Frank Jonasson (December 14, 1878 – October 17, 1942) was an American film actor of the

silent era 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, wh ...

. He appeared in 75 films between 1914 and 1930. He was born in

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

, and died in Rancho Los Amigos, California.

Selected filmography

* '' Stingaree'' (1915) * ''

The Social Pirates ''The Social Pirates'' is a 1916 American silent film serial directed by James W. Horne. It starred Marin Sais, Ollie Kirkby and True Boardman. It was written by George Bronson Howard and produced by the Kalem Company.''Pictorial History of Silen ...

'' (1916) * ''

The Man from Tia Juana ''The Man from Tia Juana'' is a 1917 silent short Western film directed by James W. Horne and starring Marin Sais. It was produced by the Kalem Company and distributed through the General Film Company. Cast * Marin Sais - Madge King * Robert ...

'' (1917) * '' The Midnight Man'' (1919) * '' Riders of the Law'' (1922) * '' The Fighting Coward'' (1924) * '' The Top of the World'' (1925) * ''

The Movies ''The Movies'' is a business simulation game created by Lionhead Studios for Microsoft Windows and ported to Mac OS X by Feral Interactive. Players run a Hollywood film studio, creating films that can be exported from the game. ''The Movies'' wa ...

'' (1925) * '' Old Ironsides'' (1926) * '' Cock o' the Walk'' (1930) * '' The Big Fight'' (1930)

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* 1878 births 1942 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Salt Lake City 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1870s-stub