- Country: USA
- Genres: Short, Western
- Release: 1911-03-16
- Director: D.W. Griffith
- Writers: Emmett C. Hall
- Language: None | English
- Stars: Wilfred Lucas , Joseph Graybill , W. Chrystie Miller , Blanche Sweet , Dell Henderson , Kate Toncray , Francis J. Grandon , Guy Hedlund , William J. Butler , John T. Dillon
- Runtime: 17 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Was He a Coward? , Was He a Coward? (United States of America)
- Plot: Norris gets a job as a ranch hand and falls in love with Kate, the rancher's daughter. The jealous foreman challenges him to a fight, but he refuses, and Kate thinks he's a coward. When smallpox hits the ranch, Norris cares for the sick at the risk of his own life, and shows Kate his true heroism.
- IMDB:tt0001969
Was He a Coward? Cast
D.W. Griffith
Director
Wilfred Lucas
Norris Hilton
Joseph Graybill
Hilton's Friend
W. Chrystie Miller
The Rancher
Blanche Sweet
Kate - the Rancher's Daughter
Dell Henderson
The Foreman
Kate Toncray
The Maid
Francis J. Grandon
The Doctor
Guy Hedlund
The Indian
William J. Butler
At Train Station
John T. Dillon
At Ranch