Frank Orth
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1880-02-20
Deathday 1962-03-17 (82 years old)
Place of Birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As Frank Kaiser Orth
Frank Orth
Biography
Frank Orth was an American actor born in Philadelphia. He is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie”. By 1897, Orth was performing in vaudeville with his wife, Ann Codee, in an act called “Codee and Orth.” In 1909, he expanded into song writing, with songs such as “The Phone Bell Rang” and “Meet Me on the Boardwalk, Dearie.” His first contact with motion pictures was in 1928, when he was part of the first foreign-language shorts in sound produced by Warner Bros. He and his wife also appeared together in a series of two-reel comedies in the early 1930s. Orth's first major screen credit was in “Prairie Thunder,” a Dick Foran western, in 1937. From then on, he was often cast as bartenders, pharmacists, and grocery clerks, and always distinctly Irish. He had a recurring role in the Dr. Kildare series of films and also in the Nancy Drew series as the befuddled Officer Tweedy. Among his better roles were the newspaper man Cary Grant telephones early in “His Girl Friday,” one of the quartet singing “Gary Owen” in “They Died with Their Boots On” (thereby giving Errol Flynn as Gen. Custer the idea of associating the tune with the 7th Cavalry), and as the little man carrying the sign reading “The End Is Near” throughout Colonel Effingham's Raid. However, Orth is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie.” A short, plump, round-faced man, often smoking a cigar, Orth as Faraday wore his own dark-rimmed spectacles, though rarely in feature films. In 1959, Orth retired from show business after throat surgery. His wife died in 1961 after around fifty years of marriage. Orth died on March 17, 1962. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills next to his wife.
Known For
Actor
as Mr. Hungerford
as Mr. Hunter
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Uncle John
as Mr. Kofer
as Moody (process server)
as Joe
as Higgins (uncredited)
as Mr. Frank Dingle
as Police Sergeant
as Wallace 'Wally' Stoner
as Mr. Philpotts
as Oscar Newsome
as Burt
as Conductor Brown
as Police Captain
as Mike Connelly, Vic's Agent
as Danny
as Breezy Bradley
as Floyd Greer (Uncredited)
as Milkman
as Franklin Johnson
as Hotel Clerk
as Judge (uncredited)
as Henderson
as Chronicle Editor (uncredited)
as Peters
as Opera Cloak Room Attendant
as Skelly
as Augustus T. Goodman
as Clayfield Taxi Driver
as Murgatroyd
as Ordway
as Counterman
as Smith (uncredited)
as Cafe Maitre d' at End (uncredited)
as . Comic in Theater (uncredited)
as Taxi Driver
as Bartender
as Lou, Bartender at Sharkey's
as Larry Kinkaid (uncredited)
as Bartender
as Bickel (uncredited)
as Mike Ryan
as Rex Willet
as Secondhand Clothes Dealer (Rogers sequence)
as Mike
as Messenger
as Joe McGuire
as McGuiness
as Kellogg
as Bar Client #2 (uncredited)
as Mike Ryan
as Detective
as Mr. Toby
as Barfly (uncredited)
as Cemetery Caretaker
as Drummer (uncredited)
as Lou, Cafe Proprietor
as Mike Ryan
as Auctioneer
as Jerry
as Peter Brennan
as Steve
as Soda Jerk
as Mike Ryan, Cafe Owner
as Drugstore Proprieter
as Newspaper Foreman (uncredited)
as Window Washer
as Mike Ryan (uncredited)
as Barber
as Smith (uncredited)
as Dead Pan Charlie
as Harris
as Waiter at Fat Dutchy's (uncredited)
as Detective
as Dennis O'Brien
as New York Editor (uncredited)
as Hong Kong Bartender (uncredited)
as Mike Ryan, Sullivan's Hospital Cafe
as Tobacconist (uncredited)
as Duffy
as Mike Sullivan
as Chef in Diner (uncredited)
as Joe Burke
as Wedding Witness on Stage (uncredited)
as Old Sailor in Bilge Area (uncredited)
as Captain Tweedy
as Newspaperman with Pills
as Vic - Bartender (uncredited)
as Loafer (uncredited)
as Mike Sullivan - Hospital Cafe Owner (uncredited)
as Mr. Fellows
as Jim Jenks
as Captain Tweedy (uncredited)
as Detective Hendricks
as Benny Zinsser
as Tim McKelvy
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
as Captain Tweedy
as Mike Ryan (uncredited)
as Sheriff Frank Hinton
as Brown, Clothing Store Owner
as First Leopard (uncredited)
as Joe Higgins - Night Watchman
as Gordon (uncredited)
as Justice Abner Cuttler
as Wichita
as Judge Barko
as Burlesque Theatre Manager (uncredited)
as Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)
as Bar owner
as Convict in Bunkhouse (uncredited)
as Shorty Long
as Bert
as Hank Ford
as Tommy - Bartender
as Jackson
as Porter (uncredited)
Sound
as Songs