Frank Overton
Biography
Frank Overton was an American actor who began his career on the New York stage. Born in Babylon, New York, he built a busy stage resume that included Broadway productions such as The Desperate Hours, The Trip to Bountiful, Truckline Cafe, and Jacobowsky and the Colonel. From the early 1950s into the late 1960s he also worked steadily in television, with appearances on The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, Bonanza, The Fugitive, and The Asphalt Jungle. On Perry Mason he played Father Paul in 1961 and Deputy D.A. Nelson Taylor in 1963. He was especially known as Major Harvey Stovall on 12 O'Clock High. In To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), he played Sheriff Heck Tate, and in Fail Safe (1964) he was General Bogan. In Wild River (1960), he played a jilted fiancé of Lee Remick. His later television work included Star Trek, where he played Elias Sandoval in This Side of Paradise.
49years old at death
- Born Babylon
- Died Pacific Palisades
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Frank Emmons Overton
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 17 years1947 to 1964
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First role
Overton began his acting career on the New York stage, with Broadway credits including The Desperate Hours, The Trip to Bountiful, Truckline Cafe, and Jacobowsky and the Colonel.
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Worked with
Frank Overton shares two films with Robert Keith, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Delbert MannDirector, 2 films, 1958 to 1960
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