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Frank Griffin(1886-1953)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Frank Griffin was born on 17 September 1886 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Where Love Leads (1916), Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925) and Lost at the Front (1927). He died on 17 March 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 17, 1886
DiedMarch 17, 1953(66)
BornSeptember 17, 1886
DiedMarch 17, 1953(66)
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Known for

Rockliffe Fellowes and Ormi Hawley in Where Love Leads (1916)
Where Love Leads
  • Director(as Frank C. Griffin)
  • 1916
Douglas MacLean and Edith Roberts in Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
4.5
  • Writer
  • 1925
Max Asher, John Kolb, Charles Murray, and George Sidney in Lost at the Front (1927)
Lost at the Front
  • Writer
  • 1927
Colleen Moore in Ella Cinders (1926)
Ella Cinders
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1926

Credits

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Director

  • Taxi
    Short
    • Director (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1931
  • Studio Sap (1931)
    Studio Sap
    Short
    • Director (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1931
  • Johnny Hines in Conductor 1492 (1924)
    Conductor 1492
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1924
  • Hallam Cooley, Joe Roberts, and Bess True in The Devilish Romeo (1921)
    The Devilish Romeo
    Short
    • Director
    • 1921
  • Robert's Adventure in the Great War
    Short
    • Director (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1920
  • Monty Banks in A Rare Bird (1920)
    A Rare Bird
    Short
    • Director
    • 1920
  • Al St. John in The Aero Nut (1920)
    The Aero Nut
    Short
    • Director
    • 1920
  • Iva Brown and Al St. John in Ship Ahoy (1920)
    Ship Ahoy
    Short
    • Director
    • 1920
  • Her Private Husband (1920)
    Her Private Husband
    Short
    • Director
    • 1920
  • His Night Out
    Short
    • director
    • 1919
  • The Roaming Bathtub
    Short
    • Director
    • 1919
  • Wild Waves and Women (1919)
    Wild Waves and Women
    Short
    • Director (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1919
  • Her First Kiss (1919)
    Her First Kiss
    7.4
    Short
    • Director (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1919
  • Oliver Hardy, Bobby Dunn, and Harry Mann in Lions and Ladies (1919)
    Lions and Ladies
    Short
    • Director
    • 1919
  • The King of the Kitchen
    Short
    • Director
    • 1918

Writer

  • Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
    Man on the Flying Trapeze
    7.4
    • contributor to dialogue (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Lew Ayres, Jack Haley, Zasu Pitts, and Claire Trevor in Spring Tonic (1935)
    Spring Tonic
    5.8
    • comedy sequences
    • 1935
  • Harry Langdon in Tired Feet (1933)
    Tired Feet
    6.4
    Short
    • story
    • 1933
  • Harry Langdon and Arvid E. Gillstrom in The Big Flash (1932)
    The Big Flash
    5.7
    Short
    • story
    • 1932
  • The Foolish Forties
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1931
  • Taxi
    Short
    • story (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1931
  • Twisted Tales (1931)
    Twisted Tales
    Short
    • Writer
    • story by
    • 1931
  • Studio Sap (1931)
    Studio Sap
    Short
    • story (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1931
  • Sky Scrappers
    Short
    • story (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1930
  • Max Asher, John Kolb, Charles Murray, and George Sidney in Lost at the Front (1927)
    Lost at the Front
    • Writer
    • 1927
  • Colleen Moore in Ella Cinders (1926)
    Ella Cinders
    6.9
    • story
    • scenario
    • 1926
  • Douglas MacLean and Edith Roberts in Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925)
    Seven Keys to Baldpate
    4.5
    • screenplay
    • 1925
  • Alla Nazimova and Milton Sills in Madonna of the Streets (1924)
    Madonna of the Streets
    • adaptation
    • 1924
  • Rockliffe Fellowes and Ormi Hawley in Where Love Leads (1916)
    Where Love Leads
    • scenario (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1916
  • Dobs at the Shore
    Short
    • Writer (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1914

Actor

  • The Cannibal King
    Short
    • Motion Picture Director (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1915
  • Dobs at the Shore
    Short
    • Jemula Heckla (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1914
  • Dot's Elopement
    Short
    • Gus's Rival
    • 1914
  • Cheap Transportation
    Short
    • Emil Schultz
    • 1914
  • She Wanted a Car
    4.3
    Short
    • The Chauffeur (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1914
  • The Green Alarm
    Short
    • Police Chief (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1914
  • Vincente DePascale, Don Ferrando, Edward Lawrence, and Marguerite Ne Moyer in He Woke Up in Time (1914)
    He Woke Up in Time
    Short
    • Jake (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1914
  • The Kidnapped Bride
    Short
    • Tango (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1914
  • A Brewerytown Romance
    Short
    • Tango Heinz (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1914
  • With the Burglar's Help
    Short
    • The Taxi Driver (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1914
  • The Bully's Doom
    Short
    • Pug Hogan
    • 1914
  • The Best Man
    Short
    • (as Frank C. Griffin)
    • 1914
  • Hands Across the Sea in '76 (1911)
    Hands Across the Sea in '76
    Short
    • 1911
  • Susceptible Dad
    Short
    • The Messenger Boy
    • 1911

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • F.C. Griffin
  • Born
    • September 17, 1886
    • Norfolk, Virginia, USA
  • Died
    • March 17, 1953
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles

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