Frederick Burton

Frederick Burton
Biographical information
Born	October 20, 1871 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Died	October 23, 1957 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Career information
Years active	1914 - 1947
Character(s)	Matthew Cuthbert

Frederick Burton was an American actor, also known for his role of Matthew Cuthbert in 1919 silent film Anne of Green Gables.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
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

• Frederick Burton on Wikipedia
• Frederick Burton at the Internet Movie Database