He made seven films with Marian Swayne, all of them in 1913.
During World War I, at which time there was an anti-German sentiment in America, he changed his name to Fraunie French.
The Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual (1920) noted that he was 5'8" tall, weighed 140 pounds, and had a light complexion, brown hair and gray eyes. At the time his address was listed as Fort Lee, New Jersey.