Frank Graham
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Frank Graham attended the University of California for one year and left to begin his acting career in Seattle, both on the stage and in radio. He was brought to Hollywood in 1937 to join KNX Radio. He had been married two years before to Dorothy Jack of Seattle. He was the star of Night Cap Yarns over CBS from 1938 through 1942 and was the announcer of dozens of programs, including the Ginny Simms, Rudy Vallee and Nelson Eddy shows.
He starred in Jeff Regan, Investigator and co-developed the radio drama Satan’s Waitin’ with Van Des Autels. Graham was also The Wandering Vaquero, the narrator of The Romance Of The Ranchos radio series (1941–1942), also on the CBS network.
One of his few live action roles was playing the tile character in the film Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (1943). He had also served as a writer for the radio program on which the film was based upon.
Graham played numerous characters in animated films for Walt Disney, MGM, Columbia and Warner Bros. He voiced the Wolf in Tex Avery's Droopy cartoons, as well as the Mouse in King-Size Canary at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He provided the voices of the Fox and Crow in the eponymous-named shorts at Columbia.
He was found dead at age 35 in his convertible in the carport of his home in Los Angeles on September 2, 1950. A coroner declared he had committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Acted in
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
2007
as Narrator (archive footage)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
2007
as Killer
The Chump Champ
1950
as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Jerry and the Lion
1950
as The Lion (voice) (uncredited)
Albert in Blunderland
1950
as Planning Board Ant / Ant Guards (voice)
Each Dawn I Crow
1949
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The House of Tomorrow
1949
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
So Much for So Little
1949
as Narrator
King-Size Canary
1947
as Mouse (voice)
Slap Happy Lion
1947
as Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Northwest Hounded Police
1946
as Escaped Prisoner (voice) (uncredited)
Honesty Is the Best Policy
1946
as Professor J. Waldo Purrington / Fish Vendor (voice)
The Eager Beaver
1946
as Narrator (voice)
Springtime for Thomas
1946
as Jerry's Devil Conscience / Butch (voice)
Catnipped
1946
as Doctors
Baseball Bugs
1946
as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Tokyo Woes
1945
as Narrator
Phoney Baloney
1945
as Fox / Crow (voice)
Treasure Jest
1945
as Fox / Crow (voice)
Swing Shift Cinderella
1945
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Fresh Airedale
1945
as Narrator, Shep's Master
Hot Footlights
1945
as Cowboy / King Cole
Kuku Nuts
1945
as Fox / Crow (voice)
Something You Didn't Eat
1945
as Narrator (voice)
African Diary
1945
as Narrator / Hyena
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
1945
as Wolf
Jerky Turkey
1945
as Junior Pilgrim (voice)
Fiesta Time
1945
as Donkey
The Three Caballeros
1944
as (voice)
Big Heel-Watha
1944
as Narrator / Interpreter / Indian Chief (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Moocher
1944
as Fox / Crow (voice)
A Few Quick Facts: Voting for Service Men Overseas
1944
as Narrator (uncredited)
Mr. Fore by Fore
1944
as Bull / Golfer
The Chow Hound
1944
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Dream Kids
1944
as Fox / Crow
The Lady and the Monster
1944
as Narrator
Going Home
1944
as Narrator
Chicken Little
1943
as Narrator / Foxy Loxy / Chicken Little / Cocky Locky / Turkey Lurkey / Additional characters (voice) (uncredited)
Rumors
1943
as Narrator - Soldier (voice)
The Cocky Bantam
1943
as Freddy Falcon / Dick Rooster / Hooded Salesman
Dizzy Newsreel
1943
as Narrator / Various
Reason and Emotion
1943
as Narrator / Reason (voice)
The Fly In The Ointment
1943
as Fly / Bats
Tree for Two
1943
as Fox / Crow
Coming!! Snafu
1943
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Duty and the Beast
1943
as Narrator / Dog
The Lonesome Mouse
1943
as (voice) (uncredited)
Red Hot Riding Hood
1943
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Plenty Below Zero
1943
as Fox / Crow
Dumb-Hounded
1943
as The Killer (voice) (uncredited)
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
1943
as Cosmo Jones
Slay It with Flowers
1943
as Fox / Crow
King Midas, Junior
1942
as Narrator / Radio Announce
Toll Bridge Troubles
1942
as Fox / Crow (voice) (uncredited)
Fox Pop
1942
as Fox Prisoner (voice)
The Early Bird Dood It!
1942
as Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Saludos Amigos
1942
as Self
Blitz Wolf
1942
as Narrator (voice)
Foney Fables
1942
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild and Woozy West
1942
as Sheriff (voice)
Horton Hatches the Egg
1942
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Wacky Wigwams
1942
as Narrator / Indians
The Night Before Christmas
1941
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Private SNAFU Coming!!
as (archive sound)