Film Director. He was an American director and screenwriter during the Silent Film era, making a total of fourteen films, with eleven films being for Paramount Pictures. Born the fifth child of Samuel Campbell and his first wife, Mary Bachman, he had a very comfortable childhood. He graduated from New York University in 1889 with a degree in veterinary medicine. He abandoned that career for journalism, starting with the "New York Herald" and covering the Spanish-American War. From this point forward, every part of his livelihood involved formal writing. He eventually became the assistant city desk editor. After adventuring into show business, he became a press agent, writer, producer, and director. He was successful in adapting the French stage production of Robert Charvay and Paul Gavault's "Where There's A Will" into English, which had 64 performances and a brief revival in 1939. During World War I, he served as a major in the US Army 4th Division, and with horses still being used for transportation, he could have been a veterinarian. After the war, he relocated to Hollywood. He managed a large charity production charity of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra performing in the Hollywood Bowl on October 2, 1922. The Actor's Fund of America received the benefits of the performance. Among his most notable films were "Girls Men Forget" in 1924, "Wandering Fires" in 1925, and "Burnt Finger" in 1927. Most of his actual films have been lost or wasted away from decay. He married actress Henrietta Crossman, and the couple had a son, Junior. Later in life, he was the Federal Prohibition Administrator for the Eastern District of New York from July 1927 to June 1930. With New York City being "wet," he bumped political heads with Democratic candidate for the United States Presidency, Al Smith, after raiding speakeasies. Later, in 1931, he campaigned for the repeal of prohibition on the grounds that the law could not be enforced. He published a series of articles in the "New Herald," airing the "corruption, hypocrisy, and political sleaze permeating the federal enforcement program." A lifelong teetotaler, he was the editor of a new anti-prohibition publication, "Repeal." He died after a long illness.