Frank McRae

Frank McRae

Born: June 3, 1942
Died: April 29, 2021
in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Frank McRae (born June 3, 1942, died April 29, 2021) was an American actor and former professional football player.

McRae was born in Memphis, Tennessee. McRae graduated from Tennessee State University with a double major in drama and history. He was a defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears in the 1967 NFL season.

Among his acting roles are the history teacher, Mr. Teasdale, in Red Dawn, bank robber Reed Youngblood in Dillinger, Hazel in Cannery Row, Spanky in The Wizard, James Bond's friend Sharkey in 1989's Licence to Kill, inmate Eclipse in Lock Up, shouting police captain in 48 Hrs. (a role he later parodied in Last Action Hero and Loaded Weapon 1), the train coachman in Tracks and former professional boxing champion Harry Noble in *batteries not included. He also made an effective pairing with John Candy as two bumbling subordinates; first as two tank soldiers (under an equally bumbling Sgt. Frank Tree played by Dan Aykroyd) in the cult classic 1941 and later as "Walley World" Security Guards in National Lampoon's Vacation . He played Jim, the Mechanic in the movie Used Cars. His most recent role was as a guest star on the television series ER. He also portrayed the character of Sergeant Tenga in Farewell to the King

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Love's Abiding Joy
Title: Love's Abiding Joy
Character: Cookie
Released: October 6, 2006
Type: Movie
The continued Westward journey of settlers Missie and Willie Lahaye. Their roots now firmly planted as they set up homestead in the far West, Missie begins to realize her passion for teaching as Willie cares for the couple's young daughter Kathy while expanding the family ranch with a little help from sons Jeff and Matthew. When the frontier railroad comes to town, the pleasure of a long-promised visit from Missie's father Clark is suddenly offset by the tragic death of young Kathy. As the untimely demise of their beloved daughter begins to drive an emotional wedge between Missie and Willie, the devastated father unexpectedly accepts an offer made by the powerful Samuel Doros to assume the role of town sheriff. Their faith shaken and their once close-knit bond suddenly torn asunder, Missie and Willie desperately attempt to bring their crumbling family back together as son Jeff faces a series of dangers while hopelessly falling for Doros' beautiful daughter Colette.
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Love's Long Journey
Title: Love's Long Journey
Character: Cookie
Released: December 3, 2005
Type: Movie
Missie's surprise pregnancy sets her on a new course that is both thrilling and terrifying. After all the planning and dreaming, she and her husband, Willie, have headed west in a covered wagon, leaving behind the prairie home of Missie's parents. Now, caught between the excitement of the new adventure and the pain of not knowing when she'll see her family again, Missie copes with the challenges, and cherishes the rewards, of her new homestead.
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Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
Title: Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
Released: September 25, 1999
Type: Movie
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Hijack
Title: Hijack
Character: Roger Tate
Released: August 31, 1999
Type: Movie
A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.
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The Killing Jar
Title: The Killing Jar
Released: May 27, 1997
Type: Movie
Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However, gruesome murders of children start to happen. Meanwhile, Michael starts to become slowly insane, after he may have witnessed one of the murders and reports it to the police. Is he the murderer, or is it something of his past?
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Asteroid
Title: Asteroid
Character: Lloyd Morgan
Released: February 16, 1997
Type: Movie
With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation.
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Title: ER
Character: Freddie
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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Lightning Jack
Title: Lightning Jack
Character: Mr. Doyle
Released: March 11, 1994
Type: Movie
Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, while they plan Jack's last heist.
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Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth
Title: Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth
Character: Hugh
Released: October 3, 1993
Type: Movie
A rescue team is looking for survivors in a sinking building after a devastating earthquake.
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Last Action Hero
Title: Last Action Hero
Character: Lieutenant Dekker
Released: June 18, 1993
Type: Movie
Following the death of his father, young Danny Madigan takes comfort in watching action movies featuring the indestructible Los Angeles cop Jack Slater. After being given a magic ticket by theater manager Nick, Danny is sucked into the screen and bonds with Slater. When evil fictional villain Benedict gets his hands on the ticket and enters the real world, Danny and Jack must follow and stop him.
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Title: National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Character: Captain Doyle
Released: February 4, 1993
Type: Movie
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the 'Wilderness Girls' cookie drive.
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Sketch Artist
Title: Sketch Artist
Character: Det. Milon
Released: April 26, 1992
Type: Movie
A sketch artist for the police helps a witness recall who she saw leaving the scene of a murder, and discovers that the person is his wife. Not willing to believe she was responsible, he resketches the pictures so they don't look like her, and he begins his own investigation of the murder.
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Poochinski
Title: Poochinski
Character: Captain Ed Martin
Released: July 9, 1990
Type: Movie
The talking bulldog at a policeman's feet turns out to be his late partner.
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The Wizard
Title: The Wizard
Character: Spanky
Released: December 15, 1989
Type: Movie
A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.
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Lock Up
Title: Lock Up
Character: Eclipse
Released: August 4, 1989
Type: Movie
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.
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Licence to Kill
Title: Licence to Kill
Character: Sharkey
Released: June 13, 1989
Type: Movie
After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.
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Farewell to the King
Title: Farewell to the King
Character: Sgt. Tenga
Released: March 3, 1989
Type: Movie
An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.
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*batteries not included
Title: *batteries not included
Character: Harry Noble
Released: December 18, 1987
Type: Movie
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
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Hostage Flight
Title: Hostage Flight
Character: Bart Cooper
Released: November 17, 1985
Type: Movie
A plane is hijacked and bound for London. Once the terrorists begin killing hostages, the passengers take matters into their own hands.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Sheriff
Released: September 27, 1985
Type: TV
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.
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Red Dawn
Title: Red Dawn
Character: Mr. Teasdale
Released: August 10, 1984
Type: Movie
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.
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National Lampoon's Vacation
Title: National Lampoon's Vacation
Character: Grover
Released: July 29, 1983
Type: Movie
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
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Shooting Stars
Title: Shooting Stars
Character: Tubbs
Released: July 28, 1983
Type: Movie
Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to try it for real.
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48 Hrs.
Title: 48 Hrs.
Character: Haden
Released: December 7, 1982
Type: Movie
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
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Cannery Row
Title: Cannery Row
Character: Hazel
Released: February 12, 1982
Type: Movie
Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.
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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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Used Cars
Title: Used Cars
Character: Jim the Mechanic
Released: July 11, 1980
Type: Movie
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
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City in Fear
Title: City in Fear
Character: Captain Maslin
Released: March 30, 1980
Type: Movie
A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.
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1941
Title: 1941
Character: Pvt. Ogden Johnson Jones
Released: December 14, 1979
Type: Movie
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
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Rocky II
Title: Rocky II
Character: Meat Foreman (uncredited)
Released: June 15, 1979
Type: Movie
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. Soon enough, the "Master of Disaster" and the "Italian Stallion" are set on a collision course for a climactic battle that is brutal and unforgettable.
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Norma Rae
Title: Norma Rae
Character: James Brown
Released: March 2, 1979
Type: Movie
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
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Paradise Alley
Title: Paradise Alley
Character: Big Glory
Released: September 22, 1978
Type: Movie
Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to thwart a sleazy manager.
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The End
Title: The End
Character: Male Nurse
Released: May 10, 1978
Type: Movie
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
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F.I.S.T.
Title: F.I.S.T.
Character: Lincoln Dombrowsky
Released: April 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
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Dog and Cat
Title: Dog and Cat
Character: Morgue Attendant
Released: July 22, 1977
Type: Movie
A veteran detective loses his partner in a shooting while they are investigating a gangster who is controlling the local porno rackets. He is stunned to discover that the new partner he is assigned is not only a rookie, but a female.
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Tracks
Title: Tracks
Character: Train Coachman
Released: December 15, 1976
Type: Movie
A soldier returns from Vietnam on special assignment, accompanying the body of his friend by train to California for burial. During the trip, he falls in love with a gentle college student. But their relationship is shattered by his flashbacks to combat.
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Pipe Dreams
Title: Pipe Dreams
Character: Moose
Released: November 11, 1976
Type: Movie
A woman trails her estranged husband to the Alaskan pipeline in hope of averting their impending divorce.
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Title: Quincy, M.E.
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: Wonder Woman
Character: Foreman
Released: November 7, 1975
Type: TV
With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon princess Wonder Woman travels to 1940s America disguised as Diana Prince, assistant to handsome but trouble-prone Major Steve Trevor. Using her golden belt, which imbues her with astonishing strength, her bullet-deflecting bracelets, a golden lasso that dispels dishonesty and an invisible supersonic plane, Wonder Woman combats evil.
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Walking Tall Part II
Title: Walking Tall Part II
Character: Steamer Riley
Released: September 28, 1975
Type: Movie
The Walking Tall legacy continues with Bo Svenson as Sheriff Buford Pusser, a one-man army trying to rid his town of corruption. Out to avenge his wife's death at the hand of the mob, Sheriff Pusser blows up their moonshine operation. With Buford breathing down their necks, the syndicate hires two hitmen; one a maniacal race car driver, the other a deadly gunslinger. Any other man would've hightailed it out of there, but then Pusser is no ordinary man.
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Hard Times
Title: Hard Times
Character: Hammerman
Released: August 13, 1975
Type: Movie
In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
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The Orphan and the Dude
Title: The Orphan and the Dude
Character: Fast Freddie
Released: July 18, 1975
Type: Movie
Two oddballs, one a black man called "The Dude" and one white, called "The Orphan" share a Culver City, California apartment.
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Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley
Title: Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley
Character: Mr. Langham
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: Movie
This docudrama follows the court-martial of the title character, the man held responsible for the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Junior
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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The Bank Shot
Title: The Bank Shot
Character: Herman Lincoln (aka Herman X)
Released: July 31, 1974
Type: Movie
A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a safer location.
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Dillinger
Title: Dillinger
Character: Reed Youngblood
Released: July 20, 1973
Type: Movie
After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.
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Shaft in Africa
Title: Shaft in Africa
Character: Osiat
Released: June 14, 1973
Type: Movie
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
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Snatched
Title: Snatched
Character: Cheech
Released: January 31, 1973
Type: Movie
The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom, but one of the men doesn't want to pay his share.
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Title: Columbo
Character: Lt. Robertson
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.