
Biography
Frank Atkinson (19 March 1893 β 23 February 1963) was an English actor and writer.Atkinson was born in Blackpool, Lancashire. He appeared in at least 130 films between 1930 and 1963. A stalwart of British films, often in small or uncredited roles, and also in Hollywood in the 1930s, notably in the Raoul Walsh directed Me and My Gal and Sailor's Luck. Allmovie described him as "tall and slender, and with gaunt facial features that lent themselves to looks of eccentricity, and with a highly cultured speaking voice, he could melt unobtrusively into a scene, as an anonymous bit-player, or could, with the utterance of a few words or a look, transform himself into a wryly comedic presence -- he played everything from jailers, guards, garage attendants, and soldiers to upper class twits."He was the first person to play the scarecrow Worzel Gummidge on television in the original series, broadcast by the BBC on 10 February 1953. He died in Pinner, Middlesex, aged 69
Filmography
All 70
Movies 68
Writter 7
TV Shows 2

Murder at the Gallop (1963)

The Saint (1962)

The Kitchen (1961)

Sunday-Night Play (1960)

Left Right and Centre (1959)

Web of Evidence (1959)

Stormy Crossing (1958)

Rx Murder (1958)

At the Stroke of Nine (1957)

Circus Friends (1956)

Wicked as They Come (1956)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Not So Dusty (1956)

Before I Wake (1955)

The Black Rider (1954)

Lease of Life (1954)

The Fake (1953)

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)

The Man in the White Suit (1951)

Great Expectations (1946)

English Criminal Justice (1946)

I See a Dark Stranger (1946)

Wanted for Murder (1946)

Late at Night (1946)

The Voice Within (1946)

Great Day (1945)

Read All About It (1945)

Waterloo Road (1945)

The Gentle Sex (1943)

Get Cracking (1943)

Much Too Shy (1942)

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

They Flew Alone (1942)

Hard Steel (1942)

Ten Days in Paris (1940)

The Stars Look Down (1940)

The Body Vanished (1939)

Over the Moon (1939)

Where's That Fire (1939)

Pygmalion (1939)

The Green Cockatoo (1937)

Intimate Relations (1937)

A Romance in Flanders (1937)

Excuse My Glove (1936)

The Amateur Gentleman (1936)

Shipmates o' Mine (1936)

Play Up the Band (1935)

Look Up and Laugh (1935)

Me and Marlborough (1935)

Be Careful, Mr. Smith (1935)

Death Drives Through (1935)

The Morals of Marcus (1935)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Road House (1934)

The Great Defender (1934)

The Third Clue (1934)

The Outcast (1934)

Freedom of the Seas (1934)

Rolling in Money (1934)

Pleasure Cruise (1933)

Sailor's Luck (1933)

Smoke Lightning (1933)

The Right to Live (1933)

Call Her Savage (1932)

The Man Called Back (1932)

The Woman in Room 13 (1932)

The Wet Parade (1932)

The Menace (1932)

Ambassador Bill (1931)

Ladies' Man (1931)
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GenderMale
Birthday1890-03-19
Deathday1963-02-23 (72 years old)
Place of birthBlackpool, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also known asFrancis Lawrence Atkinson
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