Franklin Ritchie (June 26, 1865 – January 26, 1918) was an American actor of the

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

era. Following his film career with the American Film company, he became an automobile dealer.

Biography

Born as George Frank Ritchie on June 26, 1865 in Ritchie,

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, Franklin Edward Ritchie appeared in fifty-one films between 1913 and 1917. Ritchie died at the age of fifty-two on Friday, January 25, 1918 when a car he was driving skidded off of a mountain road and fell down an embankment near

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after the edge of the road collapsed. A passenger riding in the car of his friend, William Hamilton, Ritchie was reported to have died instantly while Hamilton was left "injured painfully but not seriously."Many Friends at Funeral of Franklin Ritchie
" Santa Barbara, California: ''The Santa Barbara Daily News'', January 28, 1918, p. 7 (subscription required).

Selected filmography

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Man's Enemy ''Man's Enemy'' is a 1914 American short drama film directed by Frank Powell and starring Lillian Gish. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art. Cast * Lillian Gish * Franklin Rit ...

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Not My Sister ''Not My Sister'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Bessie Barriscale and William Desmond. It was produced by Thomas H. Ince for Kay-Bee Pictures and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation in Culver C ...

'' (1916) * ''

The Undertow ''The Undertow'' is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by Frank Thorne starring Franklin Ritchie, Helene Rosson, and Eugenie Forde. It was released by the Mutual Film Company. Cast * Franklin Ritchie as James King * Helene Ro ...

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The Gentle Intruder ''The Gentle Intruder'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by James Kirkwood and starring Mary Miles Minter. The film was Minter's sixth production with Mutual Film. It is one of approximately a dozen of Minter's films known to have ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ritchie, Franklin 1865 births 1918 deaths Male actors from Pennsylvania Road incident deaths in California American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors