J. Frank Glendon
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia J. Frank Glendon (October 25, 1886 – March 17, 1937) was an American film actor. He appeared in 79 films between 1915 and 1936. He was born in Choteau, Montana, and died in Hollywood, California.
Born: October 23, 1886
Place of Birth: Choteau, Montana, USA
Known For
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
The Vanishing Shadow
A 12-episode serial in which a son avenges the death of his father at the hands of corrupt politicians. He develops a wide variety of complex devices in his crusade . . . ray guns, robots and a 'vanishing belt.'
Border Romance
In a cantina across the border, Bob Hamlin shoots a man that threatens his friend. He and his pals escape but return that night for the dance as Bob is attracted to Conchita. Running once more from the Rurales, Bob takes Conchita. They escape again only to find themselves pinned down when Buck and his gang of horse thieves attack.
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 Fighting Marines
Corporal Larry Grant and Sergeant "Mac" McGowan, of the United States Marine Corps, are rival for the love of Frances Schiller, but team up to hunt down "The Tiger Shark," a mad, scientific wizard who is holding Sergeant William Schiller, Frances' brother, a prisoner on a wild, jungle island in the Pacific.
Border Caballero
Tex Weaver is working under cover to bring in a gang of bank robbers. When he is killed, Tim Ross, a marksman with Doc Shaw's traveling show, takes over. Posing as a Mexican he lays a trap for the gang.
Upstage
Dolly Havens, a small-town girl with big-town ambitions that are larger than her talents, hooks up with Johnny Storm, a vaudeville performer, whose talents make the act a success. Dolly, thinking she is the reason, meets a handsome leading man and joins up with him but, before long, he discovers 'she ain't a trouper' and she is soon performing with 4th-class acts in Tank Town America.
A Tale of Two Worlds
A white child is adopted and raised by a Chinese citizen and brought to San Francisco, where no one surmises that she is actually not Chinese.
The Phantom Empire
When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians have developed technology and weaponry such as television and ray guns. Their rich supply of radium draws unscrupulous speculators from the surface. The peaceful civilization of the Muranians is corrupted by the greed from above, and it becomes Autry's task to prevent all-out war, ideally without disrupting his regular radio show.
King of the Pecos
Profiteer Alexander Stiles lays claim to a million acres of range in the Pecos River country, but a rancher named Claybor stands in his way as he has already claimed the water-rich location of Sweetwater as his own.
Filmography
as Prof. Beetson (archive footage)
as Big George
as Nate Welsh
as Amos Harden
as Brewster
as Wiley Taggart
as John Martin
as M.J. Buchanan
as Mountie at Jail
as Speaker at Conference
as Wagon Train Gambler
as Prof. Beetson (as Frank Glendon)
as Attorney
as John Cadwell
as Charles Hemingway
as Robert Crandall - the Butler
as Meehan - Newspaper Editor
as Gambler
as 'Cash' Hopton
as Sam Slater
as Arresting Officer (uncredited)
as Parson Jones
as Judge
as Three Star Henley
as Buck
as Mr. Weston
as New Foreman
as Thomas A. Edison
as Peggy's brother
as Joe Powell
as Julian Lorraine
as Frank
as Newcombe
as Jack Stanford
as Theodore Blundell
as Dr. John Hewitt
as Sidney Graham
as Jim Wynd
as Jack Lawford
as King Eric
as Dave Blake
as John Forster
as J. Arthur Converse
as Man
as Carson