Spottiswoode Aitken

For the rugby league footballer of the 1900s for England, and Oldham, see Frank Spottiswoode

Spottiswoode Aitken
Born	16 April 1868 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Died	26 February 1933 (aged 64) Los Angeles, California, US
Spouse(s)	Marion Dana Jones

Frank Spottiswoode Aitken (16 April 1868 – 26 February 1933) was a Scottish actor of the silent era.

Aitken was one of the first actors to settle in Los Angeles when the film industry was still at its strongest in New York. He invested most of his earnings in property, buying up orange groves around what would become Hollywood.

Partial filmography

• The Battle (1911)
• The Angel of Contention (1914)
• The Girl in the Shack (1914)
• Home, Sweet Home (1914)
• The Green-Eyed Devil (1914)
• The Avenging Conscience (1914)
• Captain Macklin (1915)
• The Birth of a Nation (1915)
• The Flying Torpedo (1916)
• Intolerance (1916)
• Acquitted (1916)
• An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
• Pathways of Life (1916)
• Stage Struck (1917)
• Souls Triumphant (1917)
• The Americano (1917)
• How Could You Jean? (1918)
• The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918)
• The Wicked Darling (1919)
• Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919)
• The White Heather (1919)
• Rough Riding Romance (1919)
• Evangeline (1919)
• Bonnie Bonnie Lassie (1919)
• Nomads of the North (1920)
• The White Circle (1920)
• Beyond (1921)
• Reputation (1921)
• At the End of the World (1921)
• One Wonderful Night (1922)
• Around the World in Eighteen Days (1923)
• Merry-Go-Round (1923)
• Triumph (1924)
• The Fire Patrol (1924)
• The Coast Patrol (1925)

External links

• Spottiswoode Aitken at the Internet Movie Database
• Spottiswoode Aitken at AllMovie