Frank Urson

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Biography

He was born on March 21, 1887, in Chicago, Illinois. Urson died on August 17, 1928, at age 41 from drowning in Indian Lake, Michigan.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Partial filmography

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Lobby card for Chicago (1927), the last and most notable film credited to Urson as a director

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