Franklin Ritchie (June 26, 1865 – January 26, 1918) was an American actor of the

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era. Following his film career with the American Film company, he became an automobile dealer.

Biography

Born as George Frank Ritchie on June 26, 1865 in Ritchie,

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, Franklin Edward Ritchie appeared in fifty-one films between 1913 and 1917. Ritchie died at the age of fifty-two on Friday, January 25, 1918 when a car he was driving skidded off of a mountain road and fell down an embankment near

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after the edge of the road collapsed. A passenger riding in the car of his friend, William Hamilton, Ritchie was reported to have died instantly while Hamilton was left "injured painfully but not seriously."Many Friends at Funeral of Franklin Ritchie
" Santa Barbara, California: ''The Santa Barbara Daily News'', January 28, 1918, p. 7 (subscription required).

Selected filmography

* '' Man's Enemy'' (1914) * '' Not My Sister'' (1916) * '' The Undertow'' (1916) * '' The Gentle Intruder'' (1917)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ritchie, Franklin 1865 births 1918 deaths Male actors from Pennsylvania Road incident deaths in California American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors