Frank Graham

Frank Graham

  • Birthday: 1914-11-22
  • Deathday: 1950-09-02
  • Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • Also know as: Frank Lee Graham

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Graham attended the University of California for one year and left to begin his acting career in Seattle, both on the stage and in radio. He was brought to Hollywood in 1937 to join KNX Radio. He had been married two years before to Dorothy Jack of Seattle. He was the star of Night Cap Yarns over CBS from 1938 through 1942 and was the announcer of dozens of programs, including the Ginny Simms, Rudy Vallee and Nelson Eddy shows. He starred in Jeff Regan, Investigator and co-developed the radio drama Satan’s Waitin’ with Van Des Autels. Graham was also The Wandering Vaquero, the narrator of The Romance Of The Ranchos radio series (1941–1942), also on the CBS network. One of his few live action roles was playing the tile character in the film Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (1943). He had also served as a writer for the radio program on which the film was based upon. Graham played numerous characters in animated films for Walt Disney, MGM, Columbia and Warner Bros. He voiced the Wolf in Tex Avery's Droopy cartoons, as well as the Mouse in King-Size Canary at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He provided the voices of the Fox and Crow in the eponymous-named shorts at Columbia. He was found dead at age 35 in his convertible in the carport of his home in Los Angeles on September 2, 1950. A coroner declared he had committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

Filmography

Springtime for Thomas

1946

As Jerry's Devil Conscience / Butch (voice)

Horton Hatches the Egg

1942

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Chicken Little

1943

As Narrator / Foxy Loxy / Chicken Little / Cocky Locky / Turkey Lurkey / Additional characters (voice) (uncredited)

The Lonesome Mouse

1943

As (voice) (uncredited)

Jerry and the Lion

1950

As The Lion (voice) (uncredited)

Blitz Wolf

1942

As Narrator (voice)

King-Size Canary

1947

As Mouse (voice)

Swing Shift Cinderella

1945

As Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

Coming!! Snafu

1943

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Rumors

1943

As Narrator - Soldier (voice)

Going Home

1944

As Narrator

So Much for So Little

1949

As Narrator

Fresh Airedale

1945

As Narrator, Shep's Master

Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher

1943

As Cosmo Jones

Toll Bridge Troubles

1942

As Fox / Crow (voice) (uncredited)

Phoney Baloney

1945

As Fox / Crow (voice)

Foney Fables

1942

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Dumb-Hounded

1943

As The Killer (voice) (uncredited)

Northwest Hounded Police

1946

As Escaped Prisoner (voice) (uncredited)

Tokyo Woes

1945

As Narrator

Something You Didn't Eat

1945

As Narrator (voice)

The Early Bird Dood It!

1942

As Bird (voice) (uncredited)

Red Hot Riding Hood

1943

As Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

Big Heel-Watha

1944

As Narrator / Interpreter / Indian Chief (voice) (uncredited)

Slap Happy Lion

1947

As Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Reason and Emotion

1943

As Narrator / Reason (voice)

Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5

2007

As Narrator (archive footage)

Slay It with Flowers

1943

As Fox / Crow

Plenty Below Zero

1943

As Fox / Crow

Tree for Two

1943

As Fox / Crow

The Dream Kids

1944

As Fox / Crow

Baseball Bugs

1946

As Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

The Chow Hound

1944

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Lady and the Monster

1944

As Narrator

The House of Tomorrow

1949

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Night Before Christmas

1941

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Albert in Blunderland

1950

As Planning Board Ant / Ant Guards (voice)

Treasure Jest

1945

As Fox / Crow (voice)

Kuku Nuts

1945

As Fox / Crow (voice)

Honesty Is the Best Policy

1946

As Professor J. Waldo Purrington / Fish Vendor (voice)

Private SNAFU Coming!!

0000

As (archive sound)

The Chump Champ

1950

As Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Mr. Moocher

1944

As Fox / Crow (voice)

Each Dawn I Crow

1949

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

King Midas, Junior

1942

As Narrator / Radio Announce

Wacky Wigwams

1942

As Narrator / Indians

Fiesta Time

1945

As Donkey

Hot Footlights

1945

As Cowboy / King Cole

Catnipped

1946

As Doctors

Mr. Fore by Fore

1944

As Bull / Golfer

The Cocky Bantam

1943

As Freddy Falcon / Dick Rooster / Hooded Salesman

Dizzy Newsreel

1943

As Narrator / Various

The Fly In The Ointment

1943

As Fly / Bats

Duty and the Beast

1943

As Narrator / Dog

Fox Pop

1942

As Fox Prisoner (voice)

The Eager Beaver

1946

As Narrator (voice)

The Three Caballeros

1944

As (voice)

Saludos Amigos

1942

As Self

Jerky Turkey

1945

As Junior Pilgrim (voice)

The Wild and Woozy West

1942

As Sheriff (voice)

Production

Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher

1943

As Original Concept

Albert in Blunderland

1950

As Writer

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