Lincoln Stedman Lincoln Stedman Lincoln Stedman (May 18, 1907 – March 22, 1948) was an American silent film actor. Stedman was born in Denver, Colorado, and was the son of Marshall Stedman and silent film beauty Myrtle Stedman. A large fat man, Stedman had a career in films dating back to his boyhood in silent films with his parents. He appeared in 81 films between 1917 and 1934. Overweight as a teenager, Stedman resembled Roscoe Arbuckle which allowed him to convincingly play adult roles far beyond his years in real life. He was married to Carol Rohe Stedman. One month before his
Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor (in Persian: حاجی آقا آکتور سینما; transliterated as "Haji Agha Aktor-e Cinema") is a 1933 Iranian comedy film directed by Iranian-Armenian director, Ovannes Oganian and one of a few remaining Iranian silent films. This was Ohaninan's second film in Iran after the success of "Abi and Rabi", his first silent film. The film reflects the clash between tradition and modernity in Iranian society in the early 1930s. While "Abi and Rabi" did well commercially, "Haji Agha Aktor-e Cinema" did not succeed at the box office due to its technical shortcomings