Frank Currier
Acting
Biography
Frank Currier was an American actor and director of the Silent films era.
Born: September 4, 1857
Place of Birth: Norwich, Connecticut, USA
Known For
Winners Of The Wilderness
During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to rescue and wed her.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
The Darling of New York
Santussa, an orphan who becomes separated from her nurse en route to America to live with her grandfather, is cared for by gangsters who hide their stolen jewels in her ragdoll. In New York, Big Mike, finding Santussa a nuisance, dumps her and the doll in a trash can, where a newsboy finds her. After several adventures, Santussa finds her grandfather, the jewels are handed over to customs officials, and the gang of crooks is reformed.
Across to Singapore
While Joel and his older ship's captain brother Mark are at sea, the latter is abandoned in Singapore by devious ship's mate Finch who, upon their return, convinces the townspeople that Joel abandoned his brother. Joel, determined to not only find Mark but to see justice done, returns the ship to Singapore.
Annie Laurie
The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.
The Sea Hawk
The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Moorish fighting ship.
Tell It to the Marines
U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lackadaisical approach to the military were not bad enough, he also makes advances on nurse Nora Dale, whom Sergeant O'Hara secretly loves. Nora is oblivious to O'Hara's feelings and is attracted to the handsome 'Skeet.' But an indiscretion turns her against him, and it takes an expedition to China and a battle with a warlord's bandit brigade to sort things out among the nurse and her two Marines.
La Bohème
A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
Lights of Old Broadway
Adapted from the play The Merry Wives of Gotham, twin sisters are separated at birth - one of them becomes a society girl in New York, the other lives in the Irish slums.
The Red Lantern
Mahlee and Blanche Sackville are half-sisters, Blanche the daughter of an Englishman and his wife, Mahlee of the Englishman and his Chinese mistress. Mahlee rejects her people and attempts to find a life for herself among the Europeans. But she finds the color line impossible to pass and returns to lead her Chinese people in rebellion.
Filmography
as Mr. Davis
as Mr. Quayle
as Jeremiah Shore
as Prof. Arndt
as U.S. Minister Conger
as Grandpa Callahan
as Cameron of Lochiel
as Don Carlos del Rey
as Gov. de Vaudreuil
as General Wilcox
as Cinder Pitt
as Mr. Bunker
as Colonel
as Theatre Manager
as Dr. Livingston
as Quintus Arrius
as Lambert de Rhonde
as King
as Richard Gaylord, Sr.
as George Der Vroo
as Adm. Walsworth
as Simon Selfridge
as Hugo Leonnec
as John Hillyer
as Darius Carpenter
as Prior
as Asad-ed-Din - Basha of Algiers
as Benjamin Brewster
as Grandfather Van Dyne
as Dr. Lyman Black
as Mr. Elkins
as Adam Forestall
as Waring's father
as Hugh McNair
as Caleb Gridley
as Daniel Reid
as Don Fernando Casablanca
as Colonel Sanders
as Cumberland Whipple
as The Dean
as Sam Willetts
as St. John Jessop
as The Reverend Marlowe
as Dad
as Napoleon
as Horace Watling
as Peg Meany
as Seigneur
as Mr. Maxon
as Cyrus Martin
as James Warren
as The Bishop
as James Frederick Slocum Sr.
as Michael O'Connell
as Sir Philip Sackville
as Nathaniel Ardway
as Edward Ensloe
as King Rudolph
as Lionel Houston
as Professor Monroe
as James Buckley
as Pharos
as Roger Burgess
as Col. Francis Fielding
as Silas Trevor
as The Prior
as John Lawson
as Randolph Monroe
as Pierre Dubois
as Major James Courtney
as Major General Dennison
as John Arden
as Amos Merrill
as Col. Jessup
as Dr. Von Reichstadt
as A.E. Thorpe
as Judge
as Elsie's father
as Sen. Blackstone (First Millionaire)
as James Hardin
as The Colonel
as Unknown role
as Kirke's Uncle (as Frank J. Currier)