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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 28, 1912
Died
October 2, 1962
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Frank Lovejoy
0.6 Popularity
Biography
Frank Andrew Lovejoy Jr. (March 28, 1912 – October 2, 1962) was an American actor in radio, film, and television. He is perhaps best remembered for appearing in the film noir The Hitch-Hiker and for starring in the radio drama Night Beat. Lovejoy was born in the Bronx, New York City, and grew up in New Jersey. He worked on Wall Street as a teenager, but the Great Depression of 1929 cost him his job. He then turned to acting, appearing in touring companies throughout the Northeast. He made his Broadway debut in 1934 in the play They Knew What They Wanted. Lovejoy began his radio career in the early 1940s, appearing on such shows as Gang Busters and This Is Your FBI. He also starred in the radio drama Night Beat, which ran from 1949 to 1955. Lovejoy made his film debut in 1948 in the film Black Bart. He went on to appear in over 50 films, including In a Lonely Place (1950), The Hitch-Hiker (1953), Strategic Air Command (1955), and Goodbye, My Fancy (1956). Lovejoy also had a successful television career. He starred in the series Man Against Crime (1956-1957) and Meet McGraw (1957-1962). Lovejoy died of a heart attack in New York City in 1962, at the age of 50. He was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Known For
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Bus Stop
1961
3.5
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
4.2
Wichita Town
1959
6.3
Dave
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
6.2
Cole Younger
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
1958
🎬
7.0
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
5.0
McGraw
Meet McGraw
1957
4.8
Capt. Amos Winfield
Three Brave Men
1956
5.7
Det. Lt. Pringle
Julie
1956
5.5
Jim Todd
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Credits
Bus Stop
1961
0.0
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
3.5
Wichita Town
1959
4.2
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Dave
1959
6.3
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
as Cole Younger
1958
6.2
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Meet McGraw
as McGraw
1957
5.0
Three Brave Men
as Capt. Amos Winfield
1956
4.8
Julie
as Det. Lt. Pringle
1956
5.7
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jim Todd
1956
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sam Walston
1956
5.5
Shack Out on 101
as Prof. Sam Bastion
1955
5.9
The Crooked Web
as Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian
1955
5.9
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1955
0.0
Strategic Air Command
as Ennis Hawkes
1955
6.1
Finger Man
as Casey Martin
1955
5.6
Mad at the World
as Police Capt. Tom Lynn
1955
5.7
Top of the World
as Brad Cantrell
1955
6.3
The Americano
as Bento Hermany
1955
5.2
Climax!
as Ben Dana
1954
3.3
Men of the Fighting Lady
as Lt. Cmdr. Grayson
1954
6.2
Beachhead
as Sgt. Fletcher
1954
5.4
Letter to Loretta
as Walter
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Walter Davidson
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Joe Winters
1953
6.5
The Charge at Feather River
as Sgt. Charlie Baker
1953
5.6
The System
as John E. 'Johnny' Merrick
1953
4.8
House of Wax
as Tom Brennan
1953
6.9
The Hitch-Hiker
as Gilbert Bowen
1953
6.8
She's Back on Broadway
as John Webber
1953
5.7
The Ford Television Theatre
as Vic Chambers
1952
7.3
Cavalcade of America
as Inspector Ed McCook
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Randy Stone
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as McGraw
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Capt. Jim Barr
1952
6.3
The Winning Team
as Rogers Hornsby
1952
5.5
Retreat, Hell!
as Lt. Col. Steve L. Corbett
1952
6.3
Starlift
as Frank Lovejoy
1951
5.6
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Walter Donaldson
1951
4.7
Force of Arms
as Maj. Blackford
1951
6.4
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Matt Cole
1951
5.9
I Was a Communist for the FBI
as Matt Cvetic
1951
5.3
The Sound of Fury
as Howard Tyler
1950
6.5
Breakthrough
as Sgt. Pete Bell
1950
7.0
Three Secrets
as Bob Duffy
1950
6.4
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Clark
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Walter Neff
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Uncle Charlie
1950
6.3
South Sea Sinner
as Doc
1950
5.0
In a Lonely Place
as Brub Nicolai
1950
7.6
Home of the Brave
as Sergeant Mingo
1949
6.7
Black Bart
as Mark Lorimer
1948
4.5