Alec B. Francis
English born Alec B. Francis (Alec Budd Francis) was, in America, a stage and film actor.
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Alice in Wonderland
as King of HeartsIn Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called...
Movie pageMata Hari
as Major CaronA semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of...
Movie pageHis Private Secretary
as Rev. HallDick Wallace wants to marry a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who wants him to get...
Movie pageArrowsmith
as TwyfordA medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use...
Movie page3 Bad Men
as Rev. BensonThree outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
Movie pageFeet First
as Mr. Carson, old-timerAn ambitious shoe salesman, Harold, unknowingly meets the boss' daughter and tells her he is a...
Movie pageThe Last Mile
as Father O'ConnorRichard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives...
Movie pageThe Circle
as Lord Clive CheneyElizabeth Cheney has a wealthy husband, social prominence and everything she could want in life...
Movie pageOliver Twist
as Mr. BrownlowAn orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang...
Movie pageTramp, Tramp, Tramp
as Amos LoganA poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear...
Movie pageThree Wise Fools
as Dr. Richard GauntSydney Fairchild, the daughter of a woman who was once loved by three bachelors, surprises the...
Movie pageBeyond the Rocks
as Captain FitzgeraldA young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome...
Movie pageThe World and Its Woman
as Prince Michael Orbeliana the ElderA Russian peasant girl rises to fame as an operatic diva. She becomes beloved of a Russian...
Movie pageI'll Tell the World
as Grand Duke FerdinandLee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the...
Movie pageEvidence
as HarbisonLord Cyril Wimborne, a barrister, divorces his wife, Myra, and takes custody of their child,...
Movie pageHollywood
as Alec B. FrancisAngela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....
Movie pageOutward Bound
as ScrubbyA group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of...
Movie pageThe Lion and the Mouse
as Judge RossJudge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him,...
Movie pageThe Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England
as The Earl Of BatesonGiles Bateson gets expelled from college for misconduct. His angry father, the Earl, sends him a...
Movie pageBeau Brummel
as MortimerGeorge Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord...
Movie pageAlias Mary Smith
as AttorneyA young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a...
Movie pageCamille
as The DukeBased on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Movie pageAlias Jimmy Valentine
as Bill AveryAfter robbing a bank, a criminal is wrongfully pardoned from prison.
Movie pageThe Heart of a Hero
as Col. KnowltonThis is a visualization of the life of patriot Nathan Hale which is based on a play by Clyde...
Movie pageSaved from the Titanic
as FatherA young woman tells her parents and fiance (in flashback) about the recent sinking of the...
Movie pageGodless Men
as Reverend Sam PoorOn board his trading schooner in the South Pacific, tough sea captain Black Pawl confronts his...
Movie pageThe Venus Model
as John BraddockA young lady designs a wonderfully received bathing suit and saves her employer from financial...
Movie pageMary of the Movies
as Alec B. Francis (uncredited)Mary's kid brother needs an operation and, in order to pay for it, Mary goes to a Hollywood...
Movie pageThe Bishop Murder Case
as Professor Bertrand DillardThe murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance...
Movie pageThe Mad Whirl
as John HerringtonA teenager with permissive parents gets too caught up in wild parties and the fast life.
Movie pageLooking Forward
as Mr. BirkenshawDepression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to...
Movie pageThe Terror
as Dr. RedmayneGuests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror".
Movie pageThank You
as David LeeYoung Kenneth Jamieson's millionaire father, fed up with his son's wild escapades, sends him to...
Movie pageEvangeline
as Father FelicianA young Acadian woman spends years searching for her lost love after the two are separated and...
Movie pageLucretia Lombard
as Judge WinshipLucretia Morgan has been married to an old man for the past seven years. The marriage is...
Movie pageLola
as Dr. BarnhelunA scientist resurrects his dead daughter, only to realize she now lacks a soul.
Movie pageLittle Church Around the Corner
as Reverend BradleyA wealthy minister in a mining town is something of an advocate for the miners' safety, but he...
Movie pagePlaymates
as The DoctorA short film about the friendship between a little girl and a stray dog.
Movie pageThe Yankee Señor
as Don FernandoA cowboy estranged from his family and unsure of his heritage becomes a hero and falls for a...
Movie pageTroublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father
as uncreditedThis is basically a two practical-joke comedy. Bunny is a businessman father and Mabel plays...
Movie pageHigh Steppers
as Father PerryamPerryam is going through a round of bad luck; he is thrown out of school and loses at love. In...
Movie pageCapital Punishment
as uncreditedThis is not a Clara Bow vehicle, and yet it is clearly the aspect/asset of Clara Bow which...
Movie pageThe Coast of Folly
as Count de TauroUnable to abide her self-righteous husband, Nadine Gathway leaves home and drops out of sight...
Movie pageThe Shepherd of the Hills
as David Howitt, The ShepherdDavid Howitt, a stranger, comes among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills and, taken in by...
Movie pageThe Tenth Woman
as Mr. BrainherdA ranch owner saves a pretty young woman from committing suicide, and later marries her. They...
Movie pageThe Bridge of Sighs
as John HarperThe spoiled, arrogant and slow-witted son of a wealthy businessman falls in love with the...
Movie pageThe Sacred Flame
as Dr. HarvesterColonel Maurice Taylor of the Royal Flying Corps is hopelessly injured in an airplane crash...
Movie pageThe Military Air-Scouts
as Commander ArthurThe story takes place three years into the future. Events represented take place in 1914 when...
Movie pageThe Forgotten Law
as Judge KirtleyMargaret Jarnette discovers that her husband Victor has been cheating on her and confronts him....
Movie pageThe Crimson Gardenia
as Mr. BannimanWastrel New York millionaire Roland Van Dam travels to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, looking...
Movie pageThe Last Hour
as Reever McCall (as Alec Francis)Steve Cline returns to the U.S. after earning his fortune in South America. He reads in the...
Movie pageThe Case of Sergeant Grischa
as General von LychowThis film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this...
Movie pageSally in Our Alley
as Sandy MackSally, a girl of the tenements, is being raised by three bachelor foster-fathers, a pawnbroker,...
Movie pageThe Face in the Dark
as Charles RidgewayJane Ridgeway, the daughter of retired Secret Service man Charles Ridgeway, has inherited her...
Movie pageThe Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds
as Gen. Philip SchuylerDuring the American Revolution, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr are both courting beautiful...
Movie pageThe Cross Bearer
as Brother JosephCardinal Mercier protects the altar of his church from desecration when German forces invade the...
Movie pageThe Gold Diggers
as James BlakeStephen Lee doesn't want his nephew Wally Sanders to marry chorus girl Violet Dayne, because he...
Movie pageThe Probation Wife
as Huntley McMertonA 1919 film directed by Sidney Franklin.
Movie pageWanted, A Mother
as Dr. ThayerNeglected by her grief-stricken father, a doctor, after the tragic death of his wife, little...
Movie pageSmilin' Through
as Dr. OwenThe story is essentially the same as the popular Jane Cowl play, with Talmadge in the dual role...
Movie pageHusband and Wife
as James WatsonWhen Doris Baker spends her husband Dick into serious debt, he embezzles funds from the bank...
Movie pageA Thief in Paradise
as Bishop SavilleYears of failure and bad luck have made Maurice Blake a beachcomber on an island in the Samoas,...
Movie pageForever After
as Mr. Wayne, Theodore's Father (as Alec Francis)A wounded captain recalls his youth, his time at college, and the woman he fell in love with.
Movie pageThe Pest
as Judge FisherNaive country girl Jigs Blodgett makes friends with Gene Giles, the nephew of a wealthy judge....
Movie pageThe Ballet Girl
as Jerry VergoeAerial dancer La Syrena, whose jealous husband kills her while she performs in midair. Her...
Movie pageThe Gilded Cage
as King ComusIn The Gilded Cage, Alice Brady plays Princess Honore, who falls in love with a handsome prince...
Movie pageThe Cinderella Man
as Romney EvansWhen Marjorie Caner returns from abroad, she is quite lonely in her millionaire father's big...
Movie pageWhen Doctors Disagree
as Dr. Harris Sr.Millie Martin falls for falsely accused Joe Turner on a train where he is masquerading as a...
Movie pageThe Mississippi Gambler
as Junius BlackburnHe was a handsome gambler, living by his wits; yet when he played for the biggest stake of his...
Movie pageThe Return of Peter Grimm
as Peter Grimm"Old Peter Grimm makes his ward Katie promise to marry his nephew Frederik [ sic ] and then...
Movie pageRose of the World
as 'Gramp' Tallifer (as Alec Francis)In India, Rosamond English learns that her husband Capt. Harry English has been killed in...
Movie pageNorth of the Rio Grande
as Father HillaireSon of Colonel Haddington, Bob leads a posse against raiders in a settlement. During his...
Movie pageOh, You Ragtime!
as The BankerThe famous pianist Tenorini has moved into the neighbourhood. He plays a song (a spring waltz...
Movie pageCaptain Applejack
as Lush, the ButlerAn ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried...
Movie pageRobin Hood
as Sheriff of NottinghamRobin Hood is a 1912 film made by Eclair Studios when it and many other early film studios in...
Movie pageTranscontinental Limited
as Jerry ReynoldsWar veteran returns home to find his sweetheart totally upset. Her father will lose his sight...
Movie pageBroadway Daddies
as John Lambert KennedyEve, a beautiful young nightclub dancer, turns down a string of wealthy and powerful suitors for...
Movie pageOutcast Lady
as TrubleA woman's dubious past proves to be a stumbling block when she becomes engaged to marry.
Movie pageCompanionate Marriage
as Judge MeredithSally Williams (Betty Bronson) marries Donald Moore (Richard Walling) and have trials and...
Movie pageVanity Fair
as Pitt CrawleyA silent short film telling the classic story of Becky Sharp.
Movie pageLord and Lady Algy
as SwepsonLord and Lady Algy separate amicably after he breaks his promise not to gamble again on the...
Movie pageA Voice in the Dark
as Joseph CramptonThe solution to a murder hinges on two witnesses: a deaf woman and a blind man.
Movie pageForget-Me-Not
as Marquis de MohrivartAdventuress Stefanie Paoli forsakes her lover, humble fisherman Gabriel Barrato, for the arms of...
Movie pageThirty a Week
as Mr. WrightAlthough she is engaged to the wealthy Freddy Ruyter, Barbara Wright prefers her father's...
Movie pageMiss Petticoats
as Worth CourtleighMiss Petticoats stops a runaway horse, saves a wealthy woman from death, is rewarded with...
Movie pageThunder Mountain
as PreacherSam Martin grows up in the Kentucky hills with a preacher as his closest friend and father...
Movie pageA Woman's Way
as General John StantonMarion Livingston, daughter of General Livingston, boss of the Elsinore coal mines, rescues Jack...
Movie pageThe End of the World
as Abner HopeJack Joyce, who worked in old Abner Hope's garage, was always dreaming of big schemes, but had...
Movie pageThe Man Who Had Everything
as Matt SillsHarry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind...
Movie pagePals First
as DominieRichard Castleman, master of Winnecrest Hall in Louisiana, goes on a sea voyage recommended by...
Movie pageThe Great Moment
as Sir Edward PelhamSir Edward Pelham, married to a Romani Russian, fears that his daughter will follow in her...
Movie pageThe Music Master
as uncreditedAmerican silent drama film about music.
Movie pageAuld Lang Syne
as ScotsmanAmong the green hills of Scotland dwelt two farmer lads, Tammas and Geordie, fast friends tried...
Movie pageWaking Up the Town
as Abner HopeJim Joyce runs a garage with old Abner Hope. When Hope's granddaughter, Mary Ellen, comes to...
Movie pageThe Street Called Straight
as Rodney TempleDirected by Wallace Worsley.
Movie pageChamber of Forgetfulness
as The HusbandA husband, thinking his wife is unfaithful to her, has a confrontational scene with her, which...
Movie pageThe Butterfly Man
as James BachelorSedgewick Blynn is determined to marry a rich woman. One night he saves a child from a fire....
Movie pageFlame of the Desert
as Sir John CarletonAn Englishman goes undercover posing as an Egyptian sheik in order to infiltrate a conspiracy to...
Movie pageOutwitted
as John Kinney (as Alec Francis)After being captured by T-Man Jack Blaisdell and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor on a...
Movie pageThe Little Snob
as Colonel BanksMay Banks (May McAvoy) is a working-class girl who gets ideas above her station in life when her...
Movie pageEarthbound
as Dr. Roger GallowayWhen Jim Rittenshaw learns that his friend Richard Desborough is having an affair with Jim's...
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