Frank Clark

Frank Clark

Born: December 22, 1857
Died: April 10, 1945
in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Movies for Frank Clark...

Rustlers of Red Dog
Title: Rustlers of Red Dog
Character: Judge Collins [Chs. 7, 9, 12]
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A movie serial in 12 chapters: After gold is discovered in the town of Nugget, the titular band of thieves and cutthroats inundates the frontier settlement. A group of three compatriots -- upstanding ex-sheriff Jack Woods, his harmonica-playing friend Laramie and tricky, smooth-talking gambler Deacon -- combine their respective skills in a fateful struggle to deceive and disarm the gang.
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The Phantom Cowboy
Title: The Phantom Cowboy
Character: Sheriff
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Bill Collins has a look alike the Phantom who beats Houston robbery plan. However the Phantom is shot by Houston’s men. Bill finding him dying isn’t aware that Houston is just about the get him too…
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Western Racketeers
Title: Western Racketeers
Character: Steve Harding / Tiny Harding
Released: April 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Cattlemen use Alamo Pass in order to get their cattle to market. A gang has taken it over and charges a toll to go through it. When one rancher doesn't have enough money to pay the toll, he winds up dead. A local rancher, Bill Bowers, investigates the killing, but his neighbor and rival Molly Spellman decides to take her cattle around the pass instead of through it to avoid the toll. The gangsters kidnap her, and Bill gathers the other ranchers in the area for a final showdown with the gang.
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The Border Menace
Title: The Border Menace
Character: Banker Harris
Released: April 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Ranger Bill Williams goes to prison to get information on Chuck Adams. Then a fake posse chase gets him invited into Adams' gang. But just as he learns who Adams' boss is and is about to make his move, his cell mate who escaped from prison returns to identify him.
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Roaring Ranch
Title: Roaring Ranch
Character: Tom Marlin
Released: April 27, 1930
Type: Movie
Cowboy fights to keep his ranch after oil is discovered on it.
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Outlawed
Title: Outlawed
Character: Seth (as Frank M. Clark)
Released: January 21, 1929
Type: Movie
In this his third film for FBO (Film Booking Office), Mix plays Tom Manning, a cowboy framed for murder and bank robbery by bandit leader Ethan Laidlaw. As always, justice prevails, but Mix has to make a daring escape from jail to right the wrongs done to him.
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The Hound of Silver Creek
Title: The Hound of Silver Creek
Character: John Lawton
Released: May 20, 1928
Type: Movie
Molly White, the new schoolmistress at Silver Creek, makes the acquaintance of Jack Brooks, a wealthy eastern sportsman, when his pedigreed police dog, Dynamite, saves her from serious injury, and they become fast friends.
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Land of the Lawless
Title: Land of the Lawless
Character: Simpson
Released: December 25, 1927
Type: Movie
A Texas Ranger insinuates himself into a murderous gang by showing off his talents. When he is taken prisoner by the ringleader, he makes a getaway and returns with a sheriff.
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A Wanderer of the West
Title: A Wanderer of the West
Released: November 6, 1927
Type: Movie
In a plot to take control of the Lazy Y ranch, which holds water rights to the local area, a rancher kidnaps the Lazy Y owner's daughter. The ranch foreman manages to eventually foil the plot and get the girl.
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Wolf Blood
Title: Wolf Blood
Character: Pop Hadley
Released: December 16, 1925
Type: Movie
Dick Bannister is the new field boss of the Ford Logging Company, a Canadian logging-crew during a time when conflicts with the powerful Consolidated Lumber Company, a bitter rival company, have turned bloody, like a private war. His boss, Miss Edith Ford, comes to inspect the lumberjack camp, bringing her doctor fiancé with her. Dick is attacked by his rivals and left for dead. His loss of blood is so great that he needs a transfusion, but no human will volunteer, so the surgeon uses a wolf as a source of the blood. Afterwards, Dick begins having dreams where he runs with a pack of phantom wolves, and the rival loggers get killed by wolves. Soon, these facts have spread through the camp. (via YouTube)
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The Four-Footed Ranger
Title: The Four-Footed Ranger
Character: Handsome Thomas (as Frank M. Clark)
Released: March 25, 1925
Type: Movie
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The Lone Star Ranger
Title: The Lone Star Ranger
Character: Laramie
Released: September 9, 1923
Type: Movie
An outlaw named Duane ( Tom Mix ), captured by the Texas Rangers, is promised a pardon if he rounds up a gang of cattle thieves. The man he suspects as the leader is revealed to be the father of Duane's sweetheart, Helen ( Billie Dove ). Duane captures the gang, gets a pardon for Helen's father, and marries Helen.
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Hands Off!
Title: Hands Off!
Character: Capt. Jim Ellison
Released: April 3, 1921
Type: Movie
Tex Robert rescues beautiful Ramona Wadley from the gang-leader of cattle rustlers. Later, he saves Ramona's sister from a stampede, and is then awarded a job on the Wadley ranch. The obligatory showdown features Pete and the gang.
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The Rookie's Return
Title: The Rookie's Return
Character: Tubbs
Released: December 26, 1920
Type: Movie
A young soldier is discharged from the service and has trouble making a living. However, when he inherits a great deal of money, he finds his troubles only beginning.
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Firebrand Trevison
Title: Firebrand Trevison
Character: Judge Lindman
Released: September 5, 1920
Type: Movie
A ranch owner runs afoul of a land grabber, and both of them are in love with the same girl, the daughter of a railroad owner.
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The Untamed
Title: The Untamed
Character: Sheriff Morris (as Frank M. Clark)
Released: August 29, 1920
Type: Movie
A cowpuncher by the name of Whistling Dan is adopted by a rancher, Joe Cumberland (James O. Barrows). His daughter, Kate is immediately attracted to Dan, but Cumberland discourages the union since he thinks the young man is too wild for her.
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The Lost City
Title: The Lost City
Character: Michael Donovan
Released: January 2, 1920
Type: Movie
This 15-chapter serial was produced by Colonel William N. Selig, the former mogul whose large assortment of wild animals became the nucleus of today's Los Angeles Zoo. Selig's ferocious fauna added authenticity to a story about yet another white goddess, Princess Elyata of Tirzah (Juanita Hansen), who comes to the rescue of Stanley Morton (George Chesebro) and his sidekick Mike Donovan (Frank Clark), a couple of Americans who foolishly wander into a village ruled by slave trader Gagga (Hector Dion).
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The Wilderness Trail
Title: The Wilderness Trail
Character: Angus Fitzpatrick
Released: July 6, 1919
Type: Movie
Set in the Northwoods of Canada, Tom Mix stars as Donald MacTavish, the newly appointed head commissioner of the Hudson's Bay Company. This promotion infuriates MacTavish's rival Angus Fitzpatrick (Frank Clark) who wanted the job. Angus Fitzpatrick takes his anger and resentment out on MacTavish then sets out to get MacTavish fired.
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Fighting for Gold
Title: Fighting for Gold
Character: Sheriff
Released: March 30, 1919
Type: Movie
Tom Mix plays Jack Kilmeny, an Englishman who owns a gold claim in the U.S. Jack has two problems -- his worthless partner Curly (Jack Nelson), and the British company on the land next to his who hope to jump his claim.
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The Yellow Dog
Title: The Yellow Dog
Character: Alexander Cummings
Released: November 4, 1918
Type: Movie
In the small shipbuilding town of Danforth, Albert Walker realizes, to his distress, that German sympathizers, spies and draft evaders, by voicing doubts about the United States' involvement in the war, are having a disastrous effect on the patriotic spirit of the townspeople.
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The Light of Western Stars
Title: The Light of Western Stars
Character: Bill Stillwell
Released: November 1, 1918
Type: Movie
A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick swears he will marry the first woman he sees, who happens to be Ruth Hammond, sister of his dead friend, arriving to take charge of the Hammond ranch. Revolted by his rough proposal,she fires him as the Hammond foreman and she proceeds to the ranch. Stack informs her he has purchased the ranch for the payment of the back-due taxes, and she relents and rehires Dick and his friends to aid her in her fight against Stack.
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Western Blood
Title: Western Blood
Character: Col. Stephens
Released: April 14, 1918
Type: Movie
Ranch owner Tex Wilson supplies horses to the government. While on his way to Los Angeles to take care of business, Tex sees a girl, Roberta Stephens, on a runaway horse. He rescues her and they strike up an acquaintanceship.
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The Man from Painted Post
Title: The Man from Painted Post
Character: Toby Madden
Released: September 29, 1917
Type: Movie
In order to find out who's behind a cattle rustling operation that's hurting ranchers, a detective for the Cattleman's Protective Association pretends to be a tenderfoot from back east who's just arrived in the area and doesn't know how to ride, rope or shoot.
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The Further Adventures of Stingaree
Title: The Further Adventures of Stingaree
Character: Gypsy Prince
Released: June 1, 1917
Type: Movie
The movie serial sequel featuring Stingaree
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Beware of Strangers
Title: Beware of Strangers
Character: Horace Kincaid, a Quack Doctor
Released: February 10, 1917
Type: Movie
Beware of Strangers is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell
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Twisted Trails
Title: Twisted Trails
Character: Doc Snow, Retired Ranchman
Released: December 11, 1916
Type: Movie
Ranch foreman Tom Snow is being hounded by sheriff Luke Fisher and his deputy, Brad Foster. The pair are really cattle rustlers, and they're trying to pin the blame on Snow. Snow escapes from them and leads them on a death-defying escape over a chasm.
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At Piney Ridge
Title: At Piney Ridge
Character: Gen. Deering
Released: May 1, 1916
Type: Movie
When Cindy Lane becomes pregnant, Mark Brierson, the father, refuses to marry her. Instead, Brierson romances Azalia Deering, whose father, General Deering, owns the town bank. Brierson misuses bank funds, but the bank is saved by Jack Rose, a wealthy farmer. Cindy's father Zeb vows to kill her lover, but she refuses to reveal the man's identity.
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Sweet Alyssum
Title: Sweet Alyssum
Character: Robert Garlan
Released: November 15, 1915
Type: Movie
The boss of iron worker Roanoke Brooks (Power), is having an affair with his wife (Kathlyn Williams). Eventually she commits suicide and her lover dies in an accident. Roanoke lavishes all his love and attention on his daughter (Edith Johnson). As a young woman she goes to the West where she meets the son of the man who broke up her father's marriage.
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When the West Was Young
Title: When the West Was Young
Character: Bootlegger
Released: September 7, 1914
Type: Movie
Ned Halton and his young bride, Nellie, depart from the east in a prairie schooner to seek a home in the western wilds.
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Chip of the Flying U
Title: Chip of the Flying U
Character: Patsy - the Cook
Released: August 29, 1914
Type: Movie
A copy of this Tom Mix western is preserved incomplete in the Library of Congress collection.
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Willie
Title: Willie
Character: Jim Rucker
Released: August 10, 1914
Type: Movie
Willie Clark is in love. His girl. Jane Fetherly thinks a great deal of him also. Willie, whose training has made him a home boy and a mama's pet, fears the loud voice and stentorian tones of Jane's father. Jane urges Willie to take the fatal step and speak to her father, which Willie finally does under protest.
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Etienne of the Glad Heart
Title: Etienne of the Glad Heart
Character: Old Man Paul Le Groux
Released: August 3, 1914
Type: Movie
Etienne Cloquet, a young woodsman, is in love with Marie, the pretty daughter of Paul Le Groux, a salmon fisher. Etienne has such a sunny disposition that he has become generally known as "Etienne of the Glad Heart."
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The Wilderness Mail
Title: The Wilderness Mail
Character: Joan's Father
Released: July 13, 1914
Type: Movie
Jan, the hunter, is in love with Marie, a French-Canadian girl. The same charmer has captivated Otto, the driver of the Wilderness Mail, a vengeful and selfish individual. Mane has a half-sister, Joan, a decided contrast to her, a sweet lovable girl not ordinarily bold or aggressive, but when aroused firm to a finish.
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In Defiance of the Law
Title: In Defiance of the Law
Character: Jim Blake
Released: June 28, 1914
Type: Movie
Billy McVeigh, a member of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, runs amuck another person of this service undeserving of its uniform, named Nome. The latter becomes his sworn enemy and is alert for a chance to "get even."
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Shotgun Jones
Title: Shotgun Jones
Character: Thomas Lattier
Released: April 27, 1914
Type: Movie
Thomas Lattier is a well-to-do westerner in the cattle business. One fine day he sells a herd of cattle, receiving for it cash payment in bills of large denomination. He proceeds to town alone to deposit it in his bank. Two bad men, Bretall and Hayes, have learned of the deal and trail him with a view to securing the money.
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The Spoilers
Title: The Spoilers
Character: Dextry
Released: April 10, 1914
Type: Movie
The Spoilers is a 1914 film directed by Colin Campbell. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. It was adapted to screen by Lanier Bartlett from the Rex Beach novel of the same name.
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Alone in the Jungle
Title: Alone in the Jungle
Character: John S. Brown - Helen's Father (as Frank M. Clark)
Released: June 14, 1913
Type: Movie
The Brown family, which consists of Hon. John Brown, his wife, two sons, Harold and Billy, and a young sister named Helen, has settled on an isolated plantation in the Jungles. Jack Arden, son of another English planter, who comes over frequently to hunt with the boys has fallen in love with Helen. But Papa Brown discourages the lovers, saying that Helen is too young to be married. Jack agrees to wait. Some time afterward the Browns receive a letter from Jack stating that he is coming for another week-end of shooting- with the Brown boys. On his way to the Brown's home, Jack knocks down Concho, an overseer, for being cruel to one of the slaves. His action is approved of by the Browns. In honor of Jack the family starts on a lion hunt, and, after a long trip, they return by the river route. They espy a lioness drinking at the river's edge. She is killed by Jack and taken aboard. That night Jack again asks Mr. Brown for Helen's hand and is again told to wait.
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In the Long Ago
Title: In the Long Ago
Character: Starlight's Father
Released: May 15, 1913
Type: Movie
A picture which illustrates an Indian myth, a poetic love story of the long ago, in which a despised musician is refused the privilege of marrying the belle of the tribe. He proves himself not only strong enough to kill his rival, the tribe's stalwart warrior, in a struggle for the girl, but is able to make a magic flute which can and does restore the girl, now lying dead. In the closing scenes, the picture shows a short glimpse of modern life which suggests that the old myth is being played, in part, again.
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Alas! Poor Yorick!
Title: Alas! Poor Yorick!
Released: April 21, 1913
Type: Movie
A mentally deranged sanatorium patient imagines that he is the world's greatest actor.
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Greater Wealth
Title: Greater Wealth
Character: Louis Schwartz - 1st Laborer
Released: January 1, 1913
Type: Movie
John Sharon, a steel magnate is immensely successful from the worldly point of view, while Ed Young, his humble employee, views himself as a failure because his income shrinks as his family responsibilities increase. Sharon's only son is a drunken disappointment, his wife becomes alienated from him, and his daughter falls critically ill.
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A Pair of Boots
Title: A Pair of Boots
Released: December 27, 1912
Type: Movie
A short comedy about a tramp who enters the home of a wealthy family, indulging in food and drink, and tries on the father's new boots. The mother scares him off, and then tries on the boots herself.
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Mike's Brainstorm
Title: Mike's Brainstorm
Character: The Cobbler (as Frank M. Clark)
Released: November 22, 1912
Type: Movie
Mike Rosenberg, a ne'er-do-well, is broke, but still is undenied the pleasure of imagination. A circus comes to town, and he is without the price of admission. He retires disgusted to the solitude of the bar, where he dreams that he possesses unlimited wealth. His first investment is a pet elephant that leads him into a vast variety of expensive difficulties.
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The Mate of the Alden Bessie
Title: The Mate of the Alden Bessie
Character: The Ship's Captain
Released: January 4, 1912
Type: Movie
The captain of the "Alden Bessie" was a drunken tyrant who manhandled his men upon the slightest provocation, despite the pleadings of his daughter and the first mate who loved her in his rough way, but for whom she could feel only friendship. One night the crew killed him, and marooned the mate and the captain's daughter by sending them adrift in a small boat. Days passed upon the vast expanse of ocean, and their food was all gone and death near, when land was sighted and their boat was cast up on a coral reef, and they with difficulty made the shore. Fear of death was soon supplanted in the heart of the captain's daughter by fear of a man loving her all too well. The mate, seeing this and realizing the strength of his passion, decided to live on the side of the island, but as the months passed away his loneliness overcame him and he made his way to where she sat reading. He looked over her shoulder, and saw that she read the marriage service.
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A Frontier Girl's Courage
Title: A Frontier Girl's Courage
Character: John Wilson - Mary's Father
Released: December 5, 1911
Type: Movie
A short Western in which a group of settlers are ambushed and slain by Indians. A girl escapes the massacre, and flees with the gold digger Jim. After this adventure, a romance begins between Jim and the girl.
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The Blacksmith's Love
Title: The Blacksmith's Love
Character: Surgeon Mullen
Released: August 16, 1911
Type: Movie
The Civil War has begun, and Mace Brewer goes to the front, leaving his young wife alone. His friend, Joe Saunders, also has to leave his aged mother and answer the call of duty to his country. The misfortunes of war claim Mace, and at night as Joe, sorely wounded, limps off the battlefield, he leaves Mace for dead. Soldiers burying the dead, discover life in Mace and he is hurried to the hospital, where the surgeons succeed in reviving him. Thinking Mace dead, Joe writes to his mother of this tragedy, and she sadly shows the letter to the wife. Joe returns. Mace's widow calls for the details of his death. After recovering from the operation it is found that Mace's mind is affected, and he is taken to an asylum for treatment.
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The Still Alarm
Title: The Still Alarm
Character: Jo Jones
Released: May 18, 1911
Type: Movie
Mistaken identities and backstabbing partners
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The Sergeant
Title: The Sergeant
Character: Soldier
Released: September 21, 1910
Type: Movie
In this Western, the sergeant takes his commander’s daughter on a horseback ride along the Merced River (which actually might be Oregon's Clackamas River). When their horses are stolen by a renegade, they are forced to travel back to headquarters by foot and lose the trail. In the first clip, mounted troops search for the lost couple. The two are found the next day and the sergeant is disgraced. However, the sergeant proves his mettle when he escapes during an Indian attack and leads reinforcements to the rescue.