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Frank Richards was an American character actor, typically portraying a hoodlum or thug with a menacing appearance.
Born
Wednesday, 15 September 1909
Died
Wednesday, 15 April 1992
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Diff'rent Strokes | Security Guard | 1978 |
| Fantasy Island | Skipper | 1977 |
| A Woman Under the Influence | Adolph | 1974 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Hassler | 1964 |
| The Hook | Crewman Kaskevitch | 1963 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Truck Driver | 1962 |
| Cain's Hundred | Bartender | 1961 |
| Follow the Sun | Burly Crook | 1961 |
| Whispering Smith | Ed Buehly | 1961 |
| Miami Undercover | Garner | 1961 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Diff'rent Strokes | Security Guard | 1978 |
| Fantasy Island | Skipper | 1977 |
| A Woman Under the Influence | Adolph | 1974 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Hassler | 1964 |
| The Hook | Crewman Kaskevitch | 1963 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Truck Driver | 1962 |
| Cain's Hundred | Bartender | 1961 |
| Follow the Sun | Burly Crook | 1961 |
| Whispering Smith | Ed Buehly | 1961 |
| Miami Undercover | Garner | 1961 |
| Surfside 6 | Bartender | 1960 |
| Bells Are Ringing | Barney Lampwick's Friend - Man on Street | 1960 |
| From the Terrace | The Bartender | 1960 |
| Pony Express | LeRoy Willick | 1960 |
| Shotgun Slade | Convict #2 | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Man | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Kipp | 1959 |
| The Gunfight at Dodge City | Burly Man with Saloon Girl | 1959 |
| The Hangman | Zimmerman | 1959 |
| Lonelyhearts | Taxi Driver | 1959 |
| Arson for Hire | Man Making Phone Calls | 1959 |
| The Black Orchid | Hood | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Weybright Killer | 1959 |
| One Step Beyond | George | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Emmett | 1959 |
| Revolt in the Big House | Jake | 1958 |
| Lawman | Drunk / Claypool - Bully | 1958 |
| Peter Gunn | Tiny / Gus / Bartender / Barber | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Jake | 1958 |
| The Cry Baby Killer | Pete Gambelli | 1958 |
| Teacher's Pet | Cab Driver | 1958 |
| The World Was His Jury | Able Bodied Seaman Milo Radvitch aka Mikel Petrov | 1958 |
| This Is Alice | Truck Driver | 1958 |
| Escape from Red Rock | Price | 1957 |
| The Hard Man | Vince Kane | 1957 |
| Gun Battle at Monterey | Gus | 1957 |
| 26 Men | Spencer | 1957 |
| Trackdown | Seth | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Harry Potter / Sam Goss | 1957 |
| Maverick | Sam | 1957 |
| The Thin Man | Maxie - Henchman | 1957 |
| M Squad | Piggy Cole / Boris Kozlov | 1957 |
| Bachelor Father | Mechanic | 1957 |
| The Persuader | Steve | 1957 |
| Panic! | Second Gunman | 1957 |
| The Storm Rider | Will Feylan | 1957 |
| Running Target | Castagna / Sam Castagna | 1956 |
| The Desperados Are in Town | Mr. Tawson | 1956 |
| Man from Del Rio | Ken, the Stableman | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Fighter in Bar | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | Andy / Duke | 1956 |
| Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Little Harpe | 1956 |
| The Killing | Track Employee in Locker Room | 1956 |
| State Trooper | Max Dorfman | 1956 |
| The Man with the Golden Arm | Blind Barfly | 1955 |
| Guys and Dolls | Man with Packages | 1955 |
| Fury | Rogers / Jackson | 1955 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | 4th Crewman | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Monk McGinnis / Party Guest | 1955 |
| Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | Jug Jackson | 1955 |
| Brave Eagle | Iron Hand | 1955 |
| Jungle Jim | Waco Johnson | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Swazey | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Moresby Associate / Skunky Grimes | 1955 |
| Spy Chasers | George | 1955 |
| Gang Busters | Slug Bennett | 1955 |
| Damon Runyon Theater | Frankie Ferocious | 1955 |
| A Bullet for Joey | Ship Officer | 1955 |
| Thunder Over Sangoland | (archive footage) | 1955 |
| New York Confidential | Hoodlum | 1955 |
| Pirates of Tripoli | Zurtah | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Maxie - Gangster | 1955 |
| TV Reader's Digest | Sgt. Bernard | 1955 |
| The Atomic Kid | Casino Officer | 1954 |
| Destry | Dummy | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Little Harpe | 1954 |
| Medic | Second Driver | 1954 |
| Captain Midnight | Gaston | 1954 |
| Return from the Sea | Bartender | 1954 |
| Duffy's Tavern | Nick | 1954 |
| Tennessee Champ | J.B. Backett | 1954 |
| Stories of the Century | Ike Clanton | 1954 |
| Annie Oakley | Creede / Geronimo | 1954 |
| The Joe Palooka Story | Miller's Partner | 1954 |
| Money from Home | Angry Truck Driver | 1953 |
| Prisoners of the Casbah | 2nd Thief / Second thief | 1953 |
| Clipped Wings | Cralia Dupree | 1953 |
| I, the Jury | Killer Thompson | 1953 |
| The Caddy | Burly Caddie | 1953 |
| The System | Charley, Merrick's Butler | 1953 |
| Ramar of the Jungle | Jack Galvin | 1953 |
| I'm the Law | Jake Lane | 1953 |
| Girls in the Night | Bartender Danny | 1953 |
| Stop, You're Killing Me | Black Hat Gallagher | 1952 |
| The Abbott and Costello Show | Slug | 1952 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Man at Fight / Store Policeman / Truck Driver / Winslow | 1952 |
| Adventures of Superman | Solly / Marty / Hank / Slugger | 1952 |
| The Savage | Sgt. Norris | 1952 |
| Pat and Mike | Sam Garsell | 1952 |
| Carbine Williams | Truex | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Townsman / Town Marshal / Skyes / Sitting Bull / Red Hacker / Bartender Purdy | 1952 |
| Love Is Better Than Ever | Mr. Carney | 1952 |
| South of Caliente | Studsy Denning | 1951 |
| Across the Wide Missouri | Tige Shannon | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Mobster | 1951 |
| Sky King | Blackie / Carlo / Marty | 1951 |
| Boston Blackie | Muscles Malloy | 1951 |
| Racket Squad | Rowdy | 1951 |
| The Scarf | Gargantua | 1951 |
| Double Crossbones | Tavern Bouncer | 1951 |
| California Passage | Sneed | 1950 |
| Kim | Abul | 1950 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Joe - Prisoner | 1950 |
| Wyoming Mail | Prison Contact | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Actor | 1950 |
| No Way Out | Mac | 1950 |
| Love That Brute | Gangster | 1950 |
| Father of the Bride | Truck Driver | 1950 |
| Western Pacific Agent | Keystone | 1950 |
| Space Patrol | King | 1950 |
| Black Hand | Semi-Moron | 1950 |
| The Cisco Kid | Grant | 1950 |
| The Outriders | Outrider with Knife | 1950 |
| The Threat | Lefty | 1949 |
| Tough Assignment | Steve / Steve (thug at ranch) | 1949 |
| Prison Warden | Cory | 1949 |
| Thieves' Highway | Cab Driver | 1949 |
| The Lone Ranger | Bill Adams / Duke / Jeb Logan / Matt | 1949 |
| The Cowboy and the Indians | Smiley Martin | 1949 |
| Martin Kane | Breen | 1949 |
| Slattery's Hurricane | Bartender | 1949 |
| Canadian Pacific | Railroad Worker | 1949 |
| The Crooked Way | Nick - Bail Bondsman | 1949 |
| The Set-Up | Bat - Program Vendor | 1949 |
| I Cheated the Law | Bartender | 1949 |
| Come to the Stable | Lefty - Rossi's Goon | 1949 |
| Appointment with Murder | 2nd Thug | 1948 |
| A Double Life | Stagehand | 1947 |
| The Story of Mr. Hobbs | Spike | 1947 |
| The House on 92nd Street | German Spy Trainee | 1945 |
| Redhead from Manhattan | Fisherman | 1943 |
| You Can't Escape Forever | Scotty - Greer's Henchman | 1942 |
| A Man's World | Thomas | 1942 |
| Cairo | Alfred | 1942 |
| Sunday Punch | Bystander | 1942 |
| Alias Boston Blackie | Mack - Prisoner Next to Joe | 1942 |
| Reap the Wild Wind | Cutler Man in Barrel Room | 1942 |
| The Corsican Brothers | Colonna's Henchman / Colonna's Henchman (Uncredited) | 1941 |
| Public Enemies | Shelby | 1941 |
| Hold That Ghost | Gunman | 1941 |
| Coffins on Wheels | Loopy the Mechanic | 1941 |
| Sky Raiders | Murdock - Henchman [Ch. 8] | 1941 |
| Tall, Dark and Handsome | Mobster | 1941 |
| Arizona | Dugan | 1940 |
| Before I Hang | Otto Kron - Convict / Otto Kron | 1940 |
