Person
Frederick Burton
Acting · 1871–1957 · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senator Dearhorn (uncredited)
Love Birds
Barbwire
Fury
Daniel Hopkins (uncredited)
Jezebel
First Director (uncredited)
Wife vs. Secretary
Ned Trent (uncredited)
Go West
Johnson
Brigham Young
Mr. Webb
State's Attorney
Second Trial Judge
Transient Lady
Major Marshall
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Southern Prison Official (uncredited)
Filmography
- 1946Miss Susie Slagle'sDr. Bowen (uncredited)
- 1942Silver QueenDr. Hartley
- 1942Junior G-Men of the AirCol. Mitchell
- 1942Man With Two LivesHobart Bennett
- 1941Babes on BroadwayMr. Morris
- 1941Washington MelodramaDean Lawford
- 1940Go WestJohnson
- 1940Third Finger, Left HandMr. Thompson
- 1940Brigham YoungMr. Webb
- 1940Before I HangGovernor Prentiss
- 1940Gangs of Chicago
- 1940The Man from DakotaCampbellite Religious Leader
- 1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the PresidentBishop Bannon
- 1939Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonSenator Dearhorn (uncredited)
- 1939Hollywood CavalcadeThomas
- 1939The Old MaidMr. Halsey (uncredited)
- 1939Inside InformationPolice Commissioner Fenton
- 1939Confessions of a Nazi SpyU.S. District Court Judge
- 1939Silver on the SageTom Hamilton
- 1938KentuckyPresiding Officer
- 1938Flight to FameGeneral Darrow
- 1938The Saint in New YorkWilliam Valcross
- 1938Air DevilsConspirator
- 1938JezebelFirst Director (uncredited)
- 1937The Duke Comes BackArnold Corbin
- 1937The Man in BlueParke Lewis
- 1937Love Is NewsJ.D. Jones
- 1936The Accusing FingerThe Governor
- 1936Theodora Goes WildGovernor Wyatt
- 1936Mummy's BoysProfessor Edwards
- 1936FuryDaniel Hopkins (uncredited)
- 1936Everybody's Old ManAylesworth
- 1936Wife vs. SecretaryNed Trent (uncredited)
- 1936The Voice of Bugle AnnThe Warden
- 1935The Calling of Dan MatthewsJames B. Strong
- 1935Shipmates ForeverAdmiral Graves (uncredited)
- 1935McFadden´s FlatsJefferson
- 1935Transient LadyMajor Marshall
- 1934Flirtation WalkLandacre
- 1934One Night of LoveHoward - Impresario
- 1934SmartyJudge (uncredited)
- 1934Sadie McKeeUncle Snowden (uncredited)
- 1934Love BirdsBarbwire
- 1934BedsideHospital Superintendent
- 1933Counsellor at LawCrayfield
- 1933King for a NightGovernor
- 1933Golden HarvestJudge Goodhue
- 1933The Working ManJudge Larson
- 1933Broadway BadRobert North Sr.
- 1933Whistling in the DarkMr. Van Buren (uncredited)
- 1933No Other WomanAnderson
- 1932Lawyer ManSecond Trial Judge (uncredited)
- 1932Too Busy to WorkJudge Hardy
- 1932I Am a Fugitive from a Chain GangSouthern Prison Official (uncredited)
- 1932One Way PassageThe Doctor
- 1932The All-AmericanMr. Neuchard
- 1932The Night of June 13Judge (uncredited)
- 1932Okay, America!The President (uncredited)
- 1932Two SecondsJudge
- 1932State's AttorneySecond Trial Judge
- 1932The Wet ParadeMajor Randolph
- 1932Fireman, Save My ChildMr. Platt
- 1932The Woman from Monte CarloPresident of Courtmartial
- 1931Secret ServiceGen. Randolph
- 1931Freighters of DestinyJohn Macey
- 1931An American TragedySamuel Griffiths
- 1931SweepstakesPop Blake
- 1930The Big TrailPa Bascom
- 1927Running WildD.W. Harvey
- 1924The Rejected WomanLeyton Carter
- 1923Broadway BrokeAugustin Daly
- 1923The Fighting BladeOliver Cromwell
- 1922Back Home and BrokeOtis Grimley
- 1922Anna AscendsMr. Fisk
- 1921If Women Only KnewDr. John Strong
- 1921The Education of ElizabethMiddleton
- 1920HeliotropeHeliotrope Harry Hasdock (as Fred Burton)
- 1920Yes or NoDonald Vane
- 1920The Fear MarketJim Carson
- 1919Anne of Green GablesMatthew Cuthbert
- 1919The Teeth of the TigerDoctor Varney
- 1919The Career of Katherine BushDuke Mordryn
- 1919Getting Mary MarriedAmos Bussard
- 1919Cheating CheatersGeorge Brockton
- 1918ArizonaCol. Benham
- 1918Ruggles of Red GapCousin Egbert Floud
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