Occupation Actor, film director Spouse Ada Dow (m. ?–1926) Role Actor | Name Frank Currier Years active 1912-1928 | |
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Born September 4, 1857 ( 1857-09-04 ) Norwich, Connecticut, U.S. Died April 22, 1928, Hollywood, California, United States Movies Across to Singapore, The Family Secret, Too Many Kisses, La Boheme, Panthea Similar People William Nigh, W S Van Dyke, Alan Crosland, Jesse L Lasky, Allan Dwan | ||
Frank Currier
Frank Currier (September 4, 1857 – April 22, 1928) was an American film and stage actor and director of the silent era.
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Career
Currier appeared in 133 films between 1912 and 1928. He also directed 19 films in 1916. He is memorable as the Roman Admiral who adopts Judah Ben-Hur (Ramon Novarro) as his son after Ben-Hur saves his life during battle at sea in the 1925 film Ben-Hur.
Similar to Theodore Roberts, Kate Lester, Ida Waterman, and William H. Crane, Currier had a long and successful stage career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. His youth was spent honing his stagecraft. By the time he started appearing in silent films he was in his 50s and middle-aged. Currier, like Roberts, had a distinctive grandfatherly look as he aged and was respected and beloved by film audiences.
He was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1857 and died in Hollywood, California in 1928.
Filmography
Actor
1928
Telling the World as
Mr. Davis
1928
Easy Come, Easy Go as
Mr. Quayle
1928
Riders of the Dark as
Old Man Redding
1928
Across to Singapore as
Jeremiah Shore
1927
The Enemy as
Prof. Arndt
1927
Foreign Devils as
U.S. Minister Conger
1927
The Callahans and the Murphys as
Grandpa Callahan
1927
California as
Don Carlos del Rey
1927
Annie Laurie as
Cameron of Lochiel
1927
Rookies as
The Judge
1927
Winners of the Wilderness as
Gov. de Vaudreuil
1926
Tell It to the Marines as
General Wilcox
1926
Men of Steel as
Cinder Pitt
1926
Exquisite Sinner as
Colonel
1926
La Bohème as
Theatre Manager
1926
The First Year as
Dr. Livingston
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as
Arrius
1925
The Great Love as
Mr. Bunker
1925
Lights of Old Broadway as
Lambert de Rhonde
1925
Graustark as
King
1925
The White Desert as
Saul MacFarlane
1925
Too Many Kisses as
Richard Gaylord, Sr.
1924
The Rose of Paris as
George Der Vroo
1924
The Story Without a Name as
Adm. Walsworth
1924
The Red Lily as
Mayor Hugo Leonnec
1924
The Family Secret as
Simon Selfridge
1924
The Heart Buster as
John Hillyer
1924
Being Respectable as
Darius Carpenter
1924
Revelation as
Prior
1924
The Sea Hawk as
Asad-ed-Din - Basha of Algiers
1924
The Trouble Shooter as
Benjamin Brewster
1923
The Darling of New York as
Grandfather Van Dyne
1923
Stephen Steps Out as
Dr. Lyman Black
1923
Desire as
Mr. Elkins
1923
The French Doll as
Infuriated Hubby (uncredited)
1923
The Victor as
Teddi Walters Father
1923
Children of Jazz as
Adam Forestall
1923
The Fog as
Caleb Gridley
1923
The Go-Getter as
Hugh McNair
1923
The Tents of Allah as
Abou Ben-Ek / American Consul
1922
The Lights of New York as
Daniel Reid
1922
The Woman Who Fooled Herself as
Don Fernando Casablanca
1922
The Snitching Hour as
Mr. Dickerson
1922
My Old Kentucky Home as
Colonel Sanders
1922
Reckless Youth as
Cumberland Whipple
1922
Why Announce Your Marriage? as
David Mayfair
1921
The Lotus Eater as
The Dean
1921
Clay Dollars as
Sam Willetts
1921
The Man Who as
St. John Jessop
1921
A Message from Mars as
Sir Edwards
1921
Without Limit as
The Reverend Marlowe
1921
The Rookie's Return as
Dad
1920
Pleasure Seekers as
John Winchell
1920
The Misleading Lady as
Napoleon
1920
Polly with a Past as
Undetemined Role
1920
The Fatal Hour as
The Abbot
1920
Clothes as
Horace Watling
1920
The Cheater as
Peg Meany
1920
The Right of Way as
Seigneur
1919
Should a Woman Tell? as
Mr. Maxon
1919
It Pays to Advertise as
Cyrus Martin
1919
Her Kingdom of Dreams as
James Warren
1919
The Brat as
The Bishop
1919
Easy to Make Money as
James Frederick Slocum Sr.
1919
Almost Married as
Michael O'Connell
1919
The Red Lantern as
Sir Philip Sackville
1919
Blind Man's Eyes as
Basil Santoine
1919
Satan Junior as
Nathaniel Ardway
1919
Peggy Does Her Darndest as
Edward Ensloe
1919
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns as
William Gordon
1919
The Great Romance as
King Rudolph
1918
Sylvia on a Spree as
Edwin Booth D'Aubrey
1918
Liberty Bond Jimmy (Short) as
His Father
1918
His Bonded Wife as
Digby Morse
1918
A Successful Adventure as
Lionel Houston
1918
Opportunity as
Henry Clay Willard
1918
To Hell with the Kaiser! as
Professor Monroe
1918
The Winning of Beatrice as
James Buckley
1918
Toys of Fate as
Pharos
1918
With Neatness and Dispatch as
Roger Burgess
1918
Social Hypocrites as
Col. Francis Fielding
1918
The Brass Check as
Silas Trevor
1918
Revelation as
The Prior
1917
Outwitted as
John Lawson
1917
Cassidy as
Dist. Atty. Grant
1917
Grafters as
Mark Towne
1917
The Trail of the Shadow as
Mr. Mason
1917
The Greatest Power as
Randolph Monroe
1917
The Duchess of Doubt as
Pierre Dubois
1917
Sowers and Reapers as
Major James Courtney
1917
God's Law and Man's as
Maj. Gen. Dennison
1917
Her Father's Keeper as
William Masters
1917
His Father's Son as
John Arden
1917
The Barricade as
Amos Merrill
1917
The End of the Tour as
Col. Jessup
1917
Panthea as
Dr. Von Reichstadt
1916
The Ninety and Nine as
Abner Blake
1916
The Wager as
A.E. Thorpe
1916
Fifty-Fifty as
Judge
1916
His Wife's Good Name as
Harry's Father
1916
The Conflict as
John Turner
1916
Harold, the Nurse Girl (Short)
1916
Freddy Foils the Floaters (Short) as
Richard Cole
1916
The Hunted Woman as
Old Donald McDonald
1916
Freddy's Narrow Escape (Short) as
Judge Green
1916
Green Stockings as
Henry Faraday
1915
The Thirteenth Girl (Short) as
Mr. Daymond
1915
Hearts Ablaze (Short) as
The King
1915
The Mystery of Mary (Short)
1915
The Silent W (Short)
1915
The Little Doll's Dressmaker (Short) as
The Old Surgeon
1915
Playing the Game (Short) as
Marcus Holmes
1915
The Girl Who Might Have Been (Short) as
A Hypnotist
1915
The Goddess as
Sen. Blackstone - First Millionaire
1915
The Closing of the Circuit (Short) as
Paul's Father
1915
The Capitulation of the Major (Short) as
The Major's Butler
1915
The Battle of Frenchman's Run (Short)
1915
The Juggernaut as
James Hardin
1915
Twice Rescued (Short) as
Farmer Royston
1915
The Quality of Mercy (Short) as
Jacob Van Cortland - the Father
1915
For Another's Crime (Short) as
Judge Green
1915
The Evil Men Do (Short) as
The Colonel
1915
A Mix-Up in Dress Suitcases (Short)
1915
Mother's Roses as
John Morrison
1914
Who's Who in Hogg Hollow (Short)
1914
Saved from a Life of Crime (Short) as
Mr. Barnes - Helen's Father
1914
Fixing Their Dads (Short) as
The Widow's Sweetheart
1914
In Bridal Attire (Short) as
Mary's Father
1914
'Midst Woodland Shadows (Short) as
The Old Minister
1914
The Rose and the Thorn (Short) as
Folly
1914
The Hidden Letters (Short) as
Old Hardy
1913
Love Laughs at Locksmiths; or, Love Finds a Way (Short) as
Bess's Father
1913
Buttercups (Short)
1913
The Little Minister (Short) as
Elder of the Church
1912
Adam and Eve (Short) as
The Peddler
1912
On the Line of Peril (Short) as
General Buel - Lucille's Father
1912
As You Like It as
Undetermined Role
1912
The Cross Roads (Short) as
Kirke's Uncle (as Frank J. Currier)
Director
1916
Weary Willie's Birthday (Short)
1916
Billy's Melodrama (Short)
1916
Making an Impression (Short)
1916
A Perfect Day (Short)
1916
Did He or Did He Not? (Short)
1916
Pa's Overalls (Short)
1916
A Hard Job (Short)
1916
The Fur Coat (Short)
1916
Wrong Beds (Short)
1916
Harold, the Nurse Girl (Short)
1916
A Lucky Tumble (Short)
1916
The Double-Double Cross (Short)
1916
His Lucky Day (Short)
1916
Freddy, the Fixer (Short)
1916
Freddy Foils the Floaters (Short)
1916
Freddy Versus Hamlet (Short)
1916
Freddy Aids Matrimony (Short)
1916
Freddy's Narrow Escape (Short)
1916
Freddy's Last Bean (Short)
Art Department
1920
Smiling All the Way (art titles)
1920
Don't Ever Marry (art titles)
Writer
1916
The Double-Double Cross (Short)
Producer
1916
Freddy's Narrow Escape (Short) (producer)
Self
1925
1925 Studio Tour (Documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2008
Catalogue of Ships (Documentary)
1936
No Place Like Rome (Short) as
Admiral Neptunis Artemis [edited from Ben Hur (1925)] (uncredited)
References
Frank Currier Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA