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Frank Lanning

Actor

Frank Lanning

Born August 13, 1872 in Marion, Iowa, USADied June 17, 194555 films

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The Unknown posterFirst watchThe Unknown19277.5as CostraOn the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder—a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really has concealed to hide his identity.View film

Essential films

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The Kid Brother poster6.9The Kid Brother1927

Filmography

55 films as actor
  1. 1932Trapped in Tia JuanaThe Yaqui Bandit
  2. 1931The Lightning WarriorIndian George / Jim (ch 1)
  3. 1930The Phantom of the WestFrancisco Cortez
  4. 1930Rough RomancePop Nichols
  5. 1930Mountain JusticeTownsman (uncredited)
  6. 1930Temple TowerThe Nightingale
  7. 1930The Lone DefenderBurke
  8. 1929Tarzan the TigerWitch Doctor
  9. 1928Ships of the NightMoja
  10. 1927Black JackKentuck
  11. 1927The UnknownCostra
  12. 1927The Kid BrotherSam Hooper
  13. 1927The Two FisterThe Indian (uncredited)
  14. 1925The Ace of SpadesFrancois Bonaparte
  15. 1925The Red RiderMedicine Man
  16. 1925The Fighting RangerKomi
  17. 1924Ten Scars Make a ManAztinca
  18. 1923The Bad ManIndian Cook
  19. 1923DriftingChang Wang
  20. 1923The Remittance WomanTsang Tse
  21. 1922East Is WestHop Toy
  22. 1922The StormManteeka
  23. 1922Out of the Silent NorthJean Cour
  24. 1922Step on It!Pidge Walters
  25. 1921Cameron of the Royal MountedLittle Thunder
  26. 1921That Girl MontanaJim Harris
  27. 1920The Adventures of Daredevil JackMacManus, the Indian
  28. 1920The Third WomanTonnawanna
  29. 1920Huckleberry FinnHuck's Father
  30. 1919Haunting ShadowsMorgan
  31. 1919The Prince and BettyThe Shepherd
  32. 1919Fighting CressyOld Man Harrison
  33. 1919Desert GoldPapago Indian Son
  34. 1919The Blue BandannaBen Cowan
  35. 1919A Sage Brush HamletTwo-Gun Dan
  36. 1919Bare-Fisted GallagherAliso Pete
  37. 1919The Mints of HellManny
  38. 1919Whitewashed WallsGuard
  39. 1918The Goddess of Lost LakeEagle
  40. 1918The CravingCommander at War
  41. 1918Huck and TomInjun Joe
  42. 1917North of Fifty-ThreeNig Geroux
  43. 1917The Squaw Man's SonAppah
  44. 1917A Kentucky CinderellaFrank Long
  45. 1916The Victoria CrossCassim
  46. 1916The Three GodfathersBill Kearny
  47. 1916John Needham's DoubleCruet
  48. 1915The Spanish JadeTormillo
  49. 1915Buckshot JohnBad Jake Kennedy
  50. 1914The OublietteOliver Le Dain
  51. 1914The Severed Hand
  52. 1911Slim Jim's Last ChanceMan in Prison Office
  53. 1911The Hero Track WalkerPinto Joe
  54. 1910The Lad from Old IrelandMan in Campaign Office
  55. 1910The Navajo's Bride