Frederick Burton was an American actor, also known for his role of Matthew Cuthbert in 1919 silent film Anne of Green Gables.
Biography[]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role |
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1914 | Forgiven; Or, The Jack of Diamonds | Willard Graham |
1918 | Ruggles of Red Gap | Egbert Floud |
Arizona | Col. Benham | |
1919 | Cheating Cheaters | George Brockton |
Getting Mary Married | Amos Bussard | |
The Career of Katherine Bush | Duke Mordryn | |
The Teeth of the Tiger | Doctor Varney | |
Anne of Green Gables | Matthew Cuthbert | |
1920 | The Fear Market | Jim Carson |
The Fortune Teller | Horatio Browning | |
Yes or No | Donald Vane | |
Heliotrope | Harry Hasdock | |
1921 | The Education of Elizabeth | Middleton |
If Women Only Knew | Donna's Father | |
Bits of Life | ||
1922 | The Man She Brought Back | Bruce Webster |
Anna Ascends | Mr. Fisk | |
Back Home and Broke | Otis Grimley | |
1923 | The Fighting Blade | Oliver Cromwell |
Broadway Broke | Augustin Daly | |
1924 | The Rejected Woman | Leyton Carter |
1925 | Back to Life | Henry Porter |
1926 | So's Your Old Man | Senator |
1927 | Running Wild | D.W. Harvey |
1930 | The Big Trail | Pa Bascom |
1931 | Sweepstakes | Pop Blake |
An American Tragedy | Samuel Griffiths | |
Freighters of Destiny | John Macey | |
Secret Service | General Randolph | |
Mata Hari | Major at Executions | |
1932 | The Woman from Monte Carlo | President |
Fireman, Save My Child | Mr. Platt | |
Alias the Doctor | President | |
The Wet Parade | Major Randolph | |
It's Tough to Be Famous | Admiral | |
Night Court | Jim Erskine | |
State's Attorney | Second Trial Judge | |
The Famous Ferguson Case | Bridges | |
Two Seconds | Judge | |
The Age of Consent | Gifford | |
Okay, America! | President | |
The Night of June 13th | Judge | |
The All-American | Mr. Neuchard | |
One Way Passage | Doctor | |
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Southern Prison Official | |
Silver Dollar | Opera House Architect | |
Too Busy to Work | Judge Hardy | |
Lawyer Man | Second Trial Judge | |
1933 | No Other Woman | Anderson |
Whistling in the Dark | Van Buren | |
Broadway Bad | Robert North, Sr | |
The Working Man | Judge Larson | |
Shanghai Madness | ||
Golden Harvest | Judge Goodhue | |
Blood Money | Marcus P. Talbart | |
King for a Night | Governor | |
Counsellor at Law | Rigby Crayfield | |
1934 | The Big Shakedown | Houston Sims |
Bedside | Superintendent | |
Three on a Honeymoon | Ship's Captain | |
Love Birds | Barbwire | |
Sadie McKee | Uncle Snowden | |
Smarty | Judge | |
One Night of Love | Howard | |
Belle of the Nineties | Colonel Claybourne | |
Flirtation Walk | Gen. Landacre | |
The Secret Bride | Judge Halliday | |
1935 | Transient Lady | Major Marshall |
McFadden's Flats | Jefferson | |
The Farmer Takes a Wife | Butterfield | |
Shipmates Forever | Fred Graves | |
One-Way Ticket | Judge | |
The Calling of Dan Matthews | James B. Strong | |
1936 | The Voice of Bugle Ann | Warden |
Wife vs. Secretary | Ned Trent | |
Everybody's Old Man | Aylesworth | |
Fury | Daniel Hopkins | |
Mummy's Boys | Professor Edwards | |
Theodora Goes Wild | Governor Wyatt | |
The Accusing Finger | Governor | |
1937 | Love Is News | J.D. Jones |
Nancy Steele Is Missing! | Superior Court Judge | |
The Man in Blue | Parke Lewis | |
The Devil Is Driving | Judge | |
The Last Gangster | Boston Editor | |
The Duke Comes Back | Arnold Corbin | |
1938 | Jezebel | First Director |
Air Devils | Conspirator | |
The Saint in New York | William Valcross | |
I Am the Law | Governor | |
Valley of the Giants | Mortimer | |
My Lucky Star | Pilsbury | |
Flight to Fame | Gen. Darrow | |
Kentucky | Bank Officer | |
1939 | Risky Business | Governor |
Silver on the Sage | Tom Hamilton | |
Confessions of a Nazi Spy | District Court Judge | |
Inside Information | Fenton | |
The Old Maid | Mr. Halsey | |
Hollywood Cavalcade | Thomas | |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Sen. Dearhorn | |
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Bishop Bannon | |
1940 | The Man from Dakota | Leader |
XXX Medico | Ship's Captain | |
Brigham Young | Mr. Webb | |
Before I Hang | Governor Prentiss | |
Third Finger, Left Hand | Mr. Thompson | |
Go West | Johnson | |
Bowery Boy | George Winters | |
1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Gov. Spaulding |
The Man Who Lost Himself | Mr. Milford | |
Washington Melodrama | Dean Lawford | |
Babes on Braodway | Mr. Morris | |
1942 | Man with Two Lives | Hobart Bennett |
A Gentleman After Dark | ||
Junior G-Men of the Air | Col. Mitchell | |
Silver Queen | Dr. Hartley | |
Tennessee Johnson | Senator | |
1944 | Hands Across the Border | Col. Ames |
Wilson | Senator | |
Casanova Brown | Rev. Dean | |
The Town Went Wild | Dr. Hendricks | |
1946 | Miss Susie Slagle's | Dr. Bowen |
1947 | The Foxes of Harrow | Creole Gentleman |
Behind the scenes[]
- Frederick was the first actor who portrayed Matthew Cuthbert.
External links[]
Actors who portrayed Matthew Cuthbert |
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Live-action actors |
Frederick Burton · O.P. Heggie · Charles Richardson · John Drainie · Paul Guèvremont · Elliott Sullivan Richard Farnsworth · Chris Jones · Regel Mozol · Martin Sheen · R.H. Thomson · Gabriel Grennan |
Voice actors |
MacDonald Parke · Alojz Kramár · Ryûji Saikachi · Franciszek Pieczka · Sean Baker · Wayne Robson · Stu Levin Jochen Schröder |
Stage actors |
Peter Mews · Douglas Chamberlain · George Merner · Terry Doyle · Hank Stinson · Don Keppy · David Hughes Michael Fletcher · Sandy Winsby · Barrie Wood · Kristian Truelsen · Tim Koetting |