Frederick Burton
Popularity:0.181
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1871-10-20
Place of Birth:Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Also Known As:Frederick Wishard Burton, Fred Burton

One Night of Love (1934)
Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless...

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really...

Two Seconds (1932)
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in...

Cheating Cheaters (1919)
Two gangs of crooks, living side-by-side, each mistake the other for a wealthy household and each plot to rob the other.

One Way Passage (1932)
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's...

The Education of Elizabeth (1921)
Billie Burke, the real-life wife of Flo Ziegfeld, plays Ziegfeld Follies dancer Elizabeth Banks who falls for a wealthy young man. His parents are...

The Big Trail (1930)
Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth...

Broadway Broke (1923)
Nellie Wayne, a retired Broadway actress, has a small dog named "Chum", who is part of a vaudeville act and is the sole support of the family.

The Man from Dakota (1940)
A frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.

Washington Melodrama (1941)
An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself...

The Saint in New York (1938)
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through...

Flirtation Walk (1934)
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years...

The Working Man (1933)
A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected...

Inside Information (1939)
A rookie cop and his girlfriend's uncle, a police captain, disagree on the methods that should be used to catch criminals.

Bedside (1934)
Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses.

The Wet Parade (1932)
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton...

Ruggles of Red Gap (1918)
Harry Leon Wilson has written nothing more diverting than this story of the irreproachable English valet who is lost in a poker game to a...

The Duke Comes Back (1937)
After winning the heavyweight championship, boxer Duke Foster (Allan Lane) quits the ring to marry socialite Susan Corbin (Heather Angel). When his...

Sweepstakes (1931)
A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.

No Other Woman (1933)
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.

Secret Service (1931)
In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.

The Rejected Woman (1924)
Diane Duprez falls in love with Leslie in the snows of a Canadian village. And when they are trapped by a blizzard, her father thinks wrong of her...

The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932)
On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is no shore leave, although wives are permitted to...

Air Devils (1938)
Two daredevil pilots go after the same girl.

Counsellor at Law (1933)
A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.

Gangs of Chicago (1940)
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.

Broadway Bad (1933)
Showgirl Tony Landers, supported by her friend Flip Daly, fights for the custody of her son during a divorce hearing.

State's Attorney (1932)
Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster...

Freighters of Destiny (1931)
A young man seeks vengeance on the outlaws who killed his father.

If Women Only Knew (1921)
Remotely derived from Balzac, the plot centers on Maurice Travers, who, through the self-sacrificing efforts of his mother, is able to attend...

Too Busy to Work (1932)
A hobo searches the countryside for the daughter he lost when his wife left him...

Arizona (1918)
A lost film. An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not love her, so she contrives to marry his commanding...

Whistling in the Dark (1933)
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder.

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for...

Transient Lady (1935)
A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.

Mummy's Boys (1936)
Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology expedition, getting mixed up with jewel thieves and an ancient...

King for a Night (1933)
A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.

Silver on the Sage (1939)
Hoppy goes undercover as a gambler from the East when Bar 20 cattle are stolen by unknown rustlers. Brennan/Talbot are twin brothers (one a casino...

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

The Old Maid (1939)
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new...

The Teeth of the Tiger (1919)
Living quietly under the assumed name Paul Sernine, reformed gentleman crook Arsene Lupin is summoned to protect his invalid, wealthy friend Henry...

Kentucky (1938)
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with...

Fury (1936)
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is...

McFadden´s Flats (1935)
Dan McFadden builds an apartment house in a working-class neighborhood on New York's East Side called "McFadden's Flats." At the same time, Dan and...

Anna Ascends (1922)
While working in Siad Coury’s coffeehouse in a Syrian neighborhood of New York City, Syrian immigrant Anna Ayyob falls in love with reporter,...

Man With Two Lives (1942)
A man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the...

Fireman, Save My Child (1932)
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for...

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when...

Brigham Young (1940)
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to...

Go West (1940)
Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and...

Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)
A group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy.

Love Is News (1937)
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are...

Getting Mary Married (1919)
Early feature from American cinema pioneer Allan Dwan, starring Marion Davies

Jezebel (1938)
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

Before I Hang (1940)
Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn,...

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when...

The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935)
Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters), the daughter of James B. Strong ('FRederick Burton'),...

Silver Queen (1942)
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.

Yes or No (1920)
Two wives, one rich, one poor, each find themselves tempted by romantic seducers, and each faces the dilemma of remaining true to the husband who...

Golden Harvest (1933)
A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat...

Running Wild (1927)
Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering. He enters a contract with a...

The Fighting Blade (1923)
In the war-like times of Oliver Cromwell, in and around 'olde Oxford towne', Dutchman Karl Van Kerstenbrook, Dutch soldier-of-fortune and...

The Fear Market (1920)
A woman struggles to overcome a cabal of blackmailers, but learns that the boss of the blackmailers is none other than her own father. A lost film.

The Night of June 13 (1932)
Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that...

Shipmates Forever (1935)
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no...

Love Birds (1934)
ZaSu Pitts and Slim Summerville meet when both are sold deeds to an abandoned ranch in the California desert. Their lonely lives become much more...

The Accusing Finger (1936)
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and...

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead...

The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of a neighbor who has killed the farmer's foxhound.

Babes on Broadway (1941)
Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up...

Flight to Fame (1938)
An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.

Heliotrope (1920)
A prison inmate obtains his release from prison in order to rescue his daughter from the clutches of her unscrupulous mother's plot to implicate the...

An American Tragedy (1931)
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

Okay, America! (1932)
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.

Anne of Green Gables (1919)
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is taken into the lives of a generous farmer and his sister. She grows from an adventuresome young lass into a charming and...

The All-American (1932)
The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.

Smarty (1934)
Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and clips...

Sadie McKee (1934)
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.

Everybody's Old Man (1936)
An elderly businessman thinking about aging and death takes time off to help teach a dead friend's children about life and business.