Joseph Whitley

English actor

Sarah Whitley
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(m. 1842; died 1888)​
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Gravestone in Roundhay Churchyard, Leeds, of Sarah Robinson, and her husband, Joseph Whitley[1]

Joseph Whitley (17 October 1816 – 12 January 1891) was an English mechanical engineer and metallurgist. He appears in the Roundhay Garden Scene, the earliest known film fragment,[2] shot by his son-in-law Louis Le Prince.[3]

He can be seen as the man with the flying tail-coat in Roundhay Garden Scene, walking next to his wife, Sarah.[4][5]

Death

Whitley died on 12 January 1891. Their cause of death was undisclosed.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1888 Roundhay Garden Scene Self Short
2015 The First Film Posthumous release (archive footage)

References

  1. ^ "Gravestone of Joseph and Sarah Whitley". Historic England – List entry. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ Gerlach, Nina (April 2013). "Historical garden design as an ethical argument in film — 'Certain gardens are described as retreats when they are really attacks' 1". Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes. 33 (2): 96–108. doi:10.1080/14601176.2013.768803. ISSN 1460-1176.
  3. ^ Hale, Tom. "The World's Oldest Film Has Been Revamped By Artificial Intelligence". IFLScience. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  4. ^ Macdonald, Ian. "Louis le Prince shot the first film – but did he invent movies?". The Conversation. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  5. ^ Tucker, Thomas Deane (10 December 2019). The Peripatetic Frame: Images of Walking in Film. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9781474409292. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

External links

  • Joseph Whitley at IMDb