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Frank Griffin (September 17, 1886 – March 17, 1953) was an American film director, writer, and actor of the silent era. He directed 29 films between 1914 and 1924. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack.
Nov 24, 2017 · On Netflix’s limited series “Godless,” outlaw Frank Griffin was certain about one thing though: how he wasn’t going to die.
Frank Griffin may be more poetic and cinematic than the real outlaws that rode around the New Mexico area in the 1880s, but the danger he represents is relatively accurate.
Godless: With Jack O'Connell, Michelle Dockery, Scoot McNairy, Merritt Wever. In the 1880s American West, murderous outlaw gang leader Frank Griffin hunts for ex-protege Roy Goode. Frank's chase leads him to La Belle, New Mexico--a town inhabited, after a mining disaster, almost entirely by women.
- That Native American and His Dog
- The Massacre Frank Survived
- The Chaotic Shootout
- Bill’s Desperate Act
- How Jeff Daniels Played A Man with One Arm
- The Best Cowboys in The Cast
When Bill McNue follows the outlaws through the countryside, an older Native American from the Shoshone tribe pops up intermittently with his loyal dog to offer commentary. Near the end of the series, the Shoshone and the dog both appear again, at which point Roy tells Bill that the two were already dead. It’s not clear if Roy’s information is corr...
At one point, Frank Griffin describes his traumatic childhood in which his family and many other families were attacked by white men masquerading as Native Americans. While most of the 100 or so family members were killed, a handful of kids were spared, including Frank, who was then raised by one of the men who perpetrated the massacre. Although th...
It’s pure pandemonium when Frank Griffin’s gang faces off with the women of La Belle holed up in the only building that can’t be burned down. Besides everyone shooting from every possible vantage point (including Mary Agnes from the roof of the building), in the middle of it all a couple horses storm the building, one makes it up the stairs and jum...
Bill McNue has been losing his vision, which makes his decision to leave La Belle to try and take on Frank Griffin’s gang seem like a suicide mission. “[Bill and his wife] had an amazing relationship. He lost her during childbirth, and that’s the root of the relationship he has with Trudy. It’s his daughter and he loves her, but he always blames he...
After Roy shoots Frank Griffin in the arm, the wound is serious enough to require amputation (and subsequently, riding around with the severed limbtied to his saddle). While most of the series Jeff Daniels is able to disguise his loss of limb more easily with clothes and angles, in the final showdown in the meadow with Roy, Frank removes his shirt ...
While Daniels had to learn to ride a horse with his balance compromised, McNairy had an easier time of it having grown up in Dallas. “I grew up riding horses as a kid and I grew up in Texas,” he said. “I felt very comfortable on the horse, and it was definitely more so that I was excited about than I was hesitant about. “Guns are always something I...
Notorious criminal Frank Griffin and his gang of outlaws are on a mission -- get revenge on Roy Goode, a former protege who betrayed the brotherhood.
Nov 30, 2017 · At one point, Frank Griffin describes his traumatic childhood in which his family and many other families were attacked by white men masquerading as Native Americans.
