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Alec B. Francis (1867–1934)

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He served with the British Royal Artillery in India and as a nurse with the U.S. army during the Spanish-American War. After returning to civilian life, he moved to Iowa and tried his hand at farming. He soon found the stage more appealing to him than the cornfields of Iowa and returned to the theater. See more trivia »

Born:

Alec Budd Francis
in London, England, UK

Died:

(age 66) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1934 Outcast Lady
Truble - Harpenden's Butler
 
1934 The Cat's-Paw
Rev. Thatcher (uncredited)
 
1934 I'll Tell the World
Grand Duke Ferdinand
 
1934 The Mystery of Mr. X
Judge Malpas
 
1933 Alice in Wonderland
King of Hearts
 
1933 His Private Secretary
Rev. Hall
 
1933 Looking Forward
Mr. Birkenshaw
 
1933 Oliver Twist
Mr. Brownlow
 
1932 The Last Man
Mr. Wingate
 
1932 All the World Wondered
Father O'Connor
 
1932 Alias Mary Smith
Attorney
 
1932 No Greater Love
Priest (as Alec Francis)
 
1931 Mata Hari
Caron
 
1931 Arrowsmith
Twyford (as Alec Francis)
 
1931 Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (short)
 
1931 Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (short)
Heroine's Father
 
1931 Captain Applejack
Lush, the Butler
 
1930 Feet First
Mr. Carson - Old-timer (as Alec Francis)
 
1930 Outward Bound
Scrubby
 
1930 Murder Will Out
Sen. Baldwin
 
1930 The Case of Sergeant Grischa
Gen. von Lychow
 
1930 The Bishop Murder Case
Professor Bertrand Dillard
 
1929 The Sacred Flame
Dr. Harvester
 
1929 The Mississippi Gambler
Junius Blackburn
 
1929 Evidence
Harbison
 
1929 Evangeline
Father Felician
 
1928 The Terror
Dr. Redmayne
 
1928 Life's Mockery
John Fullerton
 
1928 The Lion and the Mouse
Judge Ross (as Alec Francis)
 
1928 Broadway Daddies
John Lambert Kennedy
 
1928 The Little Snob
Colonel Banks (as Alec Francis)
 
1928 Companionate Marriage
Judge Meredith
 
1928 The Shepherd of the Hills
David Howitt, The Shepherd
 
1927 Sally in Our Alley
Sandy Mack
 
1927 The Tender Hour
Francis Chinilly
 
1927 The Music Master
Anton von Barwig
 
1926/I Camille
The Duke
 
1926 Faithful Wives
 
1926 The Return of Peter Grimm
Peter Grimm
 
1926 Forever After
Mr. Wayne, Theodore's Father (as Alec Francis)
 
1926 3 Bad Men
Rev. Calvin Benson (as Alec Francis)
 
1926 Pals First
Dominie (as Alec Francis)
 
1926 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Amos Logan
 
1926 High Steppers
Father Perryam
 
1926 Transcontinental Limited
Jerry Reynolds
 
1926 Vanishing Millions
 
1926 The Yankee Señor
Don Fernando
 
1925 Rose of the World
'Gramp' Tallifer (as Alec Francis)
 
1925 Soiled
Rollo Tetheridge
 
1925 Where the Worst Begins
August Van Dorn
 
1925 Wandering Footsteps
Timothy Payne
 
1925 Thunder Mountain
Preacher
 
1925 Thank You
David Lee
 
1925 The Circle
Lord Clive Cheney
 
1925 The Coast of Folly
Count de Tauro
 
1925 Man and Maid
Burton
 
1925 Waking Up the Town
Abner Hope
 
1925 The Mad Whirl
John Herrington
 
1925 Charley's Aunt
Mr. Delahay
 
1925 The Reckless Sex
Emanuel Garcia
 
1925 A Thief in Paradise
Bishop Saville (as Alec Francis)
 
1925 The Champion of Lost Causes
Peter Charles (as Alec Francis)
 
1925 Capital Punishment
Chaplain
 
1925 Outwitted
John Kinney (as Alec Francis)
 
1925 The Bridge of Sighs
John Harper
 
1924 The Tenth Woman
Mr. Brainherd (as Alec Francis)
 
1924 Listen Lester
Colonel Dodge (as Alec Francis)
 
1924 Beau Brummel
Mortimer
 
1924 The Human Terror
 
1924 Do It Now
 
1924 A Fool's Awakening
Maj. Oliphant (as Alec Francis)
 
1924 Half-a-Dollar Bill
Judge Norton
 
1923 Lucretia Lombard
Judge Winship
 
1923 The Eternal Three
Dr. Steven Browning (as Alec Francis)
 
1923 The Gold Diggers
James Blake (as Alec Francis)
 
1923 The Drivin' Fool
John Moorhead
 
1923 His Last Race
Undetermined Role
 
1923 Three Wise Fools
Dr. Richard Gaunt
 
1923 A Gentleman of Leisure
Sir John Blount (as Alec Francis)
 
1923 Children of Jazz
John Weston
 
1923 Little Church Around the Corner
Reverend Bradley (as Alec Francis)
 
1923 Is Divorce a Failure?
Philip Wilkinson
 
1923 The Spider and the Rose
Good Padre (as Alec Francis)
 
1923 The Last Hour
Reever McCall (as Alec Francis)
 
1922 The Forgotten Law
Judge Kirtley
 
1922 The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Sir William De Vry (as Alec Francis)
 
1922 North of the Rio Grande
Father Hillaire
 
1922 Beyond the Rocks
Capt. Fitzgerald
 
1922 Smilin' Through
Dr. Owen
 
1921 A Virginia Courtship
Colonel Fairfax
 
1921 The Great Moment
Sir Edward Pelham
 
1921 A Voice in the Dark
Joseph Crampton (as Alec Francis)
 
1921 Courage
McIntyre
 
1921 What's a Wife Worth?
James Morrison (as Alec Francis)
 
1920 Godless Men
Reverend Sam Poor
 
1920 The Man Who Had Everything
Matt Sills
 
1920 Earthbound
Dr. Roger Galloway
 
1920 The Butterfly Man
James Bachelor
 
1920 The Street Called Straight
Rodney Temple
 
1920 The Paliser Case
Paliser Sr. (as Alec Francis)
 
1919 Flame of the Desert
Sir John Carleton
 
1919 The World and Its Woman
Prince Michael Orbeliana the Elder
 
1919 Lord and Lady Algy
Swepson
 
1919 Heartsease
Lord Neville
 
1919 The City of Comrades
Andy Christian
 
1919 The Crimson Gardenia
Mr. Bunniman
 
1919 When Doctors Disagree
Dr. Harris Sr
 
1919 The Probation Wife
Huntley McMerton
 
1919 The Pest
Judge Fisher
 
1919 Her Code of Honor
Tom Davis
 
1919 Spotlight Sadie
Reverend John Page
 
1919 Day Dreams
Grandfather Burn
 
1918 Thirty a Week
Mr. Wright
 
1918 Hidden Fires
Dr. Granville
 
1918 Money Mad
Reverend William Gavin
 
1918 The Glorious Adventure
Scott, the Butler
 
1918 The Venus Model
John Braddock
 
1918 Leap to Fame
Judge Hendricks Trevor
 
1918 The Face in the Dark
Charles Ridgeway
 
1918 The Cross Bearer
Brother Joseph (as Alexander Francis)
 
1918 Wanted: A Mother
Dr. Thayer
 
1918 Broken Ties
Henry Hasbrook
 
1918 The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds
Gen. Philip Schuyler
 
1918 The Marionettes
Nizerolles
 
1917 The Cinderella Man
Romney Evans
 
1917 The Auction Block
John Merkle
 
1917 The Page Mystery
Hon. Charles Winthrop
 
1917 Forget-Me-Not
Marquis de Mohrivart
 
1917 The Family Honor
General Jason Wayne
 
1917 A Hungry Heart
M. Brigard
 
1916 All Man
John Maynard
 
1916 The Heart of a Hero
Colonel Knowlton
 
1916 The Gilded Cage
King Comus
 
1916 Husband and Wife
James Watson
 
1916 A Woman's Way
General John Stanton
 
1916 Miss Petticoats
Worth Courtleigh
 
1916 The Perils of Divorce
Craig (as Alec Francis)
 
1916/I Tangled Fates
Mr. Rogers
 
1916 Human Driftwood
Father Harrigan
 
1916 Pawn of Fate
Abbé Paul
 
1916 The Yellow Passport
Myron Abram
 
1916 Fruits of Desire
Jeremiah Quimby
 
1916 The Ballet Girl
Jerry Vergoe
 
1915 The Sins of Society
Noel Ferrers
 
1915 The Impostor
Sir Anthony Gregson/Blink
 
1915 After Dark
Capt. Frank Dalton, Old Tom
 
1915 The Model
Hugh Seymour
 
1915 The Arrival of Perpetua
Hastings Curzon
 
1915 Alias Jimmy Valentine
Bill Avery
 
1914 The Pit
Cressler
 
1914 For the Mastery of the World (short)
 
1914/I Lola
Dr. Barnhelun
 
1914 The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England
The Earl Of Bateson
 
1914 When Broadway Was a Trail
Standish Hope
 
1914 Man of the Hour
George Garrison
 
1914 Son (short)
Mr. Horton
 
1914 Adventures in Diplomacy (short)
 
1914 Boy (short)
 
1914 Moonlight (short)
Paul's Father
 
1914/II Duty (short)
Dr. Alexander
 
1914 The Greatest of These (short)
Peter, the Shoemaker
 
1914 Wife (short)
 
1914 The Drug Traffic (short)
The Druggist
 
1914 At the Court of Prince Make Believe (short)
 
1914 The Diamond Master (short)
Doris's Sweetheart
 
1914 The Good in the Worst of Us (short)
Henry Morton
 
1914 Coming Home (short)
Mr. Sprague, the Village Minister
 
1914 The Case of Cherry Purcelle (short)
Coke Morgan
 
1914 Cue and Miss Cue (short)
 
1913 The Highwayman's Shoes (short)
Lord Harper
 
1913 When Pierrot Met Pierrette (short)
Brady
 
1913 A Son's Devotion (short)
Eugene Hope
 
1913/I Partners (short)
The Doctor
 
1913 The Reformation of Calliope (short)
The Sheriff
 
1913 Cynthy (short)
Tom Sykes
 
1913 Big Hearted Jim (short)
Francis Myers
 
1913 From the Beyond (short)
Professor William Lodge
 
1913 Jacques the Wolf (short)
Francis of the R.C.M.P.
 
1913 Why Aunt Jane Never Married (short)
Jane's father
 
1913 A Puritan Episode (short)
Sir Richard Cartwright, Arthur's Father
 
1913 Stung (short)
 
1913 The Beaten Path (short)
Randolph Thorne
 
1913 The Thirst for Gold (short)
Colonel Bernard
 
1913 The Honor of Lady Beaumont (short)
The Pawnbroker
 
1913 Soul to Soul (short)
Clergyman
 
1913 In the Night (short)
 
1913 The Witch (short)
Selectman Marsh - the Miser
 
1913 When Light Came Back (short)
Mr. Hale - the Father
 
1913 The Key (short)
Andrew Farley
 
1913 The Sons of a Soldier (short)
 
1913 For Better or for Worse (short)
The Author
 
1913 The Crimson Cross (short)
 
1913 The Man Who Dared (short)
Corporal Jones, Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman
 
1913 The Telegraph Operator (short)
Jim Sheldon
 
1913 The Trail of the Silver Fox (short)
Officer At Mountie Headquarters
 
1913 The One Who Had to Pay (short)
J. Chiilds, Archibald's Father
 
1913 The Spectre Bridegroom (short)
Baron Von Landshort
 
1913 The Gallop of Death (short)
Sir Henry Abernathy
 
1913 An Accidental Servant (short)
Reggie
 
1913 A Tammany Boarder (short)
Guest - the English Tourist
 
1912 The Vengeance of the Fakir (short)
Captain Sneade
 
1912 Dick's Wife (short)
Joseph Maddox
 
1912 Their Children's Approval (short)
The Widow's Suitor
 
1912 Foiling a Fortune Hunter (short)
Charles Higby
 
1912 Silent Jim (short)
Silent Jim
 
1912 The Transgression of Deacon Jones (short)
Deacon Jones
 
1912 Making Uncle Jealous (short)
Hiram Tyler
 
1912 Caprices of Fortune (short)
Sir Reginald Atwood, an English Tourist
 
1912 The Celebrated Case (short)
Lazare (as Alex Franks)
 
1912 The Passing Parade (short)
Grand Army Man/Union Officer
 
1912 Robin Hood (short)
Sheriff of Nottingham
 
1912 The Holy City (short)
The Clergyman
 
1912 Chamber of Forgetfulness (short)
The Husband
 
1912 Saved from the Titanic (short)
Father
 
1912 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (short)
Ichabod Crane
 
1912 Oh, You Ragtime! (short)
 
1912 The Letter with the Black Seals (short)
Uncle Bill
 
1912 A Living Memory (short)
John Ransome
 
1912 Keeping an Eye on Father (short)
Joshua Hamilton - Father
 
1912 Playmates (short)
The Doctor
 
1912 The First Violin (short)
 
1912 A Timely Rescue (short)
James Ferris - the Employer
 
1912 For the Honor of the Family (short)
Col. Lawrence
 
1911 In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath (short)
 
1911/I The Younger Brother (short)
 
1911 The Old Doll (short)
The Father
 
1911 A Reformed Santa Claus (short)
 
1911 Vanity Fair (short)
Pitt Crawley
 
1911 The Military Air-Scout (short)
 
1911 Their Charming Mama (short)
 
1911 Auld Lang Syne (short)
 
1911 A Southern Soldier's Sacrifice (short)
 
1911 Selecting His Heiress (short)
 
1911 A Friendly Marriage (short)
 
1911 The General's Daughter (short)
 
1911 The Sheriff's Friend (short)
 
1911 The Bell of Justice (short)
 
1911 The Clown's Best Performance (short)
 
1911 Troublesome Secretaries (short)
 
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1912 A Living Memory (short)
 
1911 The Sheriff's Friend (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1923 Hollywood
Himself, Cameo appearance
 
1923 Mary of the Movies
Himself (uncredited)
 
1915 The Man Who Found Himself
Himself, Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1934 Movie Memories (documentary short)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Alec Frances | Alec Francis | Alex B. Francis | Alexander Francis | Alex Francis | Alex Franks

Height:

5' 11½" (1.82 m)
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Trivia:

He served with the British Royal Artillery in India and as a nurse with the U.S. army during the Spanish-American War. After returning to civilian life, he moved to Iowa and tried his hand at farming. He soon found the stage more appealing to him than the cornfields of Iowa and returned to the theater. See more »

Star Sign:

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