Steve Franken

Movie Actor

Steve Franken was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States on May 27th, 1932 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 80, Steve Franken biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
May 27, 1932
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Death Date
Aug 24, 2012 (age 80)
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Television Actor
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Julia E. Carter, ​ ​(m. 1965; div. 1986)​, Jean Garrett ​(m. 1987)​
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Steve Franken Life

Stephen Robert Franken (May 27, 1932 – August 24, 2012) was an American actor who appeared on screen and television for a half century.

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Steve Franken Career

Career

Franken, the son of a Hollywood press agent, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Cornell University in 1953. Willie's first film appearance on the anthology film Playhouse 90 was in 1958.

Bully appeared in the 1961 episode "The Pit" of the series The Rebel, starring Nick Adams. In the 1961 episode "The Case of Willie Betterley" in Lock Up, he appeared as the lead actor. He appeared on Checkmate as Dunc Tomilson in "The Yacht-Club Gang" in 1962. Jerry Allen appeared in two Mr. Novak episodes as Jerry Allen. In 1964, he appeared in The Time Travelers. He appeared in "Birth of a Salesman" on McHale's Navy in 1965, as well as in "Tim and Tim Again" on My Favorite Martian.

Rod Amateau appeared in Say, Darling, and cast him as playboy dilettante Chatsworth Osborne Jr. on the comedy The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, starring Dwayne Hickman. Franken appeared in many episodes from 1960 to 1963. His son attributed the character's appearance of pained condescension to an ulcer that he had suffered from since the age of 14 when his mother died. He appeared in 1964 on Petticoat Junction as the son of the murderer, Homer Bedloe in Bedloe and Son, played by Charles Lane.

On the short-lived sitcom Tom, Dicken, and Mary, Franken performed another wealthy wastrel. As murderer Christopher Barton, Franken appeared in the 1963 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Deadly Verdict."

Franken appeared in the Gary Lockwood series The Lieutenant, episode To Take Up Serpents, the first television series created by Gene Roddenberry, right after Dobie Gillis was fired. In "The Gun Runner Raid" episode of The Rat Patrol, he appeared in other military roles, such as a decorated US flier turned weapons dealer and traitor, as well as a P.O.W. Lieutenant In the Fred MacMurray film Follow Me, Boys! He appeared in at least six episodes of Bewitched from 1966 to 1971.

In the 1968 Blake Edwards film The Party, Franken appeared as the inebriated waiter Levinson, as well as Peter Sellers. One journalist, who was writing on the fortieth anniversary of the film, wrote this: "Itieth century of the film, one journalist wrote:

He appeared on Love, American Style five times from 1970 to 1973. Officer Albert Porter appeared in three episodes of Adam-12 from 1971 to 1972, as well as Ralph Salisbury in the 1971 episode "The Ferret." On the season three episode "The Courtship of Mary's Daughter," he appeared as Jonas Lasser on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1972.

He appeared on Barney Miller in 1975 (episode: "The Arsonist") and again in 1981 (episode: "Resignation"). In 1979, Tom Voorhies co-star Michael Constantine in Disney's The North Avenue Irregulars. In 1980's The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, he appeared alongside Peter Sellers.

In several episodes of Insight, he appeared and directed. Murphy Brown, The King of Queens, and Seinfeld were all small roles in such recent television series as Murphy Brown, The King of Queens, and Seinfeld. He appeared in Law & Order computer games from 2002 to 2003. In the short-lived 1996 Warner Bros. animated film Road Rovers, he played Professor Eugene Atwater.

In the 1993 Batman episode "The Mechanic" and "Comedy of Terrors," Mr. Beal appeared in Detention episodes "Little Miss Popular" and "Comedy of Terrors). (both 1999). Mr. Janus appeared in the episode "Grounded" of Static Shock and appeared in Smurfs (1980), Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (1990), and Spawn (1997).

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