
Frank Orth was an American actor born in Philadelphia. He is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie”. By 1897, Orth was performing in vaudeville with his wife, Ann Codee, in an act called “Codee and Orth.” In 1909, he expanded into song writing, with songs such as “The Phone Bell Rang” and “Meet Me on the Boardwalk, Dearie.” His first contact with motion pictures was in 1928, when he was part of the first foreign-language shorts in sound produced by Warner Bros. He and his wife also appeared together in a series of two-reel comedies in the early 1930s. Orth's first major screen credit was in “Prairie Thunder,” a Dick Foran western, in 1937. From then on, he was often cast as bartenders, pharmacists, and grocery clerks, and always distinctly Irish. He had a recurring role in the Dr. Kildare series of films and also in the Nancy Drew series as the befuddled Officer Tweedy. Among his better roles were the newspaper man Cary Grant telephones early in “His Girl Friday,” one of the quartet singing “Gary Owen” in “They Died with Their Boots On” (thereby giving Errol Flynn as Gen. Custer the idea of associating the tune with the 7th Cavalry), and as the little man carrying the sign reading “The End Is Near” throughout Colonel Effingham's Raid. However, Orth is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie.” A short, plump, round-faced man, often smoking a cigar, Orth as Faraday wore his own dark-rimmed spectacles, though rarely in feature films. In 1959, Orth retired from show business after throat surgery. His wife died in 1961 after around fifty years of marriage. Orth died on March 17, 1962. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills next to his wife.

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La Conga Nights

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The Big Clock

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The Magnificent Dope

Young Mr. Lincoln

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花嫁の父

Land Beyond the Law

It Had to Be You

Gallant Sons

Bride for Sale

The Strawberry Blonde

I Wake Up Screaming

Roxie Hart

Boom Town

Come Live with Me

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Something to Live For

Springtime in the Rockies

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The Impatient Years

Brother Orchid

Tall in the Saddle

Blondie's Secret

Houdini

San Quentin

Wake Up and Dream

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Young Dr. Kildare

Gold Rush Maisie

Double Dynamite

Rings on Her Fingers

Dust Be My Destiny

At the Circus

The Doctor Takes a Wife

The Meanest Man in the World

Hello, Frisco, Hello

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Nancy Drew… Detective

Think It Over

Stanley and Livingstone

Blue, White, and Perfect

Orchestra Wives

Tales of Manhattan

Broadway Serenade

'Til We Meet Again

Calling Dr. Kildare

Coney Island

湖中の女

Greenwich Village

Nancy Drew... Reporter

Within the Law

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

Roger Touhy, Gangster

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

Talent Scout

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

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Buyer Beware

Idiot's Delight

Thunder Afloat

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Bride Wore Boots

Red Light

You, the People

Two Against the World

Dr. Kildare's Victory

The Guilt of Janet Ames

The Great Rupert

Fast and Loose

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

My Gal Sal

Let's Make Music

She Went to the Races

Ever Since Eve

Missing Witnesses

Wilson

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Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

Summer Storm

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Pier 13

Marry the Girl

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

Father Is A Prince

The Girl from Manhattan

Comet Over Broadway

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Storm Over Lisbon

Fast and Furious

Tell No Tales

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Murder in the Music Hall

Broadway Limited

The Patient in Room 18

Heartaches

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Ride on Vaquero

Here Come the Girls

The Footloose Heiress

Hot Money

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Prairie Thunder

Florian

The Devil's Saddle Legion

Unwelcome Stranger

Footlight Serenade

Tell It to a Star

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Henry and Dizzy

Born to Speed

Over My Dead Body

A Bird in the Hand

Right to the Heart