Died in 1941 in Los Angeles several days after he was hit by a bus while crossing a street. He had long since lost whatever money he made during his salad days in the silent era, and died penniless. A friend from those days, director William P.S. Earle, bought a plot in Forest Lawn Cemetery and had Blackton's ashes interred there.
Discovered Victor McLaglen in London and took him to Hollywood.
Father with Isabel Mabel MacArthur of Marian Constance Blackton and J. Stuart Blackton Jr.; father with Paula Blackton of Violet Virginia Blackton and Charles Stuart Blackton.
Former President of the Motion Picture Board of Trade
He was the first actor to portray Frederick Opper's comic strip character, Happy Hooligan.
With Albert E. Smith and William T. Rock, formed the pioneering film production company Vitagraph Company of America.