Bertram Bracken (August 10, 1879 – November 1, 1952) was an American silent screen actor, scenarist, and director who worked on at least sixty-five films between 1910 and 1932.

[2][3] According to his studio biography Bracken as a young man attended Yale University, worked in banking and served for a year and a half with the 15th U.S.

[4] His acting career began in the late 1890s at Chicago’s Haymarket theatre and continued on the road with his own stock company performing the play College Life which he wrote and produced.

[5] Bertram would go on to work for the Fox Film Corporation where he directed such stars as Theda Bara and Anita Stewart.

[6][7] Bracken’s wife, actress Margaret Landis, played leading and supporting roles in a number of his films before they divorced in the early 1920s.