Frank Urson

Frank John Urson (March 21, 1887 – August 17, 1928) was an American silent film director and cinematographer from Chicago, Illinois.

Originally a photographer, he moved on to cinematography and film directing for the Thanhouser Company in New Rochelle, New York.

He is also credited with acting in one film, Her Gallant Knights, which starred William Garwood in 1913.

Urson died on August 17, 1928, at age 41 from drowning in Indian Lake, Michigan.

This article about a United States film director born in the 1880s is a stub.

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