Frank Marlowe
Biography
Frank Marlowe was an American character actor who worked in films from the 1930s into the 1960s, appearing in more than 200 features along with dozens of television shows. Born in Massachusetts, he began working in movies in the 1930s, and the American Film Institute dates his first screen appearance to Howard Hawks's Twentieth Century (1934). He was generally given small parts in well known pictures, among them Bringing Up Baby, My Favorite Wife, Sergeant York, Saboteur, Notorious, A Star Is Born and The Man with the Golden Arm, with his last film role, as one of the taxi drivers, coming in Hitchcock's North by Northwest in 1959. On television he took guest roles on Dragnet, Perry Mason, Adventures of Superman and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
60years old at death
- Born Massachusetts
- Died Hollywood
- Star sign: AquariusFirst day of the sign, on the Capricorn cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 21 years1933 to 1954
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First role
Marlowe's earliest film appearance, according to the American Film Institute, was in Howard Hawks's 1934 film Twentieth Century, with John Barrymore and Carole Lombard.
A first
AFI lists Marlowe's last film role as a taxi driver in Hitchcock's classic thriller North by Northwest, released in 1959. Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason starred in it.
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Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Irving Pichel directed three of these films, Howard Hawks two. Lester Dorr appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Lester Dorr's page
Joan Crawford's page
Gene Evans's page
Franchot Tone's page
Harry Lauter's page
Roscoe Karns's page
All films by Irving Pichel
All films by Howard Hawks
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.