Frank Whitbeck

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1882-07-17

Deathday 1963-12-23 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Rochester, New York, USA

Frank Whitbeck

Biography

Frank Whitbeck was the longtime chief of publicity/exploitation at MGM. He also narrated several hundred theatrical trailers for MGM features.

Known For

Actor

1946
The Horse with the Human Mind

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1944
Twenty Years After

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1943
Presenting Lily Mars

as Trailer Narrator (voice)

1942
Fingers at the Window

as Trailer Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)

1942
We Must Have Music

as Narrator

1942
Personalities

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1941
You Can't Fool a Camera

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1940
Eyes of the Navy

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1940
The Mortal Storm

as Trailer Announcer (voice)

1940
Edison, the Man

as Trailer Narrator (voice)

1940
Young Tom Edison

as Narrator (voice)

1940
Northward, Ho!

as Narrator (voice)

1940
The Old South

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1939
Babes in Arms

as Trailer Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1939
The Ice Follies of 1939

as Radio Announcer (Uncredited)

1938
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1938
The City of Little Men

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1938
Hollywood Goes to Town

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1938
Arsène Lupin Returns

as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

1938
Another Romance of Celluloid

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1937
The Romance of Celluloid

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1937
The Grand Bounce

as Radio News Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1937
Man Of The People

as Radio Announcer (voice)

Director

1937
Lest We Forget

as Director

Sound

1937
The Romance of Celluloid

as Sound Effects

Crew

1949
Some of the Best

as Supervising Technical Director