Frank Wilson (director)

Frank Wilson
Born	(1873-03-03)3 March 1873 Norfolk, England United Kingdom
Died	31 October 1952(1952-10-31) (aged 79)
Occupations	Film director, actor, screenwriter
Years active	1907–1926 (film)

Frank Wilson (3 March 1873 – 31 October 1952), was a British actor, writer and film director. Wilson was a prolific director during the silent era, shooting well over 200 shorts and feature films. He worked at the pioneering Hepworth Pictures in Walton Studios and later at Broadwest of Walthamstow Studios.

Selected filmography

Director

• The Jewel Thieves Outwitted (1913)
• The Vicar of Wakefield (1913)
• A Cigarette-Maker's Romance (1913)
• The Heart of Midlothian (1914)
• Justice (1914)
• Her Boy (1915)
• The Nightbirds of London (1915)
• The White Boys (1916)
• The Grand Babylon Hotel (1916)
• A Bunch of Violets (1916)
• A Gamble for Love (1917)
• The Man Behind 'The Times' (1917)
• Her Marriage Lines (1917)
• A Grain of Sand (1917)
• The Woman Wins (1918)
• The Soul of Guilda Lois (1919)
• The Irresistible Flapper (1919)
• With All Her Heart (1920)

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. The History of the British Film 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

• Frank Wilson at IMDb