Acting

Frank Jaquet

Born March 15, 1885 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died May 11, 1958 · aged 73

No biography available.

Known For

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

★ 7.81939

MovieComedyDrama

After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

House of Strangers · 1949

House of Strangers

★ 7.01949

MovieDramaCrime

Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of them take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that remains loyal.

Ace in the Hole · 1951

Ace in the Hole

★ 7.81951

MovieDrama

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

Black Friday · 1940

Black Friday

★ 6.01940

MovieScience FictionCrime

University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.

Double Trouble · 1941

Double Trouble

★ 10.01941

MovieComedy

Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and accidentally lose a valuable diamond inside a can of pork-and-beans.

Marie Antoinette · 1938

Marie Antoinette

★ 6.61938

MovieDramaHistory

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.

A soon-to-be-married couple, both news reporters, compete to break the story of a high-profile gangster's murder, which was, in truth, a staged crime using a lookalike. As clues emerge, the situation at had becomes more complicated and dangerous for all involved.

Flame of Barbary Coast · 1945

Flame of Barbary Coast

★ 5.51945

MovieRomanceWestern

Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito Morell, goes home, learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a fortune, he opens his own place with Flaxen as the entertainer; but the 1906 quake destroys his place.

Filmography

Sort

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

★ 7.81939

MovieComedyDrama

Senator Byron (uncredited)

House of Strangers · 1949

House of Strangers

★ 7.01949

MovieDramaCrime

Ace in the Hole · 1951

Ace in the Hole

★ 7.81951

MovieDrama

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

Smollett

Black Friday · 1940

Black Friday

★ 6.01940

MovieScience FictionCrime

Fat Man in Bar

Double Trouble · 1941

Double Trouble

★ 10.01941

MovieComedy

John W. Whitmore

Marie Antoinette · 1938

Marie Antoinette

★ 6.61938

MovieDramaHistory

Keeper of the Seal (uncredited)

Henry Evans

Flame of Barbary Coast · 1945

Flame of Barbary Coast

★ 5.51945

MovieRomanceWestern

Prominent Citizen

Rancho Notorious · 1952

Rancho Notorious

★ 6.51952

MovieDramaWestern

A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.

Politician in Jail Cell (uncredited)

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.

Mr. Reilly (uncredited)

The Man They Could Not Hang · 1939

The Man They Could Not Hang

★ 6.61939

MovieScience FictionHorror

Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.

Cigar-Smoking Fat Juror (uncredited)

The Great Sinner · 1949

The Great Sinner

★ 6.81949

MovieDramaRomance

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

Doorman (uncredited)

Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left behind.

Stage Doorman (Uncredited)

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet · 1940

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

★ 6.51940

MovieDrama

True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.

Banker

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.

Bailiff (uncredited)

When Were You Born · 1938

When Were You Born

★ 5.31938

MovieMysteryRomance

A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police look for the murderer.

Sgt. Kelly

Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.

Dr. Matson

In Old California · 1942

In Old California

★ 5.31942

MovieActionRomance

Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.

Dr. Glaggett

A Bell for Adano · 1945

A Bell for Adano

★ 6.01945

MovieWarDrama

Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.

Basile

Rock Island Trail · 1950

Rock Island Trail

★ 6.31950

MovieWestern

A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.

Mr. Smith

O. Henry's Full House · 1952

O. Henry's Full House

★ 6.91952

MovieComedyDrama

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".

Butcher (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.

Rock (uncredited)

A cop poses as a member of a stolen-car ring to capture the men responsible for the murder of his fiancee's brother.

George Miller

Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.

Monte (Uncredited)

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

Laundry Checker

The Life of Riley · 1949

The Life of Riley

★ 8.01949

SeriesComedy

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"

Justice of the Peace