Frank Fay

Personal Info

Birthday

November 15, 1891

Day of Death

1961-09-26

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Francis Anthony Donner

Frank Fay

Biography

Frank Fay (November 17, 1891 – September 25, 1961) was an American film and stage actor, emcee, comedian, best-known as an actor for having played "Elwood P. Dowd" in the play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase on Broadway.

Known For

Nothing Sacred

The Stolen Jools

The Show of Shows

Love Nest

I Want a Divorce

They Knew What They Wanted

Stars Over Broadway

A Fool's Advice

Filmography

1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1951
Love Nest
as Charles Kenneth 'Charley' Patterson
1943
Spotlight Scandals
as Frank Fay
1940
They Knew What They Wanted
as Father McKee
I Want a Divorce
as Jeff Gilman
1937
Nothing Sacred
as Master of Ceremonies
1935
Stars Over Broadway
as Announcer
1932
A Fool's Advice
as Spencer Brown
1931
Round About Hollywood
as Self
God's Gift to Women
as Toto Duryea
The Stolen Jools
as Frank Fay
1930
Bright Lights
as Wally Dean
The Matrimonial Bed
as Leopold Trebel/Adolphe Noblet
Under a Texas Moon
as Don Carlos
1929
The Show of Shows
as Master of Ceremonies