Frank Orth
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Frank Orth was an American actor born in Philadelphia. He is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie”. By 1897, Orth was performing in vaudeville with his wife, Ann Codee, in an act called “Codee and Orth.” In 1909, he expanded into song writing, with songs such as “The Phone Bell Rang” and “Meet Me on the Boardwalk, Dearie.” His first contact with motion pictures was in 1928, when he was part of the first foreign-language shorts in sound produced by Warner Bros. He and his wife also appeared together in a series of two-reel comedies in the early 1930s. Orth's first major screen credit was in “Prairie Thunder,” a Dick Foran western, in 1937. From then on, he was often cast as bartenders, pharmacists, and grocery clerks, and always distinctly Irish. He had a recurring role in the Dr. Kildare series of films and also in the Nancy Drew series as the befuddled Officer Tweedy. Among his better roles were the newspaper man Cary Grant telephones early in “His Girl Friday,” one of the quartet singing “Gary Owen” in “They Died with Their Boots On” (thereby giving Errol Flynn as Gen. Custer the idea of associating the tune with the 7th Cavalry), and as the little man carrying the sign reading “The End Is Near” throughout Colonel Effingham's Raid. However, Orth is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie.” A short, plump, round-faced man, often smoking a cigar, Orth as Faraday wore his own dark-rimmed spectacles, though rarely in feature films. In 1959, Orth retired from show business after throat surgery. His wife died in 1961 after around fifty years of marriage. Orth died on March 17, 1962. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills next to his wife.
As Actor/Actress
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Uncle John
Boston Blackie
Inspector Faraday
El sargento York
Drummer (uncredited)
The Strawberry Blonde
Baxter - Livery Stable Owner (uncredited)
Ayuno de amor
Duffy
Días sin huella
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Más barato por docena
Higgins (uncredited)
Wilson
Smith (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
Loafer (uncredited)
Conciencias muertas
Larry Kinkaid (uncredited)
El gran Houdini
Mr. Hunter
Summer Storm
Cafe Maitre d' at End (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
'Shorty' Davis (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
Joe
Doll Face
Peters
La dama en el lago
Floyd Greer (Uncredited)
Missing Witnesses
Gordon (uncredited)
El extraño caso de Martha Ivers
Hotel Clerk
Hot Money
Hank Ford
They Died with Their Boots On
Barfly (uncredited)
Fast and Loose
Detective Hendricks (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
Wedding Witness on Stage (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
Waiter at Fat Dutchy's (uncredited)
San Quentin
Convict in Bunkhouse (uncredited)
Broadway Serenade
Mr. Fellows
Oro en el barro
Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
Stanley and Livingstone
Newspaperman with Pills
Double Dynamite
Mr. Kofer
El fruto dorado
Barber
At the Circus
Chef in Diner (uncredited)