9.0
9.0
Know Your Money
1940
as Tobacconist (uncredited)
Frank Orth
Acting
Born:February 20, 1880
Died:March 17, 1962(aged 82)
Birthplace:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Nationality:United States
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (86 movies)
7.6
7.6
The Lost Weekend
1945
as Opera Cloak Room Attendant
7.5
7.5
La Conga Nights
1940
as Dennis O'Brien
7.4
7.4
His Girl Friday
1940
as Duffy
7.3
7.3
The Big Clock
1948
as Burt
7.2
7.2
The Magnificent Dope
1942
as Messenger
7.1
7.1
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
as Hotel Clerk
7.0
7.0
Land Beyond the Law
1937
as Shorty Long
7.0
7.0
Father of the Bride
1950
as Joe
6.9
6.9
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Cemetery Caretaker
6.8
6.8
Boom Town
1940
as Barber
6.8
6.8
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939
as Captain Tweedy
6.8
6.8
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941
as Mike Ryan
6.8
6.8
Come Live with Me
1941
as Jerry
6.5
6.5
It Had to Be You
1947
as Conductor Brown
6.5
6.5
Wake Up and Dream
1946
as Milkman
6.5
6.5
Blondie's Secret
1948
as Mr. Philpotts
6.5
6.5
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
as Kellogg
6.5
6.5
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
as Steve
6.5
6.5
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
as Harris
6.5
6.5
Houdini
1953
as Mr. Hunter
6.4
6.4
The Meanest Man in the World
1943
as Bartender
6.4
6.4
At the Circus
1939
as Chef in Diner (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
as Lou, Bartender at Sharkey's
6.3
6.3
Think It Over
1938
as Brown, Clothing Store Owner
6.3
6.3
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938
as Captain Tweedy
6.3
6.3
Blue, White, and Perfect
1942
as Mr. Toby
6.3
6.3
The Impatient Years
1944
as Counterman
6.3
6.3
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
as Higgins (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
Orchestra Wives
1942
as Rex Willet
6.2
6.2
Broadway Serenade
1939
as Mr. Fellows
6.2
6.2
Double Dynamite
1951
as Mr. Kofer
6.1
6.1
Coney Island
1943
as Bartender
6.0
6.0
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
as Mike Ryan, Cafe Owner
6.0
6.0
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
as . Comic in Theater (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Greenwich Village
1944
as Ordway
6.0
6.0
Bride for Sale
1949
as Police Sergeant
6.0
6.0
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
as Taxi Driver
6.0
6.0
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
1947
as Police Captain
6.0
6.0
Buyer Beware
1940
as Smith (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Within the Law
1939
as Jim Jenks
6.0
6.0
Respect the Law
1941
as Peter Brennan
5.9
5.9
The Bride Wore Boots
1946
as Judge (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
You, the People
1940
as Soda Jerk
5.8
5.8
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942
as Mike Ryan
5.8
5.8
Two Against the World
1936
as Tommy - Bartender
5.8
5.8
Red Light
1949
as Wallace 'Wally' Stoner
5.7
5.7
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
as Danny
5.6
5.6
My Gal Sal
1942
as McGuiness
5.6
5.6
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as Mike Sullivan
5.6
5.6
The Great Rupert
1950
as Mr. Frank Dingle
5.5
5.5
She Went to the Races
1945
as Skelly
5.3
5.3
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942
as Mike Ryan
5.3
5.3
Pillow to Post
1945
as Clayfield Taxi Driver
5.0
5.0
The Girl from Manhattan
1948
as Oscar Newsome
5.0
5.0
Father Is A Prince
1940
as Drugstore Proprieter
5.0
5.0
Pier 13
1940
as Dead Pan Charlie
5.0
5.0
Marry the Girl
1937
as Bar owner
5.0
5.0
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939
as Tim McKelvy
4.8
4.8
Storm Over Lisbon
1944
as Murgatroyd
4.7
4.7
Fast and Furious
1939
as Captain Joe Burke
4.6
4.6
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
as Mike Ryan, Sullivan's Hospital Cafe
4.6
4.6
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Window Washer
4.6
4.6
Broadway Limited
1941
as Lou, Cafe Proprietor
4.6
4.6
Murder in the Music Hall
1946
as Henderson
4.5
4.5
The Patient in Room 18
1938
as Joe Higgins - Night Watchman
4.5
4.5
Heartaches
1947
as Mike Connelly, Vic's Agent
4.1
4.1
Here Come the Girls
1953
as Mr. Hungerford
4.0
4.0
Doll Face
1945
as Peters
4.0
4.0
Hot Money
1936
as Hank Ford
4.0
4.0
The Footloose Heiress
1937
as Justice Abner Cuttler
3.6
3.6
The Petty Girl
1950
as Moody (process server)
3.0
3.0
Prairie Thunder
1937
as Wichita
0.5
0.5
The Devil's Saddle Legion
1937
as Judge Barko
The Victim
1931
as The Husband
Footlight Serenade
1942
as Mike
Polo Joe
1936
as Bert
Tell It to a Star
1945
as Augustus T. Goodman
Over My Dead Body
1942
as Detective
Henry and Dizzy
1942
as Joe McGuire
Mr. Chump
1938
as Sheriff Frank Hinton
Born to Speed
1947
as Breezy Bradley
A Bird in the Hand
1929
Unwelcome Stranger
1935
as Jackson
It's Great to Be Young
1946
as Franklin Johnson
Taking Ways
1930
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