Frank Campeau (December 14, 1864 – November 5, 1943) was an American actor. He appeared in 93 films between 1911 and 1940 and made many appearances in films starring Douglas Fairbanks.
On Broadway, Campeau appeared in Rio Grande (1916), Believe Me Xantippe (1913), The Ghost Breaker (1913), and The Virginian (1904). Campeau’s screen debut came in the one-reel western film Kit Carson’s Wooing.
He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
Filmography
Jordan Is a Hard Road (1915) – Bill Minden
The Wood Nymph (1916) – David Arnold
Intolerance (1916) – Minor Role (uncredited)
The Heart of Texas Ryan (1917) – ‘Dice’ McAllister
The Man from Painted Post (1917) – ‘Bull’ Madden
Reaching for the Moon (1917) – Black Boris
A Modern Musketeer (1917) – Chin-de-dah
Headin’ South (1918) – Spanish Joe
Mr. Fix-It (1918) – Uncle Henry Burroughs
Say! Young Fellow (1918) – The Villain
Bound in Morocco (1918) – Basha El Harib – Governor of Harib
He Comes Up Smiling (1918) – John Bartlett
The Light of Western Stars (1918) – Minor Role
Arizona (1918) – Kellar
Cheating Cheaters (1919) – Steven Wilson
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919) – Crooked Sheriff
His Majesty, the American (1919) – Grand Duke Sarzeau
When the Clouds Roll by (1919) – Mark Drake
The Mollycoddle (1920) – Man at Trading Post (uncredited)
Life of the Party (1920) – Judge Voris
The Kid (1921) – Welfare Officer (uncredited)
The Killer (1921) – Henry Hooper
The Nut (1921) – Ulysses S. Grant Impersonator (uncredited)
For Those We Love (1921) – Frank
The Sin of Martha Queed (1921) – David Boyd
The Lane That Had No Turning (1922) – Tardiff
The Greater Duty (1922)
The Crimson Challenge (1922) – Basil Courtrey (uncredited)
The Trap (1922) – The Police Sergeant
Just Tony (1922) – Lew Hervey
The Yosemite Trail (1922) – Jerry Smallbones
Skin Deep (1922) – Boss McQuarg
Three Who Paid (1923) – Edward Sanderson
The Spider and the Rose (1923) – Don Fernando
Quicksands (1923) – Ring Member
The Isle of Lost Ships (1923) – Detective Jackson
Modern Matrimony (1923) – Mr. Flynn
To the Last Man (1923) – Blue
The Meanest Man in the World (1923)
North of Hudson Bay (1923) – Cameron McDonald
Hoodman Blind (1923) – Mark Lezzard
Not a Drum Was Heard (1924) – Banker Rand
Those Who Dance (1924) – ‘Slip’ Blaney
The Alaskan (1924) – Stampede Smith
Battling Bunyan (1924) – Jim Canby
Coming Through (1925) – Shackleton
The Saddle Hawk (1925) – Buck Brent
Heir-Loons (1925) – Brockton family member
Manhattan Madness (1925) – The Butler
The Man from Red Gulch (1925) – John Falloner
The Golden Cocoon (1925) – Mr. Bancroft
The Pleasure Buyers (1925) – Quintard
Sea Horses (1926) – Senor Cordoza
The Frontier Trail (1926) – Shad Donlin
3 Bad Men (1926) – ‘Spade’ Allen
No Man’s Gold (1926) – Frank Healy
Whispering Wires (1926) – Andrew Morphy
Let It Rain (1927) – Marine Major
The Heart of the Yukon (1927) – Old Skin Full
The First Auto (1927) – Mayor Sam Robbins
In Old Arizona (1928) – Man Chasing Cisco (uncredited)
The Candy Kid (1928)
Frozen River (1929) – Potter
The Gamblers (1929) – Raymond
Say It with Songs (1929) – Police Officer
Points West (1929) – McQuade
In the Headlines (1929) – Detective Robinson
Sea Fury (1929) – Boatswain
Hide-Out (1930)
Abraham Lincoln (1930) – General Sheridan
The Last of the Duanes (1930) – Luke Stevens
A Soldier’s Plaything (1930) – Joe
Lightnin’ (1930) – Sheriff Brooks (uncredited)
Captain Thunder (1930) – Hank
Fighting Caravans (1931) – Jeff Moffitt
Lasca of the Rio Grande (1931) – Jehosaphat Smith
Girl of the Rio (1932) – Bill
Smoky (1933) – ‘Scrubby’
Hop-Along Cassidy (1935) – Henchman Frisco
Call of the Wild (1935) – Sourdough on Street (uncredited)
The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) – Steve – Coach Driver (uncredited)
Everyman’s Law (1936) – Tinker Gibbs
The Border Patrolman (1936) – Capt. Stevens
Empty Saddles (1936) – Kit Kress
The Firefly (1937) – Beggar (uncredited)
Black Aces (1937) – Cowhand Ike Bowlaigs
The Painted Trail (1938) – U. S. Marshal G. Masters
Border Wolves (1938) – Surviving Wagon Driver
Marie Antoinette (1938) – Lemonade Vendor (uncredited)
King of the Sierras (1938) – Jim
Murder on the Yukon (1940) – Man in the Store (uncredited)
External Links
Actor Frank Campeau – Wikipedia
