Theo Frenkel

{{Short description|Dutch film director (1871–1956)}}

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{{Infobox person

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| name = Theo Frenkel

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|7|14|df=y}}

| birth_name = Theodorus Maurits Frenkel

| birth_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|9|20|1871|7|14|df=y}}

| death_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

| occupation = Film director
Actor
Screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1908–1948

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Theodorus Maurita Frenkel (14 July 1871 – 20 September 1956) was a Dutch film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He worked in Britain under the name Theo Bouwmeester for the Natural Color Kinematograph Company,{{Cite book |last=McKernan |first=Luke |title=A Yank in Britain: The Lost Memoirs of Charles Urban |publisher=Projection Box |year=1999 |isbn=9780952394129}} using the surname of his renowned mother and uncle (both accomplished actors), before working in Germany in 1913 and 1914 and then returning to the Netherlands, a neutral country, before World War I.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&q=checkmated+1910&pg=RA1-PA1918|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111968}} He directed more than 200 films between 1908 and 1928. He also appeared in 21 films between 1911 and 1948. His nephew Theo Frenkel Jr.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294268/|title=Theo Frenkel Jr.|publisher=IMDb}} (1893–1955) was a film actor.