Frank Tennant (10 August 1876 – 13 January 1971) was a British stage and screen actor
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Frank Tennant was born Thomas Henry Merriman in Upper Broughton
Upper Broughton or Broughton-Sulney or Over-Broughton is a village and civil parish about seven miles north west of Melton Mowbray, in the Rushcliffe district of the county of Nottinghamshire, England. In 2011 the built-up area had a population o ...
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...
. He died at age 94 in Horsmonden
Horsmonden ( ) is a village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The village is located in the Weald of Kent. It is situated on a road leading from Maidstone to Lamberhurst, three miles north of the latter place. The nearest railwa ...
, Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''The Murdoch Trial
''The Murdoch Trial'' is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Laurence Trimble and starring Florence Turner, Frank Tennant and Richard Norton.Low p.304 It was shot at Walton Studios.
Cast
* Florence Turner as Helen Story
* Frank Tennant ...
'' (1914)
* ''In the Ranks
''In the Ranks'' is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Percy Nash and starring Gregory Scott, Daisy Cordell and James Lindsay.Goble p.430
Cast
* Gregory Scott as Ned / John Drayton
* Daisy Cordell as Jocelyn Hare
* James Lindsay as ...
'' (1914)
* ''The Coal King
''The Coal King'' is a 1915 British silent drama film directed by Percy Nash and starring Douglas Cox, May Lynn and Frank Tennant. The script was based on a play by Ernest Martin and Fewlass Llewellyn.
Cast
* Douglas Cox - Sir Reginald Harfo ...
'' (1915)
* '' A Rogue's Wife'' (1915)
* ''The Romany Rye
''The Romany Rye'' is a novel by George Borrow, written in 1857 as a sequel to ''Lavengro'' (1851).
The novel
Largely thought to be at least partly autobiographical, ''The Romany Rye'' follows from ''Lavengro'' (1851). The title can be transl ...
'' (1915)
* '' The Little Minister'' (1915)
* '' Master and Man'' (1915)
* ''Flying from Justice
''Flying from Justice'' is a 1915 British silent crime film directed by Percy Nash and starring Gregory Scott, Douglas Payne and Joan Ritz.Palmer p.895
Cast
* Gregory Scott as Charles Baring
* Joan Ritz as Winnie
* Douglas Payne as John Gu ...
'' (1915)
* ''Rodney Stone
''Rodney Stone'' is a Gothic fiction, Gothic mystery and boxing novel in Scotland, novel by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1896.
The eponymous narrator is a Sussex country boy who is the son of a sailor and wishes to ...
'' (1920)
* '' Won by a Head'' (1920)
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1876 births
1933 deaths
English male stage actors
English male film actors
People from Rushcliffe (district)
English male silent film actors
19th-century English male actors
20th-century English male actors
People from Horsmonden
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