Alec B. Francis
Acting
Biography
English born Alec B. Francis (Alec Budd Francis) was, in America, a stage and film actor.
Born: December 1, 1867
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
Vanity Fair
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
Hollywood
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
Beau Brummel
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. Brummel, broken-hearted, embarks upon a life of revelry.
3 Bad Men
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
This film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this category that is among the lost. No negative or print material is known to have survived. Contemporary reviews were scathing, describing the film as a vastly overlong and boring talk-fest.
Arrowsmith
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Feet First
An ambitious shoe salesman, Harold, unknowingly meets the boss' daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon. The rest of the film he spends hiding his true circumstances, in the store and later on a ship. Trying to deliver a letter, he later finds himself dangling high above the street on a building's scaffolding.
Captain Applejack
An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.
The Mad Whirl
A teenager with permissive parents gets too caught up in wild parties and the fast life.
Outcast Lady
A woman's dubious past proves to be a stumbling block when she becomes engaged to marry.
Filmography
as Truble
as Grand Duke Ferdinand
as King of Hearts
as Rev. Hall
as Mr. Birkenshaw
as Mr. Brownlow
as Mr. Wingate
as Father O'Connor
as Attorney
as Priest
as Major Caron
as Twyford
as Lush, the Butler
as Mr. Carson, old-timer
as Scrubby
as Sen. Baldwin
as General von Lychow
as Professor Bertrand Dillard
as Harbison
as Dr. Harvester
as Junius Blackburn
as Father Felician
as Judge Meredith
as Dr. Redmayne
as Judge Ross
as John Lambert Kennedy
as Colonel Banks
as David Howitt, The Shepherd
as The Duke
as Sandy Mack
as Anton von Barwig
as Peter Grimm
as Mr. Wayne, Theodore's Father (as Alec Francis)
as Rev. Benson
as Dominie
as Amos Logan
as Father Perryam
as Jerry Reynolds
as Don Fernando
as 'Gramp' Tallifer (as Alec Francis)
as Rollo Tetheridge
as Preacher
as David Lee
as Lord Clive Cheney
as Count de Tauro
as Bishop Saville
as Abner Hope
as Abner Hope
as John Herrington
as Mr. Delahay
as Peter Charles
as John Kinney (as Alec Francis)
as John Harper
as Mr. Brainherd
as Colonel Dodge
as Mortimer
as Judge Norton
as Judge Winship
as James Blake
as Dr. Steven Browning
as Alec B. Francis
as Dr. Richard Gaunt
as John Weston
as Alec B. Francis (uncredited)
as Philip Wilkinson
as Reverend Bradley
as Good Padre
as Reever McCall (as Alec Francis)
as Judge Kirtley
as Sir William De Vry
as Father Hillaire
as Captain Fitzgerald
as Dr. Owen
as Colonel Fairfax
as Sir Edward Pelham
as Joseph Crampton
as James Morrison
as Reverend Sam Poor
as Matt Sills
as Dr. Roger Galloway
as James Bachelor
as Paliser Sr.
as Rodney Temple
as Sir John Carleton
as Prince Michael Orbeliana the Elder
as Swepson
as Andy Christian
as Mr. Banniman
as Dr. Harris Sr.
as Huntley McMerton
as Judge Fisher
as Tom Davis
as Reverend John Page
as Grandfather Burn
as Mr. Wright
as John Braddock
as Judge Hendricks Trevor
as Charles Ridgeway
as Brother Joseph
as Dr. Thayer
as Henry Hasbrook
as Gen. Philip Schuyler
as Nizerolles
as Romney Evans
as Marquis de Mohrivart
as General Jason Wayne
as M. Brigard
as John Maynard
as Col. Knowlton
as King Comus
as James Watson
as General John Stanton
as Worth Courtleigh
as Myron Abram
as Jeremiah Quimby
as Jerry Vergoe
as Capt. Frank Dalton, Old Tom
as Bill Avery
as Dr. Barnhelun
as The Earl Of Bateson
as Standish Hope
as Mr. Horton
as Peter, the Shoemaker
as Johnson - the Druggist
as Coke Morgan
as Sheriff of Nottingham
as The Husband
as Father
as The Banker
as The Doctor
as Commander Arthur
as Scotsman
as Pitt Crawley