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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

71

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-11-22

Day of Death

1950-09-02 (36 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

Frank Lee Graham

Frank Graham

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Graham attended the University of California for one year and left to begin his acting career in Seattle, both on the stage and in radio. He was brought to Hollywood in 1937 to join KNX Radio. He had been married two years before to Dorothy Jack of Seattle. He was the star of Night Cap Yarns over CBS from 1938 through 1942 and was the announcer of dozens of programs, including the Ginny Simms, Rudy Vallee and Nelson Eddy shows. He starred in Jeff Regan, Investigator and co-developed the radio drama Satan’s Waitin’ with Van Des Autels. Graham was also The Wandering Vaquero, the narrator of The Romance Of The Ranchos radio series (1941–1942), also on the CBS network. One of his few live action roles was playing the tile character in the film Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (1943). He had also served as a writer for the radio program on which the film was based upon. Graham played numerous characters in animated films for Walt Disney, MGM, Columbia and Warner Bros. He voiced the Wolf in Tex Avery's Droopy cartoons, as well as the Mouse in King-Size Canary at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He provided the voices of the Fox and Crow in the eponymous-named shorts at Columbia. He was found dead at age 35 in his convertible in the carport of his home in Los Angeles on September 2, 1950. A coroner declared he had committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

Known For

Acting

Wacky Wigwams

1942

Wacky Wigwams

as

Narrator / Indians

King Midas, Junior

1942

King Midas, Junior

as

Narrator / Radio Announce

Fiesta Time

1945

Fiesta Time

as

Donkey

Springtime for Thomas

1946

Springtime for Thomas

as

Jerry's Devil Conscience / Butch (voice)

Hot Footlights

1945

Hot Footlights

as

Cowboy / King Cole

Horton Hatches the Egg

1942

Horton Hatches the Egg

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Catnipped

1946

Catnipped

as

Doctors

Mr. Fore by Fore

1944

Mr. Fore by Fore

as

Bull / Golfer

The Cocky Bantam

1943

The Cocky Bantam

as

Freddy Falcon / Dick Rooster / Hooded Salesman

The Fly In The Ointment

1943

The Fly In The Ointment

as

Fly / Bats

Dizzy Newsreel

1943

Dizzy Newsreel

as

Narrator / Various

Duty and the Beast

1943

Duty and the Beast

as

Narrator / Dog

Chicken Little

1943

Chicken Little

as

Narrator / Foxy Loxy / Chicken Little / Cocky Locky / Turkey Lurkey / Additional characters (voice) (uncredited)

Reason and Emotion

1943

Reason and Emotion

as

Narrator / Reason (voice)

The Lonesome Mouse

1943

The Lonesome Mouse

as

(voice) (uncredited)

Jerry and the Lion

1950

Jerry and the Lion

as

The Lion (voice) (uncredited)

Saludos Amigos

1942

Saludos Amigos

as

Frank Graham

Blitz Wolf

1942

Blitz Wolf

as

Narrator (voice)

King-Size Canary

1947

King-Size Canary

as

Mouse (voice)

Swing Shift Cinderella

1945

Swing Shift Cinderella

as

Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

Going Home

1944

Going Home

as

Narrator

The Chow Hound

1944

The Chow Hound

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Coming!! Snafu

1943

Coming!! Snafu

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Rumors

1943

Rumors

as

Narrator - Soldier (voice)

So Much for So Little

1949

So Much for So Little

as

Narrator (voice)

Fresh Airedale

1945

Fresh Airedale

as

Narrator, Shep's Master

Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection

2007

Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection

as

Killer (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Fox Pop

1942

Fox Pop

as

Fox Prisoner (voice)

The Eager Beaver

1946

The Eager Beaver

as

Narrator (voice)

Jerky Turkey

1945

Jerky Turkey

as

Junior Pilgrim (voice) (uncredited)

Phoney Baloney

1945

Phoney Baloney

as

Fox / Crow (voice)

Toll Bridge Troubles

1942

Toll Bridge Troubles

as

Fox / Crow (voice) (uncredited)

Foney Fables

1942

Foney Fables

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Dumb-Hounded

1943

Dumb-Hounded

as

The Killer (voice) (uncredited)

Northwest Hounded Police

1946

Northwest Hounded Police

as

Escaped Prisoner (voice) (uncredited)

The Shooting of Dan McGoo

1945

The Shooting of Dan McGoo

as

Wolf / Bartender (uncredited)

Tokyo Woes

1945

Tokyo Woes

as

Narrator

The Wild and Woozy West

1942

The Wild and Woozy West

as

Sheriff (voice)

Something You Didn't Eat

1945

Something You Didn't Eat

as

Narrator (voice)

Red Hot Riding Hood

1943

Red Hot Riding Hood

as

Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

The Early Bird Dood It!

1942

The Early Bird Dood It!

as

Bird (voice) (uncredited)

Slap Happy Lion

1947

Slap Happy Lion

as

Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Big Heel-Watha

1944

Big Heel-Watha

as

Narrator / Interpreter / Indian Chief (voice) (uncredited)

African Diary

1945

African Diary

as

Narrator / Hyena (voice) (uncredited)

Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5

2007

Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5

as

Narrator (archive sound) (uncredited)

Slay It with Flowers

1943

Slay It with Flowers

as

Fox / Crow

Plenty Below Zero

1943

Plenty Below Zero

as

Fox / Crow

Tree for Two

1943

Tree for Two

as

Fox / Crow

The Dream Kids

1944

The Dream Kids

as

Fox / Crow

Baseball Bugs

1946

Baseball Bugs

as

Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

The House of Tomorrow

1949

The House of Tomorrow

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Night Before Christmas

1941

The Night Before Christmas

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Albert in Blunderland

1950

Albert in Blunderland

as

Planning Board Ant / Ant Guards (voice)

Treasure Jest

1945

Treasure Jest

as

Fox / Crow (voice)

Kuku Nuts

1945

Kuku Nuts

as

Fox / Crow (voice)

Honesty Is the Best Policy

1946

Honesty Is the Best Policy

as

Professor J. Waldo Purrington / Fish Vendor (voice)

Private SNAFU Golden Classics

2023

Private SNAFU Golden Classics

as

(archive sound)

The Chump Champ

1950

The Chump Champ

as

Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Mr. Moocher

1944

Mr. Moocher

as

Fox / Crow (voice)

Each Dawn I Crow

1949

Each Dawn I Crow

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Man Is His Own Worst Enemy

1962

Man Is His Own Worst Enemy

as

Reason / Foxy Loxy / Chicken Little / Cocky Locky / Additional Voices (voice) (archive footage)

Sadie Hawkins Day

1944

Sadie Hawkins Day

as

Li'l Abner (voice)

Venereal Disease

1944

Venereal Disease

as

Narrator (Uncredited)

A-Hunting We Won't Go

1943

A-Hunting We Won't Go

as

Fox (voice) (uncredited)

Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3

2021

Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3

as

Narrator (voice) / Various (voice)

Production

Crew

Directing