Joseph Kaufman (1882 – February 1, 1918) was an American silent film actor and director prominent during the World War I years.

[2] Kaufman started out as an actor appearing on Broadway in Mistakes Will Happen (1906) and The Pretty Sister of Jose (1903)[3] with Maude Adams.

[citation needed] His other Broadway credits included Three Twins (1908), Caught in the Rain (1906), Twiddle-Twaddle (1906), and La Belle Marseillaise (1905).

He proved particularly adept and popular at directing beautiful Broadway actresses, including his wife Ethel Clayton.

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