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Alec B. Francis

Known For
Acting
Born
December 1, 1867 in London, England, UK
Died
July 6, 1934
Active Years
1920–1934 (15 Years)
Total Credits
173 credits in database
Acting Born Dec 1, 1867 Died Jul 6, 1934 London, England, UK 173 credits
173
Total Credits
1920–1934
15 Years Career Span
5
Vault Titles
9
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Alec B. Francis works in acting. Born December 1, 1867 in London, England, UK. Died July 6, 1934. Archytele tracks 173 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.

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Known for

Film

His Private Secretary

as Rev. Hall

Guilty Crown

as Mr. Brownlow

Kickin' It

as Rev. Benson

My Royal Nemesis

as Dr. Richard Gaunt

Disney Club

as Paliser Sr.

Frequent co-stars

Evalyn Knapp 1 shared title
John Wayne 1 shared title
Reginald Barlow 1 shared title
Arthur Hoyt 1 shared title
Natalie Kingston 1 shared title
Patrick Cunning 1 shared title
Al St. John 1 shared title
Hugh Kidder 1 shared title
Mickey Rentschler 1 shared title

Career timeline

The Cat's-PawI'll Tell the WorldOutcast Lady
Alice in WonderlandHis Private SecretaryLooking ForwardOliver Twist
The Last ManNo Greater LoveThe Last MileAlias Mary Smith
Mata HariStout Hearts and Willing HandsArrowsmithCaptain Applejack
Outward BoundFeet FirstThe Case of Sergeant GrischaMurder Will Out
EvidenceEvangelineThe Bishop Murder CaseThe Mississippi GamblerThe Sacred Flame
Life's MockeryThe Lion and the MouseThe TerrorThe Shepherd of the HillsBroadway Daddies
Sally in Our AlleyCamilleThe Music MasterThe Tender Hour
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp3 Bad MenThe Return of Peter GrimmHigh SteppersThe Yankee Señor
SoiledRose of the WorldThe End of the WorldCharley's AuntThe Reckless Sex
Listen LesterHalf-a-Dollar BillBeau BrummelThe Tenth WomanDo It Now
Mary of the MoviesIs Divorce a Failure?Three Wise FoolsThe Spider and the RoseLittle Church Around the Corner
North of the Rio GrandeThe Man Who Saw TomorrowSmilin' ThroughBeyond the RocksThe Forgotten Law
What's a Wife Worth?A Voice in the DarkThe Great MomentA Virginia Courtship
The Street Called StraightThe Man Who Had EverythingEarthboundGodless MenThe Butterfly Man
Day DreamsSpotlight SadieHer Code of HonorThe City of ComradesFlame of the Desert
The MarionettesThe Cross BearerThe Venus ModelThe Beautiful Mrs. ReynoldsThe Face in the Dark
A Hungry HeartThe Family HonorForget-Me-NotThe Cinderella Man
Miss PetticoatsThe Gilded CageThe Yellow PassportThe Heart of a HeroFruits of Desire
The ModelThe Arrival of PerpetuaAlias Jimmy ValentineAfter Dark
Coming HomeDutyBoyLolaSon
The Reformation of CalliopeThe Beaten PathThe Trail of the Silver Fox
PlaymatesRobin HoodSaved from the TitanicChamber of ForgetfulnessOh, You Ragtime!
Troublesome SecretariesA Reformed Santa ClausA Friendly MarriageAuld Lang SyneThe Younger Brother

Full Filmography

173 titles
  • The Cat's-Paw (1934) as Rev. Thatcher (uncredited)
  • I'll Tell the World (1934) as Grand Duke Ferdinand
  • Outcast Lady (1934) as Truble
  • Alice in Wonderland (1933) as King of Hearts
  • His Private Secretary (1933) as Rev. Hall
  • Looking Forward (1933) as Mr. Birkenshaw
  • Oliver Twist (1933) as Mr. Brownlow
  • The Last Man (1932) as Mr. Wingate
  • Advertisement
  • No Greater Love (1932) as Priest
  • The Last Mile (1932) as Father O'Connor
  • Alias Mary Smith (1932) as Attorney
  • Mata Hari (1931) as Major Caron
  • Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931) as The Heroine's Father
  • Arrowsmith (1931) as Twyford
  • Captain Applejack (1931) as Lush, the Butler
  • Outward Bound (1930) as Scrubby
  • Feet First (1930) as Mr. Carson, old-timer
  • The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930) as General von Lychow
  • Murder Will Out (1930) as Sen. Baldwin
  • Evidence (1929) as Harbison
  • Evangeline (1929) as Father Felician
  • The Bishop Murder Case (1929) as Professor Bertrand Dillard
  • The Mississippi Gambler (1929) as Junius Blackburn
  • The Sacred Flame (1929) as Dr. Harvester
  • Life's Mockery (1928) as John Fullerton
  • The Lion and the Mouse (1928) as Judge Ross
  • The Terror (1928) as Dr. Redmayne
  • The Shepherd of the Hills (1928) as David Howitt, The Shepherd
  • Broadway Daddies (1928) as John Lambert Kennedy
  • The Little Snob (1928) as Colonel Banks
  • Companionate Marriage (1928) as Judge Meredith
  • Sally in Our Alley (1927) as Sandy Mack
  • Camille (1927) as The Duke
  • The Music Master (1927) as Anton von Barwig
  • The Tender Hour (1927) as Francis Chinilly
  • Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926) as Amos Logan
  • 3 Bad Men (1926) as Rev. Benson
  • The Return of Peter Grimm (1926) as Peter Grimm
  • High Steppers (1926) as Father Perryam
  • The Yankee Señor (1926) as Don Fernando
  • Pals First (1926) as Dominie
  • Faithful Wives (1926)
  • Wandering Footsteps (1926) as Timothy Payne
  • Transcontinental Limited (1926) as Jerry Reynolds
  • Vanishing Millions (1926)
  • Forever After (1926) as Mr. Wayne, Theodore's Father (as Alec Francis)
  • Soiled (1925) as Rollo Tetheridge
  • Rose of the World (1925) as 'Gramp' Tallifer (as Alec Francis)
  • The End of the World (1925) as Abner Hope
  • Charley's Aunt (1925) as Mr. Delahay
  • The Reckless Sex (1925) as Emanuel García
  • Outwitted (1925) as John Kinney (as Alec Francis)
  • Thank You (1925) as David Lee
  • A Thief in Paradise (1925) as Bishop Saville
  • Waking Up the Town (1925) as Abner Hope
  • The Mad Whirl (1925) as John Herrington
  • The Circle (1925) as Lord Clive Cheney
  • Champion of Lost Causes (1925) as Peter Charles
  • Thunder Mountain (1925) as Preacher
  • Capital Punishment (1925)
  • The End of the World (1925) as Abner Hope
  • The Bridge of Sighs (1925) as John Harper
  • The Coast of Folly (1925) as Count de Tauro
  • Man and Maid (1925) as Burton
  • Where the Worst Begins (1925) as August Van Dorn
  • Listen Lester (1924) as Colonel Dodge
  • Half-a-Dollar Bill (1924) as Judge Norton
  • Beau Brummel (1924) as Mortimer
  • The Tenth Woman (1924) as Mr. Brainherd
  • Do It Now (1924)
  • Mary of the Movies (1923) as Alec B. Francis (uncredited)
  • Is Divorce a Failure? (1923) as Philip Wilkinson
  • Three Wise Fools (1923) as Dr. Richard Gaunt
  • The Spider and the Rose (1923) as Good Padre
  • Little Church Around the Corner (1923) as Reverend Bradley
  • Hollywood (1923) as Alec B. Francis
  • Lucretia Lombard (1923) as Judge Winship
  • A Gentleman of Leisure (1923) as Sir John Blount (as Alec Francis)
  • The Gold Diggers (1923) as James Blake
  • The Last Hour (1923) as Reever McCall (as Alec Francis)
  • The Eternal Three (1923) as Dr. Steven Browning
  • Children of Jazz (1923) as John Weston
  • North of the Rio Grande (1922) as Father Hillaire
  • The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1922) as Sir William De Vry
  • Smilin' Through (1922) as Dr. Owen
  • Beyond the Rocks (1922) as Captain Fitzgerald
  • The Forgotten Law (1922) as Judge Kirtley
  • What's a Wife Worth? (1921) as James Morrison
  • A Voice in the Dark (1921) as Joseph Crampton
  • The Great Moment (1921) as Sir Edward Pelham
  • A Virginia Courtship (1921) as Colonel Fairfax
  • The Street Called Straight (1920) as Rodney Temple
  • The Man Who Had Everything (1920) as Matt Sills
  • Earthbound (1920) as Dr. Roger Galloway
  • Godless Men (1920) as Reverend Sam Poor
  • The Butterfly Man (1920) as James Bachelor
  • The Paliser Case (1920) as Paliser Sr.
  • Day Dreams (1919) as Grandfather Burn
  • Spotlight Sadie (1919) as Reverend John Page
  • Her Code of Honor (1919) as Tom Davis
  • The City of Comrades (1919) as Andy Christian
  • Flame of the Desert (1919) as Sir John Carleton
  • The World and Its Woman (1919) as Prince Michael Orbeliana the Elder
  • Lord and Lady Algy (1919) as Swepson
  • The Crimson Gardenia (1919) as Mr. Banniman
  • The Probation Wife (1919) as Huntley McMerton
  • When Doctors Disagree (1919) as Dr. Harris Sr.
  • The Pest (1919) as Judge Fisher
  • The Marionettes (1918) as Nizerolles
  • The Cross Bearer (1918) as Brother Joseph
  • The Venus Model (1918) as John Braddock
  • The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds (1918) as Gen. Philip Schuyler
  • The Face in the Dark (1918) as Charles Ridgeway
  • Thirty a Week (1918) as Mr. Wright
  • Wanted, A Mother (1918) as Dr. Thayer
  • Leap to Fame (1918) as Judge Hendricks Trevor
  • Broken Ties (1918) as Henry Hasbrook
  • A Hungry Heart (1917) as M. Brigard
  • The Family Honor (1917) as General Jason Wayne
  • Forget-Me-Not (1917) as Marquis de Mohrivart
  • The Cinderella Man (1917) as Romney Evans
  • Miss Petticoats (1916) as Worth Courtleigh
  • The Gilded Cage (1916) as King Comus
  • The Yellow Passport (1916) as Myron Abram
  • The Heart of a Hero (1916) as Col. Knowlton
  • Fruits of Desire (1916) as Jeremiah Quimby
  • Husband and Wife (1916) as James Watson
  • A Woman's Way (1916) as General John Stanton
  • The Ballet Girl (1916) as Jerry Vergoe
  • All Man (1916) as John Maynard
  • The Model (1915) as Hugh Seymour
  • The Arrival of Perpetua (1915) as Hastings Curzon
  • Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) as Bill Avery
  • After Dark (1915) as Capt. Frank Dalton, Old Tom
  • Coming Home (1914) as Mr. Sprague, the Village Minister
  • Duty (1914) as Dr. Alexander
  • Boy (1914) as Moran
  • Lola (1914) as Dr. Barnhelun
  • Son (1914) as Mr. Horton
  • For the Mastery of the World (1914) as Mr. Grimm - Secret Service
  • The Pit (1914) as Cressler
  • The Good in the Worst of Us (1914) as Henry Morton
  • The Diamond Master (1914) as Wynne Browning
  • Wife (1914) as Mr. Price
  • The Case of Cherry Purcelle (1914) as Coke Morgan
  • Adventures in Diplomacy (1914) as Mr. Grimm - Secret Service
  • Cue and Mis-Cue (1914)
  • The Drug Traffic (1914) as Johnson - the Druggist
  • Moonlight (1914) as Paul's Father
  • Man of the Hour (1914) as George Garrison
  • The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) as The Earl Of Bateson
  • The Greatest of These (1914) as Peter, the Shoemaker
  • At the Court of Prince Make Believe (1914) as Mr. Chatterton
  • When Broadway Was a Trail (1914) as Standish Hope
  • The Reformation of Calliope (1913) as The Sheriff
  • The Beaten Path (1913) as Randolph Thorne
  • The Trail of the Silver Fox (1913) as Officer At Mountie Headquarters
  • Playmates (1912) as The Doctor
  • Robin Hood (1912) as Sheriff of Nottingham
  • Saved from the Titanic (1912) as Father
  • Chamber of Forgetfulness (1912) as The Husband
  • Oh, You Ragtime! (1912) as The Banker
  • The First Violin (1912)
  • For the Honor of the Family (1912) as Col. Lawrence
  • The Transgression of Deacon Jones (1912) as Deacon Jones
  • Troublesome Secretaries (1911)
  • A Reformed Santa Claus (1911)
  • A Friendly Marriage (1911)
  • Auld Lang Syne (1911) as Scotsman
  • The Younger Brother (1911)
  • Vanity Fair (1911) as Pitt Crawley
  • The Military Air-Scouts (1911) as Commander Arthur
  • The Impostor as Sir Anthony; Blink

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Alec B. Francis best known for?

Alec B. Francis is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including His Private Secretary (1933), Guilty Crown (2011), Kickin' It (2011), My Royal Nemesis (2026).

When and where was Alec B. Francis born?

Alec B. Francis was born on December 1, 1867 in London, England, UK. They passed away on July 6, 1934.

How many credits does Alec B. Francis have?

Alec B. Francis has accumulated over 173 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1920 to 1934.

What is Alec B. Francis's background in cinema and television?

English born Alec B. Francis (Alec Budd Francis) was, in America, a stage and film actor.

Alec B. Francis by the numbers

173credits
173films
0TV series
1911–1934active years

Age in their best-rated roles

Full filmography (173) Born on December 1 In memoriam 1934

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