Frank Darien
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Frank Darien was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Darien's earliest roles were in film, including the Richard Dix adaptation "Cimarron" (1930), "Bad Girl" (1931) and "The Big Shot" (1931). He also appeared in "June Moon" (1931) with Jack Oakie, "Big Business Girl" (1931) and "The Miracle Man" (1932). He continued to act in productions like the comedy "Professional Sw...
Biography
Frank Darien was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Darien's earliest roles were in film, including the Richard Dix adaptation "Cimarron" (1930), "Bad Girl" (1931) and "The Big Shot" (1931). He also appeared in "June Moon" (1931) with Jack Oakie, "Big Business Girl" (1931) and "The Miracle Man" (1932). He continued to act in productions like the comedy "Professional Sweetheart" (1933) with Ginger Rogers, "Hello, Everybody!" (1933) and "Fashions of 1934" (1934). He also appeared in "The Gay Bride" (1934). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "Arizona" (1940), the Henry Fonda dramatic adaptation "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940) and "Under Fiesta Stars" (1941). He also appeared in the western "King of the Texas Rangers" (1941) with "Slingin Sammy" Baugh and the Alice Faye musical "Hello, Frisco, Hello" (1943). Darien more recently acted in "The Flying Saucer" (1950). Darien passed away in October 1955 at the age of 79.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
The Whip Hand
(1951)
Luther Adams
Shadow on the Wall
(1950)
Law librarian
Dear Wife
(1950)
Bailiff
The Flying Saucer
(1950)
Matt Mitchell
Please Believe Me
(1950)
Pete Drago
The Yellow Cab Man
(1950)
Old man
You Gotta Stay Happy
(1949)
Old man
Alias Nick Beal
(1949)
Assistant. tailor
Little Women
(1949)
Crony
The Accused
(1949)
Jerry, the janitor
High Wall
(1948)
Old man in tub
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
(1948)
Judge Quarles
Belle Starr's Daughter
(1948)
Old man
An Act of Murder
(1948)
Old man
Down to Earth
(1947)
Janitor
The Trouble with Women
(1947)
Tony, elevator boy
The Woman on the Beach
(1947)
Lars
Magic Town
(1947)
Quincy
Beat the Band
(1947)
Mr. Davis
That's My Man
(1947)
Hotel clerk
Merton of the Movies
(1947)
Mr. Henbank
The Sea of Grass
(1947)
Minister
A Stolen Life
(1946)
Elevator operator
The Fabulous Suzanne
(1946)
Jonathan Tuttle
Bad Bascomb
(1946)
Elder Moab McCabe
The Secret Heart
(1946)
Mr. Wiggins
Claudia and David
(1946)
Charlie
My Reputation
(1946)
Elevator operator
Gallant Journey
(1946)
Doctor
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
(1945)
Tenant
Roughly Speaking
(1945)
Timekeeper
Music for Millions
(1945)
Old Western Union messenger
Out of This World
(1945)
Messenger boy
Nothing But Trouble
(1945)
Old man
Counter-Attack
(1945)
Partisan
Kiss and Tell
(1945)
Mr. Waldo
Anchors Aweigh
(1945)
Janitor at the Hollywood Bowl
The Adventures of Mark Twain
(1944)
Shopkeeper
Bowery to Broadway
(1944)
Vendor
Gentle Annie
(1944)
Jake
Can't Help Singing
(1944)
Old man
Tall in the Saddle
(1944)
Station agent
Rationing
(1944)
Joady Peckham
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
(1944)
Watchman
Home in Indiana
(1944)
None Shall Escape
(1944)
Old man
Hello Frisco, Hello
(1943)
Missionary
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
(1943)
Civil War veteran
Old Acquaintance
(1943)
Stage doorman
The Gang's All Here
(1943)
Doorman
Nobody's Darling
(1943)
Gardener
Tales of Manhattan
(1942)
Grandpa
The Gay Sisters
(1942)
Simmons
Syncopation
(1942)
Court bailiff
Roxie Hart
(1942)
[Michael] Finnegan
The Panther's Claw
(1942)
[Samuel] Wilkins
Almost Married
(1942)
Farmer
The Mummy's Tomb
(1942)
Old man
Jackass Mail
(1942)
Postmaster
Juke Girl
(1942)
Elderly farmer
Get Hep to Love
(1942)
Constable
Blossoms in the Dust
(1941)
Jones
Unholy Partners
(1941)
Elevator operator
Hurricane Smith
(1941)
Pop Wessell
Wide Open Town
(1941)
Hellzapoppin'
(1941)
Messenger
Under Fiesta Stars
(1941)
Benjamin Peabody
Arkansas Judge
(1941)
Henry Marsden
Lady Be Good
(1941)
Justice of the peace
Appointment for Love
(1941)
Station agent
Out of the Fog
(1941)
Newspaper vendor
King of the Texas Rangers
(1941)
The Way of All Flesh
(1940)
Second director
Anne of Windy Poplars
(1940)
Man on train
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Uncle John
Arizona
(1940)
Joe
Pier 13
(1940)
Old man in car
Viva Cisco Kid
(1940)
Express man
Lillian Russell
(1940)
Coachman
The Doctor Takes A Wife
(1940)
Greenwich editor
When Tomorrow Comes
(1939)
Caretaker at boat house
Blackmail
(1939)
Watchman
Panama Patrol
(1939)
Sam
The Long Shot
(1939)
Zeb Zenkins
Sabotage
(1939)
Smitty
Maisie
(1939)
Pops
Stand Up and Fight
(1939)
Daniels
Unexpected Father
(1939)
Justice of Peace
Dark Victory
(1939)
Anxious little man
Here I Am a Stranger
(1939)
Western Union messenger
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1939)
Old man in jail
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(1938)
Storekeeper
Valley of the Giants
(1938)
Doctor
Prison Break
(1938)
Cappy
Western Jamboree
(1938)
Dad Haskell
Cassidy of Bar 20
(1938)
Pappy
Love Finds Andy Hardy
(1938)
Bill collector [Mr. Barnes]
Up the River
(1938)
Mr. White
Jezebel
(1938)
Bookkeeper
Big Town Girl
(1937)
Farmer
The Toast of New York
(1937)
Member of board of directors
Trapped by G-Men
(1937)
Dad Higbee
The Good Old Soak
(1937)
Jasper
Time Out for Romance
(1937)
Telegraph operator
Jim Hanvey, Detective
(1937)
Pete
Fair Warning
(1937)
Hotel doctor
That Certain Woman
(1937)
Night porter
Easy to Take
(1936)
Drug store clerk
The Walking Dead
(1936)
Watchman
The Story of Louis Pasteur
(1936)
Riffraff
(1936)
Night watchman
Wedding Present
(1936)
Cashier
Brides Are Like That
(1936)
Clem Brown
Under Cover Man
(1936)
Dizzy Slocum
Satan Met a Lady
(1936)
Captain January
(1936)
Storekeeper
Early to Bed
(1936)
Pop
Pennies From Heaven
(1936)
Farmer
The Moon's Our Home
(1936)
Night clerk
Here Comes the Band
(1935)
Pawnbroker
Dr. Socrates
(1935)
Sam
Public Hero No. 1
(1935)
Dr. Hale
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
(1935)
Tourist
Here Comes Cookie
(1935)
Clyde
The Perfect Clue
(1935)
Stationmaster
The Little Colonel
(1935)
Nebler
Behind the Evidence
(1935)
Herbert
Life Begins at 40
(1935)
Abercrombie's friend
Mad Love
(1935)
Lavin
Thanks a Million
(1935)
Politician
Men of the Night
(1934)
Mr. Webley
The Gay Bride
(1934)
Minister
Journal of a Crime
(1934)
Stage manager
Marie Galante
(1934)
Ellsworth
Dames
(1934)
Druggist
The Secret Bride
(1934)
Justice of the peace
Fashions of 1934
(1934)
Jules
The Firebird
(1934)
Butler
The Man with Two Faces
(1934)
Doorman
Sing and Like It
(1934)
Mr. Fripp, pianist
Hello, Everybody!
(1933)
Henry Thompson
Big Executive
(1933)
Richardson's secretary
Professional Sweetheart
(1933)
Appleby
From Headquarters
(1933)
Manly
The Miracle Man
(1932)
Hiram Higgins
Prosperity
(1932)
Ezra Higgins
Lady and Gent
(1932)
Jim
Okay America
(1932)
O'Toole
I Take This Woman
(1931)
Station agent
June Moon
(1931)
Window cleaner
Bad Girl
(1931)
Lathrop
Big Business Girl
(1931)
Luke Winters
Cimarron
(1931)
Mr. Bixby
The Big Shot
(1931)
Postmaster
Cast (Short)
The Last Installment
(1945)
The Great American Mug
(1945)
Nurse to You!
(1935)
Service with a Smile
(1934)
Now We'll Tell One
(1932)
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