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Frank Converse | |
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 Converse as Johnny Corso in N.Y.P.D. , 1968 | |
| Born | May 22, 1938 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Years active | 1960s-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 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 1970s shows as The Mod Squad , Medical Center , Police Story , Rhoda , The Love Boat , Baa Baa Black Sheep and The Bionic Woman .
Divorced from Carol Tauser, then Astrid Ronning, he is currently married to actress Maureen Anderman.[ citation needed ]
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1967 | Hurry Sundown | Rev. Clem De Lavery | Film |
| 1967 | Hour of the Gun | Virgil Earp | Film |
| 1967 | Coronet Blue | Michael Alden | 1 season - 13 episodes |
| 1967-69 | N.Y.P.D. | Detective Johnny Corso | 49 episodes |
| 1970 | The Mod Squad | Warren Loring | Episode: "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot" |
| 1970 | The Young Rebels | Robert Larkin | Episode: "Father and I Went Down to Camp" |
| 1970 | The Young Lawyers | Dr. Vince Sabowski | Episode: "Is There a Good Samaritan in the House?" |
| 1970 | Medical Center | Pete Barris | Episode: "Trial by Terror" |
| 1971 | Dr. Cook's Garden | Jimmy Tennyson | ABC Movie of the Week |
| 1971 | A Tattered Web | Steve Butler | TV movie |
| 1972 | Alias Smith and Jones | Chris Truitt | Episode: "Bushwack!" |
| 1972 | The Rowdyman | Andrew Scott | Film |
| 1973 | The Starlost | Dr. Gerald W. Aaron | Episode: "Lazarus from the Mist" |
| 1973 | Columbo | Mr. Fallon | Episode: "Requiem for a Falling Star" |
| 1974–76 | Movin' On | Will Chandler | 45 episodes |
| 1977 | Killer on Board | Dr. Paul | TV movie |
| 1977 | Rhoda | Sam Ellis | Episode: "The Second Time Around" |
| 1978 | The Love Boat | Bill Thompson | Season 1 episode 17:“The Last of the Stubings/The Million Dollar Man/The Sisters" |
| 1978 | Black Sheep Squadron | Major Burton Cannon | Episode: "Hotshot" |
| 1978 | The Bionic Woman | Jed Kimball | Episode: "Deadly Music" |
| 1978 | Cruise Into Terror | Matt Lazarus | TV movie |
| 1979 | The Bushido Blade | Captain Lawrence Hawk | Film |
| 1980 | The Pilot | Jim Cochran | Film |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Dim | Film |
| 1981 | Fantasy Island | Tony Edwards | Episode: "Romance Times Three/Night of the Tormented Soul" |
| 1982 | Spring Fever | Lewis Berryman | Film |
| 1983 | The Family Tree | Kevin Nichols | 1 season - 6 episodes |
| 1984 | Tales of the Unexpected | Jack | Episode: "Bird of Prey" |
| 1984-87 | One Life to Live | Harry O'Neill | 8 episodes |
| 1985 | Magnum, P.I. | Sam Henderson | Episode: "The Kona Winds" |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Guthrie Browne | Episode: "Back Home" |
| 1986 | Hotel | John Dunson | Episode: "Hearts Divided" |
| 1986 | Solarbabies | Greentree | Film |
| 1987 | Anne of Avonlea | Morgan Harris | TV miniseries |
| 1989 | Dolphin Cove | Michael Larson | 1 season - 8 episodes |
| 1990 | Everybody Wins | Charley Haggerty | Film |
| 1991–2008 | Law & Order | (various) | 5 episodes |
| 1992 | Primary Motive | John Eastham | Film |
| 1992-93 | As the World Turns | Ned Simon | 9 episodes |
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Everett Buffum | Episode: "The Dream Team" |
| 1998 | The Practice | Dr. Jordan | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Bill Davenport | Episode: "Tomorrow" |
