Paul Scardon (6 May 1874 – 17 January 1954) was an actor, a producer, and a director on both Australian and New York stages.
When he was 15, Scardon debuted on stage as a contortionist in vaudeville. He progressed from that to pantomime and then joined a troupe headed by J. C. Williamson, touring New Zealand and Australia for five years. In 1905, he joined a company headed by Nance O'Neil, and that group's tour brought him to the United States.
Scardon's Broadway credits include Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh (1911), Becky Sharp (1911), The Green Cockatoo (1910), Hannele (1910), The Debtors (1909), Agnes(1908), Our American Cousin (1908), and Brigadier Gerard (1906).
Scardon went to Hollywood in 1910. In motion pictures, he worked for Majestic Pictures, Reliance-Majestic Studios and Vitagraph Studios. He directed Blanche Sweet in Unwilling Husband, Bessie Barriscale in some of her most successful productions, and most of the melodramas which starred his wife, actress Betty Blythe. Retiring when sound films came in, Scardon returned to films as an actor in the 1940s, playing bit roles until he retired from the film industry in 1948.
1949
as White Haired Peddler (uncredited)
1949
as Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
1948
as Dr. Burman
1947
as Owl Eyes (uncredited)
1947
as Hodges
1947
as Juryman (uncredited)
1946
as Prof. Lewis
1945
as Undertaker (uncredited)
1943
as Professor
1943
as Hanlon, County Clerk
1942
as Nobby (uncredited)
1942
as Senator (uncredited)
1942
1942
as Peter Hobbs
1941
as Zeke
1941
as Judge Wilson
1940
as Caleb Winters
1940
as Backdoor Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1940
as Homer Lyons - Informant
1940
as Timothy Bryan (uncredited)
1916
as Walter Slayton
1915
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
1915
as Baron Stana
1915
as Prof. Stilliter
1915
as Captain Thurston
1915
as Alexander Jones
1915
1914
as Haley
1914
as The Notorious Criminal
1914
as Mr. Willis
1913
as Mr. Jameson
1909
as Party Guest (unconfirmed)
1909
as In Audience