Old Ironsides
1926An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Ironsides"--against the Barbary pirates then terrorizing American shipping, focusing on the crew and passengers of a fictional merchant ship, The Esther, who fall afoul of the same pirates and thus become involved with the Constitution's mission.
Acted in
Charles Farrell
as Boy
Esther Ralston
as Girl
Wallace Beery
as Bos'n
George Bancroft
as Gunner
Charles Hill Mailes
as Commodore Preble
Johnnie Walker
as Stephen Decatur
Eddie Fetherston
as Richard Somers
George Godfrey
as Cook
William Conklin
as Esther's Father (uncredited)
Effie Ellsler
as Esther's Mother (uncredited)
Guy Oliver
as First Mate (uncredited)
Fred Kohler
as Second Mate (uncredited)
Arthur Ludwig
as Second Mate (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Dean Harrell
as Young Decatur (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
as Cabin Boy (uncredited)
Nick De Ruiz
as Bashaw (uncredited)
Frank Jonasson
as Pirate Captain (uncredited)
Duke Kahanamoku
as Pirate Captain (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
as Pirate Chief (uncredited)
Tetsu Komai
as Pirate (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
as Seaman (uncredited)
Richard Arlen
as Seaman (uncredited)
Frank Bonner
as Seaman (uncredited)
Gary Cooper
as Seaman (uncredited)
Frank Darien
as Seaman (uncredited)
Jack Herrick
as Seaman (uncredited)
Robert Livingston
as Seaman (uncredited)
William Bakewell
as Young Philadelphian (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as (uncredited)
Herbert Janssen
as (uncredited)
Göta Ljungberg
as (uncredited)