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Frank Brownlee is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 11 october 1874 at Dallas (USA)

Frank Brownlee

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Nationality USA
Birth 11 october 1874 at Dallas (USA)
Death 10 february 1948 (at 73 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Frank Brownlee (October 11, 1874 – February 10, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in 114 films between 1911 and 1943. He was born in Dallas, Texas and died in Los Angeles, California.

Biography

Frank Brownlee débute au théâtre et joue notamment dans des pièces représentées à Broadway entre 1899 et 1908, les douze premières (jusqu'en 1904) produites par Charles Frohman.

On peut mentionner Dora de Victorien Sardou (1901, avec Margaret Anglin et William Faversham), L'Importance d'être Constant d'Oscar Wilde (1902, avec Margaret Anglin et Charles Richman), ainsi que Glad of It de Clyde Fitch (1903-1904, avec John Barrymore et Lucile Watson).

Au cinéma, il contribue dès la période du muet à cent-vingt-et-un films américains sortis entre 1911 et 1943, dont de nombreux westerns et quelques courts métrages avec Laurel et Hardy comme Les Deux Détectives de Fred Guiol en 1927.

On peut également citer Intolérance de D. W. Griffith (1916, avec Constance Talmadge), Love Never Dies de King Vidor (1921, avec Lloyd Hughes et Madge Bellamy), Les Mendiants de la vie de William A. Wellman (1928, avec Louise Brooks et Richard Arlen), The Desert Trail de Lewis D. Collins (1935, avec John Wayne), ou encore Arizona de Wesley Ruggles (1940, avec Jean Arthur et William Holden).

Le dernier film de Frank Brownlee est le western Dead Man's Gulch de John English en 1943, avec Donald Barry et Clancy Cooper. Il meurt cinq ans après, en 1948, à 73 ans.

Usually with

Hal Roach
Hal Roach
(8 films)
Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel
(7 films)
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy
(8 films)
H. M. Walker
H. M. Walker
(7 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Frank Brownlee (41 films)

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In Old California, 1h28
Directed by William C. McGann
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker, Edgar Kennedy, Helen Parrish, Patsy Kelly
Rating62% 3.141933.141933.141933.141933.14193
À la fin des années 1840, Tom Craig, un pharmacien originaire de Boston, décide de tenter sa chance en Californie. Il est confronté à Britt Dawson, qui veut l'empêcher de s'installer à Sacramento, mais il reçoit l'aide de la propre fiancée de Dawson, la chanteuse Lacey Miller. Après qu'un filon est découvert dans la région, la ville se vide. Mais le camp des mineurs est frappé par la typhoïde, Tom organise le transport des médicaments nécessaires. Dawson va tenter de voler le chargement.
Arizona
Arizona (1940)
, 2h5
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William, Regis Toomey, Porter Hall, Edgar Buchanan
Roles Paul Weaver
Rating67% 3.3917453.3917453.3917453.3917453.391745
Life in the Arizona Territory in early 1861 is hard, but Phoebe Titus (Jean Arthur), the only American woman in the pioneering community of Tucson, is up to the challenge. She catches the eye of Peter Muncie (William Holden), a handsome young man with a wagon train passing through on its way to California. He begins courting her but tells her he is not ready to settle down in one spot. As a possible solution, Phoebe offers him a job heading a new freight company she has just formed with store owner Solomon Warner (Paul Harvey). He, however, is determined to see California, but promises to return when his wanderlust is satisfied.
Three Faces West, 1h19
Directed by Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie, Charles Coburn, Russell Simpson, Spencer Charters, Roland Varno
Roles Le fermier Bill
Rating60% 3.0469953.0469953.0469953.0469953.046995
Two refugees, a medical doctor and his 20-something-year-old daughter arrive in the USA from Nazi-annexed Austria end up in becoming the much-needed physician and nurse in a small North Dakota farm town. The local town located in the area known as the Dust Bowl and is being hard hit by the drought and dust storms. The local farmers and townspeople want to try to save their farms and the town by adopting newer farming methods, but are eventually convinced by the Department of Agriculture, and the continuing dust storms to pack up the whole town and move en masse to an undeveloped portion of Oregon, where a new dam will create a water supply for them to build a new farming community.
Trail of the Vigilantes, 1h15
Directed by Allan Dwan, Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Franchot Tone, Warren William, Broderick Crawford, Andy Devine, Mischa Auer, Peggy Moran
Roles un docteur
Rating62% 3.1404153.1404153.1404153.1404153.140415
Tim Mason, un agent du gouvernement, est envoyé sous couverture dans l'Ouest. Il arrive sous l'identité de "Kansas" dans la ville frontière de Peaceful Valley pour enquêter sur le meurtre d'un journaliste. Il se mêle d'une bagarre entre le Shérif Korley et ses adjoints, d'une part, et les cowboys Swanee et Meadows. Il prend le parti de ces derniers, mais la bagarre s'arrête lorsqu'interviennent John Thornton, le patron de Swanee, et Mark Dawson, à la tête d'une association de propriétaires de bétail. Swanee et Meadows convainquent Thornton d'engager Kansas et un autre cowboy, Bolo.
The Desert Trail, 54minutes
Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Mary Kornman, Paul Fix, Eddy Chandler, Carmen Laroux, Lafe McKee
Roles le shérif de Rattlesnake Gulch
Rating53% 2.650062.650062.650062.650062.65006
Rodeo star John Scott (John Wayne) and his gambler friend Kansas Charlie (Eddy Chandler) are wrongly accused of armed robbery at the Rattlesnake Gulch rodeo (with an admission price of $1) just after John Scott gets his rodeo prize money. The Rodeo Official is robbed and murdered by Pete (Al Ferguson) and Jim (Paul Fix) a minute after Scott and Kansas Charlie leave. Pete tells authorities he just saw John and his friend Kansas Charlie leaving the office. Now fugitives, John and Charlie flee to another town where they assume new names. There they compete for the affections of a woman who runs a store, Jim's sister Anne Whitaker (Mary Kornman). Later, John and Charlie interrupt a stagecoach holdup by Pete and Jim. But after John brings the stagecoach and its passengers back to town, Pete shows up and fingers them for the crime. John and Charlie find themselves in jail. Jim, knowing they are innocent and feeling guilty for his part in the crimes, helps bust them out. John and Charlie head after Pete to try to get a confession, with a posse riding hard behind them.
Man's Best Friend, 1h2
Directed by Edward A. Kull
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Douglas Haig, Frank Brownlee, Mary MacLaren
Rating58% 2.902312.902312.902312.902312.90231
A boy (Haig) and his dog Lightning contend with the boy's abusive father.
Big Calibre, 58minutes
Directed by Robert N. Bradbury
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Western
Actors Bob Steele, Forrest Taylor, John Elliott, William Quinn, Earl Dwire, Barney Beasley
Rating56% 2.8287752.8287752.8287752.8287752.828775
Rancher Bob O'Neill's father is gassed to death by lunatic Otto Zenz. In a bid to avenge his father, Bob tracks the scientist down, and they eventually have a showdown in the dry plains.
The Midnight Patrol, 20minutes
Directed by Lloyd French
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Charlie Hall, Louise Beavers, Harry Bernard, James C. Morton
Roles Police Chief Ramsbottom
Rating70% 3.5375453.5375453.5375453.5375453.537545
Laurel and Hardy play two policemen on night patrol, hence the title. They are given instructions to investigate a reported break-in but in the process of gathering the details from HQ they stumble upon a would be thief who is attempting to crack the safe of a small store. Laurel mistakes him for the store owner, even going so far as to give assistance in the safe cracking, when Hardy enters to see what is keeping Laurel the boys manage to work out that the thief is not the store owner and rather than arrest him order him to appear in court at a date to suit the criminal. The boys head back to their car only to find the same thief attempting to steal it, angered Hardy insists that he must 'appear Tuesday' after all (a day the criminal is planning a bank robbery).
Pack Up Your Troubles, 1h8
Directed by Lloyd French, George Marshall, Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Richard Tucker, Don Dillaway, Jacquie Lyn
Roles le sergent instructeur
Rating71% 3.5924553.5924553.5924553.5924553.592455
The film begins in 1917 with Stan (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) being drafted into the American Expeditionary Force to fight in World War I. The two mess up badly during drilling, antagonizing the drill sergeant and wind up in kitchen duties. Misunderstanding the cook's instructions on disposing of the garbage cans results in dumping the garbage in the general's private dining room. While in prison, they are threatened by the cook (George Marshal), also jailed due to their "snitching", with violence, once he is out and has his knife again. While serving in the trenches of France, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed in action by the Imperial German Army.In the same battle, the boys manage to capture several enemy soldiers, in a rather unusual way.
The Galloping Ghost
Directed by B. Reeves Eason, Armand Schaefer, Benjamin H. Kline
Origin USA
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Dorothy Gulliver, Tom Dugan, Gwen Lee, Francis X. Bushman, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Theodore Lorch
Roles Tom, cab garage manager
Rating58% 2.90732.90732.90732.90732.9073
Red Grange is thrown off the Clay College football team in disgrace when his friend, Buddy Courtland, takes a bribe to throw the big game and Red attacks him. Red then proceeds to investigate and hunt down the head of the gambling ring responsible. Red eventually clears his name and both he and Buddy are reinstated on the team.
The Lightning Warrior
Directed by Armand Schaefer, Benjamin H. Kline
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Frankie Darro, Rintintin (acteur canin), Hayden Stevenson, George Brent, Patrick H. O'Malley Jr., Georgia Hale
Roles Angus McDonald
Rating63% 3.1812953.1812953.1812953.1812953.181295
The Wolfman, a mysterious masked figure, is leading an Indian uprising to drive local settlers off their land. The Wolfman kills Jimmy Carter's father and Alan Scott's brother, which leads the two heroes and Alan's dog Rinty, to hunt down and defeat the villain.
Beggars of Life, 1h40
Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Rail transport films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Roscoe Karns, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Frank Brownlee
Roles le fermier
Rating74% 3.7356353.7356353.7356353.7356353.735635
Jim, un clochard, pénètre dans une maison à la recherche de nourriture. Il découvre un homme mort, tué par Nancy, une jeune orpheline lasse de subir les avances de son tuteur. Ensemble, ils prennent la fuite ...