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David Frankham

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   David Frankham (born 16 February 1926) is a film and television actor. After serving in India and Malaya in WWII, Frankham worked first as a news reader, and then a writer, interviewer and producer for the BBC from 1948 through 1955. In 1955 Frankham moved to Hollywood to pursue a career as an actor. He soon found work, appearing on five episodes of the live television program Matinee Theater. He worked steadily in television, as well as appearing in films such as Return of the Fly (1959), Ten Who Dared (1960), Master of the World (1961), Tales of Terror (1962), The Spiral Road (1962), King Rat (1965), and The Great Santini (1979). Frankham provided the voice of Sergeant Tibbs the cat in Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians. He appeared in guest roles on American television from the late 1950s through the 1980s. His career peaked in the 1960s with frequent roles on such popular shows as Thriller (U.S. TV series), Twelve O'Clock High (TV series), The F.B.I., Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Beverly Hillbillies, The Outer Limits, Star Trek, then onward into the 1970s in Cannon (TV series), The Waltons, and McCloud (TV series). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Frankham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Feb 16, 1926 In Kent, England
Movie/TV Credits:
16
First Appeared:
In the series Navy Log 1955-09-20
Latest Project:
Movie The Substitute 1993-09-22
Known For
Poster of Tales of Terror
Poster of Master of the World
Poster of Return of the Fly
Poster of Navy Log
Filmography
Movie The Substitute Riggs 1993-09-22
Movie The Great Santini Capt. Weber 1979-10-26
Movie Winter Kill Rev. Phillips 1974-04-15
Series Star Trek Larry Marvick 1966-09-08
Movie King Rat Cox 1965-10-27
Series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Unknown 1964-09-25
Series The Outer Limits Unknown 1963-09-16
Movie Tales of Terror Dr. James ("The Case of M. Valdemar") 1962-07-04
Series The Beverly Hillbillies Unknown 1962-09-26
Movie Master of the World Phillip Evans 1961-05-01
Movie One Hundred and One Dalmatians Sergeant Tibbs (voice) 1961-01-25
Movie Ten Who Dared Frank Goodman 1960-11-01
Movie Return of the Fly Ronald Holmes, alias Alan Hinds 1959-07-01
Series Men into Space Unknown 1959-09-30
Series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Unknown 1959-09-29
Series Navy Log Unknown 1955-09-20