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Frank Orth

Ur. 20 lutego 1880Zm. 17 marca 1962Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biografia

Frank Orth was an American actor born in Philadelphia. He is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie”. By 1897, Orth was performing in vaudeville with his wife, Ann Codee, in an act called “Codee and Orth.” In 1909, he expanded into song writing, with songs such as “The Phone Bell Rang” and “Meet Me on the Boardwalk, Dearie.” His first contact with motion pictures was in 1928, when he was part of the first foreign-language shorts in sound produced by Warner Bros. He and his wife also appeared together in a series of two-reel comedies in the early 1930s. Orth's first major screen credit was in “Prairie Thunder,” a Dick Foran western, in 1937. From then on, he was often cast as bartenders, pharmacists, and grocery clerks, and always distinctly Irish. He had a recurring role in the Dr. Kildare series of films and also in the Nancy Drew series as the befuddled Officer Tweedy. Among his better roles were the newspaper man Cary Grant telephones early in “His Girl Friday,” one of the quartet singing “Gary Owen” in “They Died with Their Boots On” (thereby giving Errol Flynn as Gen. Custer the idea of associating the tune with the 7th Cavalry), and as the little man carrying the sign reading “The End Is Near” throughout Colonel Effingham's Raid. However, Orth is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie.” A short, plump, round-faced man, often smoking a cigar, Orth as Faraday wore his own dark-rimmed spectacles, though rarely in feature films. In 1959, Orth retired from show business after throat surgery. His wife died in 1961 after around fifty years of marriage. Orth died on March 17, 1962. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills next to his wife.

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Filmografia

Filmy i seriale od najnowszych

128 pozycji

Here Come the Girls

Film • 1953

jako Mr. Hungerford

Houdini

Film • 1953

jako Mr. Hunter

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Serial • 1952

jako Uncle John

Something to Live For

Film • 1952

jako Waiter (uncredited)

Double Dynamite

Film • 1951

jako Mr. Kofer

Boston Blackie

Serial • 1951

jako Inspector Faraday

The Petty Girl

Film • 1950

jako Moody (process server)

Ojciec panny młodej

Film • 1950

jako Joe

Dwunastu do tuza

Film • 1950

jako Higgins (uncredited)

The Great Rupert

Film • 1950

jako Mr. Frank Dingle

Bride for Sale

Film • 1949

jako Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Red Light

Film • 1949

jako Wallace 'Wally' Stoner

Blondie's Secret

Film • 1948

jako Mr. Philpotts

The Girl from Manhattan

Film • 1948

jako Oscar Newsome

So This Is New York

Film • 1948

jako AJ Gluskoter

The Big Clock

Film • 1948

jako Burt

It Had to Be You

Film • 1947

jako Conductor Brown

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

Film • 1947

jako Police Captain

Heartaches

Film • 1947

jako Mike Connelly, Vic's Agent

The Guilt of Janet Ames

Film • 1947

jako Danny

Born to Speed

Film • 1947

jako Breezy Bradley

Lady in the Lake

Film • 1946

jako Floyd Greer (Uncredited)

Wake Up and Dream

Film • 1946

jako Milkman

It's Great to Be Young

Film • 1946

jako Franklin Johnson

Dziwna miłość Marty Ivers

Film • 1946

jako Hotel Clerk

The Bride Wore Boots

Film • 1946

jako Judge (uncredited)

Murder in the Music Hall

Film • 1946

jako Henderson

The Hoodlum Saint

Film • 1946

jako Chronicle Editor (uncredited)

Doll Face

Film • 1945

jako Peters

Stracony weekend

Film • 1945

jako Opera Cloak Room Attendant

She Went to the Races

Film • 1945

jako Skelly

Tell It to a Star

Film • 1945

jako Augustus T. Goodman

Pillow to Post

Film • 1945

jako Clayfield Taxi Driver

Storm Over Lisbon

Film • 1944

jako Murgatroyd

Olbrzym w siodle

Film • 1944

jako 'Shorty' Davis (uncredited)

Greenwich Village

Film • 1944

jako Ordway

The Impatient Years

Film • 1944

jako Counterman

Wilson

Film • 1944

jako Smith (uncredited)

Summer Storm

Film • 1944

jako Cafe Maitre d' at End (uncredited)

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Film • 1944

jako . Comic in Theater (uncredited)

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

Film • 1943

jako Taxi Driver

Coney Island

Film • 1943

jako Bartender

Hello, Frisco, Hello

Film • 1943

jako Lou, Bartender at Sharkey's

Zdarzenie w Ox-Bow

Film • 1943

jako Larry Kinkaid (uncredited)

The Meanest Man in the World

Film • 1943

jako Bartender (uncredited)

Springtime in the Rockies

Film • 1942

jako Bickel (uncredited)

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

Film • 1942

jako Mike Ryan

Orchestra Wives

Film • 1942

jako Rex Willet

Tales of Manhattan

Film • 1942

jako Secondhand Clothes Dealer

Footlight Serenade

Film • 1942

jako Mike

The Magnificent Dope

Film • 1942

jako Messenger

Henry and Dizzy

Film • 1942

jako Joe McGuire

My Gal Sal

Film • 1942

jako McGuiness

Rings on Her Fingers

Film • 1942

jako Kellogg

Roxie Hart

Film • 1942

jako Bar Client #2 (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare's Victory

Film • 1942

jako Mike Ryan

Right to the Heart

Film • 1942

jako Pete

Over My Dead Body

Film • 1942

jako Detective

Blue, White and Perfect

Film • 1942

jako Mr. Toby

Umarli w butach

Film • 1941

jako Barfly (uncredited)

I Wake Up Screaming

Film • 1941

jako Cemetery Caretaker

Sergeant York

Film • 1941

jako Drummer (uncredited)

Broadway Limited

Film • 1941

jako Lou, Cafe Proprietor

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

Film • 1941

jako Mike Ryan

Ride on Vaquero

Film • 1941

jako Auctioneer

The Strawberry Blonde

Film • 1941

jako Baxter - Livery Stable Owner (uncredited)

Come Live with Me

Film • 1941

jako Jerry

Let's Make Music

Film • 1941

jako Mr. Botts

Respect the Law

Film • 1941

jako Peter Brennan

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

jako Mike Ryan (uncredited)

Boom Town

jako Mike Ryan (uncredited)

Mr. Chump

jako Tommy - Bartender

Unwelcome Stranger

Film • 1935

jako Jackson

The Payoff

Film • 1935

jako Porter (uncredited)

The Victim

Film • 1931

jako The Husband

Taking Ways

Film • 1930

A Bird in the Hand

Film • 1929