Frank Currier
Actor, Film director
1857 – 1928
Who was Frank Currier?
Frank Currier was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 133 films between 1912 and 1928. He also directed 19 films in 1916. He is memorable as the Roman Admiral who adopts Judah Ben-Hur as his son after Ben-Hur saves his life during battle at sea in the 1925 film Ben-Hur.
Currier, like Theodore Roberts, Kate Lester, Ida Waterman and William H. Crane to name a few had a long and successful stage career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. His youth was spent honing his stagecraft. By the time he started appearing in silent films he was in his 50s and middle-aged. Currier, like Roberts, had a distinctive grandfatherly look as he aged and was respected and beloved by film audiences.
He was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1857 and died in Hollywood, California in 1928.
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- Born
- Sep 4, 1857
Norwich - Also known as
- Frank J. Currier
- Spouses
- Ada Dow
( - 1926)
- Ada Dow
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 22, 1928
Hollywood
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on July 23, 2013
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