Frank Alexander

Frank Alexander

Birth : 1879-05-25, Olympia, Washington, USA

Death : 1937-09-08

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Frank Alexander

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The Bargain of the Century
Elmer - Customer
Comedy short with ZaSuPitts and Thelma Todd. After accidentally getting a policeman friend fired, the girls must come up with some way to get him re-hired or be stuck with him as an unwanted roommate.
Catch-As Catch-Can
Fat man in audience
Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight.
Mickey's Rebellion
Fat Man
A.k.a. "Mickey's Revolution". Needing to raise money for their caddy friend, Mickey and the gang put on a show.
Madame Q
Fat Juror
An attractive young woman on trial for murder employs her feminine wiles to charm the judge and jury.
Standing Pat
Ton O' Fun comedy produced by Larry Darmour.
Figures Do Lie
Mr. Newlywed
A comedy short with Frank Alexander, Jack Cooper & Violet Palmer from the J.R. Bray Studios.
How High Is Up?
"Ton of Fun" comedy short.
Back Fire
Fat, Fatty and Fatter are seen rescuing their old Ford from the scrap wagon that is hauling it away. And then report to work, where they have a dyspeptic boss. With the help of a monkey they manage to wreck the office.
Heavy Love
Galloping Ghosts
A comic frightfest featuring Ton o' Fun.
S.O.S. Perils of the Sea
S.O.S. Perils of the Sea is a 1925 American silent film featuring Elaine Hammerstein, directed by James P. Hogan and released through Columbia Pictures.
Tailoring
A 'Ton of Fun' slapstick comedy from the heaviest trio Hollywood has ever produced!
Hop to It!
Hotel guest
Two nutty bellhops raise havoc at a posh hotel.
The Cloudhopper
Holden Jack
The plot of this film really isn't that important. Instead, the sight gags and chase scenes are paramount--with some of the most impressive chase footage you'll ever see. All the near-misses with the speeding train were amazing and the scene where the car gets smashed by the truck are absolutely priceless.
The Dome Doctor
Fuller Hulkinbulk
A Larry Semon comedy short.
The Wizard of Oz
Uncle Henry / Prince of Whales
A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
Kid Speed
Mr. Avery DuPoys
Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another competitor crashes into the action, who is also in love with DuPoys's daughter. DuPoys suggests that whoever wins the race will have the opportunity to visit his daughter every Wednesday night. An action-packed race commences, with one competitor doing more than usual to win the race.
Her Boy Friend
Slim Chance
Young and beautiful Iva Method is spying for the police at the Dropem Inn, a sleazy club that the police suspect is a front for a bootlegging operation run by gangster Slim Chance. Chance discovers Iva's identity and kidnaps her, and the police chief sends his bumbling son Larry to rescue her.
Cheer Up
CHEER UP - starring Cliff Bowes, with Virginia Vance, Eddie Boland, and Frank Alexander. Cliff vies for Virginia's affections with Eddie, but ultimately she chooses Cliff to be her groom. The newlyweds move in to their new home, but the spurned rival makes a shambles out of the house in retaliation.
Cyclone Jones
Fatty Wirthing
Young cowboy Cyclone Jones falls for pretty Sylvia Billings, who with her sheep-rancher father has just come to town. However, his pursuit of Sylvia runs into some roadblocks, mainly the hostility of the local cattle ranchers to "sheepmen" like her father, whose sheep they believe ravage the range and leave it unusable for their cattle to graze on and who are determined to drive the new arrivals out of town.
Chop Suey Louie
Shy Won Lung
Joe Rock short comedy, also featuring Billie Rhodes and Frank Alexander.
Aladdin
The Show
Ballet dancer / Wife of Man with Family
A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll.
The Sawmill
Mill Owner
A bumbling sawmill employee tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter while staying out of the clutches of the mill's bullying foreman.
The Bell Hop
A government official
A government official staying in a hotel puts some important secret papers in the hotel safe. A ring of spies out to get the papers manages to steal them from the safe, and a lady government agent enlists the help of the hotel's bumbling bellhop in getting back the papers and breaking up the spy ring.
The Fall Guy
Sheriff
Larry falls afoul of wanted criminal Gentleman Joe, who runs a saloon full of tough guys and gunslingers.
The Bakery
Bakery Owner
Well-meaning but accident-prone bakery employee Larry is involved in numerous slapstick mishaps on the job. After accidentally causing the bakery owner to fall into a vat of cake batter Larry finds his job in jeopardy, but he redeems himself by foiling a robbery planned by the bakery foreman.
The Rent Collector
A thug
The Rent Collector is a 1921 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy.
The Suitor
Larry having to go through a lot of trouble to get his girl. All from bomb baking cooks to high flying crashes.
The Stage Hand
The Stage Manager
School Days
Larry in school and always gets in trouble until he falls asleep and dreams of when he's all grown up.
The Fly-Cop
The Cabaret Owner
Larry going investigating an Oriental opium den. And opium is to Larry what spinach is for Popeye!
Between the Acts
The Manager
Larry working behind the scenes at a vaudeville show and mess things up.
The Simple Life
A Farmer
The Simple Life is a silent comedy short.
The Star Boarder
The Warden
Larry's absurdly plush life of ease as a convict comes to an end when his sentence is up. Tossed out, he tries several ways, including a stickup to get back in the comfortable jail. Exchanging clothes with a lookalike escaped prisoner, he goes back, only to find he's to be hung. Now desperate to leave again, he joins other cons in a jailbreak.
Passing the Buck
The Fat Crook
Larry has to fight off a bunch of crooks who are after his bag of jewels.
Well, I'll Be
Larry Semon goes out west.
Bears and Bad Men
Paw Slawson
Bears and Bad Men is a 1918 silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon[1] and featuring Stan Laurel.
Dunces and Dangers
Larry and his wife are desperately poor—with no food. However, the butcher and grocer show up to collect money they are owed and they won't take no for an answer. They are ready to take anything and everything and eventually chase the pair up onto the room—where various stunts occur.
Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs
Fatty
A man decides to stage a fake robbery in front of his girlfriend's father (who doesn't like him), hoping it will make the father change his opinion. Unfortunately, real crooks wind up taking the money from the "robbery", and the boyfriend has to get it back.
Romans and Rascals
Rotund senator
The Roman setting provides ample opportunity for a very high concentration of gag titles, many of which are quite witty and many of which are quaint for deriving their humor from the juxtaposition of having ancient Romans use a lot of hip 1918-era slang. The whole thing is an excuse for a good send-up of how the Roman Empire has been depicted in "serious" plays, movies, &c.
By the Sad Sea Waves
Bather
Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
Bath Tub Perils
The Porter
In this classic comedy, a hotelier continues to find himself in promiscuous situations involving a newlywed bride on her honeymoon much to the chagrin of his wife.
A Submarine Pirate
Man on Crutches (uncredited)
A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.
Gussle Rivals Jonah
Blonde's Boyfriend
Gussle Rivals Jonah is a silent comedy
From Patches to Plenty
Headwaiter
A poor man finds a bag with a lot of money resulting in a change of lifestyle. But not without complications...