Frank Wilcox
Biography
Frank Wilcox was an American actor whose career took in films, television and the Broadway stage. Born in De Soto, Missouri, and raised in Atchison, Kansas, he got his start with the Pasadena Community Playhouse and went on to lead his own theater company, which staged plays in cities including Baltimore. He signed with Warner Bros. as a contract player, first appearing in the 1939 short The Monroe Doctrine as Henry Clay and playing Abraham Lincoln in the short Old Hickory the same year. Among his film roles was a circus doctor in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). On television he guested on Racket Squad, The Lone Ranger, I Love Lucy, Wagon Train and Perry Mason, and he gained his widest recognition as John Brewster, an oil company executive, on The Beverly Hillbillies. Later he played a judge in a 1973 episode of Kung Fu. His Broadway work ran from Yes or No to Parlor Story.
66years old at death
- Born De Soto
- Died Granada Hills
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Frank Reppy Wilcox
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 31 years1940 to 1971
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Big break
Wilcox's most recognized television part was John Brewster, an oil executive, in The Beverly Hillbillies. He played that role during the show's first five seasons, gaining recognition from millions of viewers.
First role
Wilcox signed on as a contract player for Warner Bros. His first part was in the 1939 short film The Monroe Doctrine, playing the American statesman Henry Clay in the early 1820s.
A first
On Broadway, Wilcox's work started with the play Yes or No in 1917 and finished with Parlor Story in 1947.
A change of course
Wilcox became a member of the Pasadena Community Playhouse. By December 1924, the Frank Wilcox Company, which he headed, staged plays at venues such as the Lyceum in Baltimore.
Frank Wilcox movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Michael Curtiz directed two of these films, Jerry Hopper two. Bess Flowers 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
Bess Flowers's page
Humphrey Bogart's page
Charlton Heston's page
John Litel's page
Errol Flynn's page
Oliver Blake's page
Michael CurtizDirector, 2 films, 1940
All films by Michael Curtiz
Jerry HopperDirector, 2 films, 1953 to 1956
All films by Jerry Hopper
Also three films together1 more actor
- Sydney GreenstreetConflict (1945), Across the Pacific (1942) and They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
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.