Volume III: Biographies

URSON, Frank *

Actor (1912-1913)

Thanhouser Career Synopsis: Frank Urson was an actor with Thanhouser during the 1912-1913 period. It is possible that he may have been a cameraman as well.

Biographical Notes: Frank Urson was born in 1887 in Chicago. He was an actor with Thanhouser in 1912 and 1913 and appeared in various films, including Her Gallant Knights. He was among those in attendance at the Thanhouser employees' outing on September 7, 1912. The Photoplay Magazine, February 1914, reported that "Frank Urson left Thanhouser recently and went to California to be cameraman for the Majestic forces." He died by drowning on August 17, 1928, in Niles, Michigan.

Thanhouser Filmography:

1913: Her Gallant Knights (3-23-1913)

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