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David Frankham

Actor

David Frankham

Born February 16, 1926 in Kent, England11 films

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David Frankham (born 16 February 1926) is a film and television actor. After serving in India and Malaya in WWII, Frankham worked first as a news reader, and then a writer, interviewer and producer for the BBC from 1948 through 1955.

In 1955 Frankham moved to Hollywood to pursue a career as an actor. He soon found work, appearing on five episodes of the live television program Matinee Theater. He worked steadily in television, as well as appearing in films such as Return of the Fly (1959), Ten Who Dared (1960), Master of the World (1961), Tales of Terror (1962), The Spiral Road (1962), King Rat (1965), and The Great Santini (1979). Frankham provided the voice of Sergeant Tibbs the cat in Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

He appeared in guest roles on American television from the late 1950s through the 1980s. His career peaked in the 1960s with frequent roles on such popular shows as Thriller (U.S. TV series), Twelve O'Clock High (TV series), The F.B.I., Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Beverly Hillbillies, The Outer Limits, Star Trek, then onward into the 1970s in Cannon (TV series), The Waltons, and McCloud (TV series).

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Essential films

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One Hundred and One Dalmatians poster7.2One Hundred and One Dalmatians1961Tales of Terror poster6.7Tales of Terror1962Return of the Fly poster6.1Return of the Fly1959The Great Santini poster6.8The Great Santini1979Master of the World poster6.0Master of the World1961Wrong Is Right poster5.6Wrong Is Right1982

Filmography

11 films as actor
  1. 2010Ink: A Tale of CaptivityCountry Gentleman
  2. 1993The SubstituteRiggs
  3. 1982Wrong Is RightBritish Reporter
  4. 1979The Great SantiniCapt. Weber
  5. 1974Winter KillRev. Phillips
  6. 1965King RatCox
  7. 1962Tales of TerrorDr. James ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
  8. 1961Master of the WorldPhillip Evans
  9. 1961One Hundred and One DalmatiansSergeant Tibbs (voice)
  10. 1960Ten Who DaredFrank Goodman
  11. 1959Return of the FlyRonald Holmes, alias Alan Hinds