Biography

February 8, 1882 · New York, USA

June 22, 1928 · Hollywood, California, USA (pernicious anemia)

An article in the December, 1915, article of Photoplay Magazine reported that Siegmann had adopted a little boy with whom he had appeared in a film. The boy's father, a cameraman, had absconded, leaving his wife with several children to take care of.

Tall, burly silent screen actor and occasional director. Usually cast as villains and remembered for his appearances in "The Birth of a Nation" and "Hearts of the World".

Served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I.

One late night, in June 1915, Edward Dillon came home to find his bungalow on fire, as Siegmann, W.E. Lawrence, Chester Withey, Irene Hunt, Walter Long, Teddy Sampson, Fay Tincher, Ford Sterling, Franc Newman and George Beranger, all wearing pajamas, tried to put out the flames. Their work was praised by the Los Angeles fire department, which found that the blaze had been caused by crossed wires, causing apparently serious damage.

During the filming of The Failure (1915), Christy Cabanne deliberately failed to call for extras at the appropriate time so that when they were required he had none, thereby forcing Frank E. Woods to call everyone on the lot to take part, resulting in Siegmann, Henry B. Walthall, Charles Clary, Jack Conway, Sam De Grasse, Ralph Lewis, Spottiswoode Aitken, George Beranger and around twenty other leading men and directors appearing in the movie as barflies.