Steve Franken
Biography
Steve Franken was an American actor whose film and television career lasted over fifty years. After earning a B.A. at Cornell University, he returned to New York to act, making his screen debut in 1958 on Playhouse 90 in The Time of Your Life. Rod Amateau cast him as Chatsworth Osborne Jr., the playboy dilettante in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, a recurring role from 1960 to 1963. He also played rich wastrels and military men, appearing in The Time Travelers (1964), Follow Me, Boys! (1966), and The North Avenue Irregulars (1979). He played the drunken waiter Levinson in Blake Edwards's The Party (1968), with Peter Sellers, and he starred with Jerry Lewis in Which Way to the Front? (1970). His television credits included Bewitched, Adam-12, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Barney Miller, and Seinfeld, and he provided voices for Batman: The Animated Series, Road Rovers, and Smurfs. He acted and directed episodes of Insight.
80years old at death
- Born Brooklyn
- Died Canoga Park
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Stephen Robert Franken
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 51 years1958 to 2009
Genres
First and latest
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Steve Franken movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Blake Edwards directed two of these films, Jerry Lewis two. Jerry Lewis 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
Jerry Lewis's page
Marjorie Bennett's page
Harold J. Stone's page
Frank Campanella's page
Jay Robinson's page
All films by Blake Edwards
Also two films together5 more actors
- Buddy LesterHardly Working (1980) and The Party (1968)
- Deanna LundTransylvania Twist (1989) and Hardly Working (1980)
- Roger C. CarmelHardly Working (1980) and Stage Struck (1958)
- Linda Gaye ScottWestworld (1973) and The Party (1968)
- George GrayDish Dogs (2000) and Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Steve Franken's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$611 million
8 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 9 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 9Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$486M79.6% of the total
- 2$49M8.0% of the total
- 3$32M5.2% of the total
- 4$14M2.3% of the total
- 5$13M2.1% of the total
- 6$10M1.6% of the total
- 7$4.5M0.7% of the total
- 8$2.9M0.5% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.