Frankie Darro
Birthday: 1917-12-22
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography: Frankie Darro (December 22, 1917 – December 25, 1976) was an American actor. Born into a show-business family - his parents were circus aerialists - Darro appeared in his first film at age six. Due to his small size and youthful appearance, he played teenagers well into his 20s. Always a physical performer, Darro often did his own stunts, many times out of necessity - his small stature made it difficult to find stunt doubles his size. He was an accomplished horseman and, in addition to westerns, made several films where he played jockeys. In 1933 he played the lead as a troubled teen in a major film for Warner Brothers, "Wild Boys Of The Road." It is a pre-code film with a realistic look at "The Great Depression," from the point of view of the youth of the time. This film seems to have been rediscovered only recently and has received critical acclaim.That same year, he played a troubled youth in the James Cagney classic, "The Mayor Of Hell". Later in 1935, he had a key role in the cult serial classic "The Phantom Empire"(1935). As Darro got older, however, he found it increasingly difficult to secure employment, and by the late 1940s was doing uncredited stunt work and bit parts. He had a recurring role on The Red Skelton Hour (1951), unrecognized by his fans, he played "Robby The Robot" in the groundbreaking sci-fi film "The Forbidden Planet" (1956), though Marvin Miller, best remembered as Michael Anthony of TVs "Millionaire"(1955-60), was the robot's voice. After that Frankie appeared sporadically in films and on TV .
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Tuxedo Junction
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The Movie Orgy
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Pinocchio
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Charlie Chan at the Race Track
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Unwelcome Stranger
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Born to Battle
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Three on a Match
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Little Men
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Saratoga
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Hearts and Spangles
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The Lightning Warrior
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The Public Enemy
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Wild Boys of the Road
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The Girl on the Late, Late Show
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Dead End Kids Go To War
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Broadway Bill
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Up in the Air
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The Mayor of Hell
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Westward the Women
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Angels' Alley
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Hook, Line and Sinker
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Wyoming Mail
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The Midnight Flyer
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Junior Prom
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On the Spot
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
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Riding High
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Racing for Life
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Men with Steel Faces
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The Mad Genius
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The Vanishing Legion
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No Greater Glory
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Valley of Wanted Men
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The Phantom Empire
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Way Back Home
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Juvenile Court
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Black Gold
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Born to Fight
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Racing Blood
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
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The Gang's All Here
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The Payoff
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Judgment of the Storm
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Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States -...
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Headline Crasher
The popular B-flick team of Frankie Darro and Kane Richmond star in the slick quickie Headline Crash...
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Boys' Reformatory
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The Devil Diamond
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Mind Your Own Business
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Tough to Handle
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You're Out of Luck
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Trouble Makers
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Young Dynamite
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The Signal Tower
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The Wolf Dog
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Across the Wide Missouri
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The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
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Laughing at Life
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Wanted by the Police
A young man, Danny, decides to get a job in order to support his mother. He's hired to work in a gar...
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Kiki
Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job ...
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That's My Man
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Let's Go Collegiate
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Texas Tornado
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The Circus Kid
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Burn 'Em Up Barnes
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Anything for a Thrill
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Men of Action
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet
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Roaring Rails
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The Merry Frinks
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Operation Petticoat
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The Lawless Rider
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Chasing Trouble
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Two Gun Marshal
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature film....
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Confessions of a Queen
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Sons of New Mexico
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Tugboat Annie
Tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan, and among her crew are her alcoholi...
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Pat and Mike
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The Devil Horse
Bob Norton, seeking his brother's killer, tangles with outlaws, wild horses, and a "wild" boy....
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Tough Kid
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Laughing at Danger
Frankie Kelly, pageboy at the beauty salon ran by Madam Celeste, and his helper Jefferson find the r...
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Amateur Daddy
Jim Gladden, a construction site foreman, is partially responsible for the accidental death of one o...
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So Big
After graduating from a fashionable finishing school and touring Europe with her father, Selina Peak...
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Junior G-Men of the Air
A group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy....
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Forbidden Planet
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scienti...
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Hold That Baby!
While working in a laundromat, the boys find a baby hidden among the linen. They soon find out that ...
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Fighting Fools
The boys are working at the local boxing arena where their friend, Jimmy Higgins, is boxing. During ...
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Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. ...
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to m...
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Judgement Of The Hills
An Epic Of Passion Swept Lives! The village hero - boasted and popular- yet a coward. Lauded by ever...
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Flesh and the Devil
When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo ...
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Sarge Goes to College
A Marine Sergeant wounded in overseas combat requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist recomm...
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The Phantom of the Range
Duke Carlton, an actor stranded in a small western town, gets a job as a cowboy on Tim O'Brien's ran...
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent...
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Heart of Virginia
Jimmy Easter is a jockey who gets shook up when he is responsible for the death of a fellow rider du...
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Pride of Maryland
Frankie, a young jockey with a new style of riding that brings him acclaim, is barred from the track...
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High School Hero
The Teen-Agers are down in the dumps: their football team faces almost-certain defeat, the school pa...
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Stranded
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters....
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Take It or Leave It
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant...
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The Big Race
Bob Hamilton gets into trouble when crooks cause the defeat of his father's horse in the Derby, and ...
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Memory Lane
Mary is marrying Jimmie, from whom she has kept a secret; Mary remains in love with another man. Pro...
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Freddie Steps Out
When teen heartthrob Frankie Troy disappears, high schooler Freddie Trimble–a dead ringer for the cr...
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Smart Politics
The growth of small-town juvenile crime starts a movement for the construction of a youth center. Th...
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Moulders of Men
In order to raise money for surgery for his crippled brother, Jim Barry accepts a job with Warner, l...
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Little Mickey Grogan
The main plot concerns an architect who, when he begins losing his eyesight, worries that he is on t...
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3 Kids and a Queen
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subseq...
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Vacation Days
Beloved teacher Miss Hinklefink inherits a western ranch, and to spend the summer with Professor Tow...
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Tom's Gang
Dave Collins is a young man who is bequeathed a ranch on the condition that he marry the late owner'...
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The Wyoming Wildcat
Cowboy Phil Stone gets a job as foreman on a ranch owned by pretty young Isabel Hastings. He discove...
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Blaze o' Glory
On trial for the murder of Carl Hummel, Eddie Williams tells his story, which begins just before the...
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Fugitive Lovers
A swimming pool cleaner and a suicidal housewife set out on the run and are pursued by her corrupt l...
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Trail of the Horse Thieves
Vic Stanley, a wandering cowboy, is found by Clint Taggart and his daughter, Amy, after he has escap...
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The Masquerade Bandit
A young woman, Molly Marble, is enmeshed in a train robbery by her crooked step-father. She meets a ...
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Lightning Lariats
Following a political coup in the Balkan kingdom of Roxenburg, young King Alexis and his American go...
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Living It Up
Homer Flagg (Lewis) is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. One day he fi...
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The People vs. Nancy Preston
The People vs. Nancy Preston is a 1925 silent drama film directed by Tom Forman....
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Let's Go, Gallagher
Cowboy Tom Gallagher, escaping from a saloon fight with Black Carter and Thug Peters, rescues Little...
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Her Father Said No
While taking a morning workout, young prizefighter Danny Martin encounters Charlotte Hamilton in dis...
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The Next Voice You Hear...
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preemp...
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Long Pants
Harry Shelby has been kept in knee pants for years by his overprotective parents, but the day finall...
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Her Husband's Secret
A young couple's future is put in jeopardy by both the past and present actions of their parents....
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Tom and His Pals
Tom Duffy, whose father is the half-owner of the Flying-U Ranch, spends half his time reading movie ...
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The Avenging Rider
The story concerns a rivalry between two ranch owners in a boundary dispute....
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Out of the West
John O'Connor and Jim Rollins, rival ranchmen, each has a baseball team, though Rollins' usually win...
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Idaho Red
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Gun Law
The Driscolls learn that the Brown family's homestead has valuable marble deposits under it, and the...
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The Thrill Hunter
The Thrill Hunter is a 1926 American silent comedy adventure film directed by Eugene De Rue and star...
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Fighting the Flames
Horatio Manly Jr. (William Haines), the only son of Judge Horatio Manly (David Torrence), is disowne...
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