Frank Lovejoy
Gender: Male
Born: 28th March 1912
Died: 2nd October 1962
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw
Movies: House of Wax, In a Lonely Place, The Hitch-Hiker, Home of the Brave, I Was a Communist for the FBI, Retreat, Hell!, The Sound of Fury, Strategic Air Command, The Charge at Feather River, I'll See You in My Dreams, Goodbye, My Fancy, Beachhead, Men of the Fighting Lady, Cole Younger, Gunfighter, The Winning Team, Black Bart, The Crooked Web, Top of the World, The Americano
Frank Lovejoy (March 28, 1912 – October 2, 1962) was an American actor in radio, film, and television. He was born Frank Andrew Lovejoy Jr. in Bronx, New York, but grew up in New Jersey. His father, Frank Lovejoy Sr., was a furniture salesman from Maine. His mother, Nora, was born in Massachusetts to Irish immigrant parents.
A successful radio actor, Lovejoy was heard on the 1930s crime drama series Gang Busters. Lovejoy was a narrator for the show This Is Your FBI. He played the title character on the syndicated The Blue Beetle during the 1940s, and starred in the later crime drama series Nightbeat in the early 1950s.
In films of the 1940s and 1950s, Lovejoy mostly played supporting roles. Appearing in movies such as Goodbye, My Fancy (1951) with Joan Crawford, and The Hitch-Hiker (1953) directed by Ida Lupino, Lovejoy was effective playing the movie's everyman in extraordinary situations. He was in several war movies, notably Joseph H. Lewis' Retreat, Hell! (1952) which portrayed the United States Marine Corps' retreat from the Chosin Reservoir (aka the Changjin Reservoir) during the Korean War. In 1951, he had the title role in I Was a Communist for the FBI with co-stars Ron
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