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Frank Richards

Frank Richards

Highest Rated: 86% No Way Out (1950)

Lowest Rated: 70% Lonelyhearts (1958)

Birthday: Sep 15, 1909

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Frank Richards was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Richards's earliest roles were in film, including the horror feature "Before I Hang" (1940) with Boris Karloff, "Cairo" (1942) and "The Cowboy and the Indians" (1949). He also appeared in the western "South of Caliente" (1951) with Roy Rogers, the Spencer Tracy sports comedy "Pat and Mike" (1952) and the Charlton Heston western "The Savage" (1952). His film career continued throughout the fifties in productions like "Tennessee Champ" (1954), "Destry" (1954) with Audie Murphy and "Gang-Busters" (1955). He also appeared in the crime flick "A Bullet For Joey" (1955) with Edward G Robinson. Nearing the end of his career, he tackled roles in the Harry Lauter crime feature "Cry Baby Killer" (1958), the dramatic adaptation "Lonelyhearts" (1958) with Montgomery Clift and the Peter Falk drama "A Woman Under the Influence" (1991). Richards was most recently credited in the Mike Myers blockbuster animated adventure "Shrek" (2001). Richards passed away in April 1992 at the age of 83.

Highest rated movies

86% 82% No Way Out
81% 83% The Man With the Golden Arm
78% 57% Kim
70% 50% Lonelyhearts

Filmography

Movies

Credit
70% 50% Lonelyhearts Taxi Driver (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 57% Destry Dummy (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gang Busters Slug Bennett (Character) - 1955
81% 83% The Man With the Golden Arm Blind Barfly (uncredited) (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spy Chasers George (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tennessee Champ J.B. Backett (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 67% The Savage Sergeant Norris (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 56% Carbine Williams Truex (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 67% The Scarf Gargantua (Character) - 1951
86% 82% No Way Out Mac (uncredited) (Character) - 1950
78% 57% Kim Abul (uncredited) (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cowboy and the Indians Smiley Martin (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cowboy and the Indians "Smiley" Martin (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 44% Cairo Alfred (Character) - 1942

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diff'rent Strokes Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Beverly Hillbillies Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Surfside 6 Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Whispering Smith Ed Buehly (Guest Star) 1961
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Man (Character) 1961
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Monk McGinnis (Character) 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Deputy Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Behind Closed Doors Unknown (Character) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Step Beyond Unknown (Character) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thin Man Maxie (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Restless Gun Harry Potter (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trackdown Trail Boss (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Red Skelton Show Unknown (Character) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Superman Unknown (Guest Star) 1952-1953 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lone Ranger Matt (Guest Star) 1953-1954