Person Details

Birthday: 1942-06-03 21:38:51

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Memphis, Tennessee

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Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

Frank McRae (born June 3, 1942) is an American actor and former professional football player. McRae was born in Memphis, Tennessee. McRae graduated from Tennessee State University with a double major in drama and history. He was a defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears in the 1967 NFL season. Among his acting roles are the history teacher, Mr. Teasdale, in Red Dawn, bank robber Reed Youngblood in Dillinger, Hazel in Cannery Row, Spanky in The Wizard, James Bond's friend Sharkey in 1989's Licence to Kill, inmate Eclipse in Lock Up, shouting police captain in 48 Hrs. (a role he later parodied in Last Action Hero and Loaded Weapon 1), the train coachman in Tracks and former professional boxing champion Harry Noble in *batteries not included. He also made an effective pairing with John Candy as two bumbling subordinates; first as two tank soldiers (under an equally bumbling Sgt. Frank Tree played by Dan Aykroyd) in the cult classic 1941 and later as "Walley World" Security Guards in National Lampoon's Vacation . He played Jim, the Mechanic in the movie Used Cars. His most recent role was as a guest star on the television series ER. He also portrayed the character of Sergeant Tenga in Farewell to the King Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank McRae, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Columbo
Average
8

Columbo

(1971) Lt. Robertson
The Rockford Files
Average
7

The Rockford Files

(1974) Junior
ER
Average
8

ER

(1994) Freddie
Wonder Woman
Average
7

Wonder Woman

(1975) Foreman
The Twilight Zone
Average
8

The Twilight Zone

(1985) Sheriff
Rocky II
Average
7

Rocky II

(1979) Meat Foreman (uncredited)
Red Dawn
Average
6

Red Dawn

(1984) Mr. Teasdale
Licence to Kill
Average
6

Licence to Kill

(1989) Sharkey

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2006 Cookie
2005 Cookie
1999 N/A
Roger Tate
1997 N/A
Lloyd Morgan
1994 Freddie
Mr. Doyle
1993 Hugh
Lieutenant Dekker
Captain Doyle
1992 Det. Milon
1990 Captain Ed Martin
1989 Spanky
Eclipse
Sharkey
Sgt. Tenga
1987 Harry Noble
1985 Bart Cooper
Sheriff
1984 Mr. Teasdale
1983 Grover
Tubbs
1982 Haden
Hazel
1981 N/A
1980 Jim the Mechanic
Captain Maslin
1979 Pvt. Ogden Johnson Jones
Meat Foreman (uncredited)
James Brown
1978 Big Glory
Male Nurse
Lincoln Dombrowsky
1977 Morgue Attendant
1976 Train Coachman
Moose
N/A
1975 Foreman
Steamer Riley
Hammerman
Fast Freddie
Mr. Langham
1974 Junior
Herman Lincoln (aka Herman X)
1973 Reed Youngblood
Osiat
Cheech
1971 Lt. Robertson
Year Character Movie/Tv

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