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Frank Wilcox is a Actor American born on 13 march 1907 at De Soto (USA)
Frank Reppy Wilcox (March 13, 1907 – March 3, 1974) was an American character actor who made appearances in more than 150 films and nearly 200 episodes of television programs.
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Birth name Frank Reppy Wilcox
Nationality USA
Birth 13 march 1907 at De Soto (USA)
Death 3 march 1974 (at 66 years) at Granada Hills, Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 13 march 1907 at De Soto (USA)
Death 3 march 1974 (at 66 years) at Granada Hills, Los Angeles (USA)
Frank Reppy Wilcox (March 13, 1907 – March 3, 1974) was an American character actor who made appearances in more than 150 films and nearly 200 episodes of television programs.
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The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
, 1h29Directed by Vincent McEveety, Christopher Hibler, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Children's films
Actors Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, Tony Roberts, James Gregory, Lee Montgomery
Roles Mr. Meaker, the Bank Manager
Rating57%
The film centers on the family of a scientist named Albert Dooley (Dean Jones) who struggles to pay the bills. His wife, Katie (Sandy Duncan) gets a recipe for applesauce wrong and gives it to her husband to take to work for lunch, hoping it will help cut down on the budget. In a humorous chain reaction, the duck Albert is testing steals the applesauce after Albert has thrown it away in the trash, and then wanders into a radiation lab and becomes irradiated. Albert is ordered to get rid of the duck, so he figures he can give it to his son, Jimmy (Lee Montgomery) who has been wanting a pet, only to discover it now lays eggs with solid gold yolks.
I'll Take Sweden (1965)
, 1h37Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld, Frankie Avalon, Dina Merrill, Roy Roberts, John Qualen
Roles Mr. Dow
Rating52%
Single father Bob Holcomb (Hope), a widower, is unhappy with the guitar-playing boy (Avalon) his daughter JoJo (Weld) chooses as a husband-to-be. An executive with an oil company, Bob accepts a transfer to the firm's Stockholm branch and he takes JoJo along, hoping it will distract her.
Johnny Cool (1963)
, 1h43Directed by William Asher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Richard Anderson, Jim Backus, Joey Bishop, Brad Dexter
Roles FBI Agent
Rating63%
Johnny Colini, an exiled American living in Rome, rescues Salvatore Giordano, a young Sicilian outlaw, from the police. After Giordano is groomed, polished, and renamed "Johnny Cool," Colini sends him on a mission of vengeance to the United States to assassinate the men who plotted his downfall and enforced exile. Johnny arrives in New York and quickly kills several of the underworld figures on Colini's list.
A Ticklish Affair (1963)
, 1h28Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Shirley Jones, Gig Young, Red Buttons, Edward Platt, Carolyn Jones, Edgar Buchanan
Roles Bill (uncredited)
Rating58%
Commander Key Weedon (Gig Young), a pilot with the U.S. Navy, is sent to investigate when an S.O.S. emergency signal is spotted in the San Diego region. He discovers it is the doing of a six-year-old boy, Grover Martin, whose uncle Simon (Red Buttons), an airline pilot, gave the boy a blinker light as a gift.
A Majority of One (1961)
, 2h36Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Ray Danton, Madlyn Rhue, Mae Questel, George Takei
Roles Noah Putnam
Rating67%
M Jacoby, une veuve originaire de Brooklyn dont le fils a été tué par les Japonais pendant la guerre, accepte à regret d'accompagner sa fille Alice et son gendre Jerry pour un voyage au Japon, où Jerry doit participer à la négociation d'un traité commercial. Lors de la croisière trans-pacifique, le ressentiment de M Jacoby à propos des jamonais est encore très fort lorsqu'elle encontre sur M. Asano, un industriel japonais dont la famille a elle aussi été beaucoup touchée par la guerre. Leur amitié naissante est malmenée lorsque Jerry suspecte M. Asano, lui-même un des négociateurs du traité, d'avoir cherché un gain politique dans cette relation. Bien que M Jacoby n'y croie pas vraiment, elle refuse de voir M. Asano lors de leur dernière soirée à bord. Une fois au Japon, Jerry offense sans le faire exprès M. Asano, et la conférence est annulée. M Jacoby se rend alors chez M. Asano. Après une soirée très agréable, il accepte de reprendre les négociations. Alors que les trois Américains se préparent à repartir, M Jacoby est surprise de recevoir une demande en mariage de M. Asano, mais aussi par la réaction négative d'Alice et Jerry. Mais en fait elle refuse surtout car elle considère que M. Asano et elle sont encore trop marqués par leurs histoires personnelles. Des mois plus tard, M. Asano arrive à New York comme délégué aux Nations unies. Il rencontre à nouveau M Jacoby, qui accepte désormais qu'il lui fasse la cour.
A Majority of One (1961)
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Ray Danton, Madlyn Rhue, Mae Questel, Gary Vinson
Roles Noah Putnam
Rating67%
Bertha Jacoby (Rosalind Russell), a Jewish widow, is convinced by her daughter Alice Black (Madlyn Rhue) to move from Brooklyn, New York to Tokyo, in order for Bertha to be closer to her along with her husband, Jerry Black (Ray Danton), now stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Her feelings about the Japanese with regards to her son's death in World War II start to change on board the ship to Tokyo, where she meets Koichi Asano, a Japanese Buddhist businessman (Alec Guinness), who also lost a spouse and two children in the War. The two share a bond over lives, their families, and their faiths, which develops into a romance. When she announces to her family of Asano's courtship, her daughter and son-in-law object to the idea of an interracial marriage. The movie ends with the two enjoying a Sabbath dinner.
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
, 1h52Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Musical films
Actors Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Richard Haydn, Spring Byington, Patsy Kelly
Roles TV Interviewer (uncredited)
Rating63%
Professor Lawrence Mackay (David Niven) and his wife Kate (Doris Day) are struggling with four small boys in a tiny, two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Months before, they had announced their intention to move to a larger apartment, but haven't been able to find one. Meanwhile, their lease has expired and the landlord has rented out their apartment to someone who insists they vacate immediately. They decide to should look for a house in the country, but the only thing they can afford is a run-down mansion complete with secret panels and trap doors. They have no choice but to move in and start fixing it up.
North by Northwest (1959)
, 2h16Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies, Chase films, Films about marriage
Actors Cary Grant, Sol Gorss, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll
Roles Herman Weltner (uncredited)
Rating82%
Advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) is mistaken for George Kaplan and kidnapped by Valerian (Adam Williams) and Licht (Robert Ellenstein), who take him to the Long Island estate of Lester Townsend. He is interrogated by a man he assumes to be Townsend, but who is actually spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason). Vandamm's "associate" Leonard (Martin Landau) intends to get rid of Thornhill once they finish questioning him.
Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Herb Vigran, Frank Wilcox, Martha Wentworth, Robert Foulk, Milton Frome, Phil Arnold
Roles Harold Arnold
Rating57%
This is a fiction account of a young singer Johnny Melody who gets discovered by Alan Freed. It starts with Chuck Berry and Alan discussing the young Melody with Barry intimating that he nearly ended in the slammer. Alan relays the story of how Johnny went from being a orphan with no last name to becoming a major singer.
Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
, 1h25Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Fred MacMurray, Robert Vaughn, Margaret Hayes, Joan Blackman, James Drury, Edmon Ryan
Rating62%
Eddie Campbell (Robert Vaughn) watches a stagecoach as it rides toward a Nebraska town. Other members of his gang are waiting there to rob the bank. Ben Cutler (Fred MacMurray), owner of the stage line, is on board, and is returning home to be wed to Ruth Granger (Margaret Hayes).
Johnny Rocco (1958)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Eyer, Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Russ Conway, James Flavin, William Bakewell
Roles Gordon Lane
Rating61%
Young Johnny Rocco (Richard Eyer) is disturbed after seeing his gangster father Tony (Stephen McNally) involved in a murder. The gang, fearing young Johnny might tip the police, decide to silence both him and his father. Frightened, Johnny seeks help from schoolteacher Miss
Beginning of the End (1957)
, 1h16Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Natural horror films, Films about insects, Giant monster films, Musical films, Disaster films
Actors Peter Graves, Peggie Castle, Morris Ankrum, Richard Benedict, James Seay, Than Wyenn
Roles Gen. Short
Rating39%
The film opens with newspaper photojournalist Audrey Aimes (Castle) accidentally stumbling upon a small town in Illinois which has been inexplicably destroyed. All 150 people in the town are missing, and the evidence indicates they are dead. Incredibly, the local fields are also barren, as if a swarm of locusts had eaten all the crops. Aimes suspects that the military is covering something up, and travels to a nearby United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm to learn what creature might have caused the agricultural destruction. She meets Dr. Ed Wainwright (Graves), who is experimenting with radiation as a means of growing gigantic fruits and vegetables to end world hunger. Dr. Wainwright reports that there have been a number of mysterious incidents nearby, and that locusts have eaten all the radioactive wheat stored in a nearby grain silo.
Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)
, 1h38Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Robert Taylor, Dorothy Malone, Marcel Dalio, Martin Gabel, Gia Scala, Jack Lord
Roles Shields
Rating60%
Phyllis Tredman is shocked when husband Lloyd, a decorated Korean War pilot, sends word to her after his discharge from military service requesting a divorce.
Hell's Crossroads (1957)
, 1h13Directed by Franklin Adreon
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Stephen McNally, Peggie Castle, Robert Vaughn, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon, Henry Brandon
Roles Gov. Crittenden
Rating56%
Amis depuis l'enfance, Vic Rodell et Jesse James font partie de la même bande de hors-la-loi depuis des années. Mais, un jour, lors de ce qui ressemble au hold-up de trop, Vic est blessé. Il décide alors de changer de vie et s'installe avec Paula, sa fiancée. Bob Ford, le frère de la jeune femme, est également un ancien membre du gang des frères James. Afin d'obtenir le pardon des autorités, les deux hommes acceptent de trahir leurs anciens compagnons et de les livrer à la justice...
Kelly and Me (1957)
, 1h26Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Van Johnson, Piper Laurie, Martha Hyer, Onslow Stevens, Herbert Anderson, Douglas Fowley
Roles George Halderman
Rating58%
Un acteur de vaudeville raté est « adopté » par Kelly, un chien spécialement dressé, qui l'aide dans sa carrière aux débuts du cinéma parlant à Jersey City.