Frank Baker (actor)
{{Short description|Australian film actor (1892–1980)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1892|10|11}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1980|12|30|1892|10|11}}
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| yearsactive = 1912–1974
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| occupation = Actor, stuntman
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Frank Baker (11 October 1892 – 30 December 1980) was an Australian-American actor and stuntman most noted for his appearances in A Chump at Oxford, The New Adventures of Tarzan, and Mary of Scotland.
He was a member of the informal John Ford Stock Company, appearing in 17 of Ford's films.Katchmer, George A. "Frank Baker." A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses, McFarland, 2009, p. 14.
He also performed on television, in an uncredited role as a Townsman on Gene Barry's TV Western Bat Masterson in the 1960 episode "Six Feet of Gold".{{fact|date=April 2024}}
Partial filmography
- Cameo Kirby (1923)
- The Diamond Bandit (1924)
- The Fighting Heart (1925)
- Red Blood and Blue (1925)
- Scar Hanan (1925)
- Tentacles of the North (1926)
- The Gallant Fool (1926)
- The Bushranger (1928)
- A Million for Love (1928)
- The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)
- Mary of Scotland (1936)
- Tundra (1936)
- London by Night (1937)
- Escape to Glory (1940)
- A Chump at Oxford (1940)
- The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
- Donovan's Reef (1963)
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0048448}}
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Category:Australian male silent film actors
Category:20th-century Australian male actors
Category:Male Western (genre) film actors
Category:Australian emigrants to the United States
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