Fred Esmelton
Acting
Biography
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Born: June 20, 1872
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known For
Lonesome
Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day together. Will they ever see each other again?
California Straight Ahead
Wealthy racing driver Tom Hayden loses his inheritance and his fiancé due to a wacky mishap on his wedding day.
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.
Kid Boots
A salesman is helped out of a jam with an angry customer by a wealthy playboy. In return, he agrees to help the playboy get a divorce from his wife, only to find himself falling for the girlfriend of the customer who got him in trouble in the first place.
The Winning of Barbara Worth
While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daughter.
Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie is a former prison inmate campaigning to outlaw Warden Benton's infamous "Water Cross" torture. Benton, however, is successful in his attempt to have Blackie arrested and returned to the prison, but his evil schemes are ultimately thwarted by Mary Carter, Blackie's girlfriend, who manages to alert the governor. Considered a lost film.
Lady of the Night
The story of two baby girls, born near in proximity but worlds apart in society: Molly Helmer, the daughter of a thief, and Florence Banning, the daughter of the judge who sent Molly's father to prison. The girls' lives come together as they reach the age of eighteen, when Florence leaves the security of the exclusive Girls Select School, and Molly, now orphaned, begins her life after reform school.
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
Raffles is an English gentleman with a secret life—he is the notorious jewel thief known as "The Amateur Cracksman." While sailing from India to England accompanied by his friend, Bunny Manners, it is rumored that the infamous cracksman is aboard ship. Raffles warns a lady passenger to keep an eye on her necklace, which is stolen soon afterward. Although a search reveals no evidence, the necklace is returned upon reaching London.
The Shield of Honor
Diamond thieves have infiltrated the staff of O'Day Jewelry. The Los Angeles Police Dept. employs their newest weapon, an airplane, to help smash the diamond theft ring.
Born to Love
A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
Filmography
as Ponsonby's Butler (uncredited)
as Hiram Morris
as Mr. Webster
as Swami (uncredited)
as Meinherr Van Rycke, the Bailiff of Ghent
as Howard aka Matthew O'Day
as Commissioner Ainsworth
as Alexander Eden
as George Cartwright
as Tom's Lawyer (uncredited)
as Honorable R.C. Lowden
as Mr. Hayden
as Capt. Bedford
as Judge Banning
as Denman Connelly
as Norwood
as Blair Patterson
as Gray
as Blythe
as John Gilmore
as Coleman Grant
as Jeremiah Winston
as Mr. MacFarland
as John Harvey
as Solon Tucker
as Richard Storrow
as John Graham (as Frederick Esmelton)