
Frank Lovejoy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-03-28
Day of Death
1962-10-02 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Frank Lovejoy
Biography
Frank Andrew Lovejoy Jr. (March 28, 1912 – October 2, 1962) was an American actor in radio, film, and television. He is perhaps best remembered for appearing in the film noir The Hitch-Hiker and for starring in the radio drama Night Beat.
Lovejoy was born in the Bronx, New York City, and grew up in New Jersey. He worked on Wall Street as a teenager, but the Great Depression of 1929 cost him his job. He then turned to acting, appearing in touring companies throughout the Northeast. He made his Broadway debut in 1934 in the play They Knew What They Wanted.
Lovejoy began his radio career in the early 1940s, appearing on such shows as Gang Busters and This Is Your FBI. He also starred in the radio drama Night Beat, which ran from 1949 to 1955.
Lovejoy made his film debut in 1948 in the film Black Bart. He went on to appear in over 50 films, including In a Lonely Place (1950), The Hitch-Hiker (1953), Strategic Air Command (1955), and Goodbye, My Fancy (1956).
Lovejoy also had a successful television career. He starred in the series Man Against Crime (1956-1957) and Meet McGraw (1957-1962).
Lovejoy died of a heart attack in New York City in 1962, at the age of 50. He was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Known For
Acting
(1958)
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
as Cole Younger
(1956)
Three Brave Men
as Capt. Amos Winfield
(1956)
Julie
as Det. Lt. Pringle
(1956)
The Country Husband
as William E. Wiley
(1956)
Rendezvous in Black
as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
(1955)
The Americano
as Bento Hermany
(1955)
Shack Out on 101
as Prof. Sam Bastion
(1955)
The Crooked Web
as Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian
(1955)
Top of the World
as Brad Cantrell
(1955)
Finger Man
as Casey Martin
(1955)
(1955)
Strategic Air Command
as Ennis Hawkes
(1955)
Mad at the World
as Police Capt. Tom Lynn
(1954)
Beachhead
as Sgt. Fletcher
(1954)
Men of the Fighting Lady
as Lt. Cmdr. Grayson
(1953)
She's Back on Broadway
as John Webber
(1953)
The Hitch-Hiker
as Gilbert Bowen
(1953)
The Charge at Feather River
as Sgt. Charlie Baker
(1953)
House of Wax
as Tom Brennan
(1953)
The System
as John E. 'Johnny' Merrick
(1952)
The Winning Team
as Rogers Hornsby
(1952)
Retreat, Hell!
as Lt. Col. Steve L. Corbett
(1951)
I Was a Communist for the FBI
as Matt Cvetic
(1951)
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Matt Cole
(1951)
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Walter Donaldson
(1951)
Force of Arms
as Maj. Blackford
(1951)
Starlift
as Frank Lovejoy
(1950)
The Sound of Fury
as Howard Tyler
(1950)
Three Secrets
as Bob Duffy
(1950)
Breakthrough
as Sgt. Pete Bell
(1950)
In a Lonely Place
as Brub Nicolai
(1950)
South Sea Sinner
as Doc
(1949)
Home of the Brave
as Sergeant Mingo
(1948)
Black Bart
as Mark Lorimer