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Frank Austin

Actor

Frank Austin

Born October 8, 1877 in Mound City, Missouri, USADied May 13, 195467 films

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington posterFirst watchMr. Smith Goes to Washington19397.8as Inventor (uncredited)After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
You Can't Take It with You poster7.5You Can't Take It with You1938Mr. Deeds Goes to Town poster7.5Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936Hellzapoppin' poster7.2Hellzapoppin'1941Mystery of the Wax Museum poster6.5Mystery of the Wax Museum1933All That Money Can Buy poster7.0All That Money Can Buy1941Batman poster6.2Batman1943The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case poster6.9The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case1930The Harvey Girls poster6.6The Harvey Girls1946

Filmography

67 films as actor
  1. 2007OnionheadOnionhead
  2. 1950Arizona TerritoryJud - The Assayer
  3. 1948Jiggs and Maggie in CourtMr. Beaton, an Attorney
  4. 1947The Sea of GrassSecond Station Agent (uncredited)
  5. 1947Trail StreetFarmer (uncredited)
  6. 1946The Harvey GirlsRancher (uncredited)
  7. 1944Christmas HolidayJury Member (uncredited)
  8. 1943Sleepy LagoonWolf Man (uncredited)
  9. 1943Fired WifeBartender
  10. 1943BatmanHotel Clerk
  11. 1942The SpoilersTownsman (uncredited)
  12. 1942Private Snuffy SmithSaul - Cindy's Father
  13. 1941Hellzapoppin'Chauffeur (uncredited)
  14. 1941Swamp WaterFred Ulm
  15. 1941All That Money Can BuySpectator (uncredited)
  16. 1941Twilight on the TrailSteve Farley, old prospector
  17. 1941Riders of Death ValleyChuckawalla Charlie Morgan [Ch. 1]
  18. 1940Spring ParadeCustomer
  19. 1940When the Daltons RodeTownsman
  20. 1940Cafe HostessPeddler
  21. 1939Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonInventor (uncredited)
  22. 1938The Arkansas TravelerPessimistic Hobo
  23. 1938You Can't Take It with YouNeighbor (uncredited)
  24. 1937Wells FargoToothless Miner
  25. 1937True ConfessionCaretaker (uncredited)
  26. 1937Young DynamiteEndenberry / Doc Clark
  27. 1937Song of RevoltListener at Baron's (uncredited)
  28. 1937Mountain JusticeTownsman at Church Meeting
  29. 1937Paradise ExpressFarmer at Meeting (uncredited)
  30. 1937Larceny on the AirHenchman (uncredited)
  31. 1936Mr. Deeds Goes to TownGeorge Rankin (uncredited)
  32. 1936Sutter's GoldSettler-Miner in Bar
  33. 1935She Couldn't Take ItRailroad Attendant
  34. 1935It's A Small WorldMinor Role (uncredited)
  35. 1934Music in the AirPeasant (uncredited)
  36. 1934Another Wild IdeaBetty's Father
  37. 1933Mystery of the Wax MuseumWinton's Valet (Uncredited)
  38. 1932Yoo-HooOrphan's Home owner
  39. 1932The Cabin in the CottonTenant Farmer (uncredited)
  40. 1932Extra! Extra!Butler
  41. 1932SealskinsBoarding House Manager (uncredited)
  42. 1931House of MysteryHiggins - the Butler
  43. 1931The Range FeudJed Biggers
  44. 1931Bad GirlUpstairs Tenement Neighbor (uncredited)
  45. 1931Haunted at MidnightButler Franz
  46. 1930Night of GoblinsButler
  47. 1930The Laurel-Hardy Murder CaseButler (uncredited)
  48. 1929Hotter Than Hot
  49. 1929The DrifterSeth Martin
  50. 1929Ruby Lips
  51. 1928The TerrorCotton
  52. 1928Court MartialPresident Lincoln
  53. 1928The Desert BrideBeggar
  54. 1927The First AutoJor Saunders
  55. 1927Almost HumanJim Bowen
  56. 1926Code of the NorthwestSandy McKenna
  57. 1926Snowed InJ.B. Swinnerton
  58. 1926Sea HorsesCheadle
  59. 1926Hoodoo Ranch
  60. 1926Sweet Adeline
  61. 1925The Circus CycloneJoe Dokes
  62. 1925The Desert DemonDad Randall
  63. 1925Riding for LifeSandy McPherson
  64. 1925The Golden TrailSteve Prater
  65. 1925The MonsterRigo
  66. 1922Robin HoodFriar
  67. 1917The Secret of Black MountainGeorge Cooper