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Frank Clarke(1898-1948)

  • Stunts
  • Actor
  • Additional Crew
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Frank Clarke was born on 29 December 1898 in Paso Robles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery (1935), Criminals of the Air (1937) and Eagle of the Night (1928). He died on 12 June 1948 in near Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornDecember 29, 1898
DiedJune 12, 1948(49)
BornDecember 29, 1898
DiedJune 12, 1948(49)
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Clark Williams in Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery (1935)
Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery
6.6
  • Stunts(uncredited)
  • 1935
Rosalind Keith, Marc Lawrence, and Charles Quigley in Criminals of the Air (1937)
Criminals of the Air
6.2
  • Stunts
  • 1937
Eagle of the Night (1928)
Eagle of the Night
5.4
  • Actor
  • 1928
William Boyd and Marie Prevost in The Flying Fool (1929)
The Flying Fool
5.3
  • Stunts
  • 1929

Credits

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Stunts

  • Oliver Hardy, Reginald Gardiner, Stan Laurel, Boris Morros, Jean Parker, and A. Edward Sutherland in The Flying Deuces (1939)
    The Flying Deuces
    6.7
    • stunt pilot (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Men with Wings (1938)
    Men with Wings
    6.1
    • stunt pilot
    • 1938
  • Rosalind Keith, Marc Lawrence, and Charles Quigley in Criminals of the Air (1937)
    Criminals of the Air
    6.2
    • stunt performer
    • 1937
  • Frances Farmer, Robert Cummings, John Howard, and Grant Withers in Border Flight (1936)
    Border Flight
    6.4
    • stunts (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Clark Williams in Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery (1935)
    Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery
    6.6
    • stunt pilot (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Richard Arlen and Virginia Bruce in Sky Bride (1932)
    Sky Bride
    6.6
    • stunt flier (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Jean Harlow and Ben Lyon in Hell's Angels (1930)
    Hell's Angels
    7.2
    • stunt pilot (uncredited)
    • 1930
  • William Boyd and Marie Prevost in The Flying Fool (1929)
    The Flying Fool
    5.3
    • stunt performer
    • 1929
  • Gary Cooper in The Legion of the Condemned (1928)
    The Legion of the Condemned
    6.0
    • stunt pilot (uncredited)
    • 1928
  • Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers in Wings (1927)
    Wings
    7.5
    • stunt pilot (uncredited)
    • 1927
  • Virginia Lee Corbin and Al Wilson in The Cloud Rider (1925)
    The Cloud Rider
    5.0
    • stunts (uncredited)
    • 1925
  • Betty Compson in The Woman with Four Faces (1923)
    The Woman with Four Faces
    • stunt pilot (uncredited)
    • 1923
  • Katherine MacDonald in Stranger Than Fiction (1921)
    Stranger Than Fiction
    5.8
    • stunt performer
    • stunt pilot (uncredited)
    • 1921

Actor

  • Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli in Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
    Walk Softly, Stranger
    6.5
    • Plane Pilot (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Gene Tierney, George Sanders, and Bruce Cabot in Sundown (1941)
    Sundown
    5.7
    • Pilot (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Oliver Hardy, Reginald Gardiner, Stan Laurel, Boris Morros, Jean Parker, and A. Edward Sutherland in The Flying Deuces (1939)
    The Flying Deuces
    6.7
    • Pilot (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Men with Wings (1938)
    Men with Wings
    6.1
    • Burke
    • 1938
  • Clark Williams in Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery (1935)
    Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery
    6.6
    • Flyer (as Ace Aviator Frank Clark)
    • 1935
  • Air Maniacs
    5.2
    Short
    • Flyer (as Frank 'Spooks' Clark)
    • 1933
  • Elizabeth Allan and Richard Dix in Ace of Aces (1933)
    Ace of Aces
    6.3
    • German Cadet (as Frank Clark)
    • 1933
  • Mary Astor and Richard Dix in The Lost Squadron (1932)
    The Lost Squadron
    6.4
    • Flier (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Jean Harlow and Ben Lyon in Hell's Angels (1930)
    Hell's Angels
    7.2
    • Lt. von Bruen
    • 1930
  • Eagle of the Night (1928)
    Eagle of the Night
    5.4
    • 1928
  • Elsa Benham, Monte Montague, Jack Mower, and Al Wilson in The Air Patrol (1928)
    The Air Patrol
    • Lt. Blount - Aviator
    • 1928
  • Virginia Lee Corbin and Al Wilson in The Cloud Rider (1925)
    The Cloud Rider
    5.0
    • Pilot
    • 1925

Additional Crew

  • Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
    For Whom the Bell Tolls
    6.8
    • pilot (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • James Cagney, Alan Hale, Russell Arms, Reginald Gardiner, Brenda Marshall, and Dennis Morgan in Captains of the Clouds (1942)
    Captains of the Clouds
    6.4
    • chief pilot: Warner Bros.
    • 1942
  • Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, and Alexis Smith in Dive Bomber (1941)
    Dive Bomber
    6.5
    • substitute pilot (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, and Laraine Day in The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
    The Secret of Dr. Kildare
    6.4
    • pilot (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Oliver Hardy, Reginald Gardiner, Stan Laurel, Boris Morros, Jean Parker, and A. Edward Sutherland in The Flying Deuces (1939)
    The Flying Deuces
    6.7
    • chief pilot
    • technical advisor
    • 1939
  • Eve Arden, Sheila Bromley, and Kay Francis in Women in the Wind (1939)
    Women in the Wind
    6.0
    • technical advisor (as Frank Clark)
    • 1939

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Ace Aviator Frank Clark
  • Height
    • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Born
    • December 29, 1898
    • Paso Robles, California, USA
  • Died
    • June 12, 1948
    • near Los Angeles, California, USA(plane crash)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Was briefly engaged to actress Elinor Fair until she left him to marry Thomas Daniels, another aviator.

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