Personal Info
Birth date
1869-06-10 (156 Years)
Day of death
1943-11-24
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as
John Franklin Sheridan
Frank Sheridan
Biography
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Filmography
The Life of Emile Zola
6.662
Overview:
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.San Francisco
6.6
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A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.Front Page Woman
5.8
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Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.The Great O'Malley
6.7
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His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O'Brien).Black Friday
6
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University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.A Free Soul
6.1
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An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.The Woman Accused
5.9
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Jeffrey and Glenda are two lovers about to embark on a three-day cruise to nowhere. Their plan is to be married on board by the ship's captain. As Glenda is packing to leave, she receives a threatening phone call from her obsessed, former lover Leo. Glenda confronts Leo and tells him that it's over. Leo, a high-powered attorney calls a hit man to have Jeffrey eliminated. Glenda knocks Leo over the head before he can give the hit man a name. Leo is dead. Glenda sneaks back into her apartment, goes off on the cruise with Jeffrey and pretends that all is swell. Leo's partner, Stephen Bessemer, suspects Glenda and follows her to the ship. Bessemer stages a mock trial aboard the ship and cleverly draws a confession from Glenda. Jeffrey, also an attorney, represents Glenda when she is arrested upon arriving on shore. A skeptical district attorney, and the fact that Jeffrey horsewhips the star witness (the hit man), combine to get Glenda completely off the hook.Woman Wanted
6.3
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Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vows to help her prove it, risking his neck in the process. Tony and Ann are pursued by the police and by Smiley Gordon, a mob boss who engineered Ann's escape thinking that she can lead him to a $250,000 stash.The Phantom President
5.5
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Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's double: huckster Doc Varney. Of course, they scheme to make Varney T.K.'s public spokesman; at first, he even fools Blair's girlfriend Felicia, providing a romantic complication. As election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.The Payoff
4.9
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An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.Frisco Kid
6.8
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After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.Lady Killer
6.8
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An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.The Last Mile
5.458
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Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.Upperworld
6.3
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A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.Conflict
2
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Pat's ability as a logging/mining camp fighter sets him up to box prizefighter Corrigan. Unknown to his supporters, he's actually in collusion with Corrigan to throw the fight - until he runs into reporter Maude.Murder with Pictures
5.1
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Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock romances a mystery woman who confronted Girard in front of him, but Murdock's fiancée Hester shows up. After they return to his apartment, have a fight, and she leaves, the mystery woman slips in and begs for his help. Police Inspector Bacon and the cops show up, looking for the mystery woman; Murdock hides her. Murdock goes with the cops to discuss the murder the woman is suspected of. Bacon explains (in flashback) how some photogs were setting up a shot with Girard and Redfield. When the flashbulbs popped, Redfield keeled over dead and the woman, Meg Archer, fled while the newsmen ran out to phone their papers. The newsmen (who were rounded up later as thoroly as possible) are taken into police custody, except for Murdock (who wasn't at the scene), who is given a cap on the sly by rival McGoogin. Altho ...Broken Lullaby
7.5
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A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man's family.Danger Lights
5.9
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Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a freight held up by a landslide, Dan offers the man a job; then he finds the man was a railroader, too, and takes him under his wing. Engaged to Mary, Dan doesn't notice the growing attraction between his protégé and his intended but focuses instead on running the railroad.Ladies of the Big House
6
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A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.Men Without Names
6
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A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.City Streets
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When her mother dies, wheel-chair bound Winnie Brady is taken in by shopkeeper and neighbor "Uncle" Joe Carmine. Joe convinces Father Ryan to let him informally adopt her. Joe and Winnie live together with Tommy Devlin and his grandmother, Mrs. Devlin, and a dog Winnie names Muriel. Joe sells his shop to pay for an unsuccessful operation on Winnie's legs. This bankrupts Carmine, who then earns a meager living selling fruits and vegetables on the streets. Winnie is sent to live in an orphanage, and Carmine is discouraged from continuing his relationship with her. Carmine is so distraught by grief that he slowly begins to die. Winnie is brought to him by Father Ryan, and she finds the strength to stand and walk to his bedside and sings his favorite song, "Santa Maria." Later, after Winnie has acquired full use of her legs, Joe, in his new catering truck, takes the children on a picnic in the country.The Public Defender
6
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A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.Parnell
4.6
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Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.A Night at the Movies
5.5
Overview:
A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for more short films that would be produced in New York. In this comedic short, a man and his wife suffer through a night at the movies. The film was nominated for an Academy Award at the 10th Academy Awards, held in 1937, for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).Afraid to Talk
6
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Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.Acting
1940Black Friday as Prison Chaplain
1939Heroes in Blue as Mike Murphy
1938City Streets as Father Ryan
1937A Night at the Movies as Mr. Baum (uncredited)
1937The Life of Emile Zola as M. Van Cassell
1937A Fight to the Finish as Prison Warden
1937Parnell as Sheriff
1937The Great O'Malley as Father Patrick
1936Conflict as Sam Steubner
1936Country Gentlemen as Chief of Police
1936Under Your Spell as Sponsor (uncredited)
1936Murder with Pictures as Police Chief
1936How to Vote as Chairman (uncredited)
1936San Francisco as Founders' Club Member (uncredited)
1936The Little Red Schoolhouse as Warden Gail
1936The Voice of Bugle Ann as Uncle Nathan (uncredited)
1936The Leavenworth Case as Silas Leavenworth
1935Frisco Kid as Mulligan - Jailer (uncredited)
1935Nevada as Tom Blaine
1935The Spanish Cape Mystery as Walter Godfrey
1935Woman Wanted as Judge at Baxter's Proceedings (uncredited)
1935Front Page Woman as Warden (uncredited)
1935Men Without Names as Police Captain
1935Whispering Smith Speaks as Gordon Harrington, Sr.
1935West Point of the Air as General Debbin in the Locker Room
1935The Revenge Rider as Jed Harmon
1935The Best Man Wins as Captain of the Salvage Tug
1935The Payoff as George Gorman
1934Stand Up and Cheer! as Senator
1934Upperworld as Police Inspector Kellogg
1934The Witching Hour as Police Chief
1934Wharf Angel as The Skipper
1933Lady Killer as Unknown
1933King for a Night as Prison Warden
1933One Sunday Afternoon as Officer Matt Hughes (uncredited)
1933Mama Loves Papa as The Mayor
1933The Man Who Dared as Sen. 'Honest John' McGuiness
1933The Woman Accused as Police Inspector
1932Afraid to Talk as Police Commissioner Garvey
1932Speed Demon as Captain Torrance
1932Deception as Leo
1932Washington Merry-Go-Round as Honest John Kelleher
1932The Phantom President as Candidate (uncredited)
1932Okay, America! as Police Commissioner
1932The Last Mile as Warden Frank Lewis
1932Night Court as Thomas H. 'Sam' Haskins (uncredited)
1932The Roadhouse Murder as District Attorney
1932Broken Lullaby as Priest
1931Ladies of the Big House as Warden Hecker
1931Silence as Joel Clarke
1931The Public Defender as Charles Harmer
1931Murder by the Clock as Chief of Police
1931Young Donovan's Kid as Father Dan
1931A Free Soul as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
1931Danger Lights as Ed Ryan
1930The Other Tomorrow as Dave Weaver
1929Side Street as Tom O'Farrell
1929Fast Life as Warden
1923The Man Next Door as Curley
1922One Exciting Night as Detective
1921Anne of Little Smoky as The Brockton
1921Her Lord and Master as Fred Stillwater
1920A Daughter of Two Worlds as Black Jerry Malone
1917Vengeance Is Mine as Peter Van Brunt
1917Enlighten Thy Daughter as Daniel Stevens
1915At Bay as District Attorney Graham