Cyril Gardner

Cyril Gardner was a French-born American actor, film director, editor and screenwriter. Gardner was born Cyril Gottlieb in Paris, France and emigrated to the United States at an early age, where he changed his surname to 'Gardner'. He began his career as a child actor, most notably in a starring role in the 1913 Thomas H. Ince-directed Cilvil War drama The Drummer of the 8th, opposite child star Mildred Harris.