Frank Orth (February 21, 1880 â€" March 17, 1962) 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.
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.
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