Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 28, 1912
Died
Oct 02, 1962
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Credits
47 titles
Frank Lovejoy
Biography
Frank Andrew Lovejoy Jr. (March 28, 1912 – October 2, 1962) was an American actor in radio, film, and television. He is perhaps best remembered for appearing in the film noir The Hitch-Hiker and for starring in the radio drama Night Beat. Lovejoy was born in the Bronx, New York City, and grew up in New Jersey. He worked on Wall Street as a teenager, but the Great Depression of 1929 cost him his job. He then turned to acting, appearing in touring companies throughout the Northeast. He made his Broadway debut in 1934 in the play They Knew What They Wanted. Lovejoy began his radio career in the early 1940s, appearing on such shows as Gang Busters and This Is Your FBI. He also starred in the radio drama Night Beat, which ran from 1949 to 1955. Lovejoy made his film debut in 1948 in the film Black Bart. He went on to appear in over 50 films, including In a Lonely Place (1950), The Hitch-Hiker (1953), Strategic Air Command (1955), and Goodbye, My Fancy (1956). Lovejoy also had a successful television career. He starred in the series Man Against Crime (1956-1957) and Meet McGraw (1957-1962). Lovejoy died of a heart attack in New York City in 1962, at the age of 50. He was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Known For
Filmography
Bus Stop
Target: The Corruptors!
Wichita Town
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Dave
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
Cole Younger
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
Meet McGraw
McGraw
Three Brave Men
Capt. Amos Winfield
The Country Husband
William E. Wiley
Rendezvous in Black
Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
Julie
Det. Lt. Pringle
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jim Todd
Shack Out on 101
Prof. Sam Bastion
The Crooked Web
Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Finger Man
Casey Martin
Mad at the World
Police Capt. Tom Lynn
Top of the World
Brad Cantrell
Strategic Air Command
Ennis Hawkes
The Americano
Bento Hermany
Climax!
Ben Dana
Men of the Fighting Lady
Lt. Cmdr. Grayson
Beachhead
Sgt. Fletcher
Letter to Loretta
Walter
The Charge at Feather River
Sgt. Charlie Baker
The System
John E. 'Johnny' Merrick
House of Wax
Tom Brennan
The Hitch-Hiker
Gilbert Bowen
She's Back on Broadway
John Webber
The Ford Television Theatre
Vic Chambers
Cavalcade of America
Inspector Ed McCook
Four Star Playhouse
Randy Stone
The Winning Team
Rogers Hornsby
Retreat, Hell!
Lt. Col. Steve L. Corbett
Starlift
Frank Lovejoy
I'll See You in My Dreams
Walter Donaldson
Force of Arms
Maj. Blackford
Goodbye, My Fancy
Matt Cole
I Was a Communist for the FBI
Matt Cvetic
The Sound of Fury
Howard Tyler
Breakthrough
Sgt. Pete Bell
Three Secrets
Bob Duffy
Lux Video Theatre
Clark
South Sea Sinner
Doc
In a Lonely Place
Brub Nicolai
Home of the Brave
Sergeant Mingo
Black Bart
Mark Lorimer