Name
Frank Wilson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-04-11
Deathday
2005-10-24 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Northcote, Victoria, Australia
Biography
Frank Wilson (11 April 1924 - 24 October 2005) was an Australian film, stage and television actor; musical comedy singer and director; and television game show and variety host.
Wilson joined the Australian Army in 1943, to escape the wartime Manpower Directorite and being placed in a "useful" job, becoming a signalman in the 7th Division, 2nd AIF. Served in Papua New Guinea and Borneo, being discharged in late 1945. He started acting in 1948, acting up to his death in 2005.
Known For
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During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners...
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Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin India...
6.1
A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counti...
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In post-nuclear "New Idaho," a lone warrior teams up with a girl to help rescue the girl's...
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Alvin Purple, a man who can't hold down a job because of his voracious sexual appetite, im...
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When dwindling membership and increasing overheads makes a local bowling club a prime cand...
- 1997 The Well as Francis Harper
- 1974 Alvin Rides Again as House Detective
- 1980 Breaker Morant as Dr. Johnson
- 1991 Black Robe as Father Jerome
- 1978 Money Movers as Lionel Darcy
- 2002 Crackerjack as Len Johnson
- 1980 The Club as Jock Reily
- 1988 Empire of Ash as Shepherd
- 1987 Going Sane as Sir Colin Grant
- 1939 Moon Over Harlem
- 1980 Fatty Finn as Lord Mayor
- 1986 News Report on a Journey to a Bright Future
- 1959 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll as Vince
- 1923 The Call of Siva as Inspector Weymouth
- 1923 The Clue of the Pigtail as Inspector Weymouth
- 1923 The Queen of Hearts as Inspector Weymouth
- 1923 The Cry of the Nighthawk as Inspector Weymouth
- 1923 The Fiery Hand as Inspector Weymouth
- 1923 The Fungi Cellars as Inspector Weymouth
- 1923 The Miracle as Inspector Weymouth
- 1923 The Man with the Limp as Inspector Weymouth
- 1923 The Knocking on the Door as Inspector Weymouth
- 1923 The Silver Buddha as Inspector Weymouth
- 1923 The Sacred Order as Inspector Weymouth
- 1988 The Riddle of the Stinson as G. A. Robinson
- 1991 Ultimate Desires as Detective Southard
- 1989 Slow Burn as Captain Fahey
- 1979 The Journalist
- 1988 Tudawali as Charles Chauvel
- 1993 Blue Heelers ( 1 episode )
- 2001 Changi ( 6 episodes ) as Older Gordon Yates
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Power Without Glory ( 26 episodes )
- 1978 The Truckies ( 12 episodes )
- 1979 Doctor Down Under ( 13 episodes )
- 1986 The Flying Doctors ( 1 episode ) as Karl Szalinski
- 1991 Police Rescue ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Bridger
- 1983 Scales of Justice ( 3 episodes ) as Sir John Ritchie
- 1986 The Great Bookie Robbery ( 3 episodes ) as Winton Bathurst
- 1987 Rafferty's Rules ( 1 episode ) as David Morris
- 1996 Water Rats ( 1 episode ) as Billy Russell
