Personal Info
Birth date
1943-12-09 (81 Years)
Day of death
2000-04-18
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Also known as
Tony L. Frank
Tony Lavelle Frank
Tony Frank
Biography
Known for appearances in North and South (1985-86), Young Guns II (1990) and Varsity Blues (1999), Tony Frank was an American character actor, primarily in Made-for-TV features but occasionally in cinematic productions or one-off television guest roles. He was married to Katherine Swango from 1973-82.
Filmography
MacGyver
7.719
Overview:
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.The Golden Girls
7.537
Overview:
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.Walker, Texas Ranger
6.962
Overview:
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.Knots Landing
6.718
Overview:
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.Remington Steele
7.093
Overview:
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.North and South
7.456
Overview:
The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.C à vous
6
Overview:
Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a meal prepared by a qualified chef, artists in promotion.Broadside
6
Overview:
Lt. Anne Morgan and her fellow Waves are posted to the backwater station on Ranakai, much to the displeasure of Commander Adrian. So his South Seas idyll, including gourmet cook, isn't disrupted has Adrian scheming to transfer the women.Hill Street Blues
7.59
Overview:
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.L.A. Law
7.1
Overview:
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.Born on the Fourth of July
7.014
Overview:
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.UHF
6.67
Overview:
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.Rush
6.6
Overview:
Undercover cop Jim Raynor is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates, is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines. While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.Tender Mercies
6.703
Overview:
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.Lone Star
7.012
Overview:
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.Night Game
4.333
Overview:
A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.Talk Radio
7
Overview:
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.Extreme Prejudice
6.2
Overview:
Directed by the legendary Walter Hill, this gritty, modern Western is regarded as a classic and features an all-star cast with Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso, Rip Torn, and Michael Ironside. Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen (Nolte) locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey (Boothe), now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest in the sensual Sarita (Alonso). When a crew of rogue soldiers descends upon the border town for an off-the-books mission, all roads lead to a bloody, to-the-death showdown, as loyalties shift and the lines between good and evil are blurred.Johnny Be Good
4.551
Overview:
It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?Sweet Dreams
6.5
Overview:
The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.North Dallas Forty
6.7
Overview:
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.The River Rat
6.205
Overview:
On the lazy banks of the Mississippi, a young girl is reunited with her time-served but innocent father. But the reunion is tainted with the whereabouts of the stolen loot, and those who come looking for it...The Con
5.333
Overview:
A lonely gas station attendent in Mississippi falls in love with a con woman who wants to get her hands on an inheritance he doesn't know about.Alamo Bay
5.9
Overview:
A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town.Thompson's Last Run
NYR
Overview:
A hardened con being transferred from a federal penitentiary to a Texas institution to finish a life sentence as a habitual criminal is freed at gunpoint by his niece. The police man, who was transferring him and has been the con's adversary for over 30 years, vows to catch the twosome.Adam
7.346
Overview:
Based on the true story that shocked the nation and led to vast changes in how law enforcement handled missing children cases...John and Reve Walsh deal with their grief in front of the whole country when their son, Adam, is abducted and later found dead.The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid
NYR
Overview:
The award-winning Coke commercial becomes a heart-warming story!Broken Promise
6
Overview:
A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger brothers and sisters together as a family after their parents abandoned them, despite a bureaucrat's insistence that it is impossible to locate a single foster home for all five.In Broad Daylight
5.7
Overview:
The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not being able to pay his sweets triggers off his persecution complex. As revenge for the believed insult, the whole family starts stalking the shop owner and her husband... until this escalates and the old man gets badly injured. Len is arrested, but gets off, free on bail. His clever attorney delays the court session for more than a year - while Rowan keeps threatening the witnesses. But then, the people feel they've had enough of this and decide to take the law in their own hands...Acting
2009C à vous (1 Episode) as Self
2001On the Borderline as Kane
1998The Con as Edgar Wallace
1996Two Mothers for Zachary as Ben Delaney
1996Lone Star as Fenton
1996The Road to Galveston as Leroy
1995The Unspoken Truth as Greg Thorpe
1994The Substitute Wife as Major Willows
1993Walker, Texas Ranger (1 Episode) as Harland Rogers
1992Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life as Raby
1992Bed of Lies as Sheriff Eckols
1991Rush as Nettle
1991Wild Texas Wind as District Attorney
1991Final Verdict as C.C. McComas
1991A Climate for Killing as Sheriff Elmer Waters
1991In Broad Daylight as Sheriff Phil Lewis
1989Born on the Fourth of July as Mr. Wilson
1989Night Game as Alex Lynch
1989UHF as Teri's Father
1989Riverbend as Sheriff Jake
1988Talk Radio as Dino
1988Johnny Be Good as Joe Bob
1987Extreme Prejudice as Clarence King
1987Abduction as Unknown
1986L.A. Law (1 Episode) as Eugene Lavanchy
1986Dalton: Code of Vengeance II as Tommy Honus
1986Thompson's Last Run as Sheriff
1985North and South (3 Episodes) as Salem Jones
1985Sweet Dreams as Bartender
1985MacGyver (1 Episode) as Front Desk Clerk
1985The Golden Girls (1 Episode) as Cowboy #1
1985Alamo Bay as Leroy
1984The River Rat as Poley
1983Adam as Lt. Richard Hynds
1983Tender Mercies as Man at Motel
1982Remington Steele (1 Episode) as Clint Overton
1981The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid as Newsman
1981Broken Promise as Barnes
1981Crisis at Central High as Hildebrand
1981Hill Street Blues (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Knots Landing (1 Episode) as Attendant
1979North Dallas Forty as Rindquist
1964Broadside (1 Episode) as The 2nd Yeoman