- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFrançois Cellier
- Height1.78 m
- Born Francois Cellier, he was the son of a conductor by the same name. On stage from 1903, Frank was a classically-trained actor who acted in both Shakespearean and modern plays. According to contemporary reviews, he essayed a particularly noteworthy Macbeth in 1923. He was also fond of playing Hamlet and Shylock. He toured extensively (Europe, South Africa from 1915-19, America, West Indies etc.) and latterly turned to directing at London's West End. In films, he was more often than not seen as menacing or unsympathetic characters in melodramas or murder mysteries, at his most effective in The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) and New York Express (1937).- IMDb mini biography by: I.S.Mowis
- SpousesPhyllis Shannaw(1925 - 1948) (his death, 1 child)Florence Nellie Glossop-Harris(1910 - 1925) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- Father of actress Antoinette Cellier and actor Peter Cellier.
- His wife Florence was the daughter of Augustus Harris.
- Son of François Cellier a conductor and composer (b. 1848, d. 1914).
- Wife Florence Glossop-Harris was an actress.
- Father François Cellier was a conductor and composer.
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