
Acting
Frank Alexander
Born — Died
1879-05-24 — 1937-09-08
Place of birth
Olympia, Washington, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
Known for
5.5A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
The Wizard of Oz
1925
8.0A Ton of Fun slapstick comedy short directed by Gilbert Pratt.
Campus Romeos
1927
Fat, Fatty and Fatter are seen rescuing their old Ford from the scrap wagon that is hauling it away. And then report to work, where they have a dyspeptic boss. With the help of a monkey they manage to wreck the office.
Back Fire
1926
No synopsis available yet.
Heavy Love
1926
The Ton of Fun -- aka The Three Fatties -- go out to a Wyoming ranch, where their enormous weight is about the sum total of the jokes, as in the others in this series.
All Out
1925
4.9Larry having to go through a lot of trouble to get his girl. All from bomb baking cooks to high flying crashes.
The Suitor
1920
Film credits
1930s · 6 titles
6.0Mickey and the gang wind up in Harold Lloyd territory, when the kids work as window washers on a dangerous skyscraper.
Mickey's Thrill Hunters
1931
8.0A Mickey McGuire short comedy.
Mickey's Busy Day
1932
3.3Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight.
Catch-As Catch-Can
1931
4.2Comedy short with ZaSuPitts and Thelma Todd. After accidentally getting a policeman friend fired, the girls must come up with some way to get him re-hired or be stuck with him as an unwanted roommate.
The Bargain of the Century
1933
Gangsters kidnap the team's football coach in order to throw the game; Grady and Mickey try to win the game.
The Kick-Off!
1931
7.0A timid man undergoes a personality change, and turns the tables on the people who've bullied him.
The Shrimp
1930
1920s · 36 titles
5.5A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
The Wizard of Oz
1925
8.0A Ton of Fun slapstick comedy short directed by Gilbert Pratt.
Campus Romeos
1927
Fat, Fatty and Fatter are seen rescuing their old Ford from the scrap wagon that is hauling it away. And then report to work, where they have a dyspeptic boss. With the help of a monkey they manage to wreck the office.
Back Fire
1926
No synopsis available yet.
Heavy Love
1926
The Ton of Fun -- aka The Three Fatties -- go out to a Wyoming ranch, where their enormous weight is about the sum total of the jokes, as in the others in this series.
All Out
1925
4.9Larry having to go through a lot of trouble to get his girl. All from bomb baking cooks to high flying crashes.
The Suitor
1920
An attractive young woman on trial for murder employs her feminine wiles to charm the judge and jury.
Madame Q
1929
This is translated from a 'Cine-club' catalog Ufoleis (France) 1973-1974. The Three Fatty (A ton of fun) are salesmen in a grocery. Everyone will finish drinking the cider in the flooded cellar.
Old Tin Sides
1927
"Ton of Fun" comedy short.
How High Is Up?
1927
7.0A 'Ton of Fun' slapstick comedy from the heaviest trio Hollywood has ever produced!
Tailoring
1925
7.5A clerk is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.
The Perfect Clown
1925
6.7Larry acts as a fearless hunter who claims he is completely unfazed by small creatures like rabbits, canaries, and field mice. He remains entirely unafraid when dealing with the dozens of wives belonging to a Sultan. True panic sets in—and his bravado vanishes—when a half-dozen lions are suddenly let loose inside a conservatory, leading to signature slapstick acrobatics and frantic chase sequences.
The Sportsman
1921
Ton O' Fun comedy produced by Larry Darmour.
Standing Pat
1928
A young woman is taken to a fancy nightclub by her uncle, but is stuck with the bill when the stingy uncle gets into an argument with a waiter and leaves without paying. While working off the debt, she recommends some friends of hers as an act for the club. Her friends are hired, but their performance does not go over very well, and soon the whole club is in an uproar.
Three Of A Kind
1926
Ton of Fun out in the desert with a mule and a lady.
Honeymoon Feet
1926
9.0The three fat boys make the discovery that they are late for the barber school. There they ply their trade on various interesting customers.
You're Next
1927
4.7Well-meaning but accident-prone bakery employee Larry is involved in numerous slapstick mishaps on the job. After accidentally causing the bakery owner to fall into a vat of cake batter Larry finds his job in jeopardy, but he redeems himself by foiling a robbery planned by the bakery foreman.
The Bakery
1921
7.0CHEER UP - starring Cliff Bowes, with Virginia Vance, Eddie Boland, and Frank Alexander. Cliff vies for Virginia's affections with Eddie, but ultimately she chooses Cliff to be her groom. The newlyweds move in to their new home, but the spurned rival makes a shambles out of the house in retaliation.
Cheer Up
1924
5.6Larry going investigating an Oriental opium den. And opium is to Larry what spinach is for Popeye!
The Fly-Cop
1920
8.0An evil tailor uses a dog to tear men's clothes to boost his business. When he pulls this stunt on a Moorish Prince, a feud erupts as they both compete for the same girl. The Prince traps the tailor in a dungeon, but the tailor escapes using a magic lamp and endures wild adventures to ultimately win the girl's heart.
Aladdin
1922
A Ton of Fun slapstick comedy short directed by Albert Herman.
3 Missing Links
1927
6.7The Rent Collector is a 1921 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy.
The Rent Collector
1921
6.8A government official staying in a hotel puts some important secret papers in the hotel safe. A ring of spies out to get the papers manages to steal them from the safe, and a lady government agent enlists the help of the hotel's bumbling bellhop in getting back the papers and breaking up the spy ring.
The Bell Hop
1921
7.0A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll.
The Show
1922
Ton of Fun in a wild World War 1 slapstick comedy!
The Heavy Parade
1926
Young cowboy Cyclone Jones falls for pretty Sylvia Billings, who with her sheep-rancher father has just come to town. However, his pursuit of Sylvia runs into some roadblocks, mainly the hostility of the local cattle ranchers to "sheepmen" like her father, whose sheep they believe ravage the range and leave it unusable for their cattle to graze on and who are determined to drive the new arrivals out of town.
Cyclone Jones
1923
8.0No synopsis available yet.
The Stage Hand
1920
5.7The plot of this film really isn't that important. Instead, the sight gags and chase scenes are paramount--with some of the most impressive chase footage you'll ever see. All the near-misses with the speeding train were amazing and the scene where the car gets smashed by the truck are absolutely priceless.
The Cloudhopper
1925
5.7Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another competitor crashes into the action, who is also in love with DuPoys's daughter. DuPoys suggests that whoever wins the race will have the opportunity to visit his daughter every Wednesday night. An action-packed race commences, with one competitor doing more than usual to win the race.
Kid Speed
1924
9.5S.O.S. Perils of the Sea is a 1925 American silent film featuring Elaine Hammerstein, directed by James P. Hogan and released through Columbia Pictures.
S.O.S. Perils of the Sea
1925
5.8Young and beautiful Iva Method is spying for the police at the Dropem Inn, a sleazy club that the police suspect is a front for a bootlegging operation run by gangster Slim Chance. Chance discovers Iva's identity and kidnaps her, and the police chief sends his bumbling son Larry to rescue her.
Her Boy Friend
1924
6.8Larry in school and always gets in trouble until he falls asleep and dreams of when he's all grown up.
School Days
1920
The proprietors of a hairdressing and beauty emporium and the neighboring delicatessen battle over everything including the hairdresser's love of the deli owner's daughter.
The Dome Doctor
1925
5.4A bumbling sawmill employee tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter while staying out of the clutches of the mill's bullying foreman.
The Sawmill
1922
4.9Larry falls afoul of wanted criminal Gentleman Joe, who runs a saloon full of tough guys and gunslingers.
The Fall Guy
1921
5.8Two nutty bellhops raise havoc at a posh hotel.
Hop to It!
1925
1910s · 18 titles
5.8Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
By the Sad Sea Waves
1917
4.9A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.
A Submarine Pirate
1915
6.0A man decides to stage a fake robbery in front of his girlfriend's father (who doesn't like him), hoping it will make the father change his opinion. Unfortunately, real crooks wind up taking the money from the "robbery", and the boyfriend has to get it back.
Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs
1918
A poor man finds a bag with a lot of money resulting in a change of lifestyle. But not without complications...
From Patches to Plenty
1915
7.0Larry Semon goes out west.
Well, I'll Be
1919
7.0Larry Semon is in the kitchen preparing food for a high society musical evening.
His Home Sweet Home
1919
3.8Larry working behind the scenes at a vaudeville show and mess things up.
Between the Acts
1919
5.8Larry helps a girl escape her wedding to a fat man.
Scamps and Scandals
1919
5.1Bears and Bad Men is a 1918 silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon[1] and featuring Stan Laurel.
Bears and Bad Men
1918
6.9Larry has to fight off a bunch of crooks who are after his bag of jewels.
Passing the Buck
1919
5.0In this classic comedy, a hotelier continues to find himself in promiscuous situations involving a newlywed bride on her honeymoon much to the chagrin of his wife.
Bath Tub Perils
1916
8.5Larry Semon comedy.
Hindoos and Hazards
1918
7.3Larry's absurdly plush life of ease as a convict comes to an end when his sentence is up. Tossed out, he tries several ways, including a stickup to get back in the comfortable jail. Exchanging clothes with a lookalike escaped prisoner, he goes back, only to find he's to be hung. Now desperate to leave again, he joins other cons in a jailbreak.
The Star Boarder
1919
10.0Larry faces constant trouble between a strict farmer he works for and a local sheriff trying to chase him down for speeding. The chaotic events lead to a wild finale where the wedding party leaps over a cliff in a motor car. Larry ends up safely married to the farmer's daughter amidst the shattered debris of the crashed car.
The Simple Life
1919
The Roman setting provides ample opportunity for a very high concentration of gag titles, many of which are quite witty and many of which are quaint for deriving their humor from the juxtaposition of having ancient Romans use a lot of hip 1918-era slang. The whole thing is an excuse for a good send-up of how the Roman Empire has been depicted in "serious" plays, movies, &c.
Romans and Rascals
1918
5.0After finding a note in a floating bottle, our hero is off to resue the heroine. He runs into a tribe of cannibals.
Rainbow Island
1917
7.0The headwaiter does tricks with spaghetti that the greatest spaghetti handlers in the world never heard of. The sight makes your mouth water. Besides food, the scenes are garnished with a couple of trayfuls of beautiful girls.
The Head Waiter
1919
6.5Semon as a detective trying to deal with some roughnecks.
Dull Care
1919
