Frank Jenks
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Frank Jenks.
Born: November 4, 1902
Place of Birth: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Known For
Bowery Battalion
Slip, Sach and the gang think an air-raid test is for real and join the Army.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
First Love
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
The Thin Man
Nick Charles was a private detective who married the wealthy Nora and decided to settle down and leave the good life. Unfortunately for the couple, Nick's past frequently caught up with him and got the couple involved in mystery after mystery. The series was based on the popular MGM series of movies of the 1930's starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk starred as the televison versions of Nick and Nora which ran on NBC for two seasons from 1957-59.
His Girl Friday
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
The Ford Television Theatre
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Back Street
In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith falls in love with banker Walter Saxel, who is engaged to a socially prominent woman. Inadvertently prevented from running away with Walter, Ray remains single but reunites with him five years later. Despite Walter being married and having a son, Ray becomes his mistress, and over the years suffers social ostracism and long stretches of solitude while waiting for their brief interludes together.
His Butler's Sister
Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.
White Tie and Tails
When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up getting involved with an heiress.
Filmography
as Truck Driver
as Walter Clemens the Bartender
as Cab Driver
as Dutch Carl Anders
as Frank
as Shell Game Man (uncredited)
as Plainclothes Sgt. with Lt James
as Louie Phelan
as The Mechanic
as Kenny the Bartender
as Gus Bolin (uncredited)
as Sergeant
as Frank Keegan
as Martin Fletcher
as Telegram Singer
as George Bigelow
as Man
as Marine in Civvies
as Blount
as Benny Brown
as Jackson
as Lazy
as Sheriff Denning
as Hap - Telephone Company Lineman
as Shell game sailor
as Tom, Drunk Cowboy
as Theater Owner
as Recruiting Sergeant
as Detective Homer Shaw
as Looie - a Trainer
as Press Agent
as Bartender
as Mac
as Tim Saunders
as Gas Station Attendant
as The Iceman
as Carnival Man
as Louie
as Ed Vance
as Cab Driver
as Mike Connors
as Pinky (uncredited)
as Hoppy Owens
as Ernie Clark
as Butch Miller
as Ernie Clark
as Joe, the Cabbie
as George
as Mailman
as Dance Contest M.C. (uncredited)
as Jensen
as Sinkewicz
as George
as Pvt. Harry Smith
as Mack Hogan
as Egbert Egelhofer, aka Romeo
as Gus
as Horace P. 'Blubber' Malloy
as The Burglar
as Lieutenant Higgins
as Eddie Porter
as Sgt. Erwin
as Top Sergeant
as Jack 'Curly' Berger
as Pvt. 'Rosy' Rowman
as Cab Driver
as Dick Deyo
as Bernard "Troubles" O'Connor
as Eddie
as Chick Doyle (uncredited)
as Eddie Jones
as Kelly Kennedy
as Snapper Anthony Walgreen
as Emmett
as Deadpan Weaver
as Sergeant Koslack
as Joe Elliott
as Whitey
as Sgt. Mahoney
as Larry - Song Leader on Train (uncredited)
as Jimbo
as Sampier
as Art Giffman
as Smiley Jackson
as Joe Scavenger
as J. J. Bent
as 2nd Sailor
as Harry Niles
as Puffy
as Phil Miller
as Butch Reilly
as Uncle Dan
as Wilson
as Mike the Cop
as Pepper White
as Uncle Dan
as Peaches Jackson
as Sid Travers
as Emery
as Jerry - Assistant (uncredited)
as Doc Williams
as Peter Carey
as Frank Munson
as Joe, theatre prompter
as Sam
as Doc Williams
as Harry Clark
as Freddie
as Joe Cannon
as Harry Howe
as Smitty
as Doc Williams
as Dubrowsky
as Taxi Driver
as Butch Broder
as Frank Tate
as Lefty
as Clyde Beasley
as Laughing Boy Frank
as Photographer
as Trombone Player
as Pete - Henchman
as First Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Reporter
as Deputy Tom
as Roy Levino
as Bill Crosby
as Orchestra Leader
as Call Boy
as Orchestra Leader
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
as Ship's Bandleader (uncredited)
as Dance Hall Patron