Julius Frankenberg (January 1, 1871 – June 1964)[1] was a South African-American actor and director in silent film and on the stage, as well as a playwright[2][3][4] and inventor.
[5] He starred in films such as The Haunted House, Personal Magnetism and A Blowout at Santa Banana working with actors such as Harry von Meter and Louise Lovely.
Born in South Africa to a German father,[6] Julius Herbert Frankenberg,[7] and a Dutch mother, F. Meier,[6] Frankenberg served with distinction against the British in the Boer War; so much so that posters were placed all across the Transvaal, stating, "Capture!
At all costs, dead or alive, the Little German Scout on a Big White Horse."
He later escaped to Germany and, from there, emigrated to the United States,[8] where he became a naturalized citizen in 1907.