The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford is a 1915–1916 American silent serial film produced by the Wharton Studio in Ithaca, New York, and starring Burr McIntosh and Max Figman.

Although Frederic de Belleville was originally announced for the part of Wallingford,[1] he was replaced before filming began by journalist, photographer, and stage actor Burr McIntosh.

[3] Among the supporting cast was young Oliver Hardy, then 23 years old but already an experienced actor who had appeared in more than 60 silent comedies produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company in 1914 and 1915.

[17] Critical reception was generally good: in response to the first episode, The Dramatic Mirror wrote that "Max Figman makes a thoroughly delightful Blackie Daw, and Burr McIntosh displays the suave smooth unctuousness of George Randolph Chester's mythical character in a manner so convincing that one almost imagines that he has just stepped from the pages of the book.

"[19] In 2020 a newly restored version of The Lilac Splash, the fifth episode of the serial, was released on Blu-Ray disc by Flicker Alley as part of a collection of solo films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.