Jay Hunt was born on August 4, 1855 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Granddad (1913), The Heart of Jabez Flint (1915) and Shorty Turns Actor (1915). He died on November 18, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Veteran silent film director (and occasional character actor), who began making films for Vitagraph in 1911. Moving on to Kay-Bee, Universal and Bull's Eye, he turned out numerous second string dramas and westerns for the remainder of the decade.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shorty and Sherlock Holmes
1914
Short
The Word of His People
1914
Short
When America Was Young
1914
Short
The Village 'Neath the Sea
1914
Short
The Sheriff of Bisbee
1914
Short
Star of the North
1914
Short
A Frontier Mother
1914
Short
Tennessee
1914
Short
Shorty's Trip to Mexico
1914
Short
The Fires of Ambition
1914
Short
A Common Mistake
1914
Short
Captain Junior
1914
Short
The Colonel's Orderly
1914
Short
Wolves of the Underworld
1914
Short
North of 53
1914
Short
The Raiders
1914
Short
The Arrow Maker's Daughter
1914
Short
For Her Brother's Sake
1914
Short
A Military Judas
1914
Short
Devotion
1913
Short
The War Correspondent
1913/II
Short
The Veteran
1913
Short
The Forlorn Hope
1913
Short
Silent Heroes
1913
Short
The Broken Thread
1913
Short
The Heritage of Eve
1913
Short
Granddad
1913
Short
The Crimson Stain
1913
Short
Joe Hibbard's Claim
1913
Short
A Dixie Mother
1913
Short
Sisters
1912/II
Short
Camille
1912
Short
Mrs. Alden's Awakening
1912
Short
The Musician's Daughter
1911
Short
The Life Boat
1911
Short
The Night Raider
1920
Short
A Moonshine Feud
1920
Short
The Night Rider
1920
Short
The White Squaw
1920
Short
The Wildcat
1920
Short
My Lady Robin Hood
1919
Short
The Girl of the Rancho
1919
Short
Defective Detectives
1917
Short
The Promise
1917
Life's Maelstrom
1916
Short
The Better Man
1916
Short
The Narrow Creed
1916
Short
The Black Sheep of the Family
1916
A Jungle Hero
1916
Short
Under the Lion's Paw
1916
Short
A Man's Hardest Fight
1916
Short
Mutiny
1916
Short
The Ghost of the Jungle
1916
Short
What Love Can Do
1916
A Strange Confession
1916
Short
Hired, Tired and Fired
1916
Short
X-3
1916
Short
Civilization
1915
uncredited
A Polar Romance
1915
Short
The Protest
1915
Short
The Heart of Jabez Flint
1915
Short
The Man Who Went Out
1915
Short
The Tide of Fortune
1915
Short
Hearts and Swords
1915
Short
The Secret of Lost River
1915
Short
The Tavern Keeper's Son
1915
Short
Her Easter Hat
1915
Short
Shorty's Troubled Sleep
1915
Short
Her Alibi
1915
Short
The Spark from the Embers
1915
Short
The Disillusionment of Jane
1915
Short
Shorty Turns Actor
1915
Short
The Spirit of the Bell
1915
Short
The Phantom of the Hearth
1915
Short
The Mill by the Zuyder Zee
1915
Short
A Modern Noble
1915
Short
The Last of the Line
1914
Short
The Fortunes of War
1914
Short
A Romance of Old Holland
1914
Short
The Mills of the Gods
1914
Short
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Cheyenne Cyclone
1931
Patrick O'Brien
The Sky Spider
1931
The Old Prospector
In Old Cheyenne
1931
Frank Sutter
The Poor Millionaire
1930
Butler
The Harvester
1927
Dr. Carey
Better Days
1927
Captain Salvation
1927
Nathan Phillips
The Overland Stage
1927
John Gregg
One Minute to Play
1926
College President Todd
The Golden Web
1926
John Rowan
3 Bad Men
1926
Nat Lucas
Men of the Night
1926
Thomas Bogen
The Gentle Cyclone
1926
Judge Summerfield
A Man Four-Square
1926
Polly's Father
Out of the Storm
1926
Justice of the Peace
My Own Pal
1926
Clown
Counsel for the Defense
1925
Doc West
Lightnin'
1925
Lightnin' Bill Jones
Yankee Speed
1924
Don Verdugo
After a Million
1924
Wanted by the Law
1924
Sandy Walton (as J. Hunt)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923/I
uncredited
The Heart of Jabez Flint
1915
Short
Jabez Flint
Her Easter Hat
1915
Short
Struve - an Old Peddler
Shorty Turns Actor
1915
Short
Ketchum
His Brother's Keeper
1915/II
Short
David Stokes
The Mills of the Gods
1914
Short
Spiegel
One of the Discard
1914
Short
Devotion
1913
Short
Col. Brush
Her Legacy
1913
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Black Sheep of the Family
1916
A Jungle Hero
1916
Short scenario
Under the Lion's Paw
1916
Short scenario
What Love Can Do
1916
scenario
A Double Fire Deception
1916
Short story "A Royal Flush"
A Strange Confession
1916
Short scenario
Hired, Tired and Fired
1916
Short
The War Correspondent
1913/II
Short scenario
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Civilization
1915
production assistant
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Moonshine Feud
1920
Short
Himself - the Director - prologue & epilogue (uncredited)