Frank Fay

Frank Fay

Nacimiento : 1891-11-17, San Francisco, California, USA

Muerte : 1961-09-26

Historia

Frank Fay (November 17, 1891 – September 25, 1961) was an American film and stage actor, emcee, comedian, best-known as an actor for having played "Elwood P. Dowd" in the play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase on Broadway.

Perfil

Frank Fay

Películas

Memorias de un Don Juan
Charles Kenneth 'Charley' Patterson
En Nueva York, durante la postguerra, Jim tiene que trabajar en su novela, pero se marcha unos días para servir al ejército. Mientras tanto, su novia Connie alquila una habitación a un amigo de Jim, un joven muy agradable.
Spotlight Scandals
Frank Fay
A down-on-his luck actor teams up with a singing barber to do a vaudeville act. Its success eventually leads them to Broadway, but things start to go awry.
Sabían lo que querían
Father McKee
Un italiano que cultiva viñas en California, mantiene correspondencia con una camarera a la que nunca ha visto y cuya situación es bastante precaria. Cuando le propone que se case con él, en lugar de una foto suya, le manda una de su capataz, que es un hombre muy atractivo.
I Want a Divorce
Jeff Gilman
Comedy about newlyweds wondering if their marriage was a mistake.
La reina de Nueva York
Master of Ceremonies
El reportero Wallace Cook propone a su periódico publicar una serie de historias sobre Hazel Flagg, una chica que asegura estar mortalmente intoxicada por exposición al radio. Aunque la chica llega a descubrir que lo que ha dicho es falso, acepta viajar a Nueva York con Cook. La situación se complica cuando ambos se enamoran y, además, un especialista alemán descubre que ella finge su enfermedad.
Stars Over Broadway
Announcer
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
A Fool's Advice
Story
An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.
A Fool's Advice
Spencer Brown
An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1932 for Best Short Subject (Comedy), but was disqualified.
Round About Hollywood
Himself
This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen from the streets. Considerable time is taken showing the kinds of architecture of private homes. There are images of various important buildings, and a depiction of the Hollywood Bowl. Finally, there is a sequence revolving around the premiere of the film “Dirigible” (1931) at the famed Chinese Theatre.
God's Gift to Women
Toto Duryea
Un descendiente parisino de Don Juan jura dejar de cortejar a las mujeres para ganar la mano de una señorita virtuosa con un padre que le desaprueba.
The Stolen Jools
Frank Fay
Cortometraje promocional lleno de estrellas de la época destinado a recaudar fondos para el sanatorio de tuberculosis National Variety Artists, producido en asociación con una compañía de cigarrillos. La trama sigue la investigación del robo de la joyería de Norma Shearer. Laurel & Hardy aparecen brevemente (como lo hace el resto del elenco) como dos detectives.
Bright Lights
Wally Dean
In this light-hearted musical, an early color film, a successful actress tires of the bustle and hustle of her tawdry life and settles down to what she thinks is the blissful mundaneness of married life. Unfortunately, the actual drudgery of wifedom takes her by surprise and domestic turmoil ensues.
The Matrimonial Bed
Leopold Trebel/Adolphe Noblet
Un amnésico, en teoría muerto, es reconocido por su esposa, quien se ha vuelto a casar.
Tantas veo...
Don Carlos
Un vaquero llega a un pueblo y acaba intentando ayudar a un ranchero y acabar con una banda de ladrones de ganado, mientras flirtea con una hermosa muchacha.
Arriba el telón
Writer
It's 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance to see their favorite actors and actresses from the silent screen era to see and for the first time can be heard in a gaudy, grandiose music comedy revue. But also appear actors and actresses from the first 'talkies', stars from Broadway and of course the German shepherd Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay is the host of the more than 70 well-known stars who show various acts.
Arriba el telón
Master of Ceremonies
It's 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance to see their favorite actors and actresses from the silent screen era to see and for the first time can be heard in a gaudy, grandiose music comedy revue. But also appear actors and actresses from the first 'talkies', stars from Broadway and of course the German shepherd Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay is the host of the more than 70 well-known stars who show various acts.