Frederick Burton

Frederick Burton

Nascimento : 1871-10-20, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Morte : 1957-10-23

Perfil

Frederick Burton

Filmes

Silver Queen
Dr. Hartley
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
Junior G-Men of the Air
Col. Mitchell
A group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy.
Man With Two Lives
Hobart Bennett
A man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the electrocuted gangster, who embarks on a vengeful crime wave.
Calouros na Broadway
Mr. Morris
Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.
Washington Melodrama
Dean Lawford
An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.
No Tempo do Onça
Johnson
Os irmãos Marx se aventuram no velho Oeste. Joseph e Rusty ganham uma escritura como pagamento e usam ela para pagar cervejas. Mais tarde descobrem que precisam da escritura e tentam recuperá-la mas os bandidos vão tentar impedi-los a todo custo!
Third Finger, Left Hand
Mr. Thompson
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
O Filho dos Deuses
Mr. Webb
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
O Mago da Morte
Governor Prentiss
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
The Man from Dakota
Campbellite Religious Leader
A frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Bishop Bannon
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
A Mulher Faz o Homem
Senator Dearhorn (uncredited)
Ingênuo homem do interior (James Stewart) é convidado para preencher uma vaga no Senado dos Estados Unidos. Aos poucos vai descobrindo o mar de lama que é o ambiente político dos comandantes de seu país. Tudo em que acredita está ameaçado. Como enfrentar esses poderosos Senadores e dirigentes políticos?
Hollywood Cavalcade
Thomas
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
Eu Soube Amar
Mr. Halsey (uncredited)
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
Inside Information
Police Commissioner Fenton
A rookie cop and his girlfriend's uncle, a police captain, disagree on the methods that should be used to catch criminals.
Confissões de um Espião Nazista
U.S. District Court Judge
Ed Renard é um Homem do Governo investigando uma rede de espionagem nazista enorme nos Estados Unidos. Os contatos são descobertos e presos nos EUA, América Latina e Europa.
Uma Cartada Afoita
Tom Hamilton
Hoppy goes undercover as a gambler from the East when Bar 20 cattle are stolen by unknown rustlers. Brennan/Talbot are twin brothers (one a casino owner, the other a rancher) and Hoppy believes they provide alibis for each other while one is out committing crimes. Hoppy gets a job in the casino to learn more but is exposed when a gambling gunslinger notices him.
Kentucky
Presiding Officer
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
Flight to Fame
General Darrow
An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.
The Saint in New York
William Valcross
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.
Air Devils
Conspirator
Two daredevil pilots go after the same girl.
Jezebel
First Director (uncredited)
Em 1852, em Nova Orleans, uma jovem egocêntrica da aristocracia local provoca o rompimento do seu noivado ao usar um vestido vermelho, quando as moças deviam usar branco. Apesar de seu antigo noivo se casar com outra mulher, ela continua amando-o. Ela tem a grande chance de lhe provar que realmente deixou de ser uma jovem mimada quando uma peste se abate sobre a cidade. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)
The Duke Comes Back
Arnold Corbin
After winning the heavyweight championship, boxer Duke Foster (Allan Lane) quits the ring to marry socialite Susan Corbin (Heather Angel). When his businessman father-in-law Arnold (Frederick Burton) loses his fortune, Duke returns to the ring to raise money for him. Susan is furious that Duke is breaking his promise never to box again, and the stakes get even higher when a crooked promoter orders him to take a dive ... or else.
Love Is News
J.D. Jones
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.
The Accusing Finger
The Governor
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
Os Pecados de Theodora
Governor Wyatt
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
Mummy's Boys
Professor Edwards
Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology expedition, getting mixed up with jewel thieves and an ancient Egyptian "curse."
Fúria
Daniel Hopkins (uncredited)
Quando um injustamente acusado prisioneiro mal sobrevive a um ataque de uma turba de linchadores e é dado como morto, ele vingativamente decide responsabilizar a multidão pelo seu assassinato. Joe Wilson e Katherine Grant estão namorando, mas ele não tem dinheiro suficiente para se casar. Então Katherine viaja pelo país para ganhar dinheiro. Mas as coisas dão desastrosamente errado para Joe quando ele para em uma pequena cidade e é confundido com um assassino procurado. Ao longo do filme, Fritz Lang nos mostra como um homem decente e civilizado pode tornar-se um homem cruel e amargo.
The Voice of Bugle Ann
The Warden
A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of a neighbor who has killed the farmer's foxhound.
The Calling of Dan Matthews
James B. Strong
Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters), the daughter of James B. Strong ('FRederick Burton'), a man who controls the town with his real estate and business interests. Strong is an upstanding citizen who has fallen into the hands of a clever racketeer, Jeff Hardy (Douglass Dumbrille), who acts as Strong's manager of some innocent-appearing amusement places that are really secret dens of vice.
Shipmates Forever
Admiral Graves (uncredited)
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.
Transient Lady
Major Marshall
A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
Miss Generala
Landacre
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
One Night of Love
Howard - Impresario
Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy and misunderstandings prevent Mary and Guilio from acknowledging their true feelings.
Smarty
Judge (uncredited)
Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and clips her on the chin. Vicki's friend and attorney Vernon Thorpe secures a divorce for her, and Vicki and Vernon are soon married. Vicki's yen for wearing revealing clothes and a penchant for inviting ex-husband to dinner soon provokes the easily-provoked Vernon into belting one on her himself. She goes to Tony's apartment, where Tony is entertaining Bonnie, who is not all that entertained by the presence of Vicki, especially after Vicki shows every intent of moving in and staying.
Paraíso das Surpresas
Barbwire
ZaSu Pitts and Slim Summerville meet when both are sold deeds to an abandoned ranch in the California desert. Their lonely lives become much more crowded when a drifter discovers gold on the property—though all he’s found is Slim’s missing filling. (adapted from MoMA capsule)
O Nome é Tudo
Hospital Superintendent
Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses.
Counsellor at Law
Crayfield
A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.
King for a Night
Governor
A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
Golden Harvest
Judge Goodhue
A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying Chicago socialite Cynthia Flint.
Negócios em Família
Judge Larson
A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy through their careless behavior. Reeves takes it upon himself to save his rival's company by teaching the heirs a lesson in business.
Broadway Bad
Robert North Sr.
Showgirl Tony Landers, supported by her friend Flip Daly, fights for the custody of her son during a divorce hearing.
Whistling in the Dark
Mr. Van Buren (uncredited)
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect crime.
No Other Woman
Anderson
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Too Busy to Work
Judge Hardy
A hobo searches the countryside for the daughter he lost when his wife left him...
O Fugitivo
Southern Prison Official (uncredited)
Desempregado após o término da Primeira Guerra, Allen torna-se um vagabundo sem dinheiro. Quando assiste a outro homem cometendo um furto, é condenado injustamente a dez anos de cadeia, numa prisão na Geórgia. Lá, é perseguido por gangues e castigado cruelmente por guardas sádicos. Com a ajuda de outro prisioneiro, escapa e parte determinado em busca do sonho que tem de se tornar um engenheiro.
A Única Solução
The Doctor
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
The All-American
Mr. Neuchard
The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
The Night of June 13
Judge
Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudie is having an affair with her husband, John, and vows revenge on Trudie. John explains to Trudie Elna's condition and plan. Trudie, being good-hearted tells John that she'll move. One evening, John returns late from work to discover Elna dead. John burns Elna's suicide note to protect Trudie. This results in John being charged for murder and put on trial.
Okay, America!
The President (uncredited)
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
Two Seconds
Judge
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl (Vivienne Osborne) dupe a high rise riveter (Edward G. Robinson) into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in Robinson's face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable for Robinson, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.
State's Attorney
Second Trial Judge
Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster Valentine Powers, who employs Cardigan and put him through school, asks him to represent a woman, June Perry, accused of prostitution. Cardigan agrees. But he never expected to fall for her, which is problematic since he's angling to become governor and will need the right kind of wife.
The Wet Parade
Major Randolph
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.
Fireman, Save My Child
Mr. Platt
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for his inventions. But Joe's invited to present his invention to a fire extinguisher company at the same time when he is supposed to play. Will he be able to show the effectiveness of his invention and win the game?
A Dama de Monte Carlo
President of Courtmartial
On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is no shore leave, although wives are permitted to come to a party. The strain of command on the older captain and his new, young wife is very great.
Secret Service
Gen. Randolph
In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.
Freighters of Destiny
John Macey
A young man seeks vengeance on the outlaws who killed his father.
Uma Tragédia Americana
Samuel Griffiths
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
Sweepstakes
Pop Blake
A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
A Grande Jornada
Pa Bascom
Um jovem guia conduz uma enorme caravana de colonos por um caminho acidentado e cheio de perigos, com despenhadeiros, tempestades de neve, ataques de índios e manadas de búfalos. Durante a viagem, ele se apaixona por uma pioneira e faz de tudo para conquistá-la.
Running Wild
D.W. Harvey
Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering. He enters a contract with a fifteen-thousand dollar payoff, so his courage can last beyond the hypnosis.
The Rejected Woman
Leyton Carter
Diane Duprez falls in love with Leslie in the snows of a Canadian village. And when they are trapped by a blizzard, her father thinks wrong of her...
Broadway Broke
Augustin Daly
Nellie Wayne, a retired Broadway actress, has a small dog named "Chum", who is part of a vaudeville act and is the sole support of the family.
The Fighting Blade
Oliver Cromwell
In the war-like times of Oliver Cromwell, in and around 'olde Oxford towne', Dutchman Karl Van Kerstenbrook, Dutch soldier-of-fortune and sword-for-hire, stands ready to defend his lady-love, the fair Thomsine Musgrove, and prove his nettle, and that his blade is made of the finest metal.
If Women Only Knew
Dr. John Strong
Remotely derived from Balzac, the plot centers on Maurice Travers, who, through the self-sacrificing efforts of his mother, is able to attend college, though his love for sports and consequent neglect of his studies prevent his graduation. Madeline Marshall, an orphan living with Maurice's mother, loves him, but Maurice marries Donna Wayne, daughter of a wealthy New Yorker; and in the city they lead a carefree life. Her father insists that he support her, but he cannot. Following the blindness and death of his mother, Donna elopes with a rich suitor, and after a divorce Maurice finds happiness with the faithful Madeline.
The Education of Elizabeth
Middleton
Billie Burke, the real-life wife of Flo Ziegfeld, plays Ziegfeld Follies dancer Elizabeth Banks who falls for a wealthy young man. His parents are shocked--and so is Elizabeth when she decides she'd rather have her beau's nerdish brother. She turns the mouse into a lion so that he'll be a worthy husband.
Heliotrope
Heliotrope Harry Hasdock (as Fred Burton)
A prison inmate obtains his release from prison in order to rescue his daughter from the clutches of her unscrupulous mother's plot to implicate the girl in a blackmail scheme.
Yes or No
Donald Vane
The Fear Market
Jim Carson
A woman struggles to overcome a cabal of blackmailers, but learns that the boss of the blackmailers is none other than her own father. -from IMDB
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is taken into the lives of a generous farmer and his sister. She grows from an adventuresome young lass into a charming and much sought-after young lady.
The Teeth of the Tiger
Doctor Varney
Living quietly under the assumed name Paul Sernine, reformed gentleman crook Arsene Lupin is summoned to protect his invalid, wealthy friend Henry Forbes.
Getting Mary Married
Amos Bussard
Early feature from American cinema pioneer Allan Dwan, starring Marion Davies
Cheating Cheaters
George Brockton
Two gangs of crooks, living side-by-side, each mistake the other for a wealthy household and each plot to rob the other.
Arizona
Col. Benham
A lost film. An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not love her, so she contrives to marry his commanding officer, who is also his best friend.
Ruggles of Red Gap
Cousin Egbert Floud
Harry Leon Wilson has written nothing more diverting than this story of the irreproachable English valet who is lost in a poker game to a rough-and-ready westerner and taken to Red Gap ultimately to become its social mentor and chief caterer, and there is sheer delight in the story of how the Earl, brought over to save his younger brother from the vampirish clutches of Klondike Kate, makes the lady his Countess and once more stands Red Gap upon its somewhat dizzy head.