Frank Lovejoy

Infobox Actor
name = Frank Lovejoy


caption = Lovejoy in "Try and Get Me!" (1950)
birthdate = March 28, 1912
birthplace = flagicon|USA The Bronx, New York, U.S.
deathdate = October 2, 1962 (aged 50)
deathplace = New York City, New York, U.S.
yearsactive = 1948 – 1962
spouse = Frances Williams (? - ?; divorced)
Joan Banks (1940 - October 2 1962; his death) 2 children

Frank Lovejoy (March 28, 1912 – October 2, 1962) was a American actor and radio personality. During the 1940s and 50s, Lovejoy mostly played supporting roles. Before becoming a movie actor, Lovejoy was a successful radio voiceover talent and stage actor. Lovejoy was a voice actor on the 1930s crime story radio series called "Gangbusters". He also played the title character on the syndicated radio program "The Blue Beetle" during the Forties, and starred in the later crime drama series "Nightbeat" in the early 1950s.

In movies, Lovejoy was effective playing the movie's everyman (because of his somewhat bland looks and unassuming personality) in extraordinary situations. Lovejoy also played in many World War II movies. Notably in 1952 the film Retreat Hell which portrayed the United States Marine Corps' withdrawal from the Chosin Reservoir (also referred to as the Changjin Reservoir) during the Korean War. It was directed by Joseph H. Lewis.

Lovejoy starred in a short-run TV series entitled "Meet McGraw". Episodes of this series have never been released commercially on DVD or VHS, and never aired on reruns. Episodes have been screened at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Aberdeen, Maryland.

Lovejoy was first married to Frances Williams (1901-1959) but divorced in the late 1930s. In 1940, Lovejoy married actress Joan Banks (1918-1998), with whom he had two children (a boy and a girl).

Filmography

External links

*imdb name|id=0522481|name=Frank Lovejoy
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/375/000119018/ Frank Lovejoy] at the Notable Names Database