- Frank Overton
Frank Emmons Overton (
March 12 1918 –April 24 1967 ) was an Americanactor .Born in
Babylon, New York , he appeared in countlesstelevision program s during the early 1950s through the late 1960s. In his Gen. Bogan role in "Fail-Safe " (1964), there is a haunting scene where he makes small talk over a secure communications unit with his Soviet counterpart while thumbing through the man's dossier. His last TV role was that of "Elias Sandoval" in "'s" "This Side of Paradise", which originally aired in March 1967.Overton died after a heart attack in 1967 in
Pacific Palisades, California .Selected Filmography
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Walking Distance " episode of "The Twilight Zone" (1959)
*"Twelve O'Clock High" (1964-1967) (TV series)
*"Fail-Safe " (1964);
*"To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962)
*"Claudelle Inglish" (1961)
*"Posse from Hell" (1961)
*"The Dark at the Top of the Stairs " (1960)
*"Wild River " (1960)
*"The Last Mile" (1959)
*"Desire Under the Elms" (1958)
*"Lonelyhearts " (1958)
*"The True Story of Jesse James" (1957)
*"The Trip to Bountiful " (1953) (TV)External links
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