Frank Graham
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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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2471 |
| Birthday | 1914-11-22 |
| Place of Birth | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Also Known As | Frank Lee Graham, |
1942
Wacky Wigwams
7/1
A satire focusing on Native American life on and off the reservation. It is filled with black-out sight gags, word-play and caricatures.
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Wacky Wigwams
1942
King Midas, Junior
7/1
Midas Junior inherits the Golden Rubber touch on his birthday and is unhappy because everything he touches turns to rubber. But when he learns there i...
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King Midas, Junior
1945
Fiesta Time
8/1
It's Fiesta Time in Mexico, so two little kids and a donkey have fun.
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Fiesta Time
1946
Springtime for Thomas
7.2/47
It's spring, and Tom is much more interested in the female cat next door than in Jerry.
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Springtime for Thomas
1945
Hot Footlights
8/1
A caricature of W.C. Fields runs a theater show with four separate short stories in which nursery rhymes are sung in the beginning (by Andrews Sisters...
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Hot Footlights
1944
The Three Caballeros
6.277/768
For Donald's birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild a...
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The Three Caballeros
1942
Horton Hatches the Egg
6.45/30
Horton the elephant agrees to watch over lazy Maisie bird's egg while she vacations. Much later, after...
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Horton Hatches the Egg
1946
Catnipped
9/1
The cat of the house lets the canary of the house out of its cage, with intent of eating said bird. The dog of the house shows up, with intent of not...
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Catnipped
1944
Mr. Fore by Fore
9/1
Focuses on an inept golfer.
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Mr. Fore by Fore
1943
The Cocky Bantam
10/1
A hungry vulture contacts the black market to get a chicken dinner, but ends up getting a live banty rooster.
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The Cocky Bantam
1943
The Fly In The Ointment
8/1
A cultured spider attempts to charm and devour an ill-mannered fly.
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The Fly In The Ointment
1943
Dizzy Newsreel
9/1
Newsreel parodies.
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Dizzy Newsreel
1943
Duty and the Beast
9/1
Focuses on a hunting dog.
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Duty and the Beast
1943
Chicken Little
7.096/52
It's a peaceful day at the local poultry farm until Foxy Loxy happens along intent on a chicken dinner. He takes the advice of a book on psychology by...
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Chicken Little
1943
Reason and Emotion
6.37/23
A World War II propaganda film about the need to remain calm and logical during wartime.
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Reason and Emotion
1943
The Lonesome Mouse
7.202/47
Jerry crashes a vase onto Tom's head, which gets Mammy to throw Tom out. Jerry at first revels in his freedom, but soon tires of this, and, under a fl...
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The Lonesome Mouse
1950
Jerry and the Lion
6.913/46
Jerry agrees to help an escaped circus lion, whose first need is food. But first they'll have to evade Tom, who heard the news bulletin and is armed w...
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Jerry and the Lion
1942
Saludos Amigos
5.8/511
A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba bea...
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Saludos Amigos
1942
Blitz Wolf
6.754/61
Yet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as...
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Blitz Wolf
1947
King-Size Canary
7.029/69
A hungry cat has the idea of giving "Jumbo Gro" fertilizer to a scrawny canary to make him a bigger meal, which leads to a race between the cat, the c...
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King-Size Canary
1945
Swing Shift Cinderella
6.95/40
The big bad wolf starts out chasing Little Red Riding Hood but switches to Cinderella after seeing the film's title, and ends up being chased in turn...
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Swing Shift Cinderella
1944
Going Home
5.111/9
Pvt. Snafu's unit suffers the consequences of blabbing military secrets while on leave at home.
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Going Home
1944
The Chow Hound
7/5
Snafu learns of the folly of hoarding and wasting military food supplies.
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The Chow Hound
1943
Coming!! Snafu
6.417/12
Introducing Private Snafu, the nation's worst soldier and his various versions in different branches of the armed forces. The cartoon, ironic and humo...
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Coming!! Snafu
1943
Rumors
7.071/14
Snafu inadvertantly starts a panic on his base when he begins a mistaken rumour that the base is about to be bombed.
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Rumors
1949
So Much for So Little
6.227/22
Little Johnny Jones, to be born in the next year, is shown growing to a ripe, healthy old age, thanks to the efforts of his local public health office...
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So Much for So Little
1945
Fresh Airedale
7/9
Shep the dog is seen by his master as loyal and loving, but the cat knows he is really a self-centered, conniving weasel who lets burglars in the hous...
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Fresh Airedale
2007
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
9.2/5
Frederick "Tex" Avery directed some of the funniest cartoons ever made, but he relied primarily on situations and moving graphics, rather than on the...
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Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
1943
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
4.5/10
Cosmo Jones, a correspondence-school detective from a small town, comes to the big city to offer his services to the police. He happens by where a gan...
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Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
1942
Fox Pop
5.808/13
Hearing that silver foxes are all the rage in high society, a fox paints himself silver and gets himself trapped, finding out too late that it's only...
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Fox Pop
1946
The Eager Beaver
7/4
Anxious to get to work with the big guys damming the river before the flood hits, a little beaver keeps getting in the way of their work. Finally, the...
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The Eager Beaver
1945
Jerky Turkey
6.214/28
A dopey Pilgrim goes hunting a turkey who speaks in a Jimmy Durante impersonation and runs the local black market. War and rationing gags abound (Pilg...
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Jerky Turkey
1945
Phoney Baloney
10/1
A $5,000 reward is put out for the capture of a notorious wolf. Two of the wanted posters are put on the trees where the Fox and the Crow live. When t...
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Phoney Baloney
1942
Toll Bridge Troubles
9/1
The fox is gaily driving down the highway on his motor-scooter. The Crow, using his "Sucker Detector", spots the Fox as an obvious sucker. He goes to...
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Toll Bridge Troubles
1942
Foney Fables
5.6/15
A series of fractured fairy tales vignettes.
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Foney Fables
1943
Dumb-Hounded
7.061/49
The wolf escapes from prison but can't get away from police dog Droopy no matter how hard he tries. This is the first cartoon starring Droopy.
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Dumb-Hounded
1946
Northwest Hounded Police
7/53
The wolf escapes from Alka-Fizz prison, but persistent Sergeant McPoodle (Droopy) of the Canadian Mounties follows his trail wherever he goes.
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Northwest Hounded Police
1945
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
6.818/33
Dangerous Dan McGoo (Droopy) faces the wolf, a dangerous outlaw who is trying to steal his girl Lou, during the Alaska gold rush. Loosely based on "Th...
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The Shooting of Dan McGoo
1945
Tokyo Woes
5.182/11
Created for the US Navy in World War II. The Mr. Hook character was created by Hank Ketcham while at Walter Lantz Studios, where the first- and only c...
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Tokyo Woes
1942
The Wild and Woozy West
9/1
Wild and Woozy West is another of the unsung cartoons from the Columbia studio of the '40s. It concerns the capture of the western wolf villain Angel...
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The Wild and Woozy West
1945
Something You Didn't Eat
7/2
Animated short documentary film made to advance the cause of a balanced diet for the benefit of the public health and for the advancement of the Ameri...
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Something You Didn't Eat
1944
A Few Quick Facts: Voting for Service Men Overseas
5.5/2
Disney short. Part of the "A Few Quick Facts" series.
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A Few Quick Facts: Voting for Service Men Overseas
1943
Red Hot Riding Hood
7.248/119
Tired of always playing the same roles, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandmother and the Wolf demand a new version of the tale. The story then plays ou...
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Red Hot Riding Hood
1942
The Early Bird Dood It!
6.412/17
The early worm barely escapes the bird, again. In search of a way to get rid of the bird, he enlists the help of a cat, but the bird is too smart for...
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The Early Bird Dood It!
1947
Slap Happy Lion
6.652/23
The king of the jungle, after a well spent day terrorising the rest of the animals, is petrified by a mouse.
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Slap Happy Lion
1944
Big Heel-Watha
6.182/22
To prove he's a true Indian Brave, Big Heel-Watha decides to catch a squirrel - but wouldn't you know it; Screwy Squirrel is the first one he sees...
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Big Heel-Watha
1945
African Diary
6.036/27
Goofy narrates his own quest to Africa accompanied by various tour guides. He is in search of wild game. After run-ins with various animals while camp...
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African Diary
2007
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
10/2
The Looney Tunes Guide to Fairy Tales: In a storybook setting, Looney Tunes characters share with kids the necessary ingredients for a proper fairy ta...
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Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
1943
Slay It with Flowers
10/1
The Fox arrives at his penthouse apartment with an assortment of seeds and vegetables to plant in his garden. Naturally, the crow notices his haul and...
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Slay It with Flowers
1943
Plenty Below Zero
9/1
This entry in Columbia's "Fox and Crow" series (production number 5006) finds the Crow staying north instead of flying south for the winter, and steal...
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Plenty Below Zero
1943
Tree for Two
7.5/2
The Fox is a tree surgeon, who provides his services to the weather-beaten old tree the Crow calls home and doesn't want fixed.
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Tree for Two
1944
The Dream Kids
6/2
It's the dead of winter and Crow is alone in the frigid tundra. He happens upon Fox's cabin, but finds his host less than hospitable.
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The Dream Kids
1946
Baseball Bugs
6.796/71
Bugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.
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Baseball Bugs
1949
The House of Tomorrow
6.842/38
Tex Avery's narrator shows us the amazing features of the ultra-modern House of Tomorrow.
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The House of Tomorrow
1944
The Lady and the Monster
5.977/22
A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death by a scientist and his two assistants, only to create a telepathic monster.
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The Lady and the Monster
1941
The Night Before Christmas
7.424/92
It's snowy and cold outside, and warm inside where Jerry squeezes past a mousetrap to cavort under a present-laden Christmas tree. Mistaking the sleep...
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The Night Before Christmas
1950
Albert in Blunderland
0/0
Albert, an auto mechanic is listening to a radio broadcast about a society based on the "coordinated cooperation of ants". He becomes excited about th...
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Albert in Blunderland
1945
Treasure Jest
7/1
The fox is sailing the high seas looking for buried treasure. The crow, eyeing the fox as a sucker, passes his island home off as "Treasure Island", a...
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Treasure Jest
1945
Kuku Nuts
9/1
Stranded on an island, the starving Fox gets sick of coconuts, but when he sees the Crow, he desperately tries to eat him, only to wind up failing in...
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Kuku Nuts
1946
Honesty Is the Best Policy
0/0
Professor J. Waldo Purrington wants breakfast but has run out of food, he spots a fish truck outside but he has no money to pay for a fish so he decid...
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Honesty Is the Best Policy
2023
Private SNAFU Golden Classics
0/0
Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional cartoon shorts produced between 1943 and 1945 during World...
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Private SNAFU Golden Classics
1950
The Chump Champ
7.038/26
Droopy and Gorgeous Gorillawitz (Spike) are competing for the title of King of Sports and for a kiss from the Queen of Sports. Spike cheats as much as...
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The Chump Champ
1944
Mr. Moocher
7/1
While doing their respective yardwork, the fox and crow (next-door neighbors) overhear a radio broadcast encouraging everyone to "love thy neighbor"....
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Mr. Moocher
1949
Each Dawn I Crow
7.556/9
Chided by a narrator, John Rooster thinks Elmer Fudd is going to slaughter him with an axe for Sunday dinner and is willing to do anything to prevent...
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Each Dawn I Crow
1944
Sadie Hawkins Day
7.5/2
It is approaching mid-November in Dogpatch and this his bad news for all the bachelors, including Li'l Abner, as "Sadie Hawkins Day" is nearing. That...
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Sadie Hawkins Day
1944
Venereal Disease
0/0
A lost Private Snafu short in the "A Few Quick Facts," series of shorts that was meant to educate soldiers over sexually transmitted diseases during W...
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Venereal Disease
1943
A-Hunting We Won't Go
7.5/2
The crow is hunting for a fox as there is a $15.00 bounty on fox furs. Meanwhile, the fox discovers there is a $15.00 bounty on crow pelts and eventua...
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A-Hunting We Won't Go
1948
Kitty Foiled
7.082/49
Tom subjects Jerry to his usual harassment; but the cat finds a new enemy, and the mouse finds a new friend, in the canary of the house.
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Kitty Foiled
1946
Bathing Time for Baby
0/0
Animated short film that walks viewers through every step of the bathing process, from setting up a safe and warm environment to preparing supplies li...
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