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Frank Ashmore | |
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| Born | El Paso, Texas, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–present |
Frank Ashmore is an American actor.
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Frank Ashmore | |
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| Born | El Paso, Texas, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–present |
Frank Ashmore is an American actor.
He is perhaps best known for his role as "Martin" in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and its 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle . He reprised his role in the pilot episode of V: The Series [1] -- and as Martin's brother "Philip" (A Supreme Commander appointed to investigate the murder of Supreme Commander "Charles", who had married V villainess "Diana" and died on the wedding night from a poisoned drink; he later became a "Fifth Columnist" like Martin).
Ashmore appeared in the 1980 hit comedy film Airplane! , Airplane II: The Sequel [2] and films such as Gable and Lombard (1976), Invisible Strangler (1978), Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979) and Monster in the Closet (1986). In 1981, he appeared on both Days of Our Lives as a hit man out to kill Julie Williams and General Hospital as Monica Quartermaine's private investigator. He also had a supporting role in the 2012 independent thriller Extracted . He made guest appearances on various television shows including Happy Days , The Bob Newhart Show , Battlestar Galactica , Touched by an Angel , The West Wing and the current version of Hawaii Five-O . In 2010, he had a recurring role in season 4 of The Guild . He voiced Jimmy the Grape in the video game The Darkness II . He voiced Leone "Leo" Galante in the 2010 video game Mafia II , and its sequel Mafia III . He also voiced Austin Buckell in the 2013 video game Dead Space 3 .
Ashmore won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Featured Performance in 2005. [3] In 2009, he was nominated for Best Actor by the 168 Hour Film Project, a Christian film festival, for the short Stealing Home. [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Black Eye | Chess | Credited as Frank Stell |
| 1976 | Gable and Lombard | Ragland | Credited as Frank Stell |
| 1978 | Invisible Strangler | Roger Sands | |
| 1979 | Parts: The Clonus Horror | George Walker | |
| 1980 | Airplane! | Victor Basta | |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Controller #3 | |
| 1986 | Monster in the Closet | Scoop | |
| 2007 | Game of Life | Rick | |
| 2011 | A Letter to Momo | Sachio Sadahama (voice) | English dub |
| 2012 | Extracted | Martino | |
| 2012 | I Will Follow You Into the Dark | Mr. Carter | |
| 2012 | It's Not That Simple | Dr. Edwards | |
| 2012 | Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes | Carl Drybeck [5] | |
| 2015 | 400 Days | Garcia | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Alias Smith and Jones | Guard | Episode: "The Day the Amnesty Came Through" |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | Intern | Episode: "The Eyes That Wouldn't Die" |
| 1973 | Banacek | Airline Clerk | Episode: "The Greatest Collection of Them All" |
| 1974 | The Streets of San Francisco | Sniper | Episode: "Crossfire" |
| 1974 | Happy Days | Johnny | Episode: "Wish Upon a Star" |
| 1975 | Petrocelli | Alec McCaslin | Episode: "The Kidnapping" |
| 1975 | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Mark Linden | Episode: "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose" |
| 1978 | The Next Step Beyond | Peter Holmby | Episode: "The Pact" |
| 1978 | The Bob Newhart Show | Major Hartman, Phil Morgan | Episode: "Group on a Hot Tin Roof" |
| 1978–80 | Barnaby Jones | Ted Goff, Donald Forest | 2 episodes |
| 1979 | Battlestar Galactica | Flight Sergeant Ortega | Episode: "Murder on the Rising Star" |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | Bolen | Episode: "Taxi in the Rain" |
| 1979, 1981 | CHiPs | Larry Fletcher, Lance | 2 episodes |
| 1980 | Laverne & Shirley | Bob Gatenby | Episode: "The Dating Game" |
| 1981 | Days of Our Lives | Brent Cavanaugh | Unknown episodes |
| 1981 | General Hospital | Corrigan | 1 episode |
| 1983 | V | Martin | Miniseries |
| 1984 | The New Mike Hammer | Alex | 2 episodes |
| 1984 | V: The Final Battle | Martin | Miniseries |
| 1984–85 | V | Philip, Martin | 7 episodes |
| 1985 | T. J. Hooker | Carl David Beeman | Episode: "To Kill a Cop" |
| 1986 | Shadow Chasers | Miles | Episode: "Blood and Magnolias" |
| 1987 | Hunter | Carl Brand | Episode: "Night on Bald Mountain" |
| 1987 | L.A. Law | Bruce Wellman | Episode: "Brackman Vasektimized" |
| 1998 | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Sheriff | Episode: "Solo Flight" |
| 1998 | The Practice | Mr. Mayfield | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Touched by an Angel | Mac | Episode: "The Man Upstairs" |
| 2002 | The District | Mr. Stockwell | Episode: "The Second Man" |
| 2004 | The West Wing | Congressman Chris Finn | Episode: "Full Disclosure" |
| 2006 | Criminal Minds | Henry Davin | Episode: "The Perfect Storm" |
| 2008 | The Shield | Cy | Episode: "Party Line" |
| 2010 | The Guild | Ollie | 6 episodes |
| 2012 | Rizzoli & Isles | Ryan Finnegan | Episode: "Home Town Glory" |
| 2014 | Hawaii Five-0 | Jeff Harrison | Episode: "Ke Koho Mamau Aku" |
| 2017 | Room 104 | Older Patrick | Episode: "I Know You Weren't Dead" |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mafia II | Leo Galante |
| 2012 | The Darkness II | Jimmy the Grape, Dr. James |
| 2013 | Dead Space 3 | Austin Buckell |
| 2013 | The Bureau: XCOM Declassified | Dr. Hara |
| 2016 | Mafia III | Leo Galante, Additional Voices |
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