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Frank Overton is a Actor American born on 12 march 1918 at Babylon (village) (USA)

Frank Overton

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Birth name Frank Emmons Overton
Nationality USA
Birth 12 march 1918 at Babylon (village) (USA)
Death 24 april 1967 (at 49 years) at Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles (USA)

Frank Emmons Overton (March 12, 1918 – April 24, 1967) was an American actor.

Biography

Au théâtre, Frank Overton joue à Broadway (New York) dans six pièces, disséminées de 1944 à 1961. La première, représentée 417 fois de mars 1944 à mars 1945, est l'adaptation par S.N. Behrman de Jacobowsky und der Oberst de Franz Werfel, mise en scène par Elia Kazan, avec Annabella (débutant elle-aussi à Broadway) et Louis Calhern.

Au cinéma, il contribue à seulement quatorze films américains durant sa carrière. Après une prestation comme figurant dans Boomerang ! d'Elia Kazan, sorti en 1947, puis deux petits rôles non-crédités dans Le Mystère de la plage perdue de John Sturges et La porte s'ouvre de Joseph L. Mankiewicz, tous deux sortis en 1950, il tient son premier rôle notable dans le western Jesse James, le brigand bien-aimé de Nicholas Ray (1957, avec Robert Wagner et Jeffrey Hunter). Son dernier film est Point limite de Sidney Lumet (avec Dan O'Herlihy et Walter Matthau), sorti en 1964.

Entretemps, avec The Dark at the Top of the Stairs de Delbert Mann (1960), Frank Overton reprend le rôle qu'il venait de créer à Broadway, dans la pièce éponyme jouée de décembre 1957 à janvier 1959, à nouveau mise en scène par Elia Kazan, aux côtés de Pat Hingle et Teresa Wright (remplacés par Robert Preston et Dorothy McGuire dans l'adaptation à l'écran). Mentionnons aussi Le Fleuve sauvage d'Elia Kazan toujours (1960, avec Montgomery Clift et Lee Remick), ainsi que Du silence et des ombres de Robert Mulligan (son avant-dernier film, 1962, avec Gregory Peck et Brock Peters).

À la télévision, il débute à l'occasion de son unique téléfilm, The Trip to Bountiful de Vincent J. Donehue, diffusé en 1953. Dans cette adaptation de la pièce éponyme d'Horton Foote, Lillian Gish et lui reprennent leurs rôles, créés à Broadway cette même année 1953 (avec Jo Van Fleet, suivie au petit écran par Eileen Heckart) ; à noter que cette pièce fait l'objet d'une adaptation au cinéma en 1985 (où Geraldine Page et Richard Bradford succèdent à Lillian Gish et Frank Overton).

Puis l'acteur collabore dès 1953 à cinquante-huit séries, dont La Quatrième Dimension (deux épisodes, 1959-1963), Les Accusés (cinq épisodes, 1961-1965) et Bonanza (deux épisodes, le premier en 1962, le second diffusé en 1967, la veille de sa mort brutale, d'une crise cardiaque).

Citons également son rôle récurrent du Major Harvey Stovall, de 1964 jusqu'à son décès, dans soixante-et-un épisodes de Twelve O'Clock High , d'après un roman déjà adapté au cinéma en 1949 (avec Gregory Peck et Dean Jagger, respectivement remplacés par Robert Lansing et lui dans la série).

Usually with

Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
(2 films)
John Alton
John Alton
(2 films)
James Bell
James Bell
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Frank Overton (13 films)

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Actor

Fail Safe
Fail Safe (1964)
, 1h52
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about religion, Transport films, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dans un avion, Dystopian films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, United States Armed Forces in films, Films about language and translation
Actors Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Larry Hagman, Sorrell Booke
Roles Gen. Bogan
Rating79% 3.997793.997793.997793.997793.99779
The film begins with VIPs visiting the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) at Offutt AFB in Omaha, Nebraska. During the trip, an alert is initiated by USAF's early warning radar that an unidentified flying object is making an unauthorized intrusion into American airspace. Defense protocols dictate that the SAC must always keep several bomber groups airborne 24 hours a day in the event of a nuclear attack on the United States. Following the alert, bombers are ordered to proceed to predetermined aerial "fail-safe points" to await their final "go" orders before proceeding towards Soviet targets.
To Kill a Mockingbird, 2h9
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about racism
Actors Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, John Megna, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall, Alice Ghostley
Roles Sheriff Heck Tate
Rating82% 4.1488354.1488354.1488354.1488354.148835
The film's young protagonists, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch (Mary Badham) and her brother Jeremy Atticus "Jem" Finch (Phillip Alford), live in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the 1930s. The story covers three years, during which Scout and Jem undergo changes in their lives. They begin as innocent children, who spend their days happily playing games with each other and spying on Arthur "Boo" Radley (Robert Duvall), who has not been seen for many years by anybody as a result of never leaving his house and about whom many rumors circulate. Their widowed father, Atticus (Gregory Peck), is a town lawyer and has a strong belief that all people are to be treated fairly, to turn the other cheek, and to stand for what you believe. He also allows his children to call him by his first name. Early in the film, the children see their father accept hickory nuts, and other produce, from Mr. Cunningham (Crahan Denton) for legal work because the client has no money. Through their father's work as a lawyer, Scout and Jem begin to learn of the racism and evil in their town, aggravated by poverty; they mature quickly as they are exposed to it.
Claudelle Inglish, 1h39
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Diane McBain, John Arthur Kennedy, Will Hutchins, Claude Akins, Constance Ford, Frank Overton
Roles Harley Peasley
Rating61% 3.0503853.0503853.0503853.0503853.050385
Pretty and shy young Georgia farmgirl Claudelle Inglish (Diane McBain), the daughter of a poor sharecropper Clyde Inglish (Arthur Kennedy) and his wife Jessie (Constance Ford), starts dating the poor neighbor, handsome farmboy Linn Varner (Chad Everett) during the spring of their senior year in high school. Claudelle and Linn instantly hit it off together and soon they fall in love. Her mother objects to the relationship, fearing Claudelle will end up in the same rut she is being married to a poor farmer resulting in a stormy marriage. Claudelle is forced to endure her parents' many arguments stemming from Jessie's unhappiness having to be married to Clyde, a poor but hard-working farmer.
Posse from Hell, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Vic Morrow, Zohra Lampert, Robert Keith, Lee Van Cleef
Roles Burt Hogan
Rating65% 3.291993.291993.291993.291993.29199
In 1880 four escapees from death row, Crip (Vic Morrow), Leo (Lee Van Cleef), Chunk (Henry Wills) and Hash (Charles Horvath) ride into the town of Paradise and enter the Rosebud Saloon. Crip shoots the town marshal Issac Webb (Ward Ramsey) and takes ten men as hostages, killing some to ensure the four are unmolested. The gang leaves town with $11,200 from the Bank of Paradise and a female hostage Helen Caldwell (Zohra Lampert) who entered the bar because her alcoholic Uncle Billy (Royal Dano) was one of the captives.
Wild River
Wild River (1960)
, 1h50
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical, Romance
Actors Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi, Jay C. Flippen, James Westerfield
Roles Walter Clark
Rating74% 3.746583.746583.746583.746583.74658
In the early 1930s, Chuck Glover (Montgomery Clift) arrives in Garthville, Tennessee, upstream from a newly constructed hydroelectric dam of the Tennessee Valley Authority, to head the TVA's land purchasing office after its previous supervisor abruptly quit. He has the responsibility for supervising the clearing of land to be flooded but must first acquire Garth Island on the Tennessee River, the last piece of property yet to be sold to the government. The previous supervisor was unable to convince the elderly Ella Garth (Jo Van Fleet), matriarch of a large family that has lived on the island for decades, to sell her land to the government, which to avoid bad publicity the TVA wants to acquire without using force. The clearing of the land for the coming lake is also proceeding behind schedule because the local mayor, the town's barber, uses only white labor. Chuck crosses the ferry to Garth Island but Ella and the other Garth women, including Ella's granddaughter Carol Baldwin (Lee Remick), refuse to listen to him. He tries to reason with Ella's three grown sons, Hamilton (Jay C. Flippen), Cal (James Westerfield), and Joe John, but being relocated means working for a living and they have never worked in their lives. Joe John tosses Chuck into the river. Hamilton comes to Chuck's room soon after to invite him to the island for a formal apology and to speak with Ella.
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, 2h4
Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury, Shirley Knight, Frank Overton
Roles Morris Lacey
Rating71% 3.588053.588053.588053.588053.58805
The drama centers on Rubin Flood, who loses his salesman job. While searching for a new job, he must deal with his wife, Cora, who shuns intimacy and mistakes his joblessness for stinginess, his shy daughter who prepares for her first dance and his pre-teen son who runs to his mother instead of dealing with bullies. He tries to find comfort with a friend, Mavis Pruitt, thus setting off rumors of an untoward relationship.
Lonelyhearts, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Myrna Loy, Dolores Hart, Maureen Stapleton, Jackie Coogan
Roles Mr. Sargeant
Rating65% 3.294773.294773.294773.294773.29477
The story opens on a small-town street. A man throws a bundle of papers onto the sidewalk from the back of a truck labeled Chronicle. Adam White (Montgomery Clift) is sitting in a bar when a woman (Myrna Loy) offers him a drink. He refuses, explaining that alcohol seems to be poisonous to him. After talking with her for a while, he learns she is married to William Shrike, Editor-in-Chief of the Chronicle, where Adam is hoping to work. The editor shows up to meet his wife only to find her talking with Adam. When Shrike (Robert Ryan) asks how Adam found him, Adam explains: "I heard there was a bar where newspaper people hang out. I came here since it is the closest to the Chronicle, the only paper in town". Florence Shrike says Adam can write, and he deserves the chance to prove it. Shrike retorts: "OK, so write!" Adam hems and haws momentarily, but then delivers the following story: "The Chronicle is pleased to announce the addition of a new member to our staff. He met the Editor in Chief, who went so far as to insult his own wife in an effort to provoke the new staff member. Instead of punching the editor in the face, he accepted a position on the paper.
The Last Mile, 1h21
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films based on plays
Actors Mickey Rooney, Frank Overton, Michael Constantine, Clifford David, Ford Rainey, Johnny Seven
Roles Father O'Connors
Rating65% 3.2855053.2855053.2855053.2855053.285505
In a death row cell block nine inmates are scheduled for execution. Then "Killer" John Mears (Rooney) comes along. His viciousness infects the environment and his plans to break out of prison are the catalyst for tragedy.
Desire Under the Elms, 1h51
Directed by Delbert Mann, Bernard McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives, Pernell Roberts, Frank Overton, Rebecca Welles
Roles Simeon Cabot
Rating64% 3.2484353.2484353.2484353.2484353.248435
Le vieux Éphraïm Cabot se remarie avec la jeune et belle Anna. S’ensuivent des luttes intestines entre les fils d’Éphraïm et la nouvelle épouse, tous s’estimant héritiers légitimes. Mais Anna et son beau-fils Eben, qui revendique le titre d’héritier unique, tombent réciproquement amoureux…
The True Story of Jesse James, 1h32
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Action, Western
Themes Films about families, Jesse James, Children's films, Gangster films
Actors Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead, Alan Hale Jr., Alan Baxter
Roles Maj. Rufus Cobb
Rating61% 3.096833.096833.096833.096833.09683
Jesse (Robert Wagner) and Frank James (Jeffrey Hunter) ride with their gang into Northfield, Minnesota for a raid. While robbing a bank, gun fighting breaks out and two of the gang are killed. The James brothers and another gang member head out of town and hide out while investigators from the Remington Detective Agency search for James to receive a $30,000 reward. While the three are hiding, the film tells the story of how the James brothers came to be criminals in flashback.
No Way Out
No Way Out (1950)
, 1h46
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about racism, Children's films
Actors Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Ruby Dee, Stephen McNally, Amanda Randolph, Sidney Poitier
Roles Intern (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.6949553.6949553.6949553.6949553.694955
Dr. Luther Brooks (Sidney Poitier), an intern who has just passed the state board examination to qualify for his license to practice, is the first African-American doctor at the urban county hospital at which he trained. Because he lacks self-confidence, Luther requests to work as a junior resident at the hospital for another year. Johnny (Dick Paxton) and Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark), brothers who were both shot in the leg by a policeman as they attempted a robbery, are brought to the hospital's prison ward. As Luther tends to the disoriented Johnny, he is bombarded with racist slurs by Ray, who grew up in Beaver Canal, the white working class section of the city. Believing that Johnny has a brain tumor, Luther administers a spinal tap, but Johnny dies during the procedure. Wondering if Ray's antagonism may have caused him to be careless, Luther consults his mentor, chief medical resident Dr. Daniel Wharton (Stephen McNally), and Wharton concedes that a brain tumor was only one possibility. Feeling that he must prove the accuracy of his diagnosis, Luther requests an autopsy, but Wharton informs him that according to state law, they cannot proceed without the permission of the deceased's family. When Ray refuses, as he does not want his brother's body to be cut up, Wharton confers with the head of the hospital, Dr. Sam Moreland (Stanley Ridges), about requisitioning an autopsy.
Mystery Street, 1h33
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Ricardo Montalbán, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Marshall Thompson, Jan Sterling
Roles Guard (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.594613.594613.594613.594613.59461
Blonde B-girl Vivian (played by Jan Sterling), is pregnant and tries to contact the father to seek help financially. He refuses to meet and stops taking her calls. She goes to "The Grass Skirt" bar in Boston where she works and picks up a drunk (Marshall Thompson) so she can use his car to drive to Cape Cod, where she can confront the father face to face.
Boomerang!
Boomerang! (1947)
, 1h28
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Noir, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Cara Williams, Karl Malden
Roles Man in Mob Behind Courthouse
Rating71% 3.5960853.5960853.5960853.5960853.596085
A priest is shot dead on a Bridgeport, Connecticut street at night. The police, led by Chief Robinson (Cobb), fail to immediately find the murderer. It soon becomes a political hot potato, with the police accused of incompetence, and the city's reform-minded administration comes under attack. Robinson and the prosecutor Henry Harvey (Andrews) come under severe pressure by political leaders to find the killer or bring in outside help.