- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama, Short
- Release: 1913-09-08
- Director: Dell Henderson
- Writers: George Hennessy
- Language: None | English
- Stars: Walter Miller , Lillian Gish , Charles Hill Mailes , John T. Dillon , Charles West , Charles West , Alfred Paget , Harry Carey
- Runtime: 10 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: A Modest Hero (United States of America) , A Modest Hero
- Plot: It is house cleaning time. Mother-in-law leaves, but insists that husband must be put to work, but husband hires a man, while he goes fishing. Our hero substitutes himself for the cleaner and appears to rob the lady of her silver. He is kept too busy, and later proves a hero in spite of himself by rescuing the fair young housewife from the drunken cleaner, who walks in late.
- IMDB:tt0003163
A Modest Hero Cast · · · ALL
Dell Henderson
Director
Walter Miller
The Husband
Lillian Gish
The Wife
Charles Hill Mailes
First Thief
John T. Dillon
Second Thief
Charles West
A Crook / Cleaning Man
Alfred Paget
First Policeman
Harry Carey