Francis Henry Westerton (6 April 1866 â€" 25 August 1923) was a
British stage and silent film actor of the 19th and early 20th
centuries who carved a successful career on Broadway from 1905 to
1922.Frank Westerton was born in Kensington in London in 1866, the
eldest of five sons of Adelaide née Adkinson (1843â€"1915) and Samuel
John Westerton (1840â€"1889), a Drysalters Agent. By the time of the
1881 Census the family were living in Liverpool where Westerton is
recorded as a Junior Clerk.Frank Westerton commenced his successful
stage career sometime in the late 1880s and in 1891 he was playing
opposite Ellaline Terriss in a revival of Arrah-Na-Pogue at the
Princess's Theatre in London. Also in 1891 he played Richard Hare in
East Lynne at the Royalty Theatre. In 1892 he appeared as Red Mike in
The Life We Live at the Princess's Theatre.
British stage and silent film actor of the 19th and early 20th
centuries who carved a successful career on Broadway from 1905 to
1922.Frank Westerton was born in Kensington in London in 1866, the
eldest of five sons of Adelaide née Adkinson (1843â€"1915) and Samuel
John Westerton (1840â€"1889), a Drysalters Agent. By the time of the
1881 Census the family were living in Liverpool where Westerton is
recorded as a Junior Clerk.Frank Westerton commenced his successful
stage career sometime in the late 1880s and in 1891 he was playing
opposite Ellaline Terriss in a revival of Arrah-Na-Pogue at the
Princess's Theatre in London. Also in 1891 he played Richard Hare in
East Lynne at the Royalty Theatre. In 1892 he appeared as Red Mike in
The Life We Live at the Princess's Theatre.
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