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Frank Doubleday
Acting

Frank Doubleday
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1945-01-28,Norwich, Connecticut, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Thin, intense, antsy, and often unnerving character actor Frank Doubleday usually portrayed creepy villains in both movies and TV shows alike from the mid-1970's up until the early 1990's. Frank was born on January 28, 1945 in Norwich, Connecticut and came with his family to Los Angeles, California at age six. Doubleday made his film debut as an aggressive switchblade-wielding punk thug in the hilariously raunchy comedy The First Nudie Musical (1976). Doubleday's lean, hollow-eyed, sunken-cheeked face, closely cropped light blonde hair, skinny limbs, and slim build gave him a striking and potent screen presence that was put to especially effective use in two pictures for director John Carpenter: He's genuinely scary as the vicious street gang leader who kills little girl Kim Richards in cold blood in the terrific urban action classic Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and was likewise memorably freaky as Isaac Hayes' ghoulish flunky "Romero" in the excellent futuristic science fiction cult favorite Escape from New York (1981). Doubleday's other noteworthy parts are a mob kingpin's conceited jerk son in Avenging Angel (1985), a fidgety prison inmate in the nifty science fiction item Space Rage (1985), a ferocious member of a roving murderous band of supernatural Eskimo spirits in the spooky Nomads (1986), a mercenary in Broadcast News (1987), and a sweaty, twitchy hoodlum who holds a bunch of fat ladies hostage in a laundromat in the funky urban science fiction hoot Dollman (1991). Among the TV shows Doubleday did guest appearances on are Amazing Stories (1985), Sledge Hammer! (1986), Stingray (1985), T.J. Hooker (1982), Hill Street Blues (1981), CHiPs (1977), The Incredible Hulk (1978), Charlie's Angels (1976), Wonder Woman (1975) and Starsky and Hutch (1975). Outside of acting, Frank also directed stage plays and taught acting at the Hollywood Court Theater. Doubleday died at age 73 from esophageal cancer on March 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Escape from New York

7.038

Escape from New York
1981-05-23

4.8

Nomads
1986-03-07

Assault on Precinct 13

7.3

Assault on Precinct 13
1976-10-08

4.8

Dollman
1991-11-27

4.1

Space Rage
1985-12-25

4.2

L.A. Bounty
1989-09-15

6

Longarm
1988-03-06

The First Nudie Musical

4.9

The First Nudie Musical
1976-01-01

Alex & the Gypsy

4.6

Alex & the Gypsy
1976-10-03

Abar, the First Black Superman

4.4

Abar, the First Black Superman
1977-03-01

6.8

Broadcast News
1987-12-16

Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space

7

Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space
1996-01-01

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

5

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979-06-15

5.3

Avenging Angel
1985-01-11

A Killing Affair

4.8

A Killing Affair
1977-09-21

5.9

The Big Fix
1978-10-06

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

7.3

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997-05-25

8

Sledge Hammer!
1986-09-23

Amazing Stories

7.5

Amazing Stories
1985-09-29

6.8

CHiPs
1977-09-15

6.5

T. J. Hooker
1982-03-13

6.5

T. J. Hooker
1982-03-13