Julius Frankenburg
Julius Frankenberg was a South African-American actor and director in silent film and on the stage, as well as a playwright and inventor. He starred in films such as The [Haunted House (1913 film)|The Haunted House], Personal Magnetism and A Blowout at Santa Banana working with actors such as Harry von Meter and Louise Lovely. He also directed two silent films.
Early life and career
Born in South Africa to a German father, Julius Herbert Frankenberg, and a Dutch mother, F. Meier, Frankenberg served with distinction against the British in the Boer War; so much so that posters were placed all across the Transvaal, stating, "Capture! At all costs, dead or alive, the Little German Scout on a Big White Horse." He later escaped to Germany and, from there, emigrated to the United States, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1907.Filmography
- The Girl at the Cupola
- Betty Fools Dear Old Dad
- The Peanut Puzzle – Court Clerk
- The Miller of Burgundy – a collector
- Bread Upon the Waters
- The Lost Inheritance
- A Freight Train Drama
- The False Order
- The Understudy – Rudolph Lehar, the leader
- A Husband Won by Election
- The [Food Chopper War] – a drummer
- Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy – Joe Martin, General Bragg's telegraph operator
- Absent-Minded Mr. Boob, Mr. Boob
- Arabia Takes the Health Cure
- The Haunted House – Bob, the timorous lover
- Tobias Wants Out
- Personal Magnetism – Hiram Crabapple, hired man
- The Shriner's Daughter
- A Blowout at Santa Banana
- The Cricket on the Hearth
- Italian Love – Tony Spezotti, Angelo's cousin
- The Peacock Feather Fan
- The Sealed Package
- The Land Just Over Yonder – Hasseyampa Jim Titus, Toyiabe's Partner
- Humanizing Mr. Winsby – The Pronto Kid
- The Adventures of Pietro – Pietro
- *"Pietro the Detective"
- *"Pietro and the Black Handers"
- *"Pietro's Dream"
- ''Nine-Tenths of the Law''
Personal life and death
Frankenberg married at least twice; first in 1915 to Margareth Hampf, resulting in at least one child, a son who appeared with his father in "Pietro the Detective", the first installment of Frankenberg's 1917 serial, The Adventures of Pietro. The second marriage produced at least two children: a daughter, Irene, and a son, Richard.Frankenburg died at age 93 in Illinois in November 1964.