Robert Frazer
For other people named Robert Frazer, see Robert Frazer (disambiguation).
Robert W. Frazer (born Robert William Browne on June 29, 1891 in Worcester, Massachusetts – August 17, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor who appeared in some 224 shorts and films from the 1910s. He began in films with the Eclair company which released through Universal.
Acting career
After some theater experience he swiftly moved into acting in silent films. In 1912 he began his movie career by portraying Jesus Christ in the The Holy City, and in the same year played the lead in Robin Hood.
Selected filmography
- The Holy City (1912)
- Robin Hood (1912)
- Rob Roy (1913)
- Duty (1914)
- The Lone Star Rush (1915) (filmed in Palm Springs, California)[1]:168–71[2]
- The Light at Dusk (1916)
- The Dawn of Love (1916)
- Her Code of Honor (1919)
- Bolshevism on Trial (1919)
- My Friend the Devil (1922)
- After the Ball (1924)
- Men (1924)
- The Charmer (1925)
- Miss Bluebeard (1925)
- The White Desert (1925)
- The Scarlet West (1925)
- Why Women Love (1925)
- Secret Orders (1926)
- Desert Gold (1926)
- Dame Chance (1926)
- The City (1926)
- Back to God's Country (1927)
- Burning Up Broadway (1928)
- Out of the Ruins (1928)
- Sioux Blood (1929)
- The Drake Case (1929)
- Two-Gun Caballero (1931)
- The King Murder (1932)
- White Zombie (1932)
- The Three Musketeers (1933)
- The Vampire Bat (1933)
- The Fighting Pilot (1935)
- Easy Money (1936)
- We're in the Legion Now! (1936)
- Religious Racketeers (1938)
- Cipher Bureau (1938)
- Law of the Wolf (1939)
- Roar of the Press (1941)
- Pals of the Pecos (1941)
- Gangs of Sonora (1941)
- Black Dragons (1942)
- Inside the Law (1942)
- Seeing Hands (1943)
- Forty Thieves (1944)
- Law Men (1944)
References
- ↑ Niemann, Greg (2006). Palm Springs Legends: creation of a desert oasis. San Diego, CA: Sunbelt Publications. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-932653-74-1. OCLC 61211290. (here for Table of Contents)
- ↑ The Lone Star Rush at the American Film Institute Catalog
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Frazer. |
- Robert Frazer at the Internet Movie Database
- Robert Frazer at Find a Grave
- portraits(NY Public Library, Billy Rose collection)
- with Pola Negri in the 1924 film Men
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