Frederick J. Whitman (November 15, 1887 – October 11, 1945) was an American actor during the

silent film era A silent film is a film without synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

. He was born in

Findlay, Ohio Findlay ( ) is a city in Hancock County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The second-largest city in Northwest Ohio, Findlay lies about 40 miles (64 km) south of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. Its population was 40,313 at the 2020 United Sta ...

. His early career started in 1904 as a teenaged stage actor in

stock companies In American theater, summer stock theater is a theater that presents stage productions only in the summer. The name combines the season with the tradition of staging shows by a resident company, reusing stock scenery and costumes. Summer stock th ...

located in the

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and

midwest The Midwestern United States (also referred to as the Midwest, the Heartland or the American Midwest) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It ...

. In November 1913, Whitman joined the Balboa Feature Film Company in Long Beach, California. One of his early films was ''The Path To Sorrow'' (1913), a short silent film by director

Bertram Bracken Bertram Bracken (August 10, 1879 – November 1, 1952) was an American silent screen actor, scenarist, and director who worked on at least sixty-five films between 1910 and 1932. Biography Bertram “Bert” Bracken was born in San Antonio, Tex ...

Filmography

* '' The Path To Sorrow'' (1913) * '' St. Elmo'' (1914), as Dent * '' The Red Circle'' (1915) * ''

Should a Wife Forgive? ''Should a Wife Forgive?'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and starring Lillian Lorraine, Mabel Van Buren, and Lew Cody.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 84 Plot Cast * Lillian Lorraine as La Be ...

'' (1915) * '' The Home Breakers'' (1916), as Gerald Sanderson * ''

A Branded Soul ''A Branded Soul'' is a lost 1917 American silent drama film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Gladys Brockwell. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. Plot In an opening scene set in ancient Rome, the pagan Valerain ...

'' (1917), as Neil Mathews

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* 1887 births 1945 deaths American male silent film actors People from Findlay, Ohio 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub