Tony Frank

Tony Frank

Born: December 9, 1943
Died: April 18, 2000
in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Known for appearances in North and South (1985-86), Young Guns II (1990) and Varsity Blues (1999), Tony Frank was an American character actor, primarily in Made-for-TV features but occasionally in cinematic productions or one-off television guest roles. He was married to Katherine Swango from 1973-82.

Movies for Tony Frank...

Title: C à vous
Character: Self
Released: September 7, 2009
Type: TV
Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a meal prepared by a qualified chef, artists in promotion.
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On the Borderline
Title: On the Borderline
Character: Kane
Released: October 23, 2001
Type: Movie
A young couple embark on a cross-country journey, only to run into trouble at the Texas/Mexico border.
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The Con
Title: The Con
Character: Edgar Wallace
Released: March 4, 1998
Type: Movie
A lonely gas station attendent in Mississippi falls in love with a con woman who wants to get her hands on an inheritance he doesn't know about.
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Two Mothers for Zachary
Title: Two Mothers for Zachary
Character: Ben Delaney
Released: September 22, 1996
Type: Movie
A grandmother sues her daughter for custody of her grandson, because she believes that her daughter's homosexuality renders her unfit for motherhood.
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Lone Star
Title: Lone Star
Character: Fenton
Released: June 21, 1996
Type: Movie
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
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The Road to Galveston
Title: The Road to Galveston
Character: Leroy
Released: January 24, 1996
Type: Movie
Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind woman who was a nurse: enter a foster care program in which one takes care of patients in their own home. The patients she cares for are Alzheimers sufferers, and she shares her home with three other women in advanced stages of the disease, one (Gayle) wheelchair bound. And with these women, Jordan realizes a lifelong dream - to feel the ocean breeze. An accidental find of a coffee can stash of cash, buried by her late husband, makes the trip possible. Based on the true story of Peggy Lee of Camilla, Texas (the Alzheimers, the patients, and the foster care program are actual, the trip to the Galveston beaches is fictional).
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The Unspoken Truth
Title: The Unspoken Truth
Character: Greg Thorpe
Released: September 24, 1995
Type: Movie
Despite her parents' misgivings, Brianne marries Clay, and the couple soon have a daughter. It's then that Clay begins to show the first signs that he's unhinged. When he sees Brianne innocently talking to a man, Clay shoots him dead. At first, Brianne believes that her love for her husband can prevail. But when authorities threaten to take away custody of her daughter, she learns a horrible truth about her past.
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The Substitute Wife
Title: The Substitute Wife
Character: Major Willows
Released: May 23, 1994
Type: Movie
In Nebraska, in pioneer days, a woman who knows she is going to die asks a prostitute to replace her with her husband and four children in order to make it possible for them to keep their family farm.
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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Harland Rogers
Released: April 21, 1993
Type: TV
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
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Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
Title: Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
Character: Raby
Released: April 14, 1992
Type: Movie
A haggard cowboy reflects upon his life while awaiting his death.
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Bed of Lies
Title: Bed of Lies
Character: Sheriff Eckols
Released: January 20, 1992
Type: Movie
Dramatization of the true-life story of a woman who fights for custody of her children while awaiting trial for the murder of her husband, who happens to have been the son of the powerful ex-governor of Texas.
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Rush
Title: Rush
Character: Nettle
Released: December 22, 1991
Type: Movie
Undercover cop Jim Raynor (Jason Patric) is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines (Gregg Allman). While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.
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Wild Texas Wind
Title: Wild Texas Wind
Character: District Attorney
Released: September 23, 1991
Type: Movie
Soon after a country singer moves in with her band's new manager, he's found slain and she's a suspect.
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Final Verdict
Title: Final Verdict
Character: C.C. McComas
Released: September 9, 1991
Type: Movie
A trial lawyer risks losing his family and career when he defends a client who he knows to be guilty as charged.
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A Climate for Killing
Title: A Climate for Killing
Character: Sheriff Elmer Waters
Released: July 18, 1991
Type: Movie
Shortly before a rodeo festival week in Yuma County a body is found in the desert. It seems that it's Ria Paris, who was assumed to be killed by her husband before he took his own life already 16 years ago - however the cadaver's no that old! Together with his new ambitious colleague Paul McCraw Sheriff Kyle starts to investigate in the old case again, trying to avoid shaking up the community of the small town during the celebrations.
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In Broad Daylight
Title: In Broad Daylight
Character: Sheriff Phil Lewis
Released: February 3, 1991
Type: Movie
The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not being able to pay his sweets triggers off his persecution complex. As revenge for the believed insult, the whole family starts stalking the shop owner and her husband... until this escalates and the old man gets badly injured. Len is arrested, but gets off, free on bail. His clever attorney delays the court session for more than a year - while Rowan keeps threatening the witnesses. But then, the people feel they've had enough of this and decide to take the law in their own hands...
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Born on the Fourth of July
Title: Born on the Fourth of July
Character: Mr. Wilson
Released: December 20, 1989
Type: Movie
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
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Night Game
Title: Night Game
Character: Alex Lynch
Released: September 15, 1989
Type: Movie
A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.
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UHF
Title: UHF
Character: Teri's Father
Released: July 21, 1989
Type: Movie
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
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Riverbend
Title: Riverbend
Character: Sheriff Jake
Released: May 1, 1989
Type: Movie
A black major (Steve James) and his men are on the run from a rigged court martial and hide out in a small Georgia town where a cruel white sheriff is terrorizing the black population. Together with one strong-willed woman they formulate a bold plan to fight for freedom and human rights.
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Talk Radio
Title: Talk Radio
Character: Dino
Released: December 21, 1988
Type: Movie
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
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Johnny Be Good
Title: Johnny Be Good
Character: Joe Bob
Released: March 22, 1988
Type: Movie
It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?
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Extreme Prejudice
Title: Extreme Prejudice
Character: Clarence King
Released: April 24, 1987
Type: Movie
A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...
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Abduction
Title: Abduction
Released: March 8, 1987
Type: Movie
Based on the shocking true story of Olympic medalist Kari Swenson who was abducted by two "Mountain Men" while jogging in the foothills of the Rockies in Montana.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Eugene Lavanchy
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Dalton: Code of Vengeance II
Title: Dalton: Code of Vengeance II
Character: Tommy Honus
Released: May 11, 1986
Type: Movie
Sequel to Code of Vengeance in which Vietnam vet-turned-loner David Dalton goes off this time in pursuit of his crazy former commanding officer and his trigger-happy paramilitary group, the New Patriots, who are planning a war against the U.S. Government, which they feel let them down in Vietnam.
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Thompson's Last Run
Title: Thompson's Last Run
Character: Sheriff
Released: February 16, 1986
Type: Movie
A hardened con being transferred from a federal penitentiary to a Texas institution to finish a life sentence as a habitual criminal is freed at gunpoint by his niece. The police man, who was transferring him and has been the con's adversary for over 30 years, vows to catch the twosome.
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Title: North and South
Character: Salem Jones
Released: November 3, 1985
Type: TV
The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
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Sweet Dreams
Title: Sweet Dreams
Character: Bartender
Released: October 2, 1985
Type: Movie
The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.
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Title: MacGyver
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
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Title: The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Sheriff Noakes
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Title: The Golden Girls
Character: Cowboy #1
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: TV
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
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Alamo Bay
Title: Alamo Bay
Character: Leroy
Released: April 3, 1985
Type: Movie
A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town.
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The River Rat
Title: The River Rat
Character: Poley
Released: September 28, 1984
Type: Movie
On the lazy banks of the Mississippi, a young girl is reunited with her time-served but innocent father. But the reunion is tainted with the whereabouts of the stolen loot, and those who come looking for it...
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Adam
Title: Adam
Character: Lt. Richard Hynds
Released: October 10, 1983
Type: Movie
Based on the true story that shocked the nation and led to vast changes in how law enforcement handled missing children cases...John and Reve Walsh deal with their grief in front of the whole country when their son, Adam, is abducted and later found dead.
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Tender Mercies
Title: Tender Mercies
Character: Man at Motel
Released: March 4, 1983
Type: Movie
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
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Title: Remington Steele
Character: Clint Overton
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: TV
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
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Broken Promise
Title: Broken Promise
Character: Barnes
Released: May 5, 1981
Type: Movie
A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger brothers and sisters together as a family after their parents abandoned them, despite a bureaucrat's insistence that it is impossible to locate a single foster home for all five.
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Crisis at Central High
Title: Crisis at Central High
Character: Hildebrand
Released: February 4, 1981
Type: Movie
The historic federal-state controversy over the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, as seen through the eyes of Elizabeth Huckaby, one of the teachers and girls' vice principal.
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Title: Hill Street Blues
Released: January 15, 1981
Type: TV
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Title: Knots Landing
Released: December 27, 1979
Type: TV
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
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North Dallas Forty
Title: North Dallas Forty
Character: Rindquist
Released: August 3, 1979
Type: Movie
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
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Title: Broadside
Character: The 2nd Yeoman
Released: September 20, 1964
Type: TV
Lt. Anne Morgan and her fellow Waves are posted to the backwater station on Ranakai, much to the displeasure of Commander Adrian. So his South Seas idyll, including gourmet cook, isn't disrupted has Adrian scheming to transfer the women.