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Frank L. Gereghty
actor, assistant_director
- Birth name:
- Francis L. Geraghty
- Born:
- 1888-08-02, New York City, New York, USA
- Died:
- 1934-01-01, North Hollywood, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, assistant_director
Biography
A New York August morning in 1888 delivered Frank L. Gereghty to the world, and the city’s restless streets became his first playground. By the 1920s he had slipped behind the camera, orchestrating chaos as an assistant director and stepping briefly into the spotlight as an actor. Silent screens carry his fingerprints on The Isle of Retribution (1926), Her Reputation (1923), and Sisters (1930). Off-set he shared his life with Helen M., his steadfast partner. Thirty-five winters later, on New Year’s Day 1934, he drew his final breath in North Hollywood, California, closing the curtain on a life lived in the flicker of early cinema.
