Frank Losee | |
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 Losee in 1909 | |
| Born | June 12, 1856 Brooklyn, New York (state), USA |
| Died | November 14, 1937 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1890s - 1935 |
| Spouse | Marion Elmore |
Frank Losee (June 12, 1856 – November 14, 1937) was an American stage and screen actor. A veteran of the Broadway stage he began in silent films in 1915. [1] Often he played the father of Mary Pickford, Pauline Frederick and Marguerite Clark. [2]
Losee began as a professional actor with Hooley's Stock company, and he went on to act with several stock theater groups. [3]
Losee's Broadway credits included Present Arms (1928), For All of Us (1923), Just Outside the Door (1915), The Hawk (1914), The Deadlock (1914), The Five Frankfurters (1913), Honest Jim Blunt (1912), The Return of Eve (1909), The Rose of the Rancho (1906), Mizpah (1906), Nancy Stair (1905), When We Dead Awake (1905), Friquet (1905), Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1904), Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1903), Sky Farm (1902), Richard Carvel (1900), A Young Wife (1899), Cumberland '61 (1897), and The Law of the Land (1896). [4]
His wife was actress Marion Elmore. They were married in 1884, in Newark. [5]
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