Cast & creator
Frank Lovejoy
Best known for Tonight Starring Jack Paar, Climax!, Four Star Playhouse
Frank Andrew Lovejoy Jr. (March 28, 1912 – October 2, 1962) was an American actor in radio, film, and television. He is perhaps best remembered for appearing in the film noir The Hitch-Hiker and for starring in the radio drama Night Beat. Lovejoy was born in the Bronx, New York City, and grew up in New Jersey. He worked on Wall Street as a teenager, but the Great Depression of 1929 cost him his job. He then turned to acting, appearing in touring companies throughout the Northeast. He made his Broadway debut in 1934 in the play They Knew What They Wanted. Lovejoy began his radio career in the early 1940s, appearing on such shows as Gang Busters and This Is Your FBI. He also starred in the radio drama Night Beat, which ran from 1949 to 1955. Lovejoy made his film debut in 1948 in the film Black Bart. He went on to appear in over 50 films, including In a Lonely Place (1950), The Hitch-Hiker (1953), Strategic Air Command (1955), and Goodbye, My Fancy (1956). Lovejoy also had a successful television career. He starred in the series Man Against Crime (1956-1957) and Meet McGraw (1957-1962). Lovejoy died of a heart attack in New York City in 1962, at the age of 50. He was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
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film credits
20
television credits
54
1948–1961 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (54)
Showing 54 of 54 credits
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Climax!
Ben Dana
1954
Four Star Playhouse
Randy Stone
1952Four Star Playhouse
McGraw
1952Four Star Playhouse
Capt. Jim Barr
1952
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jim Todd
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Walston
1956
The Ford Television Theatre
Vic Chambers
1952
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Dave
1959Lux Video Theatre
Clark
1950Lux Video Theatre
Walter Neff
1950Lux Video Theatre
Uncle Charlie
1950
Cavalcade of America
Inspector Ed McCook
1952
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Bus Stop
1961
Wichita Town
1959
Letter to Loretta
Walter
1953Letter to Loretta
Walter Davidson
1953Letter to Loretta
Joe Winters
1953
House of Wax
Tom Brennan
1953
Meet McGraw
McGraw
1957
In a Lonely Place
Brub Nicolai
1950
The Charge at Feather River
Sgt. Charlie Baker
1953
Strategic Air Command
Ennis Hawkes
1955
The Sound of Fury
Howard Tyler
1950
Top of the World
Brad Cantrell
1955
Retreat, Hell!
Lt. Col. Steve L. Corbett
1952
The Hitch-Hiker
Gilbert Bowen
1953
I'll See You in My Dreams
Walter Donaldson
1951
Force of Arms
Maj. Blackford
1951
Three Secrets
Bob Duffy
1950
Home of the Brave
Sergeant Mingo
1949
Mad at the World
Police Capt. Tom Lynn
1955
Men of the Fighting Lady
Lt. Cmdr. Grayson
1954
I Was a Communist for the FBI
Matt Cvetic
1951
Shack Out on 101
Prof. Sam Bastion
1955
Starlift
Frank Lovejoy
1951
Beachhead
Sgt. Fletcher
1954
Black Bart
Mark Lorimer
1948
The Winning Team
Rogers Hornsby
1952
South Sea Sinner
Doc
1950
Goodbye, My Fancy
Matt Cole
1951
Three Brave Men
Capt. Amos Winfield
1956
She's Back on Broadway
John Webber
1953The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1955
Julie
Det. Lt. Pringle
1956
Breakthrough
Sgt. Pete Bell
1950
The Country Husband
William E. Wiley
1956
The Crooked Web
Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian
1955Rendezvous in Black
Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
1956
The Americano
Bento Hermany
1955
The System
John E. 'Johnny' Merrick
1953
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
Cole Younger
1958
Finger Man
Casey Martin
1955