Frank Fay

ActorWriter Nov 15 (died age 69) San Francisco, California, USA 1929–1997 (68 year career)

5.3 avg rating

Biography

Frank Fay (November 17, 1891 – September 25, 1961) was an American film and stage actor, emcee, comedian, best-known as an actor for having played "Elwood P. Dowd" in the play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase on Broadway.

Known For

Film

Nothing Sacred

Master of Ceremonies

Film

The Stolen Jools

Frank Fay

Film

Love Nest

Charles Kenneth 'Charley' Patterson

Film

They Knew What They Wanted

Father McKee

Film

God's Gift to Women

Toto Duryea

Film

The Matrimonial Bed

Leopold Trebel/Adolphe Noblet

Film

Stars Over Broadway

Announcer

Film

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Self (archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (17)

Movies (16)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Love Nest

1951

as Charles Kenneth 'Charley' Patterson

Spotlight Scandals

as Frank Fay

I Want a Divorce

as Jeff Gilman

They Knew What They Wanted

1940

as Father McKee

5.8

Nothing Sacred

1937

as Master of Ceremonies

Stars Over Broadway

as Announcer

A Fool's Advice

as Spencer Brown

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

1931

6.0

Round About Hollywood

as Self

The Stolen Jools

as Frank Fay

God's Gift to Women

as Toto Duryea

Under a Texas Moon

as Don Carlos

The Matrimonial Bed

as Leopold Trebel/Adolphe Noblet

Bright Lights

as Wally Dean

The Show of Shows

as Master of Ceremonies

5.5

Television (1)

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

as Self

6.8

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

A Fool's Advice

Story

The Show of Shows

Writer