Frank Fanning

Filmes

Swingin' on a Rainbow
Doorman George (uncredited)
A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is passing them off as his own.
The Phantom Speaks
Cop in Park (Uncredited)
A reporter learns that an executed killer has taken over a scientist's mind.
Thundering Hoofs
Postal Inspector
Bill Underwood falls out with his father and chooses the life of a cowhand rather than take charge of his father's stage line.
The Falcon Takes Over
Detective (Uncredited)
While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O'Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.
Nascida Para o Mal
Police Detective with Millett (uncredited)
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Police Officer Wilbur
A New York radio personality travels to the small town of Fernville to oversee a contest to identify retired safecracker Jimmy Valentine, believed to be living there under an assumed name. The close-knit town of upstanding citizens is understandably upset by this venture, all the moreso when some of its citizens begin to be murdered. The radio personality and the local newspaper's young daughter collaborate on solving the murders while revealing Valentine, who has become one of the suspects.
Cadet Girl
Train Conductor (uncredited)
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.
Dance Hall
Turnkey
Singer Lili Brown is attracted to dance hall manager Duke till she realizes he does that to all the girls. Nice guy Duke sets her up with composer Joe Brooks.
Um Tiro Misterioso
Cop
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Money and the Woman
Policeman Mitchell (uncredited)
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
Johnny Apollo
Courthouse Guard (uncredited)
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
Um Sonho Para Dois
Detective with Danny (uncredited)
After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
Private Detective
Policeman (uncredited)
A female private eye joins forces with a police detective to investigate the suspicious murder of a millionaire.
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Detective (uncredited)
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
Let Us Live
Detective Brown (uncredited)
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
O Braço da Lei
Detective
After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any suspect. Detective Jim Logan is ordered to meet the incoming new-head of the Police Department lab and internal affairs, J.G. Bliss, and takes an instant dislike to her over her attitude toward criminal's rights.
O Gênio do Crime
Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)
Um brilhante médico da Park Avenue, interessado em estudar a fundo a mente criminosa, resolve então se tornar um criminoso.
High Flyers
Cop
Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamonds stolen from a noted gem dealer. As it turns out, their plane crashes on the very estate of the dealer. Thinking the duo are police officers, the dealer offers his home for their convalescence from the accident. Meanwhile, the diamonds have been snatched by a kleptomaniac dog and buried on the estate. When the smugglers track down the pair, they try to convince the dealer that they are officials from an institution from which the two have escaped. Before long, the carnival fellows, the crooks, the gem dealer and his family, along with a platoon of cops, are tearing up the grounds to find where the dog has buried the diamonds.
One Mile From Heaven
Jailer
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Cop (uncredited)
A British butler goes to America duped by mobsters into believing he is the heir to a fortune.
The Great Hospital Mystery
Policeman
A nurse's brother who's pursued by the mob, hides out in a hospital by pretending to be a patient.
We Who Are About to Die
Guard in Visitor's Room (uncredited)
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
The Plot Thickens
Detective Fanning
A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.
Charlie Chan na Ópera
Cop (uncredited)
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
Road Gang
Frank - Guard (uncredited)
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.
She Couldn't Take It
Warden
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
Nas Garras da Lei
Wilson's Driver (uncredited)
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she is about to testify
Dinky
Silent Arresting Detective
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.
Mary Jane's Pa
Plainclothesman with Sheriff
Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
O Caso do Cão Uivador
Detective Driving Police Car (uncredited)
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.
The Merry Frinks
Cop (uncredited)
An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
Parole Girl
Desk Sergeant
A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.
Os Crimes do Museu
Policeman (Uncredited)
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
Em Plenas Nuvens
Detective at Nightclub (uncredited)
An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.
Pena de Tailão
Sheriff Lem (uncredited)
John Drury saves Duke, a wild horse accused of murder, and trains him. When he discovers that the real murderer, a bad guy known as The Hawk, is the town's leading citizen, Drury arrested on a fraudulent charge.
Beyond the Rockies
Sheriff (uncredited)
A noted gunman takes a job on a cattle ranch to stop a band of rustlers.
Are These Our Children?
Policeman in Courtroom
A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, falling in with the wrong crowd and finally finding himself on trial for murder committed during a robbery.
Are Scotchmen Tight
Tax Assessor
Two competitive Scotsmen are neighbours. Trouble starts when a tax inspector announces his imminent arrival, and the Scotsmen have to stash their expensive furniture. As soon as one succeeds in hiding every last stick, the other figures out where to put his. In his neighbour's now empty house!
The Power of the Press
Detective
The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem, she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.