By the time he was 30 years old, he had begun to make appearances in films for Essanay Studios.
He started his film career in 1911 and in 1913 moved to the Essanay Studios.
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In 1907, Anderson and George Kirke Spoor founded Essanay Studios ("S and A" for Spoor and Anderson), one of the major early movie studios.
A previous silent version had been made and released in 1915 by the Essanay company and starred Richard Travers and Nell Craig.