Frank Latimore
American actor (1925–1998)
Franklin Latimore (born Franklin Latimore Kline; September 28, 1925 – November 29, 1998) was an American actor.
Life and career
Latimore was born in Darien, Connecticut. He came from a well-to-do family, and was able to trace his lineage back to the American Revolutionary War. He ran away from home at an early age, and shortly thereafter got the lead part in a Broadway play. He appeared as "Franklin Kline" in the original Broadway production of Janie, which opened September 10, 1942, at Henry Miller's Theatre and ran 642 performances, directed by Antoinette Perry (the "Tony" of the Tony Awards). He began his acting career in the 1930s, when he and longtime friend Lloyd Bridges performed in summer stock theater at a playhouse in Weston, Vermont. Lloyd Bridges worked as a drama teacher at Cherry Lawn School in Darien, Connecticut, the exact town where Franklin Latimore was born and where his family lived. This is very likely how they knew each other. Lloyd Bridges also helped launch the Weston Playhouse's first professional summer season in 1937.
Latimore then went to Hollywood where he signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox, and proceeded to appear in such hits as In the Meantime, Darling, The Dolly Sisters, Three Little Girls in Blue, and Shock.
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