Frank Marlowe, also known as Frank Riggi and Frank Marlo (January 20,
1904 â€" March 30, 1964) was an American character actor from the
1930s until the 1960s. During Marlowe's 30-year career he would appear
in over 200 feature films, as well as dozens of television shows.Born
on January 20, 1904 in Massachusetts, he entered the film industry in
the early 1930s; while some sources have him in films as early as
1931, the American Film Institute has his earliest film appearance in
Howard Hawk's 1934 film, Twentieth Century, starring John Barrymore
and Carole Lombard.Marlowe's prolific film career involved small roles
in many notable films. Some of those films include: the 1935 John Ford
comedy, The Whole Town's Talking, starring Edward G. Robinson and Jean
Arthur; Howard Hawk's classic romantic comedy, Bringing Up Baby
(1938), starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn; 1940's My Favorite
Wife, againg starring Grant, this time with Irene Dunne; the two
classic biopics One Foot in Heaven (1941), starring Fredric March and
Martha Scott, and Sergeant York (1941) starring Gary Cooper; Alfred
Hitchcock's 1942 thriller, Saboteur, with Robert Cummings and
Priscilla Lane; the 1945 musical Anchors Aweigh, starring Frank
Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Kathryn Grayson; 1942's Bob Hope and Bing
Crosby buddy film, Road to Utopia; the 1942 Danny Kaye vehicle, The
Kid from Brooklyn, which also stars Virginia Mayo; Michael Curtiz's
classic biopic of Cole Porter, Night and Day (1946), starring Cary
Grant and Alexis Smith; Hitchcock's 1946 thriller, Notorious, with
Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains; The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty (1947), again starring Kaye and Mayo; and the 1948
classic swashbuckler, The Three Musketeers, starring Gene Kelly, Lana
Turner and an all-star cast.The 1950s would see Marlowe continue his
numerous film appearances, while he would also branch out into the new
medium of television. Notable films in which he appeared during the
decade include: Joan of Arc (1950), starring Ingrid Bergman; 1951's
Flying Leathernecks, starring John Wayne and Robert Ryan; Trouble
Along the Way (1953), another Wayne film, this time also starring
Donna Reed and Charles Coburn; the classic 1954 version of A Star Is
Born, with James Mason and Judy Garland; Otto Preminger's classic
drama The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), starring Sinatra, Eleanor
Parker, and Kim Novak; Joanne Woodward's tour de force in The Three
Faces of Eve (1957). Although the Internet Movie Database has him
appearing in two films in 1961, AFI has his final film appearance as
one of the taxi drivers in Hitchcock's classic thriller North by
Northwest in 1959, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James
Mason. Interspersed with his film performances, Marlowe would make
dozens of television appearances. His TV work included guest roles on:
The Abbott and Costello Show, Adventures of Superman, The Millionaire,
Dragnet, Perry Mason, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
1904 â€" March 30, 1964) was an American character actor from the
1930s until the 1960s. During Marlowe's 30-year career he would appear
in over 200 feature films, as well as dozens of television shows.Born
on January 20, 1904 in Massachusetts, he entered the film industry in
the early 1930s; while some sources have him in films as early as
1931, the American Film Institute has his earliest film appearance in
Howard Hawk's 1934 film, Twentieth Century, starring John Barrymore
and Carole Lombard.Marlowe's prolific film career involved small roles
in many notable films. Some of those films include: the 1935 John Ford
comedy, The Whole Town's Talking, starring Edward G. Robinson and Jean
Arthur; Howard Hawk's classic romantic comedy, Bringing Up Baby
(1938), starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn; 1940's My Favorite
Wife, againg starring Grant, this time with Irene Dunne; the two
classic biopics One Foot in Heaven (1941), starring Fredric March and
Martha Scott, and Sergeant York (1941) starring Gary Cooper; Alfred
Hitchcock's 1942 thriller, Saboteur, with Robert Cummings and
Priscilla Lane; the 1945 musical Anchors Aweigh, starring Frank
Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Kathryn Grayson; 1942's Bob Hope and Bing
Crosby buddy film, Road to Utopia; the 1942 Danny Kaye vehicle, The
Kid from Brooklyn, which also stars Virginia Mayo; Michael Curtiz's
classic biopic of Cole Porter, Night and Day (1946), starring Cary
Grant and Alexis Smith; Hitchcock's 1946 thriller, Notorious, with
Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains; The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty (1947), again starring Kaye and Mayo; and the 1948
classic swashbuckler, The Three Musketeers, starring Gene Kelly, Lana
Turner and an all-star cast.The 1950s would see Marlowe continue his
numerous film appearances, while he would also branch out into the new
medium of television. Notable films in which he appeared during the
decade include: Joan of Arc (1950), starring Ingrid Bergman; 1951's
Flying Leathernecks, starring John Wayne and Robert Ryan; Trouble
Along the Way (1953), another Wayne film, this time also starring
Donna Reed and Charles Coburn; the classic 1954 version of A Star Is
Born, with James Mason and Judy Garland; Otto Preminger's classic
drama The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), starring Sinatra, Eleanor
Parker, and Kim Novak; Joanne Woodward's tour de force in The Three
Faces of Eve (1957). Although the Internet Movie Database has him
appearing in two films in 1961, AFI has his final film appearance as
one of the taxi drivers in Hitchcock's classic thriller North by
Northwest in 1959, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James
Mason. Interspersed with his film performances, Marlowe would make
dozens of television appearances. His TV work included guest roles on:
The Abbott and Costello Show, Adventures of Superman, The Millionaire,
Dragnet, Perry Mason, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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