Frank Beal
Frank Beal | |
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Hollywood, California, U.S. | |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film director |
| Years active | 1910-1933 |
| Spouse | Louise Lester |
| Children | Scott Beal Dolly Beal Katherine Beal[1] |
Frank Beal (September 11, 1862 – December 20, 1934) was an American actor and film director of the silent film era.
Biography
Born in
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1862,[2] Beal began acting in 1880 and gained fame as a director and an actor. In 1908, he moved from stage to film, with the Selig Polyscope Company
. He appeared in 42 films between 1910 and 1933, and also directed 41 films between 1910 and 1921.
Beal was married to actress
Hollywood, California, in 1934.[2] His obituary in the Los Angeles Times called him "one of the first prominent figures of the theatrical industry to desert it and go into motion pictures".[4]
Partial filmography
- Mismated (1916)
- The Curse of Eve (1917)
- Her Moment (1918)
- Thieves (1919)
- A Question of Honor (1922)
- Playing It Wild (1923)
- Soft Boiled (1923)
- When Odds Are Even (1923)
- Hook and Ladder (1924)
- Arizona Express(1924)
- The Lone Chance (1924)
- The Cyclone Rider (1924)
- Marriage in Transit (1925)
- The Best Bad Man (1925)
- The Golden Strain (1925)
- The Mad Racer (1926)
- A Man Four-Square (1926)
- The Last Trail (1927)
- The Final Extra (1927)
- The Stolen Bride (1927)
- Galloping Fury (1927)
- The Danger Rider (1928)
- Broken Barriers (1928)
- Women Who Dare (1928)
- The Big Diamond Robbery (1929)
- Señor Americano (1929)
- Wide Open (1930)
- Young Donovan's Kid (1931)
- The Lost Special (1932)
- The Power and the Glory (1933) (uncredited)
References
- ^ "Frank Beal". The Los Angeles Times. December 21, 1934. p. 27.
- ^ ISBN 9780786409839. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ISBN 9781476609058. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- Newspapers.com.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frank Beal.
- Frank Beal at IMDb
- Frank Beal at AllMovie
- Frank Beal at the Internet Broadway Database
- Frank Beal at Find a Grave
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