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Frank H. Wilson

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Birth name Francis Henry Wilson
Nationality USA
Birth 4 may 1885
Death 16 february 1956 (at 70 years)

Frank H. Wilson (May 4, 1886- February 16, 1956), born Frank Henry Wilson, was an African-American Broadway actor who also appeared in films. His father was Thomas M. Wilson and Frank started out in show business in vaudeville and minstrelsy. He appeared in a large number of plays, including the original 1927 version of Porgy with Rose McClendon and Evelyn Ellis. In 1922 he appeared in Eugene O'Neill's play All God's Chillun Got Wings and a revival of The Emperor Jones, also by O'Neill, in 1925.

He made his film debut in 1932 and later played in films that had stage origins: The Emperor Jones (1933) and Warner Brothers' Green Pastures (1936) and Watch on the Rhine (1943). Wilson made his television debut in 1953 before dying in 1956.



^ Eugene M. Vazzana, Silent Film Necrology, 2nd edition, c.2001, p. 571.

^ Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976, vol. 4 Q-Z, p. 2592, originally published annually by John Parker; this edition compiled by Gale Research Company.

^ Stanley Appelbaum, Great Actors & Actress of the American Stage in Historic Photographs, c.

Biography

Frank H. Wilson débute vers 1900 dans le répertoire du vaudeville et par la suite, joue notamment au théâtre à Broadway (New York), où il débute dans trois pièces d'Eugene O'Neill, dont Tous les enfants du Bon Dieu ont des ailes (1924) et The Emperor Jones (1925), les deux aux côtés de Paul Robeson.

Ultérieurement, citons Porgy de Dorothy et DuBose Heyward (1927-1928, avec Evelyn Ellis interprétant Bess, lui-même tenant le rôle-titre), Les Verts Pâturages de Marc Connelly (1935, avec Edna Mae Harris et Oscar Polk), Watch on the Rhine de Lillian Hellman (1941-1942, avec Mady Christians et Paul Lukas), ou encore Le Grand Couteau de Clifford Odets (1949, avec John Garfield et Nancy Kelly). Sa dernière pièce sur les planches new-yorkaises est Take a Giant Step de Louis S. Peterson (1953).

Toujours à Broadway, il joue aussi dans deux comédies musicales, Singin' the Blues (1931, avec Mantan Moreland et Fredi Washington) et Memphis Bound! (1945, avec Avon Long). De plus, deux pièces dont il est l'auteur y sont représentées, Meek Mose (1928) et Walk Together Chillun (1936) ; il est en outre metteur en scène de cette dernière.

Au cinéma, il apparaît pour la première fois dans deux courts métrages muets britanniques de Lewin Fitzhamon, A Seaside Girl (1907) et The Artful Lovers (1908). Suivent quelques autres courts métrages, muets puis parlants, dont Along Came Auntie de Fred Guiol et Richard Wallace (1926, avec Glenn Tryon et Vivien Oakland).

Trois de ses longs métrages américains sont les adaptations de pièces précitées, The Emperor Jones de Dudley Murphy (1933, où il retrouve Paul Robeson), Les Verts Pâturages de Marc Connelly et William Keighley (1936, avec Rex Ingram et Oscar Polk, où il reprend son rôle de Moïse), et enfin Quand le jour viendra d'Herman Shumlin (d'après Watch on the Rhine, 1943, avec Bette Davis et Paul Lukas, lui-même reprenant son rôle de Joseph).

Son dernier film est Beware! de Bud Pollard (1946, avec Louis Jordan).

Après son retrait du grand écran, Frank H. Wilson contribue encore pour la télévision américaine à trois séries comme acteur, la première étant Studio One (un épisode, 1951) ; les deux autres sont diffusées en 1954. Enfin, il est scénariste de l'épisode pilote (diffusé en 1949) de Martin Kane, Private Eye.

Membre dans les années 1930 du mouvement Renaissance de Harlem, il meurt en 1956, à 70 ans.

Usually with

Juanita Hall
Juanita Hall
(1 films)
Hal Mohr
Hal Mohr
(2 films)
Ernest Haller
Ernest Haller
(1 films)
H. M. Walker
H. M. Walker
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Frank H. Wilson (7 films)

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Actor

Watch on the Rhine, 1h54
Directed by Hal Mohr, Herman Shumlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lucile Watson, Beulah Bondi, George Coulouris
Roles Joseph
Rating70% 3.547533.547533.547533.547533.54753
In 1940, German-born engineer Kurt Muller (Paul Lukas), his American wife Sara (Bette Davis), and their children Joshua (Donald Buka), Babette (Janis Wilson), and Bodo (Eric Roberts) cross the Mexican border into the United States to visit Sara's brother David Farrelly (Donald Woods) and their mother Fanny (Lucile Watson) in Washington, D.C. For the past seventeen years, the Muller family has lived in Europe, where Kurt responded to the rise of Nazism by engaging in anti-Fascist activities. Sara tells her family they are seeking peaceful sanctuary on American soil, but their quest is threatened by the presence of houseguest Teck de Brancovis (George Coulouris), an opportunistic Romanian count who has been conspiring with the Germans in the nation's capital.
Paradise in Harlem, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Mamie Smith, Frank H. Wilson, Juanita Hall
Roles Lem Anderson
Rating51% 2.5540652.5540652.5540652.5540652.554065
An actor sees a mob execution and is run out of town by the aforesaid mob members.
The Awful Truth, 1h31
Directed by Leo McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays, Films about marriage
Actors Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Cecil Cunningham, Molly Lamont
Roles Le maître de cérémonie
Rating76% 3.8460353.8460353.8460353.8460353.846035
Jerry Warriner (Cary Grant) returns home from a trip, which he falsely says was to Florida, to find that his wife, Lucy (Irene Dunne), is not at home. When she returns in the company of her handsome music teacher, Armand Duvalle (Alexander D'Arcy), Jerry learns that Lucy spent the night in the country with Armand, after his car, they claim, broke down unexpectedly. Lucy then discovers that Jerry did not actually go to Florida, though he went so far as to get an artificial tan and write multiple fake letters home to convince her that he did. Mutual suspicions result in divorce.
The Green Pastures, 1h33
Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays
Actors Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Eddie Anderson, Frank Wilson, Frank H. Wilson, George Reed
Roles Moses
Rating69% 3.488623.488623.488623.488623.48862
Voir l'article consacré à l'adaptation télévisée française de 1964.
The Emperor Jones, 1h12
Directed by William C. de Mille, Dudley Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays
Actors Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Fredi Washington, Ruby Elzy, Frank H. Wilson, Rex Ingram
Roles Jeff (as Frank Wilson)
Rating63% 3.194383.194383.194383.194383.19438
At a Baptist prayer meeting, the preacher leads a prayer for Brutus Jones, who has just been hired as a Pullman Porter, a job that served the upward mobility of thousands of African-American men in the first half of the 20th-century. Jones proudly shows off his uniform to his girlfriend Dolly (and the film's audience, setting up the contrast with the later scenes in which "the Emperor Jones" parades around in overdone military garb) before joining the congregation for a spiritual. But Jones is quickly corrupted by the lures of the big city, taking up with fast women and gamblers. One boisterous crap game leads to a fight in which he inadvertently stabs Jeff, the man who had introduced him to the fast-life and from whom he had stolen the affections of the beautiful Undine (played by Fredi Washington).
The Girl from Chicago
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Actors Juano Hernández, Frank H. Wilson, Alice Burton Russell
Rating45% 2.297282.297282.297282.297282.29728
Un agent fédéral se retrouve affecté au Mississippi, où il tombe amoureux d'une jeune femme. Il l'aide à échapper à un voyou local, et ils sont impliqués dans l'assassinat d'un racketteur cubain à Harlem.
Along Came Auntie, 24minutes
Directed by Fred Guiol, Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Oliver Hardy, Glenn Tryon, Vivien Oakland, Tyler Brooke, Martha Sleeper, Lucy Beaumont
Rating51% 2.5756552.5756552.5756552.5756552.575655
Marie, divorcée de Vincent Belcher, a épousé Remington Chow, mais Vincent vit toujours sous son toit. Pour compliquer les choses, sa tante, qui n'est pas au courant du divorce, est venue pour une visite. Elle est tellement opposée que si elle trouve Remington, elle léguera sa fortune à un foyer pour chiens plutôt qu'à sa propre nièce.

Scriptwriter

Paradise in Harlem, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Mamie Smith, Frank H. Wilson, Juanita Hall
Roles Story
Rating51% 2.5540652.5540652.5540652.5540652.554065
An actor sees a mob execution and is run out of town by the aforesaid mob members.