He wrote Native Americans and
western films like
Comata, the Sioux (1909),
The Kentuckian (1908), ''
A Mohawk's Way (1910), The Mohican's Daughter
(1910), The Squaw's Love
(1911), and The Yaqui Cur'' (1913). He met
D. W. Griffith when he first arrived at
Biograph Company, when
newspaperman Lee Doc Dougherty headed the story department and hired Griffith as chief
scenarist. He worked under the direction of Griffith in
The Mended Lute (1909),
The Impalement (1910),
The Purgation (1910),
A Flash of Light (1910),
The Great Love (1918),
The Greatest Thing in Life (1918),
The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919),
Scarlet Days (1919),
The Greatest Question (1919) and
The Idol Dancer (1920). They worked together in the screenplay for
The Hun Within (1918). He worked with
Mack Sennett in
Over the Hills to the Poor House (1908),
In the Season of Buds (1910),
A Midnight Cupid (1910) and
An Arcadian Maid (1910). He directed an unknown film called
The Terror, released on July 13, 1922. ==Selected filmography==