--- name: "Alec B. Francis" canonical: "https://film.one/person/alec-b-francis" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 December 1867" died: "6 July 1934" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T21:54:40.685440+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Alec B. Francis Actor. Born 1 December 1867 in London, England, UK. Died 6 July 1934. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 December 1867, London, England, UK - **Died:** 6 July 1934 - **Also known as:** Alex Franks, Alex Francis, Alexander Francis, Alex B. Francis, Alec Francis, Alec Frances - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_B._Francis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2068010, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290066/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145838 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Arrowsmith*](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md) (70) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Alec B. Francis (also credited as Alec Francis, Alex B. Francis and similar variations) was an English actor who worked primarily in the United States. Born in London in December 1867, he appeared in more than 240 films between 1911 and 1934, largely during the silent era, and also directed two short films. He had a stage career before entering films, including tours with British companies that took him to India, South Africa and the United States. Francis is known for supporting roles such as Rev. Benson in *3 Bad Men* (1926), Major Caron in *Mata Hari* (1931), the King of Hearts in *Alice in Wonderland* (1933) and Twyford in *Arrowsmith* (1931). He died in Hollywood, California, on 6 July 1934. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Arrowsmith* (1931), Fi1m 70, as Twyford — [page](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md) ## Complete filmography (171) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Outcast Lady* (1934), as Truble - *I'll Tell the World* (1934), as Grand Duke Ferdinand - *Alice in Wonderland* (1933), as King of Hearts - *His Private Secretary* (1933), as Rev. Hall - *Looking Forward* (1933), as Mr. Birkenshaw - *Oliver Twist* (1933), as Mr. Brownlow - *The Last Man* (1932), as Mr. Wingate - *The Last Mile* (1932), as Father O'Connor - *Alias Mary Smith* (1932), as Attorney - *No Greater Love* (1932), as Priest - *Mata Hari* (1931), as Major Caron - *Arrowsmith* (1931), as Twyford — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md) - *Stout Hearts and Willing Hands* (1931), as The Heroine's Father - *Captain Applejack* (1931), as Lush, the Butler - *Feet First* (1930), as Mr. Carson, old-timer - *Outward Bound* (1930), as Scrubby - *Murder Will Out* (1930), as Sen. Baldwin - *The Case of Sergeant Grischa* (1930), as General von Lychow - *The Bishop Murder Case* (1929), as Professor Bertrand Dillard - *Evidence* (1929), as Harbison - *The Sacred Flame* (1929), as Dr. Harvester - *The Mississippi Gambler* (1929), as Junius Blackburn - *Evangeline* (1929), as Father Felician - *Companionate Marriage* (1928), as Judge Meredith - *The Terror* (1928), as Dr. Redmayne - *Life's Mockery* (1928), as John Fullerton - *The Lion and the Mouse* (1928), as Judge Ross - *Broadway Daddies* (1928), as John Lambert Kennedy - *The Little Snob* (1928), as Colonel Banks - *The Shepherd of the Hills* (1928), as David Howitt, The Shepherd - *Camille* (1927), as The Duke - *Sally in Our Alley* (1927), as Sandy Mack - *The Tender Hour* (1927), as Francis Chinilly - *The Music Master* (1927), as Anton von Barwig - *The Return of Peter Grimm* (1926), as Peter Grimm - *Faithful Wives* (1926), Actor - *Forever After* (1926), as Mr. Wayne, Theodore's Father (as Alec Francis) - *3 Bad Men* (1926), as Rev. Benson - *Pals First* (1926), as Dominie - *Wandering Footsteps* (1926), as Timothy Payne - *Tramp, Tramp, Tramp* (1926), as Amos Logan - *High Steppers* (1926), as Father Perryam - *Transcontinental Limited* (1926), as Jerry Reynolds - *Vanishing Millions* (1926), Actor - *The Yankee Señor* (1926), as Don Fernando - *Rose of the World* (1925), as 'Gramp' Tallifer (as Alec Francis) - *Soiled* (1925), as Rollo Tetheridge - *Where the Worst Begins* (1925), as August Van Dorn - *Thunder Mountain* (1925), as Preacher - *Thank You* (1925), as David Lee - *The Circle* (1925), as Lord Clive Cheney - *The Coast of Folly* (1925), as Count de Tauro - *A Thief in Paradise* (1925), as Bishop Saville - *Man and Maid* (1925), as Burton - *The End of the World* (1925), as Abner Hope - *The End of the World* (1925), as Abner Hope - *Waking Up the Town* (1925), as Abner Hope - *The Mad Whirl* (1925), as John Herrington - *Charley's Aunt* (1925), as Mr. Delahay - *The Reckless Sex* (1925), as Emanuel García - *Champion of Lost Causes* (1925), as Peter Charles - *Capital Punishment* (1925), Actor - *The Bridge of Sighs* (1925), as John Harper - *Outwitted* (1925), as John Kinney (as Alec Francis) - *The Tenth Woman* (1924), as Mr. Brainherd - *Listen Lester* (1924), as Colonel Dodge - *Beau Brummel* (1924), as Mortimer - *Do It Now* (1924), Actor - *Half-a-Dollar Bill* (1924), as Judge Norton - *Lucretia Lombard* (1923), as Judge Winship - *The Gold Diggers* (1923), as James Blake - *The Eternal Three* (1923), as Dr. Steven Browning - *Hollywood* (1923), as Alec B. Francis - *Three Wise Fools* (1923), as Dr. Richard Gaunt - *A Gentleman of Leisure* (1923), as Sir John Blount (as Alec Francis) - *Children of Jazz* (1923), as John Weston - *Mary of the Movies* (1923), as Alec B. Francis (uncredited) - *Is Divorce a Failure?* (1923), as Philip Wilkinson - *Little Church Around the Corner* (1923), as Reverend Bradley - *The Spider and the Rose* (1923), as Good Padre - *The Last Hour* (1923), as Reever McCall (as Alec Francis) - *The Forgotten Law* (1922), as Judge Kirtley - *The Man Who Saw Tomorrow* (1922), as Sir William De Vry - *North of the Rio Grande* (1922), as Father Hillaire - *Beyond the Rocks* (1922), as Captain Fitzgerald - *Smilin' Through* (1922), as Dr. Owen - *A Virginia Courtship* (1921), as Colonel Fairfax - *The Great Moment* (1921), as Sir Edward Pelham - *A Voice in the Dark* (1921), as Joseph Crampton - *What's a Wife Worth?* (1921), as James Morrison - *Godless Men* (1920), as Reverend Sam Poor - *The Man Who Had Everything* (1920), as Matt Sills - *Earthbound* (1920), as Dr. Roger Galloway - *The Butterfly Man* (1920), as James Bachelor - *The Paliser Case* (1920), as Paliser Sr. - *The Street Called Straight* (1920), as Rodney Temple - *Flame of the Desert* (1919), as Sir John Carleton - *The World and Its Woman* (1919), as Prince Michael Orbeliana the Elder - *Lord and Lady Algy* (1919), as Swepson - *The City of Comrades* (1919), as Andy Christian - *The Crimson Gardenia* (1919), as Mr. Banniman - *When Doctors Disagree* (1919), as Dr. Harris Sr. - *The Probation Wife* (1919), as Huntley McMerton - *The Pest* (1919), as Judge Fisher - *Her Code of Honor* (1919), as Tom Davis - *Spotlight Sadie* (1919), as Reverend John Page - *Day Dreams* (1919), as Grandfather Burn - *Thirty a Week* (1918), as Mr. Wright - *The Venus Model* (1918), as John Braddock - *Leap to Fame* (1918), as Judge Hendricks Trevor - *The Face in the Dark* (1918), as Charles Ridgeway - *The Cross Bearer* (1918), as Brother Joseph - *Wanted, A Mother* (1918), as Dr. Thayer - *Broken Ties* (1918), as Henry Hasbrook - *The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds* (1918), as Gen. Philip Schuyler - *The Marionettes* (1918), as Nizerolles - *The Cinderella Man* (1917), as Romney Evans - *Forget-Me-Not* (1917), as Marquis de Mohrivart - *The Family Honor* (1917), as General Jason Wayne - *A Hungry Heart* (1917), as M. Brigard - *All Man* (1916), as John Maynard - *The Heart of a Hero* (1916), as Col. Knowlton - *The Gilded Cage* (1916), as King Comus - *Husband and Wife* (1916), as James Watson - *A Woman's Way* (1916), as General John Stanton - *Miss Petticoats* (1916), as Worth Courtleigh - *The Yellow Passport* (1916), as Myron Abram - *Fruits of Desire* (1916), as Jeremiah Quimby - *The Ballet Girl* (1916), as Jerry Vergoe - *After Dark* (1915), as Capt. Frank Dalton, Old Tom - *The Model* (1915), as Hugh Seymour - *The Arrival of Perpetua* (1915), as Hastings Curzon - *Alias Jimmy Valentine* (1915), as Bill Avery - *The Pit* (1914), as Cressler - *For the Mastery of the World* (1914), as Mr. Grimm - Secret Service - *Lola* (1914), as Dr. Barnhelun - *The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England* (1914), as The Earl Of Bateson - *When Broadway Was a Trail* (1914), as Standish Hope - *Man of the Hour* (1914), as George Garrison - *Son* (1914), as Mr. Horton - *Adventures in Diplomacy* (1914), as Mr. Grimm - Secret Service - *Boy* (1914), as Moran - *Moonlight* (1914), as Paul's Father - *Duty* (1914), as Dr. Alexander - *The Greatest of These* (1914), as Peter, the Shoemaker - *Wife* (1914), as Mr. Price - *The Drug Traffic* (1914), as Johnson - the Druggist - *At the Court of Prince Make Believe* (1914), as Mr. Chatterton - *The Diamond Master* (1914), as Wynne Browning - *The Good in the Worst of Us* (1914), as Henry Morton - *Coming Home* (1914), as Mr. Sprague, the Village Minister - *The Case of Cherry Purcelle* (1914), as Coke Morgan - *Cue and Mis-Cue* (1914), Actor - *The Beaten Path* (1913), as Randolph Thorne - *The Trail of the Silver Fox* (1913), as Officer At Mountie Headquarters - *The Transgression of Deacon Jones* (1912), as Deacon Jones - *Robin Hood* (1912), as Sheriff of Nottingham - *Chamber of Forgetfulness* (1912), as The Husband - *Saved from the Titanic* (1912), as Father - *Oh, You Ragtime!* (1912), as The Banker - *Playmates* (1912), as The Doctor - *The First Violin* (1912), Actor - *For the Honor of the Family* (1912), as Col. Lawrence - *The Younger Brother* (1911), Actor - *A Reformed Santa Claus* (1911), Actor - *The Military Air-Scouts* (1911), as Commander Arthur - *Auld Lang Syne* (1911), as Scotsman - *A Friendly Marriage* (1911), Actor - *Troublesome Secretaries* (1911), Actor - *Vanity Fair* (1911), as Pitt Crawley - *The Impostor*, as Sir Anthony; Blink ## Gallery - ![Alec B. Francis](https://film.one/media/person/1225378/gallery-ffc4f0dc9a6f.jpg) Alec B. Francis — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Alex_Francis.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Dorothy Gibson in Saved from the Titanic (1912). Alec B. Francis plays "Father" (left), Dorothy plays herself (centre) and John G. Adolfi plays Ensign Jack (rig](https://film.one/media/person/1225378/gallery-b9d35a01ac02.jpg) Dorothy Gibson in Saved from the Titanic (1912). Alec B. Francis plays "Father" (left), Dorothy plays herself (centre) and John G. Adolfi plays Ensign Jack (rig — Éclair Film Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Saved_from_the_Titanic.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Silent film actor Alec B. Francis. Subjects: actors (1924)](https://film.one/media/person/1225378/gallery-941901e2eddd.jpg) Silent film actor Alec B. Francis. Subjects: actors (1924) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Silent_film_actor_Alec_B_Francis_%28SAYRE_622%29.jpg/1280px-Silent_film_actor_Alec_B_Francis_%28SAYRE_622%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![A scene from the American mystery film The Face in the Dark (1918). Clemmer Movie Cut April 21, 1918. Includes Mae Marsh. Subjects: motion pictures, actresses](https://film.one/media/person/1225378/gallery-77d8501992c7.jpg) A scene from the American mystery film The Face in the Dark (1918). Clemmer Movie Cut April 21, 1918. Includes Mae Marsh. Subjects: motion pictures, actresses — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/A_scene_from_%22The_Face_in_the_Dark%22_Clemmer_Movie_Cut_April_21_%28SAYRE_13485%29.jpg/1280px-A_scene_from_%22The_Face_in_the_Dark%22_Clemmer_Movie_Cut_April_21_%28SAYRE_13485%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Alec B. Francis](https://film.one/media/person/1225378/gallery-00a69aeb46ee.jpg) Alec B. Francis — Image via TMDB - ![Still from the American drama film Godless Men (1920) with Alec B. Francis and Helene Chadwick, on page 88 of the December 11, 1920 Exhibitors Herald.](https://film.one/media/person/1225378/gallery-f5726749477b.jpg) Still from the American drama film Godless Men (1920) with Alec B. Francis and Helene Chadwick, on page 88 of the December 11, 1920 Exhibitors Herald. — Reginald Barker Productions / Goldwyn Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Godless_Men_%281920%29_-_5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Lobby card for the American fantasy film The Return of Peter Grimm (1926).](https://film.one/media/person/1225378/gallery-9f6d92302e7d.jpg) Lobby card for the American fantasy film The Return of Peter Grimm (1926). — Fox Film Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Return_of_Peter_Grimm_lobby_card.jpg/1280px-Return_of_Peter_Grimm_lobby_card.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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