Frederick Burton
- Birthday
- Oct 20, 1871
Bio: A former opera singer, tall, dignified Frederick Burton began making films in 1919. One of Burton's better early movie roles was Matthew Cuthbert in the silent version of Anne of Green Gables (1919). In the first years of the talkie era, he was seen in such sizeable roles as Pa Basom in The Big Trail (1930) and Samuel Griffiths in An American Tragedy(1931).… More Bio: A former opera singer, tall, dignified Frederick Burton began making films in 1919. One of Burton's better early movie roles was Matthew Cuthbert in the silent version of Anne of Green Gables (1919). In the first years of the talkie era, he was seen in such sizeable roles as Pa Basom in The Big Trail (1930) and Samuel Griffiths in An American Tragedy(1931). Thereafter, Frederick Burton was often as not confined to one-scene assignments, playing scores of doctors, reverends, judges, senators, governors, newspaper editors and murder victims. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Frederick Burton Videos
Jezebel
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Shipmates Forever
Stageghost
The Old Maid
Filmography
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Stageghost (Stage Ghost) (2001)
- Actor
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The Town Went Wild (1945)
- Dr. Hendricks
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Casanova Brown (1944)
- Reverend Dean
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Hands Across the Border (1943)
- Col. Ames
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The Man with Two Lives (1942)
- Hobart Bennett
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