David Frankham

Biography

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David Frankham (born 16 February 1926) is a film and television actor. After serving in India and Malaya in WWII, Frankham worked first as a news reader, and then a writer, interviewer and producer for the BBC from 1948 through 1955.

In 1955 Frankham moved to Hollywood to pursue a career as an actor. He soon found work, appearing on five episodes of the live television program Matinee Theater. He worked steadily in television, as well as appearing in films such as Return of the Fly (1959), Ten Who Dared (1960), Master of the World (1961), Tales of Terror (1962), The Spiral Road (1962), King Rat (1965), and The Great Santini (1979). Frankham provided the voice of Sergeant Tibbs the cat in Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

He appeared in guest roles on American television from the late 1950s through the 1980s. His career peaked in the 1960s with frequent roles on such popular shows as Thriller (U.S. TV series), Twelve O'Clock High (TV series), The F.B.I., Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Beverly Hillbillies, The Outer Limits, Star Trek, then onward into the 1970s in Cannon (TV series), The Waltons, and McCloud (TV series).

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Known For

The Six Million Dollar Man 1974 ★ 7.3
The Magician 1973 ★ 6.8
The Waltons 1972 ★ 7.2
McCloud 1970 ★ 7.2
Star Trek 1966 ★ 8.0
The F.B.I. 1965 ★ 5.6
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 1964 ★ 7.1
12 O'Clock High 1964 ★ 7.2
The Outer Limits 1963 ★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962 ★ 7.9
The Beverly Hillbillies 1962 ★ 6.9
Tales of Terror 1962 ★ 6.7
One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 ★ 7.2
Thriller 1960 ★ 6.7
Surfside 6 1960 ★ 6.3
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 1959 ★ 6.3
Men Into Space 1959 ★ 7.4
Return of the Fly 1959 ★ 6.1
Maverick 1957 ★ 7.0
The Gale Storm Show 1956 ★ 6.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955 ★ 7.8
Navy Log 1955 ★ 5.2
Studio 57 1954 ★ 7.5
The Jack Benny Program 1950 ★ 7.8