Portrait of Frank Whitson

Acting

Frank Whitson

Career

Active from 1916 to 1928, busiest in 1916 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
16
top three billing
Average score
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Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Silent Era Drama 2
  • Tragic Romance 2
  • Silent Era 2
  • Early Cinema 2
  • Land Dispute 2
  • Black and White 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1930s

1 title
3 Kids and a Queen
3 Kids and a Queen (1935)

as Relative

1920s

22 titles
Texas Tornado
Texas Tornado (1928)

as Jim Briscoe

Hidden Aces
Hidden Aces (1927)

as Captain

Bad Man's Bluff
Bad Man's Bluff (1926)

as Dave Hardy

Walloping Kid
Walloping Kid (1926)

as Sally's father

Soldier Man
Soldier Man (1926)

as General Von Snootzer

Won by Law
Won by Law (1925)

as Papa Franklin

There He Goes
There He Goes (1925)

as Harry's Sweetheart's Father

Ten Scars Make a Man
Ten Scars Make a Man (1924)

as Henry O'Day

$50,000 Reward
$50,000 Reward (1924)

as Asa Holman

The Tango Cavalier
The Tango Cavalier (1923)

as Colonel Pomeroy

The Man from Hell's River
The Man from Hell's River (1922)

as Sergeant McKenna

The Adventures of Tarzan
The Adventures of Tarzan (1921)

as Rokoff

1910s

15 titles
The Son-of-a-Gun
The Son-of-a-Gun (1919)

as Double Deck Harry

Square Deal Sanderson
Square Deal Sanderson (1919)

as Alva Dale

Hearts Asleep
Hearts Asleep (1919)

as John Lewis

A Trick of Fate
A Trick of Fate (1919)

as John Wentworth

Boston Blackie's Little Pal
Boston Blackie's Little Pal (1918)

as Martin Wilmerding

Restitution
Restitution (1918)

as Abraham

After the War
After the War (1918)

as Monsieur Fayolle

The Clock
The Clock (1917)

as Bob Barrett

If My Country Should Call
If My Country Should Call (1916)

as Robert

The Isle of Life
The Isle of Life (1916)

as Sebastian Maure

The Price of Silence
The Price of Silence (1916)

as Oliver Urmy

The Morals of Hilda
The Morals of Hilda (1916)

as August