FRANK ALBERTSON
Date of Birth
2 February 1909, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, USA
Date of Death
29 February 1964,
Santa Monica, California, USA (in his sleep)
Birth Name
Francis Healey Albertson
Nickname
Frankie
Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)
Spouse
Grace Albertson (29 May 1943 - 29 February 1964) (his death) 3 children
Virginia Shelley (7 March 1931 - 18 May 1943) (divorced) 2 children
Trivia
Screen, stage, and television actor.
Entered films in 1922.
Early, largely uncredited roles from 1922, had him cast under the name James Cruze
Not related to Mabel Albertson or Jack Albertson.
Is of Irish heritage.
His youngest daughter, Mundy Jo, was killed along with her maternal grandfather on Jul 20, 1956.
Her mother, Grace Albertson lost control of her vehicle on the New York State Thruway,
and the Volkswagen van overturned three times before landing on its top.
Mini Biography-1
Frank Albertson entered the film industry in 1922 as a prop boy,
but soon graduated into acting. He was a prolific and reliable character actor
who occasionally played the lead in a "B" picture,
but was used mainly as a supporting actor in scores of films,
often cast as a wisecracking cab driver, a cop or a reporter.
IMDb Mini Biography By: frankfob2
Mini- Biogaphy-2
Frank Albertson was an American character actor who made his debut
in a minor part in Hollywood at the age of thirteen.
Francis Healy Albertson was a native of Fergus Fall, Minnesota,
the first child of Frank B. and Mary Healy Albertson.
He spent his childhood first in Frazee, Minnesota, and then in Puyallup, Washington.
As a young man in Los Angeles, he got work as a photography laboratory assistant,
which resulted in contacts leading to his acting career.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit
making training films during World War II.
Albertson made well over one hundred 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.
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 CBS's My Friend Flicka television series.
He guest starred 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
One of his final screen appearances was as "Sam," the bewildered mayor of Sweet Apple, Ohio,
in the 1963 musical Bye Bye Birdie.
Albertson died in his sleep at his home in Santa Monica, California.
He was survived by his wife Grace and four children.
For contributions to the motion picture industry,
Frank Albertson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
at 6758 Hollywood Boulevard.
Frank Albertson was another member of
the John Ford Stock Company
making 6 movies with the director, including
The Last Hurrah, Born Reckless
Frank Albertson made nearly 200 movies,beginning in the 20's
and was in many well known films and TV series,
including Psycho, It's A Wonderful Life, Maverick, Lawman, The Virgnian, Lassie,
The Untouchables and more
Charles appeared in 4 very early movies that included Duke
Born Reckless (1930)...Frank Sheldon
Men Without Women (1930)...Ensign Albert Edward Price
Salute (1929)...Midshipman Albert Edward Price
Words and Music (1929)...Skeet Mulroy[/size]
