A handsome, often-mustachioed silent screen villain, J. Frank Glendon (born Jonathan Frank Glendon) graduated from Montana's Wesleyan University prior to entering a stage career in the early 1910s. By 1915, he was co-starring at Vitagraph in Los Angeles and later became a member of the Lois Weber stock company (What Do Men Want?, 1921). Glendon's acting career waned in the early '20s when he co-produced and co-starred (with stuntwoman Marilyn Mills) in a couple of inexpensive Westerns: Tricks (released 1925) and Three Pals (released 1929). In 1935 he co-directed, with stunt expert Yakima Canutt, rodeo champion roper Montie Montana's failed claim to B-Western stardom, Circle of Death, but is today better remembered for playing the villainous Professor Beetson in the Gene Autry serial The Phantom Empire.
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Aces and Eights
Actor |
1936 | |||
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Border Caballero
Actor |
1936 | |||
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The Lion's Den
Actor |
1936 | |||
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The Traitor
Actor |
1936 | |||
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Circle of Death
Director |
1935 | |||
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Front Page Woman
Actor |
1935 | |||
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Justice of the Range
Actor |
1935 | |||
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The Sagebrush Troubador
Actor |
1935 | |||
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Texas Tornado
Actor |
1934 | |||
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Gun Law
Actor |
1933 | |||
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Her Splendid Folly
Actor |
1933 | |||
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The Racing Strain
Actor |
1933 | |||
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Law and Lawless
Actor |
1932 | |||
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The Cheyenne Cyclone
Actor |
1932 | |||
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The Reckless Rider
Actor |
1932 | |||
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Cross Breed
Actor |
1927 | |||
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Just Like a Woman
Actor |
1923 | |||
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Night Life in Hollywood
Actor |
1923 | |||
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South Sea Love
Actor |
1923 | |||
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The Rip-Tide
Actor |
1923 | |||
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Kissed
Actor |
1922 | |||
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A Tale of Two Worlds
Actor |
1921 | |||
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What Do Men Want?
Actor |
1921 | |||
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By the World Forgot
Actor |
1918 | |||
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The Salamander
Actor |
1915 |