the Jungles
Jan Karl
Alone in the Jungle
Bob Arden
In the Long Ago
The Indian Warrior
Alas! Poor Yorick!
Deranged Actor
- 1912
Mike's Brainstorm
Mike Rosenberg
Kings of the Forest
Fritz - Sona's Husband
Monte Cristo
Danglars
The Mate of the Alden Bessie
The 'Sea Lawyer'
- 1911
The Maid at the Helm
Stone - First Mate of the Dakota
The New Superintendent
Bill Rooney - a Workman
Lost in the Jungle
Undetermined Role
Shipwrecked
Joe Runyon
Back to the Primitive
Movie
In Old California When the Gringos Came
Movie
- 1910
The Sergeant
Soldier
1900s
- 1909
Ben's Kid
Movie
Directed 1
1910s
- 1915
The Blood Seedling
Director