Frank Erlanger Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Frank Erlanger Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Frank Erlanger (March 25, 1882 â€" 1961), also credited as Frank A.

Erlanger or Frank Charles Erlanger was a Hungarian-American silent

film actor best known for his work with the Balboa Amusement Producing

Company.The Erlangers were a well-established Hungarian family living

in what was then Austria-Hungary. Frank's father, Ottmar, was a

colonel in the 7th Regiment of the Imperial and Royal Hussars. His

mother, Theresia de Retsky, was an actress. The family originally

resided in Budapest but relocated to Vienna before or after Frank's

birth. While Frank's family, including sister Elizabeth, remained

there, he was sent to Prague for schooling. After six years at the

Mozart Dramatic College, he joined the military, rising to the rank of

lieutenant in the 7th Hussars.Acceding to his mother's wishes, he

resigned from the military to become an actor. He joined her on the

stage for performances in several European cities, before moving to

Milan, where he received additional study in music and drama at the

Academy of Music before returning to the stage for four years in

Germany.Erlanger took an interest in the film industry, and left the

stage to spend four years with a German film company, the

Kinematographic Kunst Company. He interrupted his acting career to

travel to South America as part of a gold prospecting expedition. His

placer mining there was financially successful, earning him $60,000,

the equivalent of over $1,500,000 in present-day terms. However, he

lost that money over the next two years in unsuccessful prospecting

efforts in California and subsequently returned to film. Erlanger

worked for many of the studios of the silent film era, including

Universal, Kinemacolor, Essanay, Majestic, and the California Motion

Picture Corporation, but he received his greatest fame with the Balboa

Amusement Producing Company.
Frank Erlanger Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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