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Frank Craven

Actor / Screenwriter / Playwright / Theatre Director / Lyricist / Film Director | * 08/24/1875 († 70, 09/01/1945) | Boston, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
Frank Craven (August 24, 1875 – September 1, 1945) was an American stage and film actor, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for originating the role of the Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's Our Town. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world. ...

Son of Dracula

NR

1943 | 3.1/5 | 1h 20min
Fantasy, Horror
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Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s. She falls in lo ...

Barbary Coast

NR

1935 | 3.4/5 | 1h 31min
Action, Romance / Love
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Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community. ...

Our Town

NR

1940 | 2.9/5 | 1h 30min
Drama, Romance / Love
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The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in li ...

City for Conquest

NR

1940 | 3.4/5 | 1h 44min
Music, Drama, Crime
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Movies with Frank Craven as Actor(38)

as Dewey1946 Colonel Effingham's Raid
as Uncle Charles1945 Forever Yours
as Danny O'Hara1944 My Best Gal
as Clem Broderick1944 Destiny
as Docteur Fielding1943 Keeper of the Flame
as Walter Garnet1943 Harrigan's Kid
as Dr. Harry Brewster1943 Son of Dracula
as Ed Randall1943 Eyes Aloft
as Old Tom1943 Jack London
as Inspector Joseph Clinton1943 Dangerous Blondes
as Asa Timberlake1942 In This Our Life
as J.M. 'Doc' Powers1942 Pittsburgh
as Steve Pettijohn1942 Thru Different Eyes
as Ambrose Murdock Flint1942 Girl Trouble
as Hank Foreman1941 The Lady from Cheyenne
as Narrator (voice)1941 Harvests for Tomorrow
as Abb Crothers1941 The Richest Man in Town
as Mr. Morgan1940 Our Town
as Dr. Walter Barnes1940 Dreaming Out Loud
as 'Old Timer'1940 City for Conquest
as Dad Morgan1939 Miracles for Sale
as Mr. Frank Schofield1938 Penrod and His Twin Brother
as P. T. Quinterfield Sr.1937 Blossoms On Broadway
as Mr. Schofield1937 Penrod and Sam
as Frank Redmond1937 You're Only Young Once
as Will "Pa" Brannan1936 Small Town Girl
as Mr. Biddle1936 The Harvester
as Sheriff Peter Arnot1935 Car 99
as Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb1935 Barbary Coast
as himself1935 Hollywood Hobbies
as 'Spiggy' Spiggins1935 Vagabond Lady
as Mr. Rockland1934 Let's Talk It Over
as John B. Matthews1934 City Limits
as Pop Sims, aka Jim Parker1934 He Was Her Man
as Storekeeper1933 State Fair
as Radio Announcer1932 Handle with Care
as himself1931 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
as Alan Camp1929 The Very Idea

Movies with Frank Craven as Crew(13)

Writing/Story1944 When the Lights Go On Again
Writing/Writer1940 Our Town
Crew/Dialogue Coach1936 Give Me Liberty
Writing/Writer1935 Annapolis Farewell
Writing/Writer1934 The Human Side
Writing/Story1933 Sons of the Desert
Crew/Additional Writing1933 State Fair
Writing/Theatre Play1933 Her First Mate
Writing/Screenplay1932 Handle with Care
Writing/Theatre Play1932 The First Year
Directing/Director1929 The Very Idea
Writing/Writer1926 The First Year
Writing/Theatre Play1925 New Brooms

Full Name: Frank Craven
Born: Tuesday, 08/24 1875 (August) in Boston, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 09/01 1945 (September) in Beverly Hills (aged: 70)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Mary Blythe
Children: John Craven
Siblings: Edward Craven
Father: John T. Craven
Mother: Ella Mayer
Other names for Frank Craven (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"John Francis Craven"
Frank Craven frequently works together with these people:
Charles Halton (4x, Actor)
Jack Mower (4x, Actor)
Erville Alderson (4x, Actor)
Joseph Crehan (4x, Actor)
Edward Earle (4x, Actor)
Charles Lane (4x, Actor)
Samuel S. Hinds (4x, Actor)
Selmer Jackson (4x, Actor)
Matt McHugh (4x, Actor)
Harry Tyler (3x, Actor)
Harold Miller (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:744348, Added: 11/02/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024