Frank Converse

Acting

Frank Converse

Born 1938-05-22

Frank Converse is an American actor who starred in five TV series and appeared in films such as Hour of the Gun and Time Bandits. He was born in 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University.

Acting credits

The Bushido Blade poster
5.3

A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.

The Bushido Blade

1981

Hurry Sundown poster
6.4

A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

Hurry Sundown

1967

Everybody Wins poster
4.1

A seemingly good Samaritan hires a private detective to prove a teen sitting in prison on a murder charge is innocent. His investigation discovers deep corruption in a Connecticut town and finds the woman isn't everything she is pretending to be either.

Everybody Wins

1990

Hour of the Gun poster
6.5

Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.

Hour of the Gun

1967

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel poster
7.9

Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, develops a relationship with Gilbert Blythe, and finds herself at Kingsport Ladies' College. But while Anne enjoys the battles and the friends she makes, she finds herself returning to Avonlea.

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

1987

Solarbabies poster
5.3

In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.

Solarbabies

1986

Alone in the Neon Jungle poster
4.3

A by-the-book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told to get it cleaned up.

Alone in the Neon Jungle

1988

See China and Die poster
8.0

A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real-life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China.

See China and Die

1981

Uncle Tom's Cabin poster
7.0

The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

1987

Local Commercial poster
NR

A 58-year old director loses his job to a 14-year old director who loses his job to an 8-year old director.

Local Commercial

2012

Marilyn: The Untold Story poster
6.9

The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her marriages and untimely death.

Marilyn: The Untold Story

1980

The Miracle of Kathy Miller poster
8.5

With the support of her parents, an Arizona adolescent overcomes severe injuries to run in a 10K race.

The Miracle of Kathy Miller

1981

Spring Fever poster
3.6

Sexy Las Vegas showgirl Stevie Castle and society snob Celia Berryman are two tough-minded mothers of two very precocious young tennis champs. This unlikely duo meet and immediately clash at a tennis tournament which will name one of their daughters national champion. Meanwhile, young KC and Missy are caught up in their mothers' battle - until a mutual love of tennis draws them together to conspire to break away from the pressures of competition. The girls decide to spend 24 hours doing every wild and crazy thing they had ever dreamed up... and end up learning a lesson in grown up ways that will last them forever.

Spring Fever

1982

A Tattered Web poster
5.6

A detective discovers his son-in-law is cheating on his wife. He confronts the other woman and accidentally kills her, then tries to pin the crime on a local derelict.

A Tattered Web

1971

The Pilot poster
6.9

Mike Hagan is a pilot in passenger service and candidate for the honor "Best Pilot of the Year". Nobody knows that he's got private sorrows - he's an alcoholic. A stewardess notices his regular visits of the toilet and reports it.

The Pilot

1980

Cruise Into Terror poster
5.1

An Egyptian sarcophagus that is cargo on a pleasure cruise ship has a secret - it contains the son of Satan, and its effects start to make the ship's passengers behave strangely.

Cruise Into Terror

1978

Dr. Cook's Garden poster
6.8

A young doctor returns to his New England home town after a long absence. He visits with the town's kindly old physician, Dr. Cook, a man he has admired since childhood. However, he soon finds out that the old doctor isn't quite what he seems to be, and the young doctor finds his life in danger.

Dr. Cook's Garden

1971

Home at Last poster
6.0

Billy, a streetwise kid from New York City, is sent to Nebraska and is taken in by a Swedish farm family, the Andersons. Initially fearful and resentful, Billy doesn’t fit in, and he clashes with his new family and adoptive father (Frank Converse). Not until a terrible crisis occurs does Billy realize that, for the first time in his life, he truly belongs and is Home At Last.

Home at Last

1988

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force poster
4.4

The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

1978

Killer on Board poster
5.9

The passengers on a cruise ship are seized by panic when a deadly virus begins killing off passengers and crew.

Killer on Board

1977

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8.0

Dr. Sam Delaney a caring physician in charge of a District Health Office in Philadelphia, treats his patient as well as the patient's illness.

Chelsea D.H.O.

1973

The Rowdyman poster
4.0

Will Cole is a charismatic 35 year old paper mill laborer who seems to celebrate a life of bad choices. He lives and behaves as if he was still 18, womanizing and drinking and rejecting responsibility because he sees no reason to take life seriously. Surprisingly enough, despite his devil-may-care attitude, he has several important people in his life. He maintains a special relationship with Stan, an old mentor who lives in a nursing home, and Ruth, the only woman he truly cares about. Andrew is his best friend but grows tired of Will's antics, and he is soon to be married and moving on. Will constantly has something up his sleeve but his pranks inevitably bring pain and tragedy to those closest to him, forcing him to reevaluate his life and make some difficult decisions.

The Rowdyman

1972

Our Town poster
7.7

Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives. Using metatheatrical devices, Wilder sets the play in a 1930s theater. He uses the actions of the Stage Manager to create the town of Grover's Corners for the audience. Scenes from its history between the years of 1901 and 1913 play out. Originally broadcast on the Showtime Network, then as part of the PBS series "Masterpiece Theatre" (season 33, episode 1).

Our Town

2003

Primary Motive poster
7.0

In this political thriller, a gubernatorial candidate's idealistic press secretary discovers that the opposing political candidate has feathered the nest of his campaigns with terrible lies.

Primary Motive

1992