# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-urson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:07:34.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-urson"
name: "Frank Urson"
slug: "frank-urson"
description: "Frank John Urson 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 directed Changing Husbands. He is perhaps best known for his 1927 film Chicago, produced by Cecil B. DeMille."
tagline: "American film director (1887-1928)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1887-03-21"
deathDate: "1928-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.802268
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882160/"
    handle:    "nm0882160"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "فرینک ارسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فرانك جون ورسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Urson"
    title: "Frank Urson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Urson"
    title: "Frank Urson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Urson"
    title: "Frank Urson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Urson"
    title: "Frank Urson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Urson"
    title: "Frank Urson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1751108"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/932396"
    title: "Frank Urson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump