Frank Wilson
Acting • Born 1924-04-11 – Died 2005-10-24
Biography
Frank Wilson (11 April 1924 - 24 October 2005) was an Australian film, stage and television actor; musical comedy singer and director; and television game show and variety host. Wilson joined the Australian Army in 1943, to escape the wartime Manpower Directorite and being placed in a "useful" job, becoming a signalman in the 7th Division, 2nd AIF. Served in Papua New Guinea and Borneo, being discharged in late 1945. He started acting in 1948, acting up to his death in 2005.
Filmography
40 credits
The Well
Movie • 1997
Francis Harper
Alvin Rides Again
Movie • 1974
House Detective
Breaker Morant
Movie • 1980
Dr. Johnson
Black Robe
Movie • 1991
Father Jerome
Money Movers
Movie • 1978
Lionel Darcy
Crackerjack
Movie • 2002
Len Johnson
The Club
Movie • 1980
Jock Reily
Empire of Ash
Movie • 1988
Shepherd
Going Sane
Movie • 1987
Sir Colin Grant
Moon Over Harlem
Movie • 1939
Fatty Finn
Movie • 1980
Lord Mayor
News Report on a Journey to a Bright Future
Movie • 1986
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Movie • 1959
Vince
The Call of Siva
Movie • 1923
Inspector Weymouth
The Clue of the Pigtail
Movie • 1923
Inspector Weymouth
The Queen of Hearts
Movie • 1923
Inspector Weymouth
The Cry of the Nighthawk
Movie • 1923
Inspector Weymouth
The Fiery Hand
Movie • 1923
Inspector Weymouth
The Fungi Cellars
Movie • 1923
Inspector Weymouth
The Miracle
Movie • 1923
Inspector Weymouth
The Man with the Limp
Movie • 1923
Inspector Weymouth
The Knocking on the Door
Movie • 1923
Inspector Weymouth
The Silver Buddha
Movie • 1923
Inspector Weymouth
The Sacred Order
Movie • 1923
Inspector Weymouth
The Riddle of the Stinson
Movie • 1988
G. A. Robinson
Ultimate Desires
Movie • 1991
Detective Southard
Slow Burn
Movie • 1989
Captain Fahey
The Journalist
Movie • 1979
Blue Heelers
TV • 1993
Changi
TV • 2001
Older Gordon Yates
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Power Without Glory
TV • 1976
The Truckies
TV • 1978
Doctor Down Under
TV • 1979
The Flying Doctors
TV • 1986
Karl Szalinski
Police Rescue
TV • 1991
Mr. Bridger
Scales of Justice
TV • 1983
Sir John Ritchie
The Great Bookie Robbery
TV • 1986
Winton Bathurst
Rafferty's Rules
TV • 1987
David Morris
Water Rats
TV • 1996
Billy Russell