Actor. He was best known for playing the character roles of waiters, butlers, servants, poker players, night watchmen, judges, medical examiners, cashiers, doctors, and professors, but some were uncredited. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Frankland' in the classic horror mystery thriller film, "The Hound Of The Baskervilles" (1939). The film which was directed by Sidney Lanfield, which was based on the novel of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was written for the screen by Ernest Pascal, and which also starred Basil Rathbone as the great master detective 'Sherlock Holmes' and Nigel Bruce as his assistant 'Dr. John Watson,' tells the story of when Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate. He was born as Frank Barlowe Borland in Greenock, Scotland, to David Wilson Borland and his wife Agnes Cunningham McGhee Borland on August 6, 1877. He was educated locally and later moved to the United States to pursue an acting career. He began his acting career on Broadway in New York City, New York, by appearing in several stage productions of such plays as, 'Peter' in "A Tailor-Made Man" (August 27, 1917, to August 1918), as 'Dinwiddie' in "Clarence" (September 20, 1919, to June 19, 1920), as 'Sampson' in "Romeo And Juliet" (December 27, 1922, to January 1923), as 'Sandy MacDougall' in "Lass O'Laughter" (January 08, 1925, to February 1925), as 'Andrew Mealmaker' in "The Little Minister" (March 23, 1925, to April 1925), as 'Lord Seymour' in "Saturday Night" (October 25, 1926, to November 1926), as 'Servant to the Cavalier' in "La Locandiera (The Mistress of the Inn)" (December 06, 1926, to January 1927), as 'Antonio' in "Twelfth Night" (December 20, 1926, to January 1927), as 'McCracken' in "Baby Cyclone" (September 12, 1927, to February 1928), as 'Landlord of the Three Tuns' in "The Anatomist" (October 24, 1932, to October 29, 1932), and as 'A Party of the Name of Johnson' in "The Lancashire Lass" (December 30, 1932, to January 1933). During his time on the stage he worked with likes of Rowland Buckstone, Frank Burbeck, Lloyd Carpenter, L.E. Conness, Josephine Deffry, Theodore Friebus, Frank G. Harley, Harry Harwood, William C. Hodges, Lottie Linthicum, John Maccabee, Gus Weinberg, Lawrence White, Barbara Allen, John Boone, Jack C. Connelly, Mercedes Desmore, Edward M. Favor, Laura Grey, John Hilton, Colin Hunter, Bernard Jukes, Josef Lazarovici, James Lindsay, Bernard Ostertag, Herbert Ranson, Carl Benton Reid, Charles P. Thompson, Cecile Wulff, Hardie Albright, David Belbridge, Nancy Bevill, Alan Birmingham, Egon Brecher, Georgiana Brown, Marlyn Brown, Allan Campbell, Grace Carlisle, Edwin Cooper, Sayre Crawley, Beatrice De Neergaard, Francoise Du Moulin, Ian Emery, Rose Hobart, Russell Hopkins, Alexander Ivanoff, Arthur Jacobson, Wesley John, Isabel Jones, Ruth Lavington, Eva Le Gallienne, Martha Leavitt, Mimi Lehman, Paul Leyssac, Margaret Love, Sidney Machat, Agnes McCarthy, John F. Miller, Harold Moulton, Gordon Pascal, Hilda Plowright, Leona Roberts, Robert F. Ross, Diana Rust, Prince Singh, Beatrice Terry, Don Vere, Mary Ward, Conway Washburne, Winthrop Wayne, Eugene Wellesley, Ruth Wilton, Ruth Chatterton, Roy Cochrane, Boyd Davis, Hubert Druce, Robert Drysdale, Louie Emery, Thomas Findley, Ralph Forbes, Kenneth Hunter, J.M. Kerrigan, Francis Louden, Molly Pearson, William Quinn, Walter Roy, and Marjorie Wood, among many others. During this time he also made the transition to film. He made his actual film debut playing the role of 'Mike O'Mara' in the film drama, "The Man Who Fights Alone" (1924), which was directed by Wallace Worsley, and which also starred William Farnum, Lois Wilson, and Edward Everett Horton. Besides, "The Man Who Fights Alone" (1924), and "The Hound Of The Baskervilles" (1939), his many other film credits include, "The Mystery Of Mr. X" (1934), "Riptide" (1934), "Sadie McKee" (1934), "Murder In Trinidad" (1934), "Steamboat Quest" (1934), "One More River" (1934), "The Little Minister" (1934), "Folies Bergère de Paris" (1935), "Vanessa, Her Love Story" (1935), "The Florentine Dagger" (1935), "The Informer" (1935), "Born To Gamble" (1935), "Pardon My Scotch" (1935), "China Seas" (1935), "Orchids To You" (1935), "Bonnie Scotland" (1935), "Grand Exit" (1935), "A Tale Of Two Cities" (1935), "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (1936), "Murder On A Bridle Path" (1936), "The Witness Chair" (1936), "The Road To Glory" (1936), "Mary Of Scotland" (1936), "Anthony Adverse" (1936), "Lloyd's Of London" (1936), "College Holiday" (1936), "Murder Goes To College" (1937), "History Is Made Of Night" (1937), "Maytime" (1937), "King Of Gamblers" (1937), "Night Of Mystery" (1937), "The Emperor's Candlesticks" (1937), "Forlorn River" (1937), "Easy Living" (1937), "Blonde Trouble" (1937), "Sophie Lang Goes West" (1937), "Thunder Trail" (1937), "Night Club Scandal" (1937), "Wells Fargo" (1937), "The Buccaneer" (1938), "Dangerous To Know" (1938), "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" (1938), "Tip-Off Girls" (1938), "College Swing" (1938), "Freshman Year" (1938), "A Man To Remember" (1938), "Gun Packer" (1938), "The Girl Downstairs" (1938), "They Asked For It" (1939), "Good Girls Go To Paris" (1939), "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" (1939), "The Witness Vanishes" (1939), "Rulers Of The Sea" (1939), "We Are Not Alone" (1939), "The Earl Of Chicago" (1940), "Tom Brown's School Days" (1940), "Pride And Prejudice" (1940), "The Man Who Lost Himself" (1941), "Shining Victory" (1941), and "Ellery Queen And The Murder Ring" (1941). His last film role was playing 'McDonough' in the romance comedy film, "We Were Dancing" (1942). The film which was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, which was based on Noel Coward's play, "Tonight At 8:30," which was written for the screen by Claudine West and Hans Rameau, and which also starred Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, and Gail Patrick, tells the story of two titled aristocrats who to support themselves become professional house guests in the homes of star-struck American nouveau riche. He retired from acting shortly thereafter. He passed away from heart-related issues following an operation for an ulcer at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California, on August 31, 1948, at the age of 71. His funeral service was held through Pierce Brothers Hollywood Chapel and he was buried in an unmarked grave at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California. He was married to the actress Francesca Redding Borland (1863-1932), in New York, New York, on October 27, 1911, who appeared on stage and in vaudeville for over 35 years. He was also married to Thelma Jane McCoole Borland (1905-) on June 7, 1937, but they later divorced. He had no children.