Frank Fontaine

Acting

Frank Fontaine

Born April 19, 1920 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Died August 4, 1978 · aged 58

Frank Fontaine (April 19, 1920 – August 4, 1978) was an American stage, radio, film and television comedian, singer, and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Fontaine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Scared StiffScared Stiff · 1953
Scared Stiff
6.51953
MovieComedyHorror
A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island. The trio hunt for a hidden treasure and encounter a ghost, a zombie, and a mysterious killer...
The GodmothersThe Godmothers · 1973
The Godmothers
5.51973
MovieComedy
Two brothers pose as women to avoid marrying a mobster's ugly daughter.
The Model and the Marriage BrokerThe Model and the Marriage Broker · 1951
The Model and the Marriage Broker
6.51951
MovieComedyRomance
A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results.
Nancy Goes to RioNancy Goes to Rio · 1950
Nancy Goes to Rio
6.01950
MovieMusicComedy
Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Hit Parade of 1951Hit Parade of 1951 · 1950
Hit Parade of 1951
6.51950
MovieMusic
While raising cash to pay a debt, a Vegas gambler tricks a night club crooner there who looks like him to play him for a bit.The gambler's Latina girlfriend opens the eyes of the prissy crooner.
StellaStella · 1950
Stella
9.01950
MovieComedy
Screwball black comedy about a wacky family that forgets where they've buried a corpse.
Heritage MinutesHeritage Minutes · 1991
Heritage Minutes
7.31991
SeriesDocumentary
Heritage Minutes, also known officially as Historica Minutes: History by the Minute, are a series of sixty-second short films, each illustrating an important moment in Canadian history. They appear frequently on Canadian television and in cinemas before movies and are now also sold on DVD. The Minutes were first introduced on March 31, 1991 as part of a one-off heavily-promoted history quiz show hosted by Rex Murphy. The thirteen original short films were broken up and run between shows on CBC Television and CTV Network. The continued broadcast of the Minutes and the production of new ones was pioneered by Charles Bronfman's CRB Foundation, Canada Post Power Broadcasting, and the National Film Board. They were devised, developed and largely narrated by noted Canadian broadcaster Patrick Watson, while the producer of the series was Robert Guy Scully. In 2009 Historica merged with The Dominion Institute to become The Historica-Dominion Institute. While the foundations have not paid networks to air Minutes, they have made them freely available, and in the early years paid to have them run in cinemas across the country. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ruled that Heritage Minutes are an "on-going dramatic series" thus each minute counts as ninety-seconds of a station's Canadian content requirements.
The Jackie Gleason ShowThe Jackie Gleason Show · 1952
The Jackie Gleason Show
8.51952
SeriesComedy
The prodigiously talented Gleason became a TV icon after he joined CBS from DuMont, where his work on `Calvalcade of Stars' had established many of his trademark characters, including Reginald Van Gleason III, the Poor Soul and Ralph Kramden, featured here, along with Art Carney, in `Honeymooners' sketches. The Emmy-winning mix also featured guest stars, musical comedy, the glitzy June Taylor Dancers and Frank Fontaine's Crazy Guggenheim character.

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Heritage MinutesHeritage Minutes · 1991
Heritage Minutes
7.31991
SeriesDocumentary
Heritage Minutes, also known officially as Historica Minutes: History by the Minute, are a series of sixty-second short films, each illustrating an important moment in Canadian history. They appear frequently on Canadian television and in cinemas before movies and are now also sold on DVD. The Minutes were first introduced on March 31, 1991 as part of a one-off heavily-promoted history quiz show hosted by Rex Murphy. The thirteen original short films were broken up and run between shows on CBC Television and CTV Network. The continued broadcast of the Minutes and the production of new ones was pioneered by Charles Bronfman's CRB Foundation, Canada Post Power Broadcasting, and the National Film Board. They were devised, developed and largely narrated by noted Canadian broadcaster Patrick Watson, while the producer of the series was Robert Guy Scully. In 2009 Historica merged with The Dominion Institute to become The Historica-Dominion Institute. While the foundations have not paid networks to air Minutes, they have made them freely available, and in the early years paid to have them run in cinemas across the country. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ruled that Heritage Minutes are an "on-going dramatic series" thus each minute counts as ninety-seconds of a station's Canadian content requirements.

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