Frank Doubleday (actor)

{{Short description|American actor (1945–2018)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Frank Doubleday

| image = Frank Doubleday (actor).jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|1|28|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Norwich, Connecticut, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2018|03|03|1945|1|28}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| spouse = Christina Hart
({{abbr|m.|married}} 197?)

| children = Kaitlin Doubleday
Portia Doubleday

}}

Frank Doubleday (January 28, 1945 – March 3, 2018) was an American actor who often played villains in film.{{cite web|title=Frank Doubleday|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/19815/Frank-Doubleday/filmography|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306040102/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/19815/Frank-Doubleday/filmography|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|date=2016|archivedate=2016-03-06}}

Doubleday was born in Norwich, Connecticut and moved to Los Angeles with his family as a child.{{cite journal |title=Frank Doubleday, 73 |journal=Classic Images |date=August 2018 |issue=518 |page=45}}

Doubleday's films included Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and Escape from New York (1981), both directed by John Carpenter. In the special edition Escape from New York DVD commentary, Kurt Russell credits Doubleday's performance as setting the tone of the movie.

He made his film debut in The First Nudie Musical (1976), and his other film credits include roles in Alex & the Gypsy (1976), The Big Fix (1978), Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979), Avenging Angel (1985), Nomads (1986), Broadcast News (1987), L.A. Bounty (1989), and Dollman (1991). Doubleday also acted and directed theater productions.

Doubleday taught acting at the Hollywood Court Theater.

He was married to actress Christina Hart for over 40 years. The couple had two daughters, Kaitlin Doubleday and Portia Doubleday. Doubleday died of complications from esophageal cancer at age 73 at his Los Angeles home on March 3, 2018.{{cite web|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Frank Doubleday, Villain in John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York,' Dies at 73|author=Barnes, Mike|date=May 30, 2018|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frank-doubleday-dead-actor-john-carpenters-escape-new-york-was-73-1115429}}