Frank Lackteen
Encyclopedia
Frank Lackteen was a Lebanese
-born American film actor best known for his antagonistic roles. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1916 and 1965, including several Three Stooges
shorts. He was born in Kubber-Ilias, Lebanon
and died in Los Angeles, California
. His interment was located at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park
.
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
-born American film actor best known for his antagonistic roles. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1916 and 1965, including several Three Stooges
Three Stooges
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical farce and extreme slapstick. In films, the Stooges were commonly known by their first names: "Moe, Larry, and Curly" and "Moe,...
shorts. He was born in Kubber-Ilias, Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
and died in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. His interment was located at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 10621 Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood, California.The cemetery has a special section called the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation that is the final resting place for a number of aviation pioneers — barnstormers, daredevils and...
.
Selected filmography
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| 1921 | The Avenging Arrow The Avenging Arrow The Avenging Arrow is a 1921 western film serial directed by William Bowman and W. S. Van Dyke. It is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* Ruth Roland - Anita Delgado* Edward Hearn - Ralph Troy* Virginia Ainsworth - Luiza Traganza* S.E... |
Pablo | |
| 1922 | White Eagle White Eagle (1922 serial) White Eagle is a 1922 Western film serial directed by Fred Jackman and W. S. Van Dyke. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Ruth Roland - Ruth Randolph* Earl Metcalfe - Phil Stanton* Harry Girard - Jim Loomis* Virginia Ainsworth - Julia Wells... |
Crouching More | |
| The Timber Queen The Timber Queen The Timber Queen is a 1922 action film serial directed by Fred Jackman. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Ruth Roland - Ruth Reading* Bruce Gordon - Don Mackay* Val Paul - James Cluxton* Leo Willis - Bull Joyce* Frank Lackteen - Vance... |
Vance | ||
| 1923 | Her Dangerous Path Her Dangerous Path Her Dangerous Path is a 1923 adventure film serial directed by Roy Clements.-Cast:* Edna Murphy - Corinne Grant* Charley Chase - Glen Harper * Hayford Hobbs - Donald Bartlett* William F. Moran - Dr. Philip Markham... |
Malay George | |
| 1924 | Leatherstocking Leatherstocking (serial) Leatherstocking is a 1924 Western film serial directed by George B. Seitz.-Cast:* Edna Murphy - Judith Hutter* Harold Miller - Leatherstocking* Whitehorse - Tom Hutter* Frank Lackteen - Briarthorn* Ray Myers - Rivenoak* James Pierce - Harry March... |
Briarthorn | |
| The Fortieth Door The Fortieth Door The Fortieth Door is a 1924 adventure film serial directed by George B. Seitz. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Allene Ray - Aimee* Bruce Gordon - Jack Ryder* David Dunbar - Andy McLean* Anna May Wong - Zira... |
Hamid Bey | ||
| Into the Net Into the Net Into the Net is a 1924 film serial directed by George B. Seitz. The film is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* Edna Murphy - Natalie Van Cleef* Jack Mulhall - Bob Clayton* Constance Bennett - Madge Clayton* Bradley Barker - Bert Moore... |
Dr. Vining | ||
| 1925 | Idaho Idaho (serial) Idaho was a 1925 Western film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Mahlon Hamilton - Boston Graham* Vivian Rich - Beth Cameron* Frederick Vroom - David Cameron* Frank Lackteen - Tex Osborne... |
Tex Osborne | |
| Sunken Silver Sunken Silver Sunken Silver is a 1925 film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and George B. Seitz.-Cast:* Allene Ray - Claire Standish* Walter Miller - Gavin Brice* Frank Lackteen - Rodney Hade* Albert Roccardi - Conch Leader* Jean Bronte - Bobby Burns... |
Rodney Hade | ||
| The Green Archer The Green Archer (1925 serial) The Green Archer is a 1925 mystery film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.-Cast:* Allene Ray - Valerie Howett* Walter Miller - Jim Featherstone* Burr McIntosh - Abel Bellamy* Frank Lackteen - Julius Savini* Dorothy King - Gay Savini... |
Julius Savini | ||
| 1926 | The House Without a Key The House Without a Key (serial) The House Without a Key is a 1926 mystery film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. It is based on the novel of the same name and is the first onscreen appearance of the fictional detective Charlie Chan, although the main stars are Allene Ray and Walter Miller. The film is now considered to be... |
Kaohla | |
| Desert Gold Desert Gold (1926 film) -Cast:* Neil Hamilton as George Thorne* Shirley Mason as Mercedes Castanada* Robert Frazer as Dick Gale* William Powell as Snake Landree* Josef Swickard as Sebastian Castaneda* George Irving as Richard Stanton Gale* Eddie Gribbon as One-Found Kelley... |
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| The Last Frontier The Last Frontier (1926 film) -Cast:* William Boyd as Tom Kirby* Marguerite De La Motte as Beth* Jack Hoxie as Buffalo Bill Cody* J. Farrell MacDonald as Wild Bill Hickok* Frank Coghlan Jr. as Buddy * Mitchell Lewis as Lige* Gladys Brockwell as Cynthia Jaggers... |
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| 1927 | Melting Millions Melting Millions Melting Millions was a 1927 adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. It is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Allene Ray - Judy Winslow* Walter Miller - Lieutenant Palmer* E. H. Calvert* William Norton Bailey* Eugenia Gilbert... |
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| The Warning The Warning (film) -Cast:* Jack Holt as Tom Fellows / Col. Robert Wellsley* Dorothy Revier as Mary Blake* Frank Lackteen as Tso Lin* Pat Harmon as London Charlie* Eugene Strong as No. 24* George Kuwa as Ah Sung* Norman Trevor as Sir James Gordon... |
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| 1928 | Mark of the Frog Mark of the Frog Mark of the Frog is a 1928 drama film serial directed by Arch Heath. The film is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* Donald Reed* Margaret Morris* George Harcourt* Gus De Weil* Frank Lackteen* Charles Anthony Hughes * Frank B... |
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| The Tiger's Shadow The Tiger's Shadow The Tiger's Shadow is a 1928 drama film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.-Cast:* Gladys McConnell - Jane Barstow* Hugh Allan - Larry Trent* Frank Lackteen - Dr. Sandro* Edward Cecil - Slayton* Harry Semels - Hawks... |
Dr. Sandro | ||
| 1929 | Hawk of the Hills Hawk of the Hills (1927 serial) Hawk of the Hills is a 1927 Western film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.-Cast:* Allene Ray - Mary* Walter Miller - Laramie* James Robert Chandler - Clyde Selby* Jack Ganzhorn - Henry Selby* Frank Lackteen - The Hawk* Paul Panzer - Manson... |
The Hawk | |
| The Fire Detective The Fire Detective The Fire Detective is a 1929 adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Gladys McConnell - Gladys Samuels* Hugh Allan - Capt. Jeff Tarrant* Leo D. Maloney - Chief Carson... |
Mr. Tarrant | ||
| Queen of the Northwoods Queen of the Northwoods Queen of the Northwoods is a film serial produced in 1929 by Pathé, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey, with a story by George Arthur Gray. Known cast members were Walter Miller, Ethlyne Clair and Frank Lackteen. This serial was silent, had ten episodes and is believed to still... |
Jacques De Brun | ||
| The Black Book The Black Book (serial) The Black Book is a 1929 drama film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey.-Cast:* Allene Ray - Dora Drake* Walter Miller - Ted Bradley* Frank Lackteen - Valdez* Paul Panzer - The Hawk* Marie Mosquini - Sally* Edith London - Mrs... |
Valdez | ||
| 1930 | The Jade Box The Jade Box The Jade Box is a Universal movie serial. It was a partially sound film with large silent elements. Only an incomplete version survives today.-Plot:... |
Cultist | Uncredited |
| 1932 | Heroes of the West | Buckskin Joe | |
| 1933 | Treason Treason (1933 film) -Cast:* Buck Jones as Jeff Connors, posing as Chet Dawson* Shirley Grey as Joan Randall* Robert Ellis as Colonel Jedcott* Edward LeSaint as Judge Randall * Frank Lackteen as Chet Dawson* T. C... |
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| 1937 | I Cover the War I Cover the War -Cast:* John Wayne - Bob Adams* Gwen Gaze - Pamela Armitage* Don Barclay - Elmer Davis* Pat Somerset - Captain Archie Culvert* Charles Brokaw - El Kadar/Muffadi* James Bush - Don Adams* Arthur Aylesworth - Logan* Jack Mack - Graham* Franklin Parker - Parker... |
Mustapha the Beggar | |
| 1938 | Suez Suez (film) Suez is a 1938 film account of the building of the Suez Canal by Ferdinand de Lesseps, played by Tyrone Power. It was so highly fictionalized that de Lesseps' descendants sued for libel.... |
Swami | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Kansas Terrors The Kansas Terrors The Kansas Terrors is a 1939 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman.- Cast :* Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke* Raymond Hatton as Rusty Joslin* Duncan Renaldo as Renaldo... |
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| 1940 | Strange Cargo Strange Cargo (1940 film) Strange Cargo is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in a story about a group of fugitive prisoners from a French penal colony. The screenplay by Lawrence Hazard was based upon the 1936 novel, Not Too Narrow, Not Too Deep, by Richard Sale. The film was... |
Convict | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Jungle Girl Jungle Girl (serial) Jungle Girl is a 15-Chapter Republic Pictures Serial starring Frances Gifford. It was directed by William Witney and John English based on the novel Jungle Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs... |
Shamba | |
| 1942 | Arabian Nights Arabian Nights (1942 film) Arabian Nights is a 1942 adventure film starring Sabu, Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Leif Erickson and directed by John Rawlins. The film is derived from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights but owes more to the imagination of Universal Pictures than the original Arabian stories... |
Bidder | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas was a major war film made by Twentieth Century Fox in 1943. The film starred Philip Dorn, Anna Sten, and Martin Kosleck. The movie, originally titled The Seventh Column, was directed by Louis King based on a story by Jack Andrews, who also co-wrote the screenplay.... |
Major Danilov | |
| 1943 | For Whom the Bell Tolls For Whom the Bell Tolls (film) For Whom the Bell Tolls is a 1943 film in Technicolor based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. It stars Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff and Katina Paxinou. This was Ingrid Bergman's first technicolor film. Hemingway handpicked Cooper and Bergman for their roles. The film... |
Elias' man | Uncredited |
| 1944 | The Desert Hawk The Desert Hawk The Desert Hawk is a Columbia film serial. It was the 23rd serial produced by Columbia.-Cast:* Gilbert Roland - Kasim, The Desert Hawk and Hassan, his Evil Twin Brother... |
Faud, the Chief Chamberlain | |
| 1945 | Can't Help Singing Can't Help Singing Can't Help Singing is a 1944 musical Western filmed in Technicolor starring Deanna Durbin. The film was produced by Felix Jackson and directed by Frank Ryan. The score was by Jerome Kern with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg.-Plot:... |
Man with Gunfighter | Uncredited |
| 1946 | A Bird in the Head A Bird in the Head A Bird in the Head is the 89th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:... |
Nikko | |
| 1947 | Trail of the Mounties Trail of the Mounties Trail of the Mounties is a 1947 American film about Sandy Sanderson, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman, who is seeking to thwart a gang of fur thieves led by his twin brother Johnny. The film uses a screenplay by Betty Burbridge and was directed by Howard Bretherton... |
Pierre | |
| 1948 | Shivering Sherlocks Shivering Sherlocks Shivering Sherlocks is the 104th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:... |
Red Watkins | |
| 1949 | Malice in the Palace Malice in the Palace Malice in the Palace is the 117th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:... |
Affa Dolla | |
| 1950 | Kim Kim (film) Kim is a 1950 adventure film made in Technicolor by MGM. It was directed by Victor Saville and produced by Leon Gordon from a screenplay by Helen Deutsch, Leon Gordon and Richard Schayer, based on the classic novel of the same name by Rudyard Kipling.... |
Chunder's Shadow | Uncredited |
| 1955 | Of Cash and Hash Of Cash and Hash Of Cash and Hash is the 160th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:... ' |
Red Watkins | |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (1956 film) The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic film that dramatized the biblical story of the Exodus, in which the Hebrew-born Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince, becomes the deliverer of the Hebrew slaves. The film, released by Paramount Pictures in VistaVision on October 5, 1956, was directed by... |
Old slave praying | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Flesh and the Spur Flesh and the Spur Flesh and the Spur is a 1957 Western film directed by Edward L. Cahn. The movie stars John Agar as Lucius Random, Marla English as Wild Willow, and future Mannix star Mike Connors as Stacy Tanner.-Plot:... |
Havasupi Warrior Leader | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1953 | Hopalong Cassidy | King Lasho | 1 episode |
| 1955 | GE True GE True GE True is an American anthology series sponsored by General Electric. Telecast on CBS, the series presented stories previously published in True magazine. Articles from the magazine were adapted to TV by Gene Roddenberry and other screenwriters.Jack Webb produced and hosted the 33 episodes during... |
Tom-Tom | 1 episode |
| 1958 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.-Synopsis:The Adventures of Wild... |
Silver Horse | 1 episode |
| Casey Jones Casey Jones (TV series) Casey Jones is an American children's Western series that ran during the '58-'59 television season, based around the pioneering western railroads. The series aired in syndication in the United States... |
Chief | 1 episode | |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program which originally aired in 166 episodes on ABC from October 1954 until August 1959. It starred child actor Lee Aaker as Rusty, a boy orphaned in an Indian raid, who was being raised by the soldiers at a US Cavalry post known... |
Chieftain | 1 episode | |