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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 r…
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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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Cole Younger, Gunfighter
as Cole Younger
Three Brave Men
as Capt. Amos Winfield
The Country Husband
as William E. Wiley
Rendezvous in Black
as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
Julie
as Det. Lt. Pringle
Shack Out on 101
as Prof. Sam Bastion
The Crooked Web
as Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian
No Poster
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Finger Man
as Casey Martin
Mad at the World
as Police Capt. Tom Lynn
Top of the World
as Brad Cantrell
Strategic Air Command
as Ennis Hawkes
The Americano
as Bento Hermany
Men of the Fighting Lady
as Lt. Cmdr. Grayson
Beachhead
as Sgt. Fletcher
The Charge at Feather River
as Sgt. Charlie Baker
The System
as John E. 'Johnny' Merrick
House of Wax
as Tom Brennan
The Hitch-Hiker
as Gilbert Bowen
She's Back on Broadway
as John Webber
The Winning Team
as Rogers Hornsby
Retreat, Hell!
as Lt. Col. Steve L. Corbett
Starlift
as Frank Lovejoy
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Walter Donaldson
Force of Arms
as Maj. Blackford
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Matt Cole
I Was a Communist for the FBI
as Matt Cvetic
The Sound of Fury
as Howard Tyler
Breakthrough
as Sgt. Pete Bell
Three Secrets
as Bob Duffy
South Sea Sinner
as Doc
In a Lonely Place
as Brub Nicolai
Home of the Brave
as Sergeant Mingo
Black Bart
as Mark Lorimer