Alec
B. Francis
Photo: Nelson Evans (1890-1923)
1867
- 1934 |
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The actor Alec B. Francis began his professional career as a barrister
before he went to the theater in 1890 where he soon became a demanded actor.
He was early engagend for roles of serious gentlemen of middle ages
- a role typus he also often impersonated in movies in later years.
When he emigrated to the USA he made his film debut in 1911 and became
a very busy movie actor in this still young medium.
To his first movies belong "Troublesome Secretaries" (11), "The General's
Daughter" (11), "Their Charming Mama" (11), "The Old Doll" (11), "The First
Violin" (12), "Playmates" (12), "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (12), "Saved
from the Titanic" (12), "Robin Hood" (12), "Making Uncle Jealous" (12)
and "Silent Jim" (12).
His creative power was still enormous in the next years and he took
part in productions like "The Gallop of Death" (13), "The Man Who Dared"
(13), "The Key" (13), "Jacques the Wolf" (13), "The Case of Cherry Purcelle"
(14), "Duty" (14), "Man of the Hour" (14), "Alias Jimmy Valentine" (15),
"After Dark" (15), "The Impostor" (15), "The Perils of Divorce" (16), "The
Family Honor" (17), "The Cinderella Man" (17), "The Face in the Dark" (18),
"The Glorious Adventure" (18), "The Pest" (19) and "The Crimson Gardenia"
(19).
The 20's offered him again numerous roles. Alec B. Francis was convincing
in movies like "Earthbound" (20), "Courage" (21), "The Great Moment" (21)
with Gloria Swanson, "The Last Hour" (23) with Carmel Myers, "Three Wise
Fools" (23), "Lucretia Lombard" (23), "Beau Brummel" (24) with John Barrymore
and Mary Astor, "The Tenth Woman" (24), "The Reckless Sex" (25), "Charley's
Aunt" (25), "Vanishing Millions" (26), "The Return of Peter Grimm" (26)
with Janet Gaynor, "Camille" (26) with Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland,
"The Shepherd of the Hills" (28), "The Lion and the Mouse" (28) with Mae
MacAvoy and Lionel Barrymore, "The Terror" (28) and "Evangeline" (29) with
Dolores Del Rio.
The transition to the sound film was no problem for Alec B. Francis
and he played impressive support roles which demonstrated his acting talents
again.
To his last movies belong "Murder Will Out" (30), "The Bishop Murder
Case" (30), "Arrowsmith" (31), "Mata Hari" (31), "The Last Man" (32), "Oliver
Twist" (33), "Alice in Wonderland" (33) and "Outcast Lady" (34).
Besides his activity as an actor he also realised few movies as a director
like "The Sheriff's Friend" (11) and "A Living Memory" (12).
Other movies with Alec B. Francis:
The Clown's Best Performance (11) The Bell of Justice
(11) The Sheriff's Friend (11) A Friendly Marriage (11) Selecting His Heiress
(11) A Southern Soldier's Sacrifice (11) Auld Lang Syne (11) The Military
Air-Scout (11) Vanity Fair (11) A Reformed Santa Claus (11) The Younger
Brother (11) In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath (11) For the Honor of the
Family (12) A Timely Rescue (12) Keeping an Eye on Father (12) A Living
Memory (12) The Letter with the Black Seals (12) Oh, You Ragtime! (12)
Chamber of Forgetfulness (12) The Holy City (12) The Passing Parade (12)
The Celebrated Case (12) Caprices of Fortune (12) The Transgression of
Deacon Jones (12) Foiling a Fortune Hunter (12) Their Children's Approval
(12) Dick's Wife (12) The Vengeance of the Fakir (12) A Tammany Boarder
(13) An Accidental Servant (13) The Spectre Bridegroom (13) The One Who
Had to Pay (13) The Trail of the Silver Fox (13) The Telegraph Operator
(13) The Cromson Cross (13) For Better of for Worse (13) The Sons of a
Soldier (13) When Light Came Back (13) The Witch (13) In the Night (13)
Soul to Soul (13) The Honor of Lady Beaumont (13) The Thirst for Gold (13)
The Beaten Path (13) Stung (13) A Puritan Episode (13) Why Aunt Jane Never
Married (13) From the Beyond (13) Big Hearted Jim (13) Cynthy (13) The
Reformation of Calliope (13) Partners (13) A Son's Devotion (13) When Pierrot
Met Pierrette (13) The Highwayman's Shoes (13) Cue and Miss Cue (14) Coming
Home (14) The Good in the Worst of Us (14) The Diamond Master (14) At the
Court of Prince Make Believe (14) The Drug Traffic (14) Wife (14) The Greatest
of These (14) Moonlight (14) Boy (14) Adventures in Diplomacy (14) Son
(14) When Broadway Was a Trail (14) The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England
(14) Lola (14) For the Mastery of the World (14) The Pit (14) Arrival of
Perpetua (15) The Model (15) The Sins of Society (15) The Ballet Girl (16)
Fruits of Desire (16) The Yellow Passport (16) Pawn of Fate (16) Human
Driftwood (16) Tangled Fates (16) Miss Petticoats (16) A Woman's Way (16)
Husband and Wife (16) The Gilded Cage (16) The Heart of a Hero (16) All
Man (16) A Hungry heart (17) Forget-Me-Not (17) The Page Mystery (17) The
Auction Block (17) The Marionettes (18) The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds (18)
Broken Ties (18) Wanted: A Mother 818) The Cross Bearer (18) Leap to Fame
(18) The Venus Model (18) Money Mad (18) Hidden Fires (18) Thirty a Week
(18) Day Dreams (19) Spotlight Sadie (19) Her Code of Honor (19) The Probation
Wife (19) When Doctors Disagree (19) The City of Comrades (19) Heartsease
(19) Lord and Lady Algy (19) The World and Its Woman (19) Flame of the
Desert (19) The Paliser Case (20) The Street Called Straight (20) The Butterfly
Man (20) The Man Who Had Everything (20) Godless Men (20) What's a Wife
Worth? (21) A Voice in the Dark (21) A Virginia Courtship (21) Smilin'
Through (22) Beyond the Rocks (22) North of the Rio Grande (22) The Man
Who Saw Tomorrow (229 The Forgotten Law (22) The Spider and the Rose (23)
Is Divorce a Failure? (23) Little Church Around the Corner (23) Children
of Jazz (23) A Gentleman of Leisure (23) His Last Race (23) The Drivin'
Fool (23) The Gold Diggers (23) The Eternal Three (23) Half-a-Dollar Bill
(24) A Fool's Awakening (24) Do It Now (24) The Human Terror (24) Listen
Lester (24) The Bridge of Sighs (25) Outwitted (25) Capital Punishment
(25) The Champion of Lost Causes (25) A Thief in Paradise (25) The Mad
Whirl (25) Waking Up the Town (25) Man and Maid (25) The Coast of Folly
(25) The Circle (25) Thank You (25) Thunder Mountain (25) Wandering Footsteps
(25) Where the Worst Begins (25) Soiled (25) Rose of the World (25) The
Yankee Senor (26) Transcontinental Limited (26) High Steppers (26) Tramp,
Tramp, Tramp (26) Pals First (26) 3 Bad Men (26) Forever After (26) Faithful
Wives (26) The Music Master (27) The Tender Hour (27) Sally in Our Alley
(27) Companionate Marriage (28) The Little Snob (28) Broadway Daddies (28)
Life's Mockery (28) Evidence (29) The Mississippi Gambler (29) The Sacred
Flame (29) The Case of Sergeant Grischa (30) Outward Bound (30) Feet First
(30) Captain Applejack (31) Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (31) Oh! Oh!
Cleopatra (31) No Greater Love (32) Alias Mary Smith (32) The Last Mile
(32) Supernatural (33) Looking Forward (33) His Private Secretary (33)
The Mystery of Mr. X (34) I'll Tell the World (34) The Cat's-Paw (34) |