Frank Orth
Biography
Frank Orth was an American actor who started out in vaudeville before moving into films and television. Born in Philadelphia in 1880, he was performing in vaudeville by 1897 and took up songwriting in 1909, humming melodies for trained music writers to transcribe. He first worked in motion pictures in 1928, in Warner Bros. foreign-language sound shorts, and earned his first major screen credit in the western Prairie Thunder in 1937. He was typically seen as bartenders, pharmacists and grocery clerks, and he had recurring roles in the Dr. Kildare and Nancy Drew series, playing Officer Tweedy. His parts included a newspaper man in His Girl Friday (1940), and he was best remembered as Inspector Faraday in the television series Boston Blackie from 1951 to 1953. He also worked in radio as a production director in Arizona.
82years old at death
- Born Philadelphia
- Died Hollywood
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 15 years1938 to 1953
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First role
Orth's first contact with motion pictures came in 1928, when he took part in Warner Bros.' first foreign-language shorts made in sound.
Behind the camera
Orth could not read or write music, so he hummed his songs, including "The Phone Bell Rang" and "Meet Me on the Boardwalk, Dearie", while trained writers put them on paper.
A change of course
In the fall of 1947, Orth became production director with Sun Country Broadcasting Company in Arizona, taking a position in radio.
Frank Orth movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
H. Bruce Humberstone directed two of these films, Harold S. Bucquet two. Walter Baldwin appears in four 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
Walter Baldwin's page
Irving Bacon's page
Charles Trowbridge's page
Sara Haden's page
Nat Pendleton's page
Alma Kruger's page
H. Bruce HumberstoneDirector, 2 films, 1941 to 1943
All films by H. Bruce Humberstone
Harold S. BucquetDirector, 2 films, 1939 to 1940
All films by Harold S. Bucquet
Also three films together2 more actors
- Marie BlakeBlue, White, and Perfect (1942), Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940) and The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
- Nell CraigBoom Town (1940), Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940) and The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.