Don Francks
Biography
Don Francks was a Canadian actor, musician, and singer who started out on Vancouver radio as a child. After early work on CBC Television shows like Burns Chuckwagon from the Stampede Corral and Riding High, he starred as Constable Bill Mitchell in R.C.M.P. He appeared on American series in the 1960s including Mission: Impossible, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Wild Wild West, and Mannix, and took the title role in the Broadway musical Kelly in 1965. In 1968 he played Woody alongside Fred Astaire and Petula Clark in Finian's Rainbow (1968). His films included My Bloody Valentine (1981), The Big Town (1987), and Johnny Mnemonic (1995), and he voiced Mok Swagger in Rock and Rule (1983). He narrated This Land from 1970 to 1986, played Walter on La Femme Nikita from 1997 to 2001, recorded jazz albums, and earned ACTRA Awards in 1980 and 1981.
84years old at death
- Born Burnaby
- Died Toronto
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Donald Harvey Francks and Don Harvey Francks
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 47 years1968 to 2015
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A first
On February 16, 1965, Don Francks played the title role in the Broadway musical Kelly, a daredevil who planned a jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. After tryouts in Philadelphia and Boston and five New York previews, the show closed on opening night.
Getting ready for a role
Don Francks voiced Boba Fett in an episode of Star Wars: Droids, and sources disagree on whether he or Gabriel Dell was the uncredited voice of the bounty hunter in the Star Wars Holiday Special.
Beyond film
Francks recorded a solo album called Jackie Gleason Says No One in This World Is Like Don Francks, released by Kapp in 1963. The title came from a remark Gleason made when the trio played "Bye Bye Blackbird" on his show that April.
Beyond film
In August 1962, Francks's avant-garde jazz group Three gave an unrehearsed first performance at Toronto's Purple Onion coffeehouse. Tap dancer Joey Hollingsworth joined Francks, with Lenny Breau playing guitar and Eon Henstridge on double bass.
Don Francks movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Heavy Metal1981 Adventure, Animation, Fantasyas Grimaldi (segment "Grimaldi") / Co-Pilot (segment "B-17") / Barbarian (segment "Taarna")voice
IMDb rating 6.642K votes
Most often with
Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together1 more actor
- Martin LavutRock & Rule (1983) and Heavy Metal (1981)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Don Francks's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$90.9 million
8 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 5 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$27M29.3% of the total
- 2Heavy Metal1981as Grimaldi (segment "Grimaldi") / Co-Pilot (segment "B-17") / Barbarian (segment "Taarna") (voice)$20M22.1% of the total
- 3$19M21.0% of the total
- 4$12M12.8% of the total
- 5$5.7M6.2% of the total
- 6$4.0M4.4% of the total
- 7$2.1M2.3% of the total
- 8$1.7M1.9% of the total
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