Frank Wilcox
Highest Rated: 93% Out of the Past (1947)
Lowest Rated: 17% $1,000,000 Duck (1971)
Birthday: Mar 13, 1907
Birthplace: DeSoto, Missouri, USA
One of the busiest character actors of the 20th century, Frank Wilcox is a familiar face to TV and film viewers, even if he is not a household name. His first decade in the industry, the 1940s, was mostly filled with bit parts and uncredited roles, usually in westerns and war films like the classic Gary Cooper movie "Sergeant York." He landed a supporting role in the noir film "Night Editor" and played Sheriff Ed Douglas in the Jacques Tourneur classic "Out of the Past." As the TV era began, Wilcox was in constant demand for guest roles, and he found his first recurring part on the 1954 adventure show "Waterfront." In 1957, he began appearing as a judge on the courtroom drama "Perry Mason," appearing eight times in all. He made appearances on "The Red Skelton Hour," the western "Rawhide," and in his longest running role, played DA Beecher Asbury, ally to Elliot Ness in the crime drama "The Untouchables," from 1959 to 1963. He also landed a bit part in the epic "The Ten Commandments." In probably his best-known role, Wilcox appeared on the rural sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies" as oil executive John Brewster, a role spanning several seasons.
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Frank Wilcox
Filmography
Movies
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17% |
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$1,000,000 Duck | Bank Manager (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swingin' Along | Psychiatrist (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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Go, Johnny, Go! | Harold Arnold (Character) | - | 1958 |
80% |
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Pal Joey | Col. Langley (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kelly and Me | George Halderman (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Never Say Goodbye | Dr. Barnes (Character) | - | 1956 |
71% |
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Ralph Hopkins' Physician (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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Dance With Me Henry | Father Mullahy (Character) | - | 1956 |
80% |
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Hollywood or Bust | Director (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Uranium Boom | Floyd Gorman (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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The First Traveling Saleslady | U.S. Marshal Duncan (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Rudolph Snavely (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | City in Flames | Chairman (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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Those Redheads From Seattle | Vance Edmonds (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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Pony Express | Mr. Walstron (Character) | - | 1953 |
63% |
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Ruby Gentry | Clyde Pratt (Character) | - | 1952 |
50% |
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The Greatest Show on Earth | Circus Doctor (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trail Guide | Regan (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder | Sidney Gordon (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Raiders | Sam Sterling (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Treasure of Lost Canyon | Stranger (Character) | - | 1952 |
83% |
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Show Boat | Poker player (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Kid From Texas | Sheriff Pat Garrett (Character) | - | 1950 |
83% |
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The Fountainhead | Gordon Prescott (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mysterious Desperado | Elias P. Stevens (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet |
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The Clay Pigeon | Navy Hospital Doctor (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Caged Fury | Dan Corey (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet |
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The Miracle of the Bells | Dr. Jennings (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet |
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One for the Book | Stanley Blake (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet |
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Cass Timberlane | Gregg Marl (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet |
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Something in the Wind | Mr. Masterson (Character) | - | 1947 |
93% |
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Out of the Past | Sheriff Ed Douglas (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet |
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The Devil's Mask | Prof. Arthur Logan (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Truck Busters | Police Capt. Gear (Character) | - | 1943 |
80% |
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Across the Pacific | Capt. Morrison (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
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Lady Gangster | Kenneth Phillips (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bullet Scars | Mike (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born for Trouble | Randall (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Busses Roar | Detective Quinn (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings for the Eagle | Supervisor Stark (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Jim Martin (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Escape From Crime | Cornell (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hidden Hand | Dr. Lawrence Channing (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
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Footsteps in the Dark | FBI Agent Harrow (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet |
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The Wagons Roll at Night | Tex (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tanks Are Coming | Colonel (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet |
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Knockout | Denning (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet |
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Affectionately Yours | Tom "Tommy" (Character) | - | 1941 |
71% |
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The Fighting 69th | Lt. Norman (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet |
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'Til We Meet Again | Frank, Assistant Purser (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tear Gas Squad | Sgt. Crump (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gambling on the High Seas | Federal Agent Stone (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pony Express Days | Bolliver Roberts (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | River's End | Constable Kentish (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Is a Prince | Income Tax Investigator (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet |
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Murder in the Air | Jerry (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Monroe Doctrine | Henry Clay (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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Postal Inspector | Postmaster General (Character) | - | 1936 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Howard Stone (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petticoat Junction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968-1969 |
No Score Yet | 37% | Bewitched | J.P. Sommers (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Beverly Hillbillies | John Brewster (Guest Star) | 1962-1963 1965-1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love on a Rooftop | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Joey Bishop Show | Dr. Rangle (Guest Star) | 1963 1965 |
100% | 91% | The Addams Family | Sam Harris (Guest Star) | 1964 |
83% | 91% | The Munsters | Albert Daly (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Paul Nolan (Guest Star) | 1959 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 1961-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 1960 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Leave It to Beaver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thriller | Unknown (Character) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Doctor (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Judge Newark (Guest Star) | 1957-1958 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Mr. Randolph (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Tobias Manning (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Vic Bywater (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Gun | Sheriff Abner (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Behind Closed Doors | Unknown (Character) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zorro | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Thin Man | Dave 'Sneaky' Kendall (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trackdown | Gov. Jed Hendricks (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Skelton Show | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 97% | I Love Lucy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Knows Best | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lone Ranger | Ross Colby (Guest Star) | 1952-1953 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Letter to Loretta | Unknown (Character) | 1954 |