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Frank Orth was an American actor born in Philadelphia. He is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie”. By 1897, Orth was performing in vaudeville with his wife, Ann Codee, in an act called “Codee and Orth.” In 1909, he expanded into song writing, with songs such as “The Phone Bell Rang” and “Meet Me on the Boardwalk, Dearie.” His first contact with motion pictures was in 1928, when he was part of the first foreign-language shorts in sound produced by Warner Bros. He and his wife also appeared together in a series of two-reel comedies in the early 1930s. Orth's first major screen credit was in “Prairie Thunder,” a Dick Foran western, in 1937. From then on, he was often cast as bartenders, pharmacists, and grocery clerks, and always distinctly Irish. He had a recurring role in the Dr. Kildare series of films and also in the Nancy Drew series as the befuddled Officer Tweedy. Among his better roles were the newspaper man Cary Grant telephones early in “His Girl Friday,” one of the quartet singing “Gary Owen” in “They Died with Their Boots On” (thereby giving Errol Flynn as Gen. Custer the idea of associating the tune with the 7th Cavalry), and as the little man carrying the sign reading “The End Is Near” throughout Colonel Effingham's Raid. However, Orth is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie.” A short, plump, round-faced man, often smoking a cigar, Orth as Faraday wore his own dark-rimmed spectacles, though rarely in feature films. In 1959, Orth retired from show business after throat surgery. His wife died in 1961 after around fifty years of marriage. Orth died on March 17, 1962. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills next to his wife.
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09 January 1935
An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.
17 August 1940
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.
27 September 1941
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
06 January 1942
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant.
30 August 1940
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman.
31 January 1941
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
31 October 1941
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
06 October 1939
Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City.
27 September 1944
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
08 October 1937
A rich businessman brings home a homeless man who promises to tame his willful 18-year-old daughter.
22 December 1944
After being buried in quicksand for the past 25 years, Kharis is set free to roam the rural bayous of Louisiana, as is the soul of his beloved Princess Ananka, still housed in the body of Amina Mansouri, who seeks help and protection at a swamp draining project.
28 April 1939
Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson.
11 July 1936
Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
04 February 1942
Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.
11 December 1937
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
16 September 1939
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm.
12 June 1939
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
18 November 1940
Carpet-sweeper manufacturer John Bower has no patience with inefficiency, lawyers, or vacuum cleaners.
18 August 1939
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr.
13 June 1941
A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited gets out of control, as no one wants to be responsible for the baby that was brought in for it.
14 July 1944
It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.
03 June 1944
Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story).
26 July 1940
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.
27 January 1939
A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
26 March 1943
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
04 September 1942
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot.
02 May 1941
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.
24 May 1937
Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery.
18 March 1948
Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer.
09 June 1939
In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law.
15 January 1942
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story.
15 September 1939
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
04 November 1945
A group of scientists develop a system to pick winners at the racetrack. Comedy.
01 October 1948
A small-town girl who's made it big in New York as a fashion model returns home, only to find that her somewhat dotty uncle has mortgaged his boarding house to the hilt.
18 April 1941
The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released by his captor, the commander of a U.
31 March 1950
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.
11 March 1943
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
08 August 1940
A policeman makes the startling discovery that his girlfriend is involved in a waterfront smuggling racket.
15 July 1937
Madge Winton, a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses.
24 July 1937
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
17 February 1939
The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.
09 September 1939
Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.
08 August 1938
A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.
27 January 1940
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb counterfeiting.
12 November 1949
Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their clients' tax documents.
17 August 1950
An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his arwork.
16 October 1944
A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.
02 July 1953
By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and.
10 April 1946
An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.
07 June 1940
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
02 December 1946
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
16 August 1945
Carol (Ruth Terry), the cigarette girl at a swank Palm Springs hotel, dreams of singing in the establishment's nightclub.
30 September 1949
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess.
17 March 1939
Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.
14 October 1938
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr.
01 November 1942
The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.
13 March 1937
A wild cowboy changes course and becomes a sheriff after his father is murdered.
05 June 1940
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
06 September 1940
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
22 October 1953
Bob Hope stars as an inept member of the chorus boy in a turn of the century stage show. After being fired, he finds himself starring acting as a decoy when a killer goes after the real star.
