# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theo-frenkel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:43:04.050Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theo-frenkel"
name: "Theo Frenkel"
slug: "theo-frenkel"
description: "Theodorus Maurita Frenkel was a Dutch film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He worked in Britain under the name Theo Bouwmeester for the Natural Color Kinematograph Company, using the surname of his renowned mother and uncle, before working in Germany in 1913 and 1914 and then returning to the Netherlands, a neutral country, before World War I. He directed more than 200 films between 1908 and 1928. He also appeared in 21 films between 1911 and 1948. His nephew Theo Frenkel Jr. (1893–1955) was a film actor."
tagline: "Film director, Actor, Screenwriter (1871-1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coba_Kinsbergen_en_Theo_Frenkel_in_hun_modernen_apachendans%2C_1914.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1871-07-14"
deathDate: "1956-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.937365333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294276/"
    handle:    "nm0294276"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BE_(%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Френкель, Тео (старший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ثيو فرينكل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84"
    title: "ثيو فرينكل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Frenkel"
    title: "Theo Frenkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Frenkel"
    title: "Theo Frenkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Frenkel"
    title: "Theo Frenkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D5%A5%D5%B8_%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%AC_%D4%B1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%A3"
    title: "Տեո Ֆրենկել Ավագ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Frenkel"
    title: "Theo Frenkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Frenkel"
    title: "Theo Frenkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Frenkel_sr."
    title: "Theo Frenkel sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2689880"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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