Frank Jonasson

Frank Jonasson

Born: December 14, 1878
Died: October 17, 1942
in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Movies for Frank Jonasson...

The Big Fight
Title: The Big Fight
Character: Berrili
Released: May 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger: This "behind-the-scenes look of a heavyweight-championship fight" looks much like all of the other boxing films in which the Champ gets involved in a frame-up and is asked to take a dive.
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Cock o' the Walk
Title: Cock o' the Walk
Character: Pedro
Released: April 13, 1930
Type: Movie
Carlos Lopez is a handsome Argentine sportsman. Many women love him and he toys with them all. His days are filled with romance and intrigue and he manages to get himself feared and hated by most of the married men in Buenos Aires.
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Old Ironsides
Title: Old Ironsides
Character: Pirate Captain (uncredited)
Released: December 6, 1926
Type: Movie
An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Ironsides"--against the Barbary pirates then terrorizing American shipping, focusing on the crew and passengers of a fictional merchant ship, The Esther, who fall afoul of the same pirates and thus become involved with the Constitution's mission.
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The Movies
Title: The Movies
Character: The Director (as Frank Jonnasson)
Released: October 7, 1925
Type: Movie
Silent comedy about a poor country bumpkin who goes to Hollywood to make good.
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Merton of the Movies
Title: Merton of the Movies
Character: Henshaw
Released: November 3, 1924
Type: Movie
A wannabe film star journeys to Hollywood, but soon finds his dreams do not pan out.
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The Fighting Coward
Title: The Fighting Coward
Character: Rumbo
Released: March 14, 1924
Type: Movie
Southerner Tom Rumford was sent up north to be raised by relatives who happen to be Quakers. As a result, he returns home a passive, peace-loving young man, completely out of place in an area where men kill over issues of honor.
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Riders of the Law
Title: Riders of the Law
Character: Ace Brokaw
Released: December 15, 1922
Type: Movie
Jack Meadows and sidekick Toby are looking for whiskey smugglers along the Canadian border. They find a badly wounded Seriff who earlier caught one of them and a nearby hoofprint of a horse with a broken shoe. Setting up a blacksmith shop, they soon find the owner of that horse and replace the shoe with another that will let them trace him.
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What Happened to Jones
Title: What Happened to Jones
Character: Anthony Goodley
Released: August 8, 1920
Type: Movie
Heeding the pleas of Bobbie Brown, Jimmie Jones packs his trunk full of liquor to present to his desperate friend and hops on a train. Upon his arrival, Jones discovers that his cargo has been purloined in transit, and while attempting to replenish his supplies by bargaining with the local bootlegger, is detected by the local sheriff.
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The Midnight Man
Title: The Midnight Man
Character: John Gilmore
Released: September 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Bob Gilmore, a young clubman, is called by telephone to his home, where his parents are giving him a birthday party. He overhears one of the men guests make a slurring remark about his mother's appearance, and proceeds to punish him then and there, throwing the entire gathering into an uproar. Later in the evening he assumes guilt for a check which had been in reality forged by his foster father, in order to save the mother's feelings, but obtains a written confession from the guilty man for future use if necessary. Learning that he had been adopted from a foundling asylum in infancy, Bob decides to go to New York to see if he cannot learn his real name, which he understands begins with "Mor."
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The Man from Tia Juana
Title: The Man from Tia Juana
Character: Banker Roger King
Released: July 30, 1917
Type: Movie
Jack Hoxie and Marin Sais star in this 'American Girl' short. A courageous young woman must clear her boyfriend after he is framed for a hold-up.
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The Further Adventures of Stingaree
Title: The Further Adventures of Stingaree
Character: The Governor
Released: June 1, 1917
Type: Movie
The movie serial sequel featuring Stingaree
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The Poisoned Dart
Title: The Poisoned Dart
Character: Ace Brent
Released: December 6, 1916
Type: Movie
Barbara was amazed when she found out that Ripley was bringing her a Malaysian cat from the Orient. But what Ripley didn't know was that he was being followed by three Malaysians. On the night of his arrival, he handed the cat into the care of the Japanese valet Tatsu. Tatsu was murdered that same night. A mysterious wound from a poisoned dart proves that the assassin was a Malay.
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The Gun Runners
Title: The Gun Runners
Character: Ace Brent
Released: September 20, 1916
Type: Movie
Barbara, finding her automobile disabled, is forced to go to the Storms reception in a taxi. The chauffeur brings her to the wrong house, and she finds herself greeted by The Blind Mole, as "English Rose." The Blind Mole, a picturesque Central American character, takes her into his confidence regarding his plans for a revolution in Costa Blanca. Suddenly Arenzo, a rival revolutionist, arrives with his followers, and in the battle that follows The Blind Mole is killed. Arenzo also thinks that Barbara is "English Rose," and forces her to accompany him. The scenes that follow, telling in exciting manner how Wallace and a reporter succeed in unraveling the mystery of Barbara's disappearance and how that adventurous girl thwarts the schemes of the "gun runners," culminate in a spirited conflict aboard the schooner which was to bear the revolutionists' arms to Costa Blanca.
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The Turquoise Mine Conspiracy
Title: The Turquoise Mine Conspiracy
Character: Ace Brent
Released: August 16, 1916
Type: Movie
"Sidewinder Steve" returns to civilization to find that his ore specimens show he has discovered a turquoise mine. He wires his friend, Ace Brent, the capitalist, who has a half-interest in his discoveries, to furnish him with money to make the trip back across the desert to officially stake his claim. But "Lonney" Smith, telegraph operator at the town and secret spy for The Syndicate, Brent's rivals, informs his employers of the new "strike," and they dispatch their agent Meyers to thwart Brent. The latter, recovering from injuries received in a previous encounter with sheep herders, consents to allow Barbara to handle the affair. Her admirer, John Wallace, follows her to the desert town, fearing for her safety. The action then develops into a thrilling three-cornered race across the desert between Barbara and John, Lonney and Meyers, and a gang of local adventurers headed by "Dry Wash" Sexton, proprietor of the "saloon and hotel."
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The Girl from Frisco
Title: The Girl from Frisco
Character: Ace Brent, Barbara's Father
Released: August 9, 1916
Type: Movie
A series of 25 2-reel Western thrillers in which a cowgirl aids the cause of justice and humanity in the Old West, often aided by her fiancé and her rancher father. Each episode tells a complete story in itself.
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The Fighting Heiress
Title: The Fighting Heiress
Character: Ace Brent
Released: August 9, 1916
Type: Movie
Impending trouble with the sheep herders, who are encroaching on his range, causes Ace Brent, owner of vast California interests, to warn his daughter Barbara to postpone her visit to the ranch. But Barbara is made of sterner stuff, and, following a heated discussion with her admirer, John Wallace, over woman's equality with man in the business world, she declares she will disregard the warning telegram and be at her father's side should trouble come.
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Stingaree
Title: Stingaree
Character: (Multiple Characters)
Released: November 24, 1915
Type: Movie
Wealthy Irving Randolph is falsely denounced as a deliberate murderer by his greedy younger brother when Randolph, during a rifle shooting contest, accidentally kills a man with whom he has had an altercation. Fleeing to Australia, Randolph becomes known as the bandit Stingaree and is aided in his Robin Hood like adventures by his friend Howie and his sweetheart Ethel.
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The Vivisectionist
Title: The Vivisectionist
Released: June 23, 1915
Type: Movie
American horror movie from 1915.