Frank Whitson

Frank Whitson

Born: March 22, 1877
Died: March 19, 1946
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Frank Whitson...

Show Boat
Title: Show Boat
Released: May 17, 1936
Type: Movie
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
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3 Kids and a Queen
Title: 3 Kids and a Queen
Character: Relative
Released: October 21, 1935
Type: Movie
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.
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Texas Tornado
Title: Texas Tornado
Character: Jim Briscoe
Released: June 24, 1928
Type: Movie
Briscoe leases land from Latimer. When oil is found Latimer tries to stop Briscoe from renewing the lease. Tom arrives and fights off Latimer and his men to renew the lease. But Latimer is not done. Now he shoots Briscoe, kidnaps Buddy, and blames Tom who is arrested and put in jail.
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Hidden Aces
Title: Hidden Aces
Character: Captain
Released: August 6, 1927
Type: Movie
Larry 'Hutch' Hutchdale, gentleman thief, is keeping an eye on the newly-arrived Princess Orloff of Russia...and not just because of her curvaceous figure. The woman's jewel necklace is worth a fortune. But her secretary, Natalie Knowles, is secretly a famed cat burglar, and wants the necklace for herself. The two thieves outwit each other at every turn, all the while realizing they're a perfect match. But the star-crossed lovers have a surprise on their hands when they realize the jewels are a fake, and the princess an imposter! Hidden Aces was Charles Hutchison's seventh and final appearance as 'Hutch' Hutchdale, the character he originated in 1921's Hurricane Hutch.
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Soldier Man
Title: Soldier Man
Character: General Von Snootzer
Released: May 1, 1926
Type: Movie
After the armistice, one U.S. soldier remains unaccounted for: he's wandering the fields of Bomania, hungry, thinking the war is still on.
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Walloping Kid
Title: Walloping Kid
Character: Sally's father
Released: January 5, 1926
Type: Movie
A handsome boxer is sent out to manage his father's ranch. This is no easy task, as the ranch foreman's a no-good louse!
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Fighting Courage
Title: Fighting Courage
Character: Mark Crenshaw
Released: December 12, 1925
Type: Movie
Richard Kingsley, son of a financier, trying to aid Marjorie Crenshaw and her sister during a raid on a New York roadhouse, is arrested. His father, enraged by the bad publicity, threatens to disinherit him if he doesn't go to Colorado in search of a mine....
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There He Goes
Title: There He Goes
Character: Harry's Sweetheart's Father
Released: November 29, 1925
Type: Movie
1925 Mack Sennett Comedies production three-reel short.
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Hurry, Doctor!
Title: Hurry, Doctor!
Character: Dr. Welland Strong
Released: September 20, 1925
Type: Movie
Hurry, Doctor! is a 1925 comedy short
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Won by Law
Title: Won by Law
Character: Papa Franklin
Released: August 19, 1925
Type: Movie
Wanda Wiley stars as a very slow and lazy daughter in this excellent Century short. She gets servants to feed her and even plays tennis sitting in a chair. One day she decides to wake up to win the man she loves by going on an outdoor adventure that involves skunks and moonshiners!
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$50,000 Reward
Title: $50,000 Reward
Character: Asa Holman
Released: December 2, 1924
Type: Movie
Tex Sherwood has just come into possession of a valuable piece of land that will be irrigated by a new dam. Banker Holman knowing the deed must be registered the next day, offers a $50,000 reward for Tex's capture.
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Captain Blood
Title: Captain Blood
Character: Baron de Rivarol
Released: September 21, 1924
Type: Movie
Young Irish physician Peter Blood is exiled as a slave to Barbados, where he and his friend Jeremy are purchased by Colonel Bishop at the behest of his niece Arabella. With other slaves he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the terror of the Caribbean privateers until offered a commission in the English Navy. He defeats the French at Port Royal, and as a reward he is named governor of Jamaica and marries Arabella.
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Racing for Life
Title: Racing for Life
Character: Hudford's partner
Released: August 8, 1924
Type: Movie
Jack Grant agrees to drive in the big race in order to save his brother Carl from being charged with embezzlement.
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Her Man
Title: Her Man
Released: July 10, 1924
Type: Movie
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Valley of Hate
Title: Valley of Hate
Released: June 20, 1924
Type: Movie
A city visitor falls for a mountain girl and collides with her family of rustic moonshiners.
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The White Panther
Title: The White Panther
Character: Shere Ali
Released: January 22, 1924
Type: Movie
Australian star Rex "Snowy" Baker stars in this military melodrama. This was the first of a series of four films Baker made for producer Phil Goldstone, and they were offered on a States' Rights basis. Irene Falliday (Gertrude McConnell) is the daughter of the British governor (William Bainbridge) who rules over an Indian province. She finds Yasmini (Lois Scott) wearing the shawl she believes she has lost and asks Tommy Farrell (Phil Burke) to get it back. Farrell is in love with Irene, but Yasmini loves him, and when he finally gets the shawl from her, the circumstances shame her in the eyes of her father Shere Ali, Sirdar of the Afghans (Frank Whitson), and his subjects.
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The Tango Cavalier
Title: The Tango Cavalier
Character: Colonel Pomeroy
Released: September 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Don Armingo, a member of the Secret Service, is inspired while dancing the tango to join a group of smugglers at the Mexican border. As he is about to make the arrest, they take flight, kidnapping Don's sweetheart. Following in his airplane, he circles above the getaway car and plucks the girl from the tonneau cover just as it speeds over an embankment.
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The Man from Hell's River
Title: The Man from Hell's River
Character: Sergeant McKenna
Released: May 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Adventure of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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Headin' West
Title: Headin' West
Character: Stub Allen
Released: February 13, 1922
Type: Movie
Bill Perkins, a war veteran bumming his way across the country with an airplane pilot, is forced to disembark via parachute when he arrives at a familiar spot. He lands in the midst of a cattlemen's dispute, gets a job as a dishwasher, and learns of a conspiracy to steal the ranch from its absent heir.
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The Adventures of Tarzan
Title: The Adventures of Tarzan
Character: Rokoff
Released: December 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Tarzan spurns the love of La, Queen of Opar. When he isn't trying to keep the Bolshevik Rokoff and Clayton (pretender to the Greystoke estate) from reaching Opar, he is attacked simultaneously by two lions, dropped into a pit when a volcano splits the ground, nearly sacrificed by sun worshipers, and so on.
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Square Deal Sanderson
Title: Square Deal Sanderson
Character: Alva Dale
Released: June 15, 1919
Type: Movie
Square Deal Sanderson is in pursuit of a horse thief, but someone else shoots the varmint before Sanderson can offer him a "square deal."
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The Son-of-a-Gun
Title: The Son-of-a-Gun
Character: Double Deck Harry
Released: February 2, 1919
Type: Movie
A young man is lured into a cardgame by a crooked dealer. He is about to lose all the money that was given to him to get medicine for his mother when a local cowboy comes to his rescue.
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Boston Blackie's Little Pal
Title: Boston Blackie's Little Pal
Character: Martin Wilmerding
Released: August 26, 1918
Type: Movie
While burgling a mansion, Blackie is interrupted by little Joey, who has been awakened from his slumbers. Blackie gently orders the kid to return to bed, but Joey refuses to do so unless Blackie helps him say his prayers. Thus is formed a strong friendship between Blackie and his "little pal," inspiring our raffish hero to rescue Joey's mother Rosemary Theby from a scandalous situation.
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After the War
Title: After the War
Released: July 1, 1918
Type: Movie
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Social Briars
Title: Social Briars
Character: Franklin
Released: May 13, 1918
Type: Movie
Iris Lee is reared in the small town of Dalton by her deceased mother's friend, Martha Kane, and when she reaches adulthood, Martha's son Jim falls in love with her. When Iris fails to return his affections, Mrs. Kane treats her so coldly that Iris decides to leave the stuffy little village for the metropolis. On her journey, she accepts a ride with Jack Andrews, but after he attempts to kiss her, she leaps from the car and walks the rest of the way. While singing in the choir of a large metropolitan church, she is discovered by Jack's wealthy father Peter, who recommends her as a soloist. Light opera star Helen Manning, who has helped Iris to cultivate her voice, quarrels with her theatrical manager, and Iris is offered her position.
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Restitution
Title: Restitution
Character: Abraham
Released: May 12, 1918
Type: Movie
The story of the perfect man and woman in Eden, and the temptation of Mother Eve by Lucifer. Many episodes are then presented showing how Satan, from the time of Eden until now, has sought to thwart God's purposes and how, ultimately, Satan will be overthrown, and how restitution blessings will then come to mankind.
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The Clock
Title: The Clock
Character: Bob Barrett
Released: April 30, 1917
Type: Movie
A 1917 American silent comedy film
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The Morals of Hilda
Title: The Morals of Hilda
Character: August
Released: December 11, 1916
Type: Movie
Recent immigrants August and Hilda cannot understand the American emphasis on weddings, because in their country, couples never get married. Fearing that he will be arrested for living with a woman who is not his wife, August stows away on a ship and dies in a wreck at sea. Afterward, Hilda tries to commit suicide, but the wealthy Esther Grail saves her, and then adopts her infant son Stephen. Years later, Esther tells him the circumstances of his birth, and so Stephen goes on a crusade for the rights of illegitimate children.
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The Price of Silence
Title: The Price of Silence
Character: Oliver Urmy
Released: December 11, 1916
Type: Movie
A woman gives up her illegitimate child, and then marries without telling her new husband about the child.
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The Isle of Life
Title: The Isle of Life
Released: October 30, 1916
Type: Movie
Living up to a reputation for disregarding rules, author Sebastian Maure, having fallen in love with Ghirlaine Bellamy, kidnaps her to get her away from her fiancé, Vincent Pamfort. Sebastian takes Ghirlaine to a small island where, because of the force of his personality, he is treated almost as a god by the natives. During her captivity, Ghirlaine exerts a strong influence on Sebastian, and he vows to make himself into a better man.
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If My Country Should Call
Title: If My Country Should Call
Character: Robert
Released: September 25, 1916
Type: Movie
A doctor is called to the home of a young man who wants to enlist in the Army.
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The Mark of Cain
Title: The Mark of Cain
Character: John Graham
Released: August 6, 1916
Type: Movie
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Gold and the Woman
Title: Gold and the Woman
Character: Montrevor
Released: March 13, 1916
Type: Movie
The daughter of a Mexican aristocrat endures the travails of the Mexican revolution.