Frank Albertson
Acting • Born 1909-02-02 – Died 1964-02-29
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Francis Healey Albertson (February 2, 1909 – February 29, 1964) was an American character actor who made his debut in a minor part in Hollywood at age thirteen. He had supporting roles in films such as It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Psycho (1960). Albertson made well over 100 appearances (1923–1964) in movies and television. In his early career he often sang and danced in such films as Just Imagine (1930) and A Connecticut Yankee (1931). He was featured in Alice Adams (1935) as the title character's brother, and in Room Service (1938) he played opposite the Marx Brothers. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit making training films during World War II. As he aged he moved from featured roles to supporting and character parts—in his later career he can be seen as Sam Wainwright, the businessman fond of saying "Hee-Haw" in the movie It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Albertson portrayed future U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in the 1956 episode "Rough Rider" of the CBS western television series My Friend Flicka. He guest starred in the early NBC western series The Californians and twice in the David Janssen crime drama Richard Diamond, Private Detective. He was cast in 1959 and 1962 in different roles on Walter Brennan's sitcom The Real McCoys. In 1960, he appeared as General Devery in the episode "Strange Encounter" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Colt .45. In 1960, he played the wealthy rancher Tom Cassidy at the beginning of Psycho (1960) who provides the $40,000 in cash that Janet Leigh's character later steals. In the 1960-61 television season, he played the character Mr. Cooper in five episodes of the CBS sitcom Bringing Up Buddy, starring Frank Aletter. In 1964, Albertson was cast as Jim O'Neal in the episode "The Death of a Teacher" of the NBC education drama Mr. Novak. One of his final screen appearances was as "Sam," the bewildered mayor of Sweet Apple, Ohio, in the 1963 film musical Bye Bye Birdie. His last appearance was on The Andy Griffith Show, in which he played a Marine commander completing an inspection. The episode aired on May 19, 1964, three months after Albertson died.
Filmography
181 credits
Psycho
Movie • 1960
Tom Cassidy
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie • 1946
Sam Wainwright
Don't Knock the Twist
Movie • 1962
Herbert Walcott
Bye Bye Birdie
Movie • 1963
Mayor
Main Street to Broadway
Movie • 1953
Self (uncredited)
Nightfall
Movie • 1956
Dr. Edward Gurston
Bachelor Mother
Movie • 1939
Freddie Miller
Fury
Movie • 1936
Charlie Wilson
They Made Me a Killer
Movie • 1946
Patrolman Al Wilson
The Enemy Below
Movie • 1957
Lt. J.G. Crain
Alice Adams
Movie • 1935
Walter Adams
Room Service
Movie • 1938
Leo Davis
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Movie • 1941
Sanders
24 Hour Psycho
Movie • 1993
Tom Cassidy (archive footage)
Shed No Tears
Movie • 1948
Hutton
Just Imagine
Movie • 1930
RT-42
Johnny Cool
Movie • 1963
Bill Blakely
Man-Trap
Movie • 1961
Paul Snavely
The Last Hurrah
Movie • 1958
Jack Mangan
The Plumber and the Lady
Movie • 1933
James Fawcett
Dead End Kids Go To War
Movie • 1942
Jerry Markham
Born Reckless
Movie • 1930
Frank Sheldon
Ah, Wilderness!
Movie • 1935
Arthur Miller
Prep and Pep
Movie • 1928
Bunk Hill
Girl on the Run
Movie • 1953
Hank
Framed
Movie • 1940
Hank Parker
Big Business Girl
Movie • 1931
Johnny Saunders
A Connecticut Yankee
Movie • 1931
Emile le Poulet / Clarence
The Shining Hour
Movie • 1938
Benny Collins
Salute
Movie • 1929
Midshipman Albert Edward Price
Air Mail
Movie • 1932
Tommy Bogan
When the Daltons Rode
Movie • 1940
Emmett Dalton
Mystery Broadcast
Movie • 1943
Michael Jerome
Ever in My Heart
Movie • 1933
Sam Archer
The Last Gentleman
Movie • 1934
Allan Blaine, Augusta's adopted son
Way Back Home
Movie • 1931
David Clark
Waterfront Lady
Movie • 1935
Ronny Hillyer aka Bill
Hollywood Mystery
Movie • 1934
Daniel Patrick Ryan
The Life of Vergie Winters
Movie • 1934
Ranny Truesdale
Huddle
Movie • 1932
Larry
Doubting Thomas
Movie • 1935
Jimmy Brown
Fugitives for a Night
Movie • 1938
Matt Ryan
Rainbow Over Broadway
Movie • 1933
Don Hayes
Behind the News
Movie • 1940
Jeff Flavin
Mother Carey's Chickens
Movie • 1938
Tom Hamilton Jr.
Spring Is Here
Movie • 1930
Stacy Adams
Ann Carver's Profession
Movie • 1933
Jim
Hold That Kiss
Movie • 1938
Steve Evans
Man From Headquarters
Movie • 1942
Larry Doyle
I Love a Soldier
Movie • 1944
Little Soldier
And the Angels Sing
Movie • 1944
Oliver
Traveling Husbands
Movie • 1931
Barry Greene
The Hucksters
Movie • 1947
Max Herman
Men without Women
Movie • 1930
Ensign Price
Son of the Gods
Movie • 1930
Kicker
Kind Lady
Movie • 1935
Peter Santard
Love Detectives
Movie • 1934
Bob
Words and Music
Movie • 1929
Skeet Mulroy
The Lost Special
Movie • 1932
Tom Hood
Wild Company
Movie • 1930
Larry Grayson
The Plainsman
Movie • 1936
A Young Trooper
The Brat
Movie • 1931
Stephen Forester
Man-Made Monster
Movie • 1941
Mark Adams
The Covered Wagon
Movie • 1923
Bit (uncredited)
Personal Maid's Secret
Movie • 1935
Kent Fletcher
Rosie the Riveter
Movie • 1944
Charlie Doran
Spring Madness
Movie • 1938
Hat
King for a Night
Movie • 1933
Dick Morris
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
Movie • 1940
Bill Ferris
Navy Blue and Gold
Movie • 1937
Weeks
Midshipman Jack
Movie • 1933
Russell H. Burns
Citadel of Crime
Movie • 1941
Jim Rogers
I'll Tell the World
Movie • 1939
Jimmy Hawkins
The Farmer in the Dell
Movie • 1936
Davy Davenport
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie • 1956
Taxidermist (uncredited)
Burma Convoy
Movie • 1941
Mike Weldon
O, My Darling Clementine
Movie • 1943
'Dapper' Dan Franklin
Father Steps Out
Movie • 1941
Jimmy Dugan
Killer Dill
Movie • 1947
William T. Allen
Here Comes Elmer
Movie • 1943
Joe Maxwell
Underground Agent
Movie • 1942
Johnny Davis
Arson Squad
Movie • 1945
Tom Mitchell
City of Silent Men
Movie • 1942
Gil Davis
Gay Blades
Movie • 1946
Frankie Dowell
Junior G-Men of the Air
Movie • 1942
Jerry Markham
Happy Days
Movie • 1929
Frankie Albertson
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Movie • 1939
Himself (uncredited)
The Big Party
Movie • 1930
Jack Hunter
Silent Witness
Movie • 1943
Bruce L. Strong - Attorney
Keep 'Em Slugging
Movie • 1943
Frank
Shepherd of the Ozarks
Movie • 1942
Lieutenant James J. 'Jimmy' Maloney, Jr.
Enter Madame
Movie • 1935
John Fitzgerald
How DOooo You Do
Movie • 1945
Tom Brandon
Tripping Through the Tropics
Movie • 1934
Jack
The Magician's Daughter
Movie • 1938
Bob Wilson
So This Is London
Movie • 1930
Junior Draper
Blue Skies
Movie • 1929
Richard Lewis (episode 2)
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
Movie • 1944
Major
Boys Will Be Boys
Movie • 1932
Frank Albertson
Racing Youth
Movie • 1932
Teddy Blue
East of Java
Movie • 1935
Larry Page
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Movie • 1933
"Babe" Partos
Ginger
Movie • 1947
Barney O'Hara
Louisiana Purchase
Movie • 1941
Robert Davis, Jr.
The Ghost Comes Home
Movie • 1940
Ernest
Flying Cadets
Movie • 1941
Bob Ames
Wake Island
Movie • 1942
Johnny Rudd
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
Movie • 1933
Bob Graham
No Place like Rome
Movie • 1936
Flavius - Roman Bachelor
Smart Boy
Movie • 1945
Bill Adams
Dangerous Crossroads
Movie • 1933
Jimmie Blake
The Farmer's Daughter
Movie • 1928
Allan Boardman Jr.
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Colonel Watson
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Johnny Kent
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Padre
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Duck Hunter
Studio One
TV • 1948
Colonel Greer
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Paul Charring
Lassie
TV • 1954
Norman Talley
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Leave It to Beaver
TV • 1957
Mr. Gannon
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Regis
Bringing Up Buddy
TV • 1960
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Pop Smith
Sam Benedict
TV • 1962
Going My Way
TV • 1962
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Howard Bayliss
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Sheriff Webb
Thriller
TV • 1960
Charles Salisbury
Peter Gunn
TV • 1958
The Aquanauts
TV • 1960
Mr. Linden
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Mr. Edgar
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Stuart Simons
M Squad
TV • 1957
Walter Ashton
The Real McCoys
TV • 1957
Bronco
TV • 1958
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
George Elkins
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Sheriff Crabtree
Lawman
TV • 1958
Clint Porter
Mr. Novak
TV • 1963
Jim O'Neal
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Lane Fullerton
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
State Trooper
TV • 1956
John Henderson
Official Detective
TV • 1957
Johnny Midnight
TV • 1960
Michael Shayne
TV • 1960
The Billy Rose Show
TV • 1950
Tallahassee 7000
TV • 1961
The Tom Ewell Show
TV • 1960
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Judge Mortimer Hall
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Amos Markham
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Sheriff Billy Boyce
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Gerald Clayton
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Sheriff Mike Strata
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Morgan
Maverick
TV • 1957
Harvey Storey
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Sergeant Kirby
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
George Wyncliff
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1953
Biff Grimes
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Sheriff Charlie Horn
The Third Man
TV • 1959
Philip Reiner
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Jason MacIntyre
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Sam Walker
The Restless Gun
TV • 1957
Jeb Lacey
Lawman
TV • 1958
Henry Bildy
The Lloyd Bridges Show
TV • 1962
Walter Asch
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Wally Gibbs
The Deputy
TV • 1959
Nick Harper
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
TV • 1958
Abner Reed
The Gale Storm Show
TV • 1956
Stevens
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Dr. Coffee
The Phil Silvers Show
TV • 1955
The Producer
Father Knows Best
TV • 1954
Mr. Wickett
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
General Scott
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Tom Batterman
Checkmate
TV • 1960
Jimmy Purdy
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
TV • 1958
Jason Gill
The Investigators
TV • 1961
Insurance adjustor