Frank Latimore

Frank Latimore

Born: September 28, 1925
Died: November 29, 1998
in Darien, Connecticut, USA
Franklin Latimore (September 28, 1925 - November 29, 1998) was an American actor best known for his character ‘Dr. Ed Coleridge’ on the television soap opera Ryan's Hope.

Latimore's came from a well-to-do family, and was able to trace his lineage back to the Revolutionary War. He ran away from home at an early age, and shortly thereafter got the lead part in a Broadway play. His acting career had begun in the 1930s, when he and longtime pal Lloyd Bridges began doing summer stock theater at a playhouse in Weston, Vermont.

Latimore then soon went out to Hollywood, where he signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox, and proceeded to appear in such hits as In the Meantime, Darling, The Dolly Sisters, Three Little Girls in Blue, and Shock.

Latimore also played in two soap operas, Ryan's Hope and Guiding Light. As well, he did some work for PBS, most notably appearing in a film about the Civil War.

He married Rukmini Sukarno, an opera singer who was a daughter of President Sukarno of Indonesia. Their son, Chris Kline, is a journalist.

On November 29, 1998, he died in his sleep, at the age of 72. His remains were cremated and buried beneath a venerable old apple tree on ancestral property in Vermont.

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Breaking Up
Title: Breaking Up
Character: Robert Crawford
Released: January 2, 1978
Type: Movie
JoAnn Hammil faces a harrowing fight to rediscover her personal identity when her husband of 15 years announces that he is leaving her and their children to search for the indefinable joy he feels he is missing from his life.
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All the President's Men
Title: All the President's Men
Character: Judge
Released: April 9, 1976
Type: Movie
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
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Una mujer prohibida
Title: Una mujer prohibida
Character: Jaime
Released: May 13, 1974
Type: Movie
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Magic Carpet
Title: Magic Carpet
Character: Henry Toland
Released: November 6, 1972
Type: Movie
A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway who is being sought by the police.
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Operation Snafu
Title: Operation Snafu
Character: tenente statunitense
Released: March 3, 1970
Type: Movie
World War II soldiers enter Sicily to seize German arms supply only to discover there is not a gun in sight.
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Patton
Title: Patton
Character: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Davenport
Released: January 25, 1970
Type: Movie
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
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The Sergeant
Title: The Sergeant
Character: Capt. Loring
Released: December 20, 1968
Type: Movie
THE SERGEANT is the story of the dark inner struggle of Master Sergeant Albert Callan to overcome the overwhelming attraction he feels for one of his charges. In the staid and stifling environment of a post-World War II army post in France, Callan's deeply repressed attraction to other men surfaces when he encounters handsome Private Swanson. Maintaining the rugged "man's man" image of a war hero, Callan barks orders to his underlings. Later, lonely in his solitude, he recalls the frightening experiences of war and the events that led to this crossroads. Filled with self-loathing and unable to act on the natural attraction he feels for Swanson, Callan's affection festers into antagonism. He pushes Swanson constantly with verbal assaults and undeserved punishments.
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Cast a Giant Shadow
Title: Cast a Giant Shadow
Character: 1st U.N. Officer
Released: March 30, 1966
Type: Movie
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.
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Texas Jim
Title: Texas Jim
Character: Ladd / Lance Thompson
Released: May 24, 1965
Type: Movie
A band of fierce rustlers is ravaging the region of Las Cruces. Appears an outsider who saves the ranch owner "The Spur" of being kidnapped by members of the band. Thankfully, he was appointed foreman, and his daughter is in love with him. But things are not what they seem and there are murky intrigues in the background.
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Apache Fury
Title: Apache Fury
Character: Major Steve Loman
Released: October 1, 1964
Type: Movie
In an old fort dedicated to the service of change of chivalry, show up three hired murderers and warn Lohman, the manager, who is about to get a stagecoach traveling in the former judge who unjustly condemned to five years in prison , and of course the husband murderer now promised the judge, Ruth, indicating further that brings a suitcase with many dollars. However, Lohman rejects the suggestion of the bandits. But when the judge and his girlfriend, the fort was attacked by Indians.
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Cavalry Charge
Title: Cavalry Charge
Character: Corporal Paul White
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Two men pretend to the same woman in a fort located in the wilds of Canada. Also, one of them will be the object of desire of an Indian girl.
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Los conquistadores del Pacífico
Title: Los conquistadores del Pacífico
Character: Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Released: October 21, 1963
Type: Movie
Frank Latimore is cast as Balboa, the heroic Spanish explorer who discovers the Pacific Ocean. Along the way, he must pacify the wrath of his enemies and battle his way through a forest inhabited by savage natives. This one features some really nice battles, stunning ocean photography, and tolerable reconstruction of historic events.
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The Shortest Day
Title: The Shortest Day
Character: Soldato Siciliano (uncredited)
Released: February 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
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The Shadow of Zorro
Title: The Shadow of Zorro
Character: Don José de la Torre - El Zorro
Released: December 22, 1962
Type: Movie
A battle between revolutionary Mexicans and the U.S. cavalry brings Zorro onto the scene to enact vengeance for violent acts incurred by the cavalry Sergeant. Once the Sergeant is killed, Don Jose de la Torre retires from being Zorro and settles down to live a quiet life. The brother of the Sergeant, in an act of his own justice, dons the costume of Zorro and terrorizes the countryside. In an act to draw out the true Zorro, the imposter kidnaps Don Jose's wife, making him once again don the mask to rescue her.
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Zorro the Avenger
Title: Zorro the Avenger
Character: Don José de la Torre - El Zorro
Released: June 25, 1962
Type: Movie
Don Jose disguises himself as Zorro, the masked freedom fighter, who tries to protect his people from the wrath of an evil military officer who is using his position to his own advantage.
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Then There Were Three
Title: Then There Were Three
Character: Lt. Willotsky
Released: November 15, 1961
Type: Movie
When an American attack on the German-held town of San Corrado results in the Germans being forced out of the town, they don't have time to take along a top Italian partisan leader they have captured and imprisoned. Fearing that the Americans will turn the man loose to organize more partisan attacks on their forces, the Germans send one of their top agents to infiltrate the town, posing as an American soldier cut off from his unit, and assign him to re-capture the partisan leader and bring him back for interrogation--or, if that's not possible, to kill him.
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The Sword of Vengeance
Title: The Sword of Vengeance
Character: Marco
Released: November 14, 1961
Type: Movie
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Rosa de Lima
Title: Rosa de Lima
Character: Don Gil de Cepeda
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Santa Rosa de Lima, who died in the capital of Peru, was barely 31 years old when she died in 1617. José María Elorrieta's film narrates the life of this young woman, daughter of Gaspar Flores, Spanish arquebusier the service of King Philip III, and of Maria de Oliva, who will become principal patron of the New World, the Philippines and West Indies in 1670.
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The Gallant Hours
Title: The Gallant Hours
Released: June 13, 1960
Type: Movie
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
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The Wretches
Title: The Wretches
Character: Ted
Released: May 8, 1960
Type: Movie
Meant to be a psychological study of a dysfunctional couple and an equally unbalanced maid, this slow-paced, murky melodrama stars Michele Morgan and Robert Hossein as Thelma and Jess, two Americans who move into a down-at-the-heels Paris neighborhood. The couple is still suffering from the loss of their only son in an automobile accident that happened some time in the distant past. Thelma tends to drown her sorrows in alcohol, while Jess is introspected and morose. After they hire a maid to help out with the housework, she falls for the taciturn Jess. Her interest seems to be only a simple attraction, yet appearances, as it turns out, are deceiving.
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Seven in the Sun
Title: Seven in the Sun
Character: Frank
Released: May 2, 1960
Type: Movie
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Purple Noon
Title: Purple Noon
Character: O'Brien
Released: March 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
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The Devil's Cavaliers
Title: The Devil's Cavaliers
Character: Capt. Richard Stiller
Released: June 26, 1959
Type: Movie
Captain Richard and a small band of soldiers return home to France to discover the country ruled by horrible nobility.
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John Paul Jones
Title: John Paul Jones
Character: Lt. Richard Dale
Released: June 16, 1959
Type: Movie
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
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Cuatro en la frontera
Title: Cuatro en la frontera
Character: Javier
Released: May 5, 1958
Type: Movie
A French National Treasury van is assaulted and they steal the gold bullion it was carrying. According to confidences received by the Police Headquarters of Barcelona, it seems that part of the gold is clandestinely introduced into Spain through the Pyrenees. In order to discover and eradicate such smuggling infiltration, an agent pretends to be a day laborer at a farm located on the border and in a suspicious area.
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Historias de la feria
Title: Historias de la feria
Character: Alfredo
Released: March 13, 1958
Type: Movie
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Secretaria para todo
Title: Secretaria para todo
Character: Carlos García van Waguen
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Cristina is the perfect secretary. She helps her boss to get an important contract with an holand businessman. He goes to Madrid to get married with a spanish girl similar to Cristina, but she hesitates between the foreign and Lorenzo, her co-worker.
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The Mysterious Swordsman
Title: The Mysterious Swordsman
Released: May 25, 1956
Type: Movie
Count Ubaldo desires to make an unfavorable alliance with the Spanish armies. When Riccardo refuses to go along with the plans, he is ambushed in the forest and left for dead. However, he returns with a vengeance, organizes a band of marauders, and begins to pick away at Ubaldo’s forces. But Ubaldo kidnaps Laura, and Riccardo must storm the castle to free her.
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Der goldene Falke
Title: Der goldene Falke
Character: Simone
Released: December 23, 1955
Type: Movie
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L'ultimo amante
Title: L'ultimo amante
Character: Giorgio
Released: November 3, 1955
Type: Movie
Maria, a prostitute, meets Cesare in a police station, a drunkard reporter. Cesare falls in love with her and wants to save her from her bleak life but the girl refuses any help.
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The Prince with the Red Mask
Title: The Prince with the Red Mask
Character: Masuccio
Released: August 13, 1955
Type: Movie
Duke Altichieri rises to power, after his associate, Cpt. Alberico, kills governor Conte Filippo della Scala. 10 harsh years of tyranny follow, until a mysterious figure appears out of nowhere, helping people in their struggle against the regime. He is known by the name Red-Masked Prince, but who is he?
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Mata Hari's Daughter
Title: Mata Hari's Daughter
Character: Douglas Kent
Released: September 22, 1954
Type: Movie
In this espionage film, Mata Hari's daughter takes the mantle from her notorious mother and entangles her self in an Asian web of intrigue and war.
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Papà Pacifico
Title: Papà Pacifico
Character: Carlo Torquati
Released: August 11, 1954
Type: Movie
After she inherits a huge sum of money, a girl suddenly leaves a working-class man that she previously used to fancy.
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Clothing the Naked
Title: Clothing the Naked
Character: Franco Laspiga
Released: February 25, 1954
Type: Movie
Ersilia Drei, after a suicide attempt recounts her vicissitudes: hired as governess to the daughter of Consul Grotti she is wooed by Franco but soon after seduced by the very consul who drives her away after his daughter loses her life due to Ersilia's distraction. Because of economic difficulties she falls lower and lower until she meets Ludovico with whom she can perhaps hope for sincere love again. The consul's return, however, will lead her toward a tragic ending.
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Per salvarti ho peccato
Title: Per salvarti ho peccato
Character: Reder
Released: December 10, 1953
Type: Movie
Little Luigi, the son of Guido and Elena, has a strange illness. To save him, they must inject his blood into a healthy person with his same blood type in order to create antibodies the fight off the infection.
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Ghost Captain
Title: Ghost Captain
Character: Miguel, Duke of Canabil
Released: November 10, 1953
Type: Movie
A disgraced member of the Spanish Navy must redeem his family's honor after his father betrays his country to the French.
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Napoletani a Milano
Title: Napoletani a Milano
Character: Parenti
Released: September 6, 1953
Type: Movie
Afterfive people die in crumbling Naples housing run by Northerners, the Southern relatives trek to Milan to sue for damages.
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Sul ponte dei sospiri
Title: Sul ponte dei sospiri
Character: Captain Vessillo
Released: August 21, 1953
Type: Movie
Coming of age, a girl is told the truth about her dead father: he is alive, but imprisoned for several crimes he did not commit... With the help of an old noble lady and a young count (who doubles as a daring sea captain), she will fight for the truth, and justice. Her opponent is the State Town's Inquisitor himself, who set her father's up to escape his own crimes.
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La nemica
Title: La nemica
Character: Roberto
Released: November 26, 1952
Type: Movie
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Three Forbidden Stories
Title: Three Forbidden Stories
Character: Walter
Released: October 29, 1952
Type: Movie
While recuperating from their injuries in a hospital, three young women flash back to the events leading up to the catastrophe. Remata (Lia Amando) has spent her entire life trying to overcome a childhood rape. Annamaria (Antonella Lualdi) has recently come out of an unfortunate marriage to a wealthy but insensitive boor. And Gianna (Eleanore Rossi Drago), the daughter of a college professor, has ruined her life with narcotics.
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At Sword's Edge
Title: At Sword's Edge
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: Movie
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A Woman Has Killed
Title: A Woman Has Killed
Character: Capitano Roy Prescott
Released: January 4, 1952
Type: Movie
In 1951, two years after the “scandal” of the Fiamma che non si spegne, Cottafavi got the opportunity to work on a film with a small production company, Novissima Film. With little means, a number of technical and financial problems and working Sundays with the pieces of film given to him bit by bit, Cottafavi shot Una donna ha ucciso, a minor film that marked his comeback to directing. (Gianni Rondolino)
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Il caimano del Piave
Title: Il caimano del Piave
Character: Franco
Released: March 7, 1951
Type: Movie
It is 1917, the period of the First World War when Italy is fighting Austria-Hungary. Lucilla di Torrebruna leaves high school and returns to her father, a colonel in the cavalry, who lives at San Donà di Piave.
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Yvonne of the Night
Title: Yvonne of the Night
Character: Il tenente Carlo Rutelli
Released: November 24, 1949
Type: Movie
Carlo Rutelli falls in love with the beautiful variety singer Yvonne la Nuit, but his father opposes the wedding. World War I breaks out and Carlo is killed while Yvonne has a son, but on orders from Carlo's father, she is told he is dead. Her career descends and only Nino, an art partner, remains close to her and helps her earn her living by singing in taverns.
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Black Magic
Title: Black Magic
Character: Gilbert de Rezel
Released: August 19, 1949
Type: Movie
A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.
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13 Rue Madeleine
Title: 13 Rue Madeleine
Character: Jeff Lassiter
Released: January 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles Gibson confirms that O'Connell is really a top German agent, but tells Sharkey to pass him, as they intend to feed the mole false information about the impending D-Day invasion.
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The Razor's Edge
Title: The Razor's Edge
Character: Bob MacDonald
Released: November 19, 1946
Type: Movie
An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
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Three Little Girls in Blue
Title: Three Little Girls in Blue
Character: Steve Harrington
Released: September 3, 1946
Type: Movie
Three sisters go to Atlantic City with hopes of finding rich husbands.
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Shock
Title: Shock
Character: Lt. Paul Stewart
Released: February 1, 1946
Type: Movie
In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was observed by a next-door neighbor, Janet Stewart. As Janet attempts to convince her husband of the doctor's dastardly deed, Cross shows up to advise him that Janet is in dire need of some in-depth counseling.
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The Dolly Sisters
Title: The Dolly Sisters
Character: Irving Netcher
Released: November 14, 1945
Type: Movie
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
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In the Meantime, Darling
Title: In the Meantime, Darling
Character: Lt. Daniel Ferguson
Released: September 22, 1944
Type: Movie
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways cause resentment from the other wives and problems with her husband.