photoplayer

noun2

1. •
   (old-fashioned) A film actor.

   • The photoplayer who asks for food, stretches his hand toward the spread table and looks more or less appealing, according to the circumstances in which he finds himself. — 1913
2. •
   (historical) An orchestrion in the silent film era.

   • Small theatres usually had a photoplayer or "pit organ" located beneath the screen in the orchestra pit. — 1967