Fred Whitman (actor) explained

Fred Whitman
Birth Date:	November 15, 1887
Birth Place:	Findlay, Ohio, U.S.
Death Date:	October 11, 1945
Occupation:	Actor

Frederick J. Whitman (November 15, 1887 – October 11, 1945) was an American actor during the silent film era.^[1]

He was born in Findlay, Ohio. His early career started in 1904 as a teenaged stage actor in stock companies located in the American south and midwest.^[2] 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.

Filmography

• The Path To Sorrow (1913)
• St. Elmo (1914),^[3] as Dent
• The Red Circle (1915)^[4]
• Should a Wife Forgive? (1915)
• The Home Breakers (1916), as Gerald Sanderson
• A Branded Soul (1917), as Neil Mathews

Notes and References

1. Book: Justice, Fred C. . Who's Who in the Film World: Being Biographies with Photographic Reproductions of Prominent Men and Women who Through Their Genius and Untiring Energy Have Contributed So Greatly Toward the Upbuilding of the Moving Picture Industry . Smith . Tom R. . 1914 . Film World Publishing Company . en. 39.
2. Book: Jura, Jean-Jacques . Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio . II . Rodney Norman Bardin . 2015-08-13 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-0901-0 . 104 . en.
3. Web site: October 4, 1914 . What Press Agents Say of Week's Theatrical Bills . 2023-05-04 . Portland Sunday Telegram . Newspapers.com.
4. Book: Motography . 1916 . 15 . 68, 779 . en . 2.