David Frankham

David Frankham

Born 1926-02-16 (age 100) Kent, England
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David Frankham (born 16 February 1926) is a film and television actor. After serving in India and Malaya in WWII, Frankham worked first as a news reader, and then a writer, interviewer and producer for the BBC from 1948 through 1955.

In 1955 Frankham moved to Hollywood to pursue a career as an actor. He soon found work, appearing on five episodes of the live television program Matinee Theater. He worked steadily in television, as well as appearing in films such as Return of the Fly (1959), Ten Who Dared (1960), Master of the World (1961), Tales of Terror (1962), The Spiral Road (1962), King Rat (1965), and The Great Santini (1979). Frankham provided the voice of Sergeant Tibbs the cat in Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

He appeared in guest roles on American television from the late 1950s through the 1980s. His career peaked in the 1960s with frequent roles on such popular shows as Thriller (U.S. TV series), Twelve O'Clock High (TV series), The F.B.I., Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Beverly Hillbillies, The Outer Limits, Star Trek, then onward into the 1970s in Cannon (TV series), The Waltons, and McCloud (TV series).

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One Hundred and One Dalmatians
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961

as Sergeant Tibbs (voice)

King Rat
King Rat

1965

as Cox

The Great Santini
The Great Santini

1979

as Capt. Weber

Master of the World
Master of the World

1961

as Phillip Evans

Ten Who Dared
Ten Who Dared

1960

as Frank Goodman

Return of the Fly
Return of the Fly

1959

as Ronald Holmes, alias Alan Hinds

Tales of Terror
Tales of Terror

1962

as Dr. James ("The Case of M. Valdemar")

The Substitute
The Substitute

1993

as Riggs

Winter Kill
Winter Kill

1974

as Rev. Phillips