Posts from Gorch in thread „Frank McGrath“

Thanks for the kind words, Ethan. I knew Bob was DeCarlo's husband but always thought his nickname was Red. Gotta check myself before shooting my mouth off.

We deal in lead, friend.

Uhhm, I admire Frankie and don't mean to denigrate him at all. Like the line in Butch Cassidy - he was "colorful". I think he would have probably killed me if I had associated with him, but I would have enjoyed the hell out of his company.
All these stuntmen and actors had great times together, even if they weren't that fond of one another at times. Red Morgan seems to have been a particularly grumpy and surly fellow, but he was accepted for what he was. After his horrible accident on HTWWW, Duke made sure that Red's wife, Yvonne DeCarlo, had a substantial part in "McClintock!"
As far as drinking goes, I've awakened in some pretty strange places myself in my younger days. Not in a tree, though. Not yet.

We deal in lead, friend.

Bad Chuck Roberson writes in his autobiography that Wayne bullied Frankie into three months of abstinence while filming "Hondo". Duke had told him that if he ever found Frankie near a gin bottle he would be sent home.
At the wrap party, Frankie approached Duke with an empty glass. "Okay now"? he asked and Duke said sure.
The party lasted until dawn when Roberson asked Frankie's whereabouts. He was found sleeping curled around a tree branch that was hanging over the motel pool with two empty gin bottles floating in the water.
"The Fall Guy" has many stories about Frankie, all of which are unprintable on these pages.

We deal in lead,friend.