About John Bunny
John Bunny was an American actor. Bunny began his career as a stage actor, but transitioned to a film career after joining Vitagraph Studios around 1910. At Vitagraph, Bunny made over 150 short films – many of them domestic comedies with the comedian Flora Finch – and became one of the most well-known actors of his era. A 1916 Washington Times article claimed: "To John Bunny... must be given the credit of presenting the first bits of refined comedy in photoplay. Gehring, Wes D. (1995). "John Bunny: America's First Important Film Comedian". According to Gehring, Bunny was "the first in a long line of American personality screen comedians", whose approach is marked by a "subordination of story to character".
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