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Frank Lovejoy(1912-1962)

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Frank Lovejoy
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Square-jawed, intense, no-nonsense Frank Lovejoy played a succession of detectives, street cops, reporters, soldiers and such over his career. Born in the Bronx, New York, in 1912, he worked on Wall Street as a teenager, but the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929 cost him his job, and to make ends meet he got into acting. He played in touring companies throughout the Northeast before making his Broadway debut in 1934. His gritty, authoritative voice was perfect for radio, and he became a staple on such shows as "Gangbusters", "Night Beat" and "Damon Runyon Theater". Making his film debut in 1948, he worked steadily, mainly in supporting parts but also as a first or second lead (one of his best roles was as one of the hunters kidnapped by murderous psychopath William Talman in the classic The Hitch-Hiker (1953), directed by Ida Lupino). He played soldiers in such war pictures as Breakthrough (1950) and Retreat, Hell! (1952) and even showed up in a western or two. During the 1950s he starred in his own TV shows, Man Against Crime (1956) and The Adventures of McGraw (1957). He died of a heart attack in New York City in 1962.
BornMarch 28, 1912
DiedOctober 2, 1962(50)
BornMarch 28, 1912
DiedOctober 2, 1962(50)
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

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Frank Lovejoy, Edmond O'Brien, and William Talman in The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Dabbs Greer, Phyllis Kirk, Frank Lovejoy, and Paul Picerni in House of Wax (1953)
Dabbs Greer, Frank Lovejoy, and Paul Picerni in House of Wax (1953)
Dabbs Greer and Frank Lovejoy in House of Wax (1953)
Dabbs Greer, Frank Lovejoy, and Nedrick Young in House of Wax (1953)
Dabbs Greer and Frank Lovejoy in House of Wax (1953)
Frank Lovejoy in House of Wax (1953)
Humphrey Bogart, Frank Lovejoy, and Jack Reynolds in In a Lonely Place (1950)
Jeff Donnell and Frank Lovejoy in In a Lonely Place (1950)
Humphrey Bogart and Frank Lovejoy in In a Lonely Place (1950)
Dorothy Hart, Frank Lovejoy, and James Millican in I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951)
Dorothy Hart and Frank Lovejoy in I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951)

Known for

Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in In a Lonely Place (1950)
In a Lonely Place
7.9
  • Brub Nicolai
  • 1950
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Lux Video Theatre
7.9
TV Series
  • Clark
  • Uncle Charlie
  • Walter Neff
Peggie Castle, Frank Lovejoy, and Forrest Tucker in Finger Man (1955)
Finger Man
6.4
  • Casey Martin
  • 1955
Frank Lovejoy, Terry Moore, and Keenan Wynn in Shack Out on 101 (1955)
Shack Out on 101
6.3
  • Prof. Sam Bastion
  • 1955

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Actor

  • Buddy Ebsen and Tuesday Weld in Bus Stop (1961)
    Bus Stop
  • Target: The Corruptors! (1961)
    Target: The Corruptors!
  • Walter Matthau and Frank McGee in The DuPont Show of the Week (1961)
    The DuPont Show of the Week
  • Kraft Theatre (1947)
    The United States Steel Hour
  • Jody McCrea and Joel McCrea in Wichita Town (1959)
    Wichita Town
  • The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
    The DuPont Show with June Allyson
  • Dick Powell in Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
    Zane Grey Theatre
  • Loretta Young in The Loretta Young Show (1953)
    The Loretta Young Show
  • The David Niven Show (1959)
    The David Niven Show
  • Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
    The Red Skelton Hour
  • "Eighty Yard Run, The" (Playhouse 90) Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. 1957 CBS
    Playhouse 90
  • Dennis Hopper, Lyle Bettger, and Cameron Mitchell in Pursuit (1958)
    Pursuit
  • The Adventures of McGraw (1957)
    The Adventures of McGraw
  • Abby Dalton, Frank Lovejoy, and Jan Merlin in Cole Younger, Gunfighter (1958)
    Cole Younger, Gunfighter
  • Preston Foster in Cavalcade of America (1952)
    Cavalcade of America

Soundtrack

  • James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Doris Day, Randolph Scott, Virginia Gibson, Ron Hagerthy, Phil Harris, Frank Lovejoy, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Lucille Norman, Louella Parsons, Ruth Roman, Janice Rule, Dick Wesson, Jane Wyman, and Patrice Wymore in Starlift (1951)
    Starlift
    • (uncredited)

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Julie
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House of Wax
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In A Lonely Place

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    • March 28, 1912
    • The Bronx, New York, USA
    • October 2, 1962
    • New York City, New York, USA(heart attack)
    • Joan BanksJune 1, 1940 - October 2, 1962 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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    Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

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