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Name
  
Frank Urson

Role
  
Film director

Spouse
  
Violet Urson (m. ?–1928)


Died
  
August 17, 1928, Indian Lake, Silver Creek Township, Michigan, United States

Movies
  
Chicago, The Roaring Road, Changing Husbands, The Valley of the Giants, The Eyes of Julia Deep

Similar People
  
Phyllis Haver, Victor Varconi, Maurine Dallas Watkins, Raymond Griffith, Theodore Roberts

Frank John Urson (March 21, 1887 – August 17, 1928) was an American silent film director and cinematographer from Chicago, Illinois. Originally a photographer, he moved on to cinematography and film directing for the Thanhouser Company in New Rochelle, New York. He is also credited with acting in one film Her Gallant Knights which starred William Garwood in 1913. Urson directed Changing Husbands. He is perhaps best known for his 1927 Chicago, produced by Cecil B. DeMille.

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Biography

He was born on March 21, 1887 in Chicago, Illinois. Urson died on August 17, 1928 at age 41 from drowning in Indian Lake, Michigan.

Partial filmography

  • Stranded (1916)
  • Nina, the Flower Girl (1917)
  • You're Fired (1919)
  • The Valley of the Giants (1919)
  • Too Much Speed (1921)
  • The Hell Diggers (1921)
  • Tillie (1922)
  • The Heart Specialist (1922)
  • South of Suva (1922)
  • Almost Human (1927)
  • Chicago (1927)
  • References

    Frank Urson Wikipedia