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Frank Beal is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 11 september 1862 at Cleveland (USA)
Frank Beal (September 11, 1862 – December 20, 1934) was an American actor and film director of the silent film era. He appeared in 42 films between 1910 and 1933. He also directed 41 films between 1910 and 1921. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and died in Hollywood, California.
Comme acteur, il est apparu dans 53 films entre 1910 et 1933. Il a également réalisé 54 films entre 1910 et 1921
Frank Beal était marié avec Louise Lester et est le père de Scott Beal .
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Frank Beal
Nationality USA
Birth 11 september 1862 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 20 december 1934 (at 72 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Birth 11 september 1862 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 20 december 1934 (at 72 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Biography
Frank Beal commence sa carrière d'acteur au théâtre à l'âge de 18 ans en 1880 et devient célèbre en tant qu'acteur et metteur en scène. En 1908, il passe de la scène au cinéma et commence à travailler pour la Selig Polyscope Company de William Selig, basée à Chicago. Sa nécrologie dans le Los Angeles Times indique qu'il est « l'une des premières figures éminentes de l'industrie théâtrale à le déserter et à aller au cinéma. »Comme acteur, il est apparu dans 53 films entre 1910 et 1933. Il a également réalisé 54 films entre 1910 et 1921
Frank Beal était marié avec Louise Lester et est le père de Scott Beal .
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Only Yesterday (1933)
, 1h45Directed by John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Margaret Sullavan, John Boles, Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke, Benita Hume, Reginald Denny
Rating72%
Phantom Thunderbolt (1933)
, 1h3Directed by Alan James
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Ken Maynard, Frances Lee, Frances Lee, Frank Rice, William Gould, Bob Kortman
Roles Tobias Oldham
Rating56%
Sunset Pass (1933)
, 1h1Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Tom Keene, Leila Bennett, Kathleen Burke, Harry Carey, Noah Beery Sr.
Roles Judge
Rating68%
Air Mail (1932)
, 1h23Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Ralph Bellamy, Gloria Stuart, Pat O'Brien, Slim Summerville, Lilian Bond, Russell Hopton
Roles Passager pour Kansas City
Rating65%
Pilot Mike Miller (Ralph Bellamy) owns and operates Desert Airport, an air mail base at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. He leads a group of young pilots who risk their lives flying through dangerous weather and over treacherous terrain to deliver air mail. When Joe Barnes (Ward Bond) crashes at the base, the other pilots attempt to retrieve the precious mail from the burning wreckage. Mike consoles his girlfriend Ruth (Gloria Stuart), who is also Joe's sister. Mike now realizes that he has to hire a replacement, the reckless "Duke" Talbot (Pat O'Brien).
The Lost Special (1932)
Directed by Henry MacRae
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Frank Albertson, Cecilia Parker, Caryl Lincoln, Francis Ford, J. Frank Glendon, Frank Beal
Roles Horace Moore
Rating52%
Madame Racketeer (1932)
, 1h12Directed by Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Alison Skipworth, Richard Bennett, George Raft, Gertrude Dolores Messinger, Evalyn Knapp, Robert McWade
Roles Appleby - Bank Director
Rating64%
Night World (1932)
, 58minutesDirected by Hobart Henley
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lew Ayres, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, Dorothy Revier, Russell Hopton, Hedda Hopper
Roles Bit (uncredited)
Rating68%
The whole film takes place in the nightclub of Happy MacDonald (Karloff). One of the people at the nightclub is a wildly stereotypical gay "queen". Although Karloff is a villain, he plays a charming man, quite unlike most of the parts he was allowed to play at the time.
Everything’s Rosie (1931)
, 1h7Directed by Clyde Bruckman, James S. Dugan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Robert Woolsey, Anita Louise, John Darrow, Florence Roberts, Frank Beal, Forrester Harvey
Roles Mr. Lowe
Rating58%
Dr. J. Dockweiler Droop (Robert Woolsey) is a carnival charlatan, scamming local shills out of their hard earned money. He adopted Rosie (Anita Louise) when she was three, and has raised her to become a pretty young woman, who is just as good an operator as her adoptive father is. As they pass through a small town, Rosie falls in love with Billy Lowe (John Darrow), and pleads with Dockweiler to leave the carnival life and settle down. Dockweiler agrees, and the two leave the carnival.
Young Donovan's Kid (1931)
, 1h17Directed by Fred Niblo, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Dix, Marion Shilling, Jackie Cooper, Frank Sheridan, Boris Karloff, Dick Rush
Roles McConnell
Rating51%
Jim Donovan (Richard Dix) is a two-bit mob leader in New York during the 1920s. When another mobster, Ben Murray (Richard Alexander) is killed in a gunfight between rival gangs, Donovan takes it upon himself to raise his son, Midge Murray (Jackie Cooper). When Donovan seeks the advice of the parish priest on how to raise an adolescent boy, the priest, Father Dan (Frank Sheridan), enlists the services of his niece, Kitty Costello (Marion Shilling). When she directs Donovan to get honest work, he agrees, and she gets him a job at the ironworks where she is also employed. He is slowly transformed by the effect that both Midge and Kitty have on him. He also falls in love with Kitty.
Wide Open (1930)
, 1h9Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Edward Everett Horton, Louise Fazenda, Patsy Ruth Miller, Vera Lewis, Louise Beavers, Edna Murphy
Roles Faulkner
Rating60%
Unassertive bookkeeper Simon Haldane (Horton) is the butt of everyone's jokes at work. Co-worker Agatha (Louise Fazenda) is desperately in love with him. One rainy night, Agatha's mother, with Agatha in tow, visits him at home to insist that he marry her. Outside, two detectives chase a mysterious young woman (Miller), who eludes them by slipping unnoticed into Simon's house and hiding in a closet. When the detectives enter the premises, Simon manages to get rid of them and Agatha and her mother.
Anybody's War (1930)
, 1h30Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Neil Hamilton, Betty Farrington, Walter Weems, Walter McGrail, Frank Beal
Roles Bit Role(uncredited)
The Stolen Bride (1927)
Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Billie Dove, Armand Kaliz, Lloyd Hughes, Frank Beal, Lilyan Tashman, Otto Hoffman
Roles Count Thurzo
Franz Pless, fils d'un paysan hongrois, part à New York pour devenir architecte, et y rencontre Sari, Comtesse Thurzo, qu'il avait connue quand ils étaient enfants. Une romance se développe entre eux mais Sari doit retourner en Hongrie avec son père. Franz la suit en Europe, mais apprend avec consternation qu'il doit faire son service militaire obligatoire de trois ans. En permission pour rendre visite à son grand-père, il se querelle avec le Baron von Heimberg, capitaine de son régiment. Lors de rencontres en secret, Sari promet à Franz de l'attendre, mais, lors d'un banquet son père annonce ses fiançailles avec Heimberg sans l'avoir prévenue. Franz se bat avec le capitaine, Sari le cache mais il est découvert. On lui offre la liberté à condition qu'il quitte le pays. Ilona, la maîtresse du capitaine, emprunte la robe de mariée de Sali pendant que celle-ci est avec Franz et force le capitaine à sa marier avec elle.
A Bankrupt Honeymoon (1926)
, 20minutesDirected by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Actors Oliver Hardy, Harold Goodwin, Frank Beal, Shirley Palmer, Sidney Bracey, Harry Dunkinson
Roles Shirley's Father
Rating60%
The Mad Racer (1926)
, 19minutesDirected by Benjamin Stoloff
Origin USA
Actors Earle Foxe, Florence Gilbert, Jean Arthur, Frank Beal, Edna Marion
Roles Colonel Paddock
Marriage in Transit (1925)
Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Edmund Lowe, Carole Lombard, Frank Beal, Fred Walton, Fred Walton, Wade Boteler
Roles Burnham
Rating62%