---
name: "Frederick A. Turner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/f-a-turner"
fi1m_id: "f-a-turner"
imdb_id: "nm0877548"
tmdb_id: 29951
wikidata_id: "Q3086965"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 October 1858"
died: "13 February 1923"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T23:27:32.393934+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."
---

# Frederick A. Turner

## Identity

Frederick A. Turner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/f-a-turner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** f-a-turner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0877548
- **TMDB ID:** 29951
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3086965
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._A._Turner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3086965, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877548/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29951

Actor. Born 10 October 1858 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 13 February 1923.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 October 1858, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 13 February 1923
- **Also known as:** F.A. Turner, Frank Turner, Fred A. Turner, Fred Turner, J.A. Turner
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._A._Turner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3086965, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877548/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29951

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages*](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md) (83)

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## Biography

Frederick A. Turner, also credited as F. A. Turner, Fred Turner or Frank Turner, was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in approximately 68 films between 1914 and 1922, often in supporting roles.

Born on 12 October 1858 in New York City, he began his screen career with short films and features such as *The Escape* (1914). He is noted for his performance as the girl's father in the modern story of D. W. Griffith's *Intolerance* (1916). Other credits include *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm* (1917) and *The Jack-Knife Man* (1920). He died on 13 February 1923.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), Fi1m 83, as The Girl's Father (Modern Story) — [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Through a Glass Window* (1922), as Matt Clancy
- *Tropical Love* (1921), as The Seeker
- *The Witching Hour* (1921), as Lew Ellinger
- *The Furnace* (1920), as Albert Vallance
- *Eyes of the Heart* (1920), as Dr. Dewey
- *The Jack-Knife Man* (1920), as Peter Lane
- *Terror Island* (1920), as Mr. West
- *Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie* (1919), Actor
- *The Miracle Man* (1919), as Mr. Higgins
- *As the Sun Went Down* (1919), as Gerald Morton
- *The Heart of Wetona* (1919), as Pastor David Wells (as Fred Turner)
- *Peg o' My Heart* (1919), Actor
- *She Hired a Husband* (1918), as Colonel Dunstan
- *The Velvet Hand* (1918), as Russo Russelli (as Fred Turner)
- *Playthings* (1918), as Jim Carter
- *Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp* (1917), as Mustapha, the Tailor
- *Madame Bo-Peep* (1917), as Colonel Beaupree
- *Her Official Fathers* (1917), as John Webster
- *A Love Sublime* (1917), as The Professor (as Fred A. Turner)
- *A Girl of the Timber Claims* (1917), as Jess's Father
- *The Little Yank* (1917), as Wilson Carver
- *The Children of the Feud* (1916), as Judge Lee Cavanagh
- *The Microscope Mystery* (1916), as Ira Dayton
- *Atta Boy's Last Race* (1916), as Phil Strong
- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), as The Girl's Father (Modern Story) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)
- *The Devil's Needle* (1916), as Marshall Devon
- *Susan Rocks the Boat* (1916), as Jasper Thornton
- *Little Meena's Romance* (1916), as Meena's Uncle
- *Her Mother's Daughter* (1915), as Marie's Grandfather
- *The Burned Hand* (1915), Actor
- *Out of Bondage* (1915), as Jim McRae - Mary's Father
- *A Man and His Mate* (1915), Actor
- *The Lost House* (1915), as Dosia's Uncle
- *The Better Way* (1914), as Sunbeam's Father
- *The Niggard* (1914), as J. Henry Taylor
- *A Flight for a Fortune* (1914), as James Morrison
- *The Tavern of Tragedy* (1914), as Bell - the Innkeeper
- *The Sheriff's Prisoner* (1914), as Scott
- *Their First Acquaintance* (1914), as Charles Talbot
- *A Pair of Cuffs* (1914), Actor
- *Home, Sweet Home* (1914), Actor
- *The Life of General Villa* (1914), as American girl's father
- *The Quicksands* (1914), Actor
- *The Hunchback* (1914), as A Hunchback Peddler

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