Frank Converse | |
|---|---|
 Jack Warden with Converse (right) as Johnny Corso in N.Y.P.D. , 1968 | |
| Born | May 22, 1938 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Years active | 1966-2012 |
| Spouse(s) | Maureen Anderman (1982-present); 2 children Carol Tawser (divorced); 2 children |
Frank Converse (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor.
Converse was born in 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] In 1962, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[ citation needed ]
On Broadway, he starred in The Philadelphia Story (1980), Design for Living (1984), A Streetcar Named Desire (1988), and Lady in the Dark (1994). Off-Broadway, he starred in The House of Blue Leaves (1971) and South Pacific . In 2007, he appeared at the Hartford Stage in Thornton Wilder's Our Town with Hal Holbrook. Converse also did television commercials for Black & Decker in the late 1980s.
Converse was the star of five television series: Coronet Blue , N.Y.P.D. (not to be confused with NYPD Blue ), Movin' On , The Family Tree , and Dolphin Cove . [2] He played Harry O'Neill on One Life to Live and Ned Simon on As the World Turns , and he had a brief role in All My Children . He appeared opposite Bing Crosby in the 1971 TV movie thriller Dr. Cook's Garden and played Morgan Harris in Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (also known as Anne of Avonlea). [3] He starred in the Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) as Jack in "Bird of Prey" (1984, series 7, episode 10). He also played Bill Davenport on an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent titled "Tomorrow".
His film career included roles in Hurry Sundown (1967), Hour of the Gun (1967, as Virgil Earp), The Rowdyman (1972), Killer on Board (1977), Cruise Into Terror (1978), The Pilot (1980), The Bushido Blade (1981), Spring Fever (1982), Solarbabies (1986), Everybody Wins (1990) [4] and Primary Motive (1992). He also guested on such popular 70s shows as "The Mod Squad", "Medical Center", "Police Story", "Rhoda" "The Love Boat", "Baa Baa Black Sheep" and "The Bionic Woman". HOT SHOT Black Sheep Squadron 1978 S2.E10 as Major Burton Cannon. An army pilot is attached to the Black Sheep squadron in an effort to allow him to be the top scoring ace against the Japanese. His directness and competitiveness soon leads him into conflict with the men he is flying with.
Divorced from Carol Tauser, then Astrid Ronning, he is currently married to actress Maureen Anderman.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Hurry Sundown | Rev. Clem De Lavery | |
| 1967 | Hour of the Gun | Virgil Earp | |
| 1971 | Dr. Cook's Garden | Jimmy Tennyson | TV movie |
| 1971 | A Tattered Web | Steve Butler | |
| 1972 | The Rowdyman | Andrew Scott | |
| 1977 | Killer on Board | Dr. Paul | TV movie |
| 1974-1976 | Movin' On | Will Chandler | TV series |
| 1978 | Cruise Into Terror | Matt Lazarus | TV movie |
| 1979 | The Bushido Blade | Captain Lawrence Hawk | |
| 1980 | The Pilot | Jim Cochran | |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Dim | |
| 1982 | Spring Fever | Lewis Berryman | |
| 1986 | Solarbabies | Greentree | |
| 1987 | Anne of Avonlea | Morgan Harris | |
| 1990 | Everybody Wins | Charley Haggerty | |
| 1992 | Primary Motive | John Eastham |
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