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Frank Leigh is a Actor born on 18 april 1876
Frank Leigh (April 18, 1876–May 9, 1948) was a British stage and film actor. He settled in Hollywood, and became a leading man during the silent era. Following the introduction of sound, his roles were much less significant. By the late 1930s all his screen appearances were uncredited.
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Frank Leigh
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Birth 18 april 1876
Death 9 may 1948 (at 72 years)
Death 9 may 1948 (at 72 years)
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The Hucksters (1947)
, 1h55Directed by Jack Conway, John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn
Roles Man in Kimberly's Office (uncredited)
Rating66%
Victor Norman (Clark Gable) is a radio advertising executive just back from World War II and looking for a job in his old field. He literally throws his money out the hotel window, telling the hotel valet that being down to his last fifty dollars "will help me seem sincere about not needing a job." On his way to his interview, he stops and spends thirty-five of those dollars on a "sincere" hand-painted necktie.
Undercurrent (1946)
, 1h56Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Romance
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Edmund Gwenn, Marjorie Main, Clinton Sundberg
Roles Party Guest (uncredited)
Rating64%
Ann Hamilton (Katharine Hepburn) is a middle-aged bride who begins to suspect that her charming husband Alan Garroway (Robert Taylor) plans to murder her. Nor can she ignore the shadow of her brother-in-law Michael Garroway (Robert Mitchum), whom she's never met but has been told so much about.
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
, 1h52Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Kathryn Grayson, June Allyson, Jimmy Durante, Peter Lawford, John George, Ben Blue
Roles Cardinal in Opera (uncredited)
Rating65%
Gilda (1946)
, 1h50Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Striptease
Actors Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Eduardo Ciannelli, Steven Geray
Roles Man (uncredited)
Rating75%
Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford), a small-time American gambler newly arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, narrates. When he wins a lot of money cheating at craps, he has to be rescued from a robbery attempt by a complete stranger, Ballin Mundson (George Macready). Mundson tells him about an illegal high-class casino, but warns him not to practice his skills there. Farrell ignores his advice, cheats at blackjack, and is taken by two men to see the casino's owner, who turns out to be Mundson. Farrell talks Mundson into hiring him and quickly gains his confidence. However, the unimpressed washroom attendant, Uncle Pio (Steven Geray), keeps calling him "Mr.
The Black Swan (1942)
, 1h27Directed by Henry King, Albert R. Broccoli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn
Roles Sea Captain (uncredited)
Rating66%
After England and Spain make peace, notorious pirate Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar) decides to reform. As a reward, he is made Governor of Jamaica, with a mandate to rid the Caribbean of his former comrades, by persuasion or force if necessary. He replaces the former governor, Lord Denby (George Zucco), but is not trusted by either the lawful residents or the pirates.
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
, 1h21Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William, John Halliday, Nat Pendleton, Monty Woolley
Roles English Eddie (uncredited)
Rating66%
René Farrand est amoureux de Lorraine de Grissac, belle aristocrate, qui se laisse aussi faire la cour par un certain Steve Emerson, détective privé et ex-agent du F.B.I. Mais voilà qu'un collier d'émeraudes est dérobé à l'oncle de Lorraine, le comte de Grissac. Et Steve Emerson suspecte son rival, René Farrand, d'être en fait Arsène Lupin, le célèbre gentleman-cambrioleur.
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
, 1h21Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Actors Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William, John Halliday, Nat Pendleton, Monty Woolley
Roles English Eddie (uncredited)
Rating66%
The Legion of Missing Men (1937)
, 1h2Directed by Hamilton MacFadden
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Ralph Forbes, Ben Alexander, Roy D'Arcy, Paul Hurst, Jimmy Aubrey, George Regas
Roles Colonel Laurant
Rating51%
Bob Carter is a professional soldier of fortune whose expertise is in the use of the machine gun. He has plied his trade for Sun Yat-Sen in the Xinhai Revolution, the Mexican Revolution and with the Spanish in the Rif War for de Rivera. Now he is content to be a Legionnaire in the 20th Marching Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment with his comrades in arms the American Muggsy and the Englishman Bilgey.
Kiss of Araby (1933)
, 1h10Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres War, Adventure
Actors Maria Alba, Walter Byron, Claire Windsor, Theodore von Eltz, Claude King, Frank Leigh
Roles Sheik El Rahman
Rating27%
The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932)
, 1h5Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lil Dagover, Walter Huston, Warren William, John Wray, George E. Stone, Robert Warwick
Roles Pilot
Rating54%
Ten Nights in a Bar-room (1931)
, 1h12Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors William Farnum, Tom Santschi, Robert Frazer, Rosemary Theby, Thomas Jefferson, Lionel Belmore
Roles Harvey Green
Rating50%
The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
, 1h12Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, Margaret Wycherly, Holmes Herbert, Mary Forbes
Roles Professor Feringeea
Rating56%
À Calcutta (Inde britannique), Spencer Lee a été assassiné dans d'étranges circonstances, au moment où il préparait un article sur la mystérieuse secte des Thugs. Son ami Edward Wales, survenu au moment du meurtre, a vu s'enfuir une femme voilée, mais malgré son témoignage l'enquête menée par l'inspecteur Delzante piétine. Aussi, Whales décide d'organiser chez les Crosby, riche famille de Calcutta, une séance de spiritisme conduite par la médium Madame La Grange autour d'une dizaine de personnes invitées pour la circonstance, parmi lesquelles se trouve Helen O'Neill, fiancée du fils Crosby, Richard, et suspectée par Whales. Ce dernier espère que l'esprit du défunt désignera le ou la coupable.
Love In The Desert (1929)
Directed by George Melford
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Olive Borden, Hugh Trevor, Noah Beery Sr., Frank Leigh, Ida Darling, Alan Roscoe
Roles Harim
Rating61%
Mockery (1927)
, 1h15Directed by Benjamin Christensen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Lon Chaney, Barbara Bedford, Ricardo Cortez, Emily Fitzroy, Mack Swain, John Mack Brown
Roles Outlaw Peasant in Cabin (uncredited)
Rating67%
Soft Cushions (1927)
, 1h10Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Douglas MacLean, Sue Carol, Richard Carle, Russ Powell, Wade Boteler, Frank Leigh
Roles The Lean Thief
Rating50%