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Frank Wilcox(1907-1974)

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Frank Wilcox in Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
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Across the Pacific (1942)
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American character actor in scores of films after substantial stage experience. He was born in DeSoto, Missouri, but raised in Atchison, Kansas. The son of a railroad worker and law clerk (some publicity material states the father was a physician, but family and census records show otherwise), he wavered between various careers including oil exploration, but found his way after an introduction to the stage with the Atchison Civic Theatre and Kansas City Civic Theatre. He briefly attended the University of Kansas (where he was a fraternity brother of future newsman John Cameron Swayze). He moved from Kansas to California in 1930, where he lived with his grandparents and worked in the lemon groves near Pomona prior to opening a tire-repair shop in that city. He also helped found a theatre company in Pomona. He joined the Pasadena Community Playhouse, where he was spotted by a Warner Bros. talent scout looking for someone with a resemblance to Henry Clay, for the Warners short film The Monroe Doctrine (1939). He signed with Warners as a contract player and was thereafter virtually never without work. He played in an enormous number of films over the next three decades, mostly in small supporting roles. He was equally adept at playing businessmen, attorneys, or historical figures, and was a familiar face on screen and on television for his entire career, though most people would have been unable to identify him by name. Perhaps his greatest fame came in the TV role of oil company president John Brewster on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962). During the last years of his life, he was co-owner of a popular restaurant/bar in Encino, California, called The Oak Room. Wilcox died in 1974.
BornMarch 13, 1907
DiedMarch 3, 1974(66)
BornMarch 13, 1907
DiedMarch 3, 1974(66)
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Ann Doran and Frank Wilcox in The Clay Pigeon (1949)
Frank Wilcox and Sheb Wooley in Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954)
Bea Benaderet and Frank Wilcox in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Bea Benaderet and Frank Wilcox in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Bea Benaderet and Frank Wilcox in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Buddy Ebsen and Frank Wilcox in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Bea Benaderet and Frank Wilcox in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Bea Benaderet and Frank Wilcox in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Bea Benaderet and Frank Wilcox in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Bea Benaderet and Frank Wilcox in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Bea Benaderet and Frank Wilcox in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Buddy Ebsen and Frank Wilcox in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)

Known for

Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Ten Commandments
7.9
  • Wazir
  • 1956
Peggie Castle and Peter Graves in Beginning of the End (1957)
Beginning of the End
3.9
  • Gen. John T. Short
  • 1957
Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard in Unconquered (1947)
Unconquered
6.8
  • Richard Henry Lee(as Frank R. Wilcox)
  • 1947
Abel Fernandez, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni, and Robert Stack in The Untouchables (1959)
The Untouchables
8.0
TV Series
  • Beecher Asbury

Credits

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Actor

  • Kung Fu (1972)
    Kung Fu
    • Judge Moon
    • TV Series
    • 1973
  • James Daly in Medical Center (1969)
    Medical Center
    • Dan MacKenzie
    • Ashley Drumman
    • TV Series
    • 1969–1972
  • Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, James Gregory, Dean Jones, Lee Montgomery, and Tony Roberts in The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
    The Million Dollar Duck
    • Bank Manager
    • 1971
  • Andy Griffith in Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
    Mayberry R.F.D.
    • Dr. Wilson
    • TV Series
    • 1970
  • Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
    The Red Skelton Hour
    • Prison Warden
    • Mayor
    • Warden ...
    • TV Series
    • 1955–1970
  • Peggy Lipton, Michael Cole, and Clarence Williams III in Mod Squad (1968)
    Mod Squad
    • Howard Stone
    • TV Series
    • 1969
  • Bea Benaderet, Edgar Buchanan, Frank Cady, Linda Henning, Jeannine Riley, Pat Woodell, and Higgins in Petticoat Junction (1963)
    Petticoat Junction
    • Mr. Henderson
    • J. P. Marshall
    • TV Series
    • 1968–1969
  • Raymond Burr in Ironside (1967)
    Ironside
    • Dr. Franklin Morton
    • TV Series
    • 1969
  • Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, and Dick York in Bewitched (1964)
    Bewitched
    • J.P. Sommers
    • J. P. Sommers
    • TV Series
    • 1968
  • Frank Aletter, Mike Mazurki, Jack Mullaney, Cliff Norton, and Joe E. Ross in It's About Time (1966)
    It's About Time
    • Gen. Morley
    • TV Series
    • 1967
  • Douglas Fowley, Ruth McDevitt, Ann Sheridan, and Carole Wells in Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966)
    Pistols 'n' Petticoats
    • Arthur Grenoble
    • TV Series
    • 1966
  • Buddy Ebsen, Max Baer Jr., Donna Douglas, and Irene Ryan in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
    The Beverly Hillbillies
    • John Brewster
    • TV Series
    • 1962–1966
  • Love on a Rooftop (1966)
    Love on a Rooftop
    • Mr. Handley
    • TV Series
    • 1966
  • Robert Conrad and Ross Martin in The Wild Wild West (1965)
    The Wild Wild West
    • Judge Bill Mott
    • TV Series
    • 1966
  • Richard Deacon and Phyllis Diller in The Phyllis Diller Show (1966)
    The Phyllis Diller Show
    • Clark
    • TV Series
    • 1966

Soundtrack

  • Bachelor Father (1957)
    Bachelor Father
    • performer: "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms" (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 1960

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Across the Pacific
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Across the Pacific

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Frank R. Wilcox
  • Height
    • 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
  • Born
    • March 13, 1907
    • DeSoto, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • March 3, 1974
    • Granada Hills, California, USA(Heart Attack)
  • Spouses
      Joy LangstonApril 27, 1953 - March 3, 1974 (his death, 3 children)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared in "Napi" on Broadway.

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    Studied at the Pasadena Community Playhouse alongside George Reeves, who was among his closest friends. He was best man at Reeves's wedding and they appeared in eleven films together.

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