Frank Lovejoy
Active - 1948 - 1959 | Born - Mar 28, 1914 in Bronx, New York City, NY | Died - Oct 2, 1962 in New York City, NY | Genres - Drama, Action, Crime, War | Height: 5’ 11”
Square-jawed, intense, no-nonsense Frank Lovejoy played a succession of detectives, street cops, reporters, soldiers and such over his career. He was linked to show business before he was even born; his father was a salesman for the Pathe Film studio. After working as a Wall Street page, Lovejoy attended NYU, then acted in stock companies. He made his first Broadway appearance in 1934’s Judgment Day.
One of the busiest “Golden Age” radio actors, Lovejoy was heard in hundreds of soap operas, mystery programs and dramatic anthologies: from 1950 through 1952, he starred in the weekly radio crime drama Nightbeat. Making his film debut in 1948, he worked steadily, mainly in supporting parts but also as a first or second lead (one of his best roles was as one of the hunters kidnapped by murderous psychopath William Talman in the classic The Hitch-Hiker (1953), directed by Ida Lupino).
After his 1948 film debut in Black Bart, Lovejoy specialized in tough, cynical roles, such as the leading character in I Was a Communist For the FBI. From 1957 through 1959, he starred in the TV private eye series Meet McGraw.
Frank Lovejoy died of a heart attack while appearing in a New Jersey production of The Best Man with his actress wife Joan Banks.
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Active - 1948 - 1959 | Born - Mar 28, 1914 in Bronx, New York City, NY | Died - Oct 2, 1962 in New York City, NY | Genres - Drama, Action, Crime, War | Height: 5’ 11”
Square-jawed, intense, no-nonsense Frank Lovejoy played a succession of detectives, street cops, reporters, soldiers and such over his career. He was linked to show business before he was even born; his father was a salesman for the Pathe Film studio. After working as a Wall Street page, Lovejoy attended NYU, then acted in stock companies. He made his first Broadway appearance in 1934’s Judgment Day.
One of the busiest “Golden Age” radio actors, Lovejoy was heard in hundreds of soap operas, mystery programs and dramatic anthologies: from 1950 through 1952, he starred in the weekly radio crime drama Nightbeat. Making his film debut in 1948, he worked steadily, mainly in supporting parts but also as a first or second lead (one of his best roles was as one of the hunters kidnapped by murderous psychopath William Talman in the classic The Hitch-Hiker (1953), directed by Ida Lupino).
After his 1948 film debut in Black Bart, Lovejoy specialized in tough, cynical roles, such as the leading character in I Was a Communist For the FBI. From 1957 through 1959, he starred in the TV private eye series Meet McGraw.
Frank Lovejoy died of a heart attack while appearing in a New Jersey production of The Best Man with his actress wife Joan Banks.
Available Films:
BLACK BART FINGERMAN, THE FORCE OF ARMS HITCH-HIKER, THE |
HOUSE OF WAX IN A LONELY PLACE JULIE RETREAT, HELL! |
SHACK OUT ON 101 SOUTH SEA SINNER THREE SECRETS TOP OF THE WORLD |
