{{Short description|Canadian-born American actor (1848–1937)}} thumb|Frazer Coulter '''Frazer Coulter''', sometimes given as '''Fraser Coalter''', (August 20, 1848 – January 26, 1937) was a Canadian-born American actor. He had a lengthy stage career in New York, making his Broadway debut in the late 1870s in ''The School for Scandal'' and his final appearance in ''Oh, Promise Me'' in 1931. <ref name="obit"/> He also appeared in several silent films during the 1910s and 1920s.{{sfn|Ragan|1992|page=339}}
==Life and career== Frazer Coulter was born on August 20, 1848 in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada.{{sfn|Vazzana|1995|page=72}} He started performing full time as an actor in 1876, having appeared previously in a few amateur and professional productions.{{sfn|Austin| Browne|1908|page=99}} He began his career performing as Harry Coulter, and changed his stage name to Frazer Coulter in 1879.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dramatic and Musical|work=Boston Post|date=July 21, 1879|page= 3}}</ref> From 1881-1885 he was a member of the Boston Theatre Stock Company.{{sfn|Durham|1986|page=100}} He had a prolific career on Broadway; staring in production from the 1870s until his retirement more than 50 years later.<ref name="obit"/>
Coulter was active as a silent film actor during the 1910s and 1920s. His first film was ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1913) in which he played the role of as Colonel Sapt.{{sfn|American Film Institute|1988|page=741}} This was followed by appearances in ''Body and Soul'' (1915, as Dr. McDonald),{{sfn|American Film Institute|1988|page=85}} ''The Face at Your Window'' (1920, as Nicholas Harding),{{sfn|American Film Institute|1988|page=256}} ''His Brother's Keeper'' (1921, as William Harding),{{sfn|American Film Institute|1971|page=351}} ''Love's Redemption'' (1921, as Club Steward),{{sfn|American Film Institute|1971|page=464}} ''The Heart Raider'' (1923, as Reginald Gray),{{sfn|American Film Institute|1971|page=333}} ''The Governor's Lady'' (1923, as George Strickland),{{sfn|American Film Institute|1971|page=308}} and ''A Society Scandal'' (1924, as Schuyler Burr);{{sfn|American Film Institute|1971|page=740}} the latter of which starred Gloria Swanson.{{sfn|Ragan|1992|page=339}} His final film appearance was as the lawyer in the Ben Lyon and Lois Moran picture ''Prince of Tempters'' (1926).{{sfn|American Film Institute|1971|page=618}}
After retiring from the stage in 1931 he lived at the Percy Williams Home for Actors in East Islip, New York.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/01/27/archives/frazer-coulter-long-actor-dead-appeared-on-new-york-stage-for-more.html|title=FRAZER COULTER, LONG ACTOR, DEAD; Appeared on New York Stage for More Than Half Century in Noted Productions|date=January 27, 1937|page= 21}}</ref> He died in East Islip on January 26, 1937 at the age of 88.{{sfn|Vazzana|1995|page=72}}
==Partial list of Broadway credits== * William Ranney Wilson's ''The Inspector'' (1890, title role, Park Theatre){{sfn|Witmark|Goldberg|1976|page=84}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-herald-byrnes-in-dramatic-form/195443692/|title=Byrnes in Dramatic Form. A Play Containing a Likeness of a Police Official|work=New York Herald|date=November 14, 1890| page= 3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-world-the-inspector/195444577/|title=''The Inspector''|first=Alan|last= Dale|work=The Evening World|date= November 14, 1890| page=2}}</ref> *Sutton Vane's ''Humanity'' (1895, as Major Fordyce Dangerfield at Haverly's 14th Street Theatre) *Augustus Thomas's ''The Capitol'' (1895, as Mr. Carroll at the Standard Theatre) *Sydney Rosenfeld's ''A House of Cards'' (1896, as Peter Burlap at the Fifth Avenue Theatre) *Joseph I. C. Clarke's ''Her Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark'' (1900, as Baron Hausman at the Manhattan Theatre) *Richard Harding Davis's Ranson's Folly (1904, as Captain Chase at the Hudson Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-theatrical-incidents-an/195434341/|title=Theatrical Incidents and News Notes|work=New-York Tribune|date= January 17, 1904| page= 24}}</ref> *Henri Dumay's ''Mademoiselle Marni'' (1905, as General Stanislaus Newville at Wallack's Theatre)<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Cast/NMxL-7tCO6AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Frazer+Coulter%22+%22Mademoiselle+Marni%22&pg=PA508&printsec=frontcover|page= 222|date=March 13, 1905|work=The Cast|title=Wallack's: Mademoiselle Marni}}</ref> *Charles Klein's ''The Lion and the Mouse'' (1905, Ex-Judge Stott at the Lyceum Theatre){{sfn|Hischak|2009|page=259}} *Louis Evan Shipman's ''The Grain of Dust'' (1912, as Isaac Burroughs at the Criterion Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-hackett-makes-a-miss-in/195436049/|title=Hackett Makes a Miss in ''The Grain of Dust''|work=Brooklyn Eagle|date= January 2, 1912| page= 6}}</ref> *Silvio Hein and Philip Bartholomae's ''When Dreams Come True'' (1913, as Jerome K. Hedges at the Lyric Theatre){{sfn|Norton|2002|page=32}} *Thompson Buchanan's ''Life'' (1914-1915, as William Van Rensselaer Stuyvasant at the Manhattan Opera House)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-herald-thrills-comes-fast-as/195436442/|title=Thrills Comes Fast as ''Life'' Unfolds|work=New York Herald|date=October 26, 1914| page= 7}}</ref> *George V. Hobart's ''Experience'' (1918, Wealth at the Manhattan Opera House){{sfn|Norton|2002|page=138}} *James W. Elliott's ''The Man in the Making'' (1921, Theodore Barco, Hudson Theatre) *Samuel Shipman's ''Lawful Larceny'' (1922, Mr. Davis at the Theatre Republic)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-girls-show-how-tis-done/195440028/|title=The Girls Show How 'Tis Done in ''Lawful Larceny''|work=New York Daily News|date= January 5, 1922| page= 17}}</ref> *Rudolf Besier and May Edginton's ''Secrets'' (1922-1923, Dr. Arbuthnot at the Fulton Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Theatre_Magazine/dwlEAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Frazer+Coulter%22+%22Dr.+Arbuthnot%22&pg=PA68-IA13&printsec=frontcover|title=Mr. Hornblow Goes to the Play|work=Theatre Magazine|page=15|date=February 1923|editor-first=Arthur|editor-last=Hornblow}}</ref> *Oliver Goldsmith's ''She Stoops to Conquer'' (1924, Sir Charles Marlow at the Empire Theatre)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Players/JfU2AQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Frazer+Coulter%22+%22Sir+Charles+Marlow%22&pg=PA62&printsec=frontcover|title=The Players|publisher=The Players Club|page=62|year=1924|location=New York}}</ref> *Walter Archer Frost's ''Cape Smoke'' (1925, Doctor Hammerstone at the Martin Beck Theatre){{sfn|Hischak|2009|page=68}} *Shakespeare's ''Henry IV, Part 1'' (1926, Earl of Northumberland at the Knickerbocker Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=The Play Shop|work=The Brooklyn Daily Times|date= May 6, 1926|page= 13}}</ref> *William Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar'' (1927, Popilius Lena at the New Amsterdam Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=Both Sides of the Curtain|work=The Brooklyn Daily Times|date= June 5, 1927|page= 29}}</ref> *Margaret Ayer Barnes's ''The Age of Innocence'' (1928-1929, Mr. Henry van der Luyden at Empire Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1929|page=428}} *Langdon Elwyn Mitchell's ''Becky Sharp'' (1929, as Lord Southdown at the Knickerbocker Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=Knickerbocker: ''Becky Sharp''|work=Billboard|page=87|date=September 7, 1929|volume=41|number=36}}</ref>{{sfn|Mantle|1929|page=509}} *Austin Strong and Lloyd Osbourne's ''The Little Father of the Wilderness'' (1930, as Lieutenant General Dulong at Empire Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=Empire: Milestones|work=Billboard|date=June 14, 1930|page=7}}</ref> *Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson's ''Oh, Promise Me'' (1930-1931, as Judge Hawley at Morosco Theatre){{sfn|Hischak|2009|page=337}}{{sfn|Bordman|1996|page=15}}
==References== ===Citation=== {{reflist}} ===Bibliography=== *{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilminst00amer/page/n8/mode/thumb?q=%22Frazer+Coulter%22|title=The American Film Institute film catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States : feature films, 1921-1930|editor-first=Kenneth W.|editor-last=Munden|publisher=R. R. Bowker Company|author=American Film Institute|year=1971}} *{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilminst0000unse_y7i9/mode/2up?q=%22Frazer+Coulter%22|title=The American Film Institute film catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States : feature films, 1911-1920|year=1988|publisher=University of California Press|author=American Film Institute|isbn=9780520063013}} *{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Who_s_who_on_the_Stage/qaNmAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=August+20,+1848+Frazer+Coulter&pg=PA99&printsec=frontcover|title=Who's Who on the Stage: The Dramatic Reference Book and Biographical Dictionary of the Theatre, Containing Records of the Careers of Actors, Actresses, Managers and Playwrights of the American Stage|year=1908|publisher=B.W. Dodge & Company|editor-first1=Frederick Arnold|editor-last1= Austin|editor-first2=Walter|editor-last2= Browne|chapter=Coulter, Frazer}} *{{Cite book |title=American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930–1969 |last=Bordman |first=Gerald |author-link=Gerald Bordman |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1996 |oclc=252547085 |isbn=0-19-535808-2}} *{{cite book|title=American Theatre Companies, 1749-1887|year=1986|publisher=Greenwood Press|first=Weldon B.|last= Durham|isbn=9780313208867}} *{{cite book|title=Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows Through 2007|first= Thomas S.|last= Hischak|year= 2009|isbn=9780786453092|publisher=McFarland & Company}} *{{cite book|title=The Best Plays of 1928-1929 and the Year Book of the Drama in America|editor-first= Burns|editor-last= Mantle|year=1929|publisher=Dodd, Mead & Company}} *{{cite book|last=Norton|first=Richard C.|title=A Chronology of American Musical Theater|volume=2|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-19-508888-5}} *{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Hollywood: The Largest Cast of International Film Personalities Ever Assembled|year=1992|last= Ragan|first= David|isbn=978-0816020119|publisher= Facts on File|chapter=Coulter, Frazer}} *{{cite book|title=Silent Film Necrology: Births and Deaths of Over 9000 Performers, Directors, Producers, and Other Filmmakers of the Silent Era, Through 1993|first= Eugene Michael|last= Vazzana|year= 1995|isbn=9780786401321|publisher=McFarland & Company}} *{{cite book|title=The Story of the House of Witmark : From Ragtime to Swingtime|last1=Witmark|first1= Isidore|last2=Goldberg|first2=Isaac|publisher=Da Capo Press|year=1976 |isbn=978-0-306-70686-8 }}
==External links== *{{IBDB name|id=36445}} *{{IMDb name|id=0167577}}
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