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Frank Graham

Acting Born Nov 22, 1914 Detroit, Michigan, USA 24 credits

Biography

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Frank Graham attended the University of California for one year and left to begin his acting career in Seattle, both on the stage and in radio. He was brought to Hollywood in 1937 to join KNX Radio. He had been married two years before to Dorothy Jack of Seattle. He was the star of Night Cap Yarns over CBS from 1938 through 1942 and was the announcer of dozens of programs, including the Ginny Simms, Rudy Vallee and Nelson Eddy shows.

He starred in Jeff Regan, Investigator and co-developed the radio drama Satan’s Waitin’ with Van Des Autels. Graham was also The Wandering Vaquero, the narrator of The Romance Of The Ranchos radio series (1941–1942), also on the CBS network.

One of his few live action roles was playing the tile character in the film Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (1943). He had also served as a writer for the radio program on which the film was based upon.

Graham played numerous characters in animated films for Walt Disney, MGM, Columbia and Warner Bros. He voiced the Wolf in Tex Avery's Droopy cartoons, as well as the Mouse in King-Size Canary at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He provided the voices of the Fox and Crow in the eponymous-named shorts at Columbia.

He was found dead at age 35 in his convertible in the carport of his home in Los Angeles on September 2, 1950. A coroner declared he had committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Known for

Film

The Three Caballeros

as (voice)
Film

Jerry and the Lion

as The Lion (voice) (uncredited)

Time Goes By

as (voice) (uncredited)

Full filmography

  • Rumors (1943) as Narrator - Soldier (voice)
  • Coming!! Snafu (1943) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  • The Three Caballeros (1944) as (voice)
  • Saludos Amigos (1942) as Frank Graham
  • Going Home (1944) as Narrator
  • Jerky Turkey (1945) as Junior Pilgrim (voice) (uncredited)
  • Red Hot Riding Hood (1943) as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
  • Jerry and the Lion (1950) as The Lion (voice) (uncredited)
  • Kitty Foiled (1948) as Tom (voice) (uncredited)
  • So Much for So Little (1949) as Narrator (voice)
  • Kuku Nuts (1945) as Fox / Crow (voice)
  • Baseball Bugs (1946) as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
  • Venereal Disease (1944) as Narrator (Uncredited)
  • King Midas, Junior (1942) as Narrator / Radio Announce
  • Springtime for Thomas (1946) as Jerry's Devil Conscience / Butch (voice)
  • Fox Pop (1942) as Fox Prisoner (voice)
  • Dumb-Hounded (1943) as The Killer (voice) (uncredited)
  • The Lonesome Mouse (1943) as (voice) (uncredited)
  • Fiesta Time (1945) as Donkey
  • Horton Hatches the Egg (1942) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  • Foney Fables (1942) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  • The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945) as Wolf / Bartender (uncredited)
  • King-Size Canary (1947) as Mouse (voice)
  • Albert in Blunderland (1950) as Planning Board Ant / Ant Guards (voice)