Frank Marth (July 29, 1922 – January 12, 2014) was an American film and television actor. He may be best known as a cast-member of ''

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'' (1949; 1950–1957), especially segments of ''

The Honeymooners ''The Honeymooners'' is an American television sitcom which originally aired from 1955 to 1956, created by and starring Jackie Gleason, and based on a recurring comedy sketch of the same name that had been part of Gleason's variety show. It fol ...

'', which later became a television series (1955–56).

Early years

Marth was born in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan to Mr. And Mrs. Frank Marth, Sr. He attended public schools graduating from Commerce High School. He initially worked in building construction, but after World War II he attended the

Feagin School of Dramatic Art The Feagin School of Dramatic Art (also Feagin School of Dramatic Radio and Arts) first located at Carnegie Hall, then later at 316 West 57th Street in New York City, was an early training site for actors Jeff Corey, Helen Claire, Angela Lan ...

with plans to work in radio.

Career

Early in his career, Marth worked in radio, including being announcer, commentator, and disc jockey on

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in New York City and WWDX-FM and WPAT in New Jersey. On stage, Marth acted in productions of local and regional theaters, including the Greenwood Playhouse in Maine and the Willimantic Playhouse in Connecticut. Marth's big screen credits included roles in films such as ''

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'' (1966), ''

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'' (1968), ''

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'' (1969), ''

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'' (1969), ''

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'' (1969) and '' Telefon'' (1977). On television, Marth appeared in two episodes of ''

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'', five episodes of ''

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'', one episode of '' The Wild, Wild West and

Mannix ''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private inves ...

'', five episodes of ''

Hogan's Heroes ''Hogan's Heroes'' is an American television sitcom set in a Nazi German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during World War II. It ran for 168 episodes (six seasons) from September 17, 1965, to April 4, 1971, on the CBS network, the longest broadcast ...

'', three episodes of ''

Barnaby Jones ''Barnaby Jones'' is an American detective television series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law, who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California. The show was or ...

'', two episodes of '' Mission: Impossible'', as well as on ''

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'', '' The Fugitive'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 1970 Marth appeared as Rawlings in the western TV series '' The Virginian'' in the episode titled "The Gift." In 1976, he appeared in an episode of ''

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'' and played the Commanding Officer of Ben Murphy's leading officer in the TV mini series version of ''

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''. He also played Ben Fraser, Jr. in the NBC drama ''

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'' (1958-1961) and was a regular on ''Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine'' and ''The Jackie Gleason Show''. Tall and fair-haired, Marth, often in tandem with the short, dark-haired George O. Petrie, played various recurring and one-time roles on ''

'', i.e. as one of the brutal hoods who hold the Kramdens and Ed Norton hostage after Ralph witnesses a bank robbery; as Harvey Walstatter, who hires Alice Kramden to babysit his son, Harvey, Jr.; and as the inquiring news photographer who lands Ralph Kramden in hot water after he quotes Kramden declaring that he is "head of the household".

Death

Marth died of

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and

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on January 12, 2014, in

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, aged 91.

Filmography (partial)

Television (partial)

*1955-1957 ''The Honeymooners'' * 1964 ''

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'' Season 3, Episode 7 "Operation Fly Trap" as a German Captain * 1964 ''

My Favorite Martian ''My Favorite Martian'' is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963, to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes. The show stars Ray Walston as "Uncle Martin" (the Martian) and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara. The first two seasons, totalin ...

'' Season 2, Episode 8 "The Great Brain Robbery" as Capt. Edward Prescott * 1965 ''

'' Season 1, Episode 13 "Hogan's Hofbrau" as Capt. Milheiser * 1966 ''

'' Season 4, Episode 30 "Run, Sheep, Run" as Lt. Vogler * 1970 '' The Virginian'' Season 8, Episode 24 "The Gift" as Emmett Rawlings * 1974-1976 ''

'' Season 4, Episode 1 "Kelly's Song" as Captain Royce
Season 5, Episode 23 "Point After Death" as Eliott Strickland * 1977 ''

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'' Season 2, Episode 5 "Knockout" as Tall Man * 1979 ''

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'' Episode 20 "Greetings from Earth" * 1983-1986 ''

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'' Season 3, Episode 18 "Road Games" as Jim Sullivan

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marth, Frank 1922 births 2014 deaths American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from New York City Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Deaths from dementia in California Deaths from congestive heart failure 20th-century American male actors