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MOTION PICTURE NEWS
Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2
LILLIAN WARD
WINNER
MOTION PICTURE STAMPEDE CONTEST 1
Depicting Best Cow-Girl Type
SHEEPSHEAD BAY "SPEEDWAY
AUG. 10th, 1916
Address, 319 West 45th Street, N. Y. C.
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NILES WELCH, JUVENILE LEADS
NILES WELCH, one of the most popular of the juvenile leading men on the screen, was born in
Hartford, Conn., July 29, 1888, and was educated at St. Paul's school, Concord, N. H., Yale and Columbia universities. During his college days he achieved a wide reputation as an athlete and was a member of most of the teams and crews that represented Yale and Columbia. To round off his education Welch went abroad and spent two years in France studying literature, languages, painting and the drama.
Upon his return to this country he took up the stage as a profession and for three years played juvenile leads with different stock companies. Welch made his debut as a screen player with the Vitagraph Company and for over a year he played leading juvenile roles with that organization. Leaving there he went with the Kalem Company and then to the Metro, where he was leading man for Mary Miles Minter, Ann Murdock and Ethel Barrymore. His splendid work in " The Royal Family," " Emmy of Stork's Nest," and " The Kiss of Hate," will long be remembered.
When the World Film produced " The Crucial Test " with Kitty Gordon, Welch was especially chosen by Wm. A. Brady as her leading man. Following this he went with the Universal and was featured with Mary Fuller and Violet Mersereau in a number of different productions. One of his most popular successes was in the Astra-Pathe production, " The Blossom and the Bee," in which he played opposite Pearl White.
Welch is six feet tall and weighs 160 pounds. He is still an enthusiastic athlete and all round sportsman and he brings to the screen a personality as vigorous as it is charming.
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