Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Graham attended the University of California for one year and left to begin his acting career in Seattle, both on the stage and in radio. He was brought to Hollywood in 1937 to join KNX Radio. He had been married two years before to Dorothy Jack of Seattle. He was the star of Night Cap Yarns over CBS from 1938 through 1942 and was the announcer of dozens of programs, including the Ginny Simms, Rudy Vallee and Nelson Eddy shows. He starred in Jeff Regan, Investigator and co-developed the radio drama Satan’s Waitin’ with Van Des Autels. Graham was also The Wandering Vaquero, the narrator of The Romance Of The Ranchos radio series (1941–1942), also on the CBS network. One of his few live action roles was playing the tile character in the film Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (1943). He had also served as a writer for the radio program on which the film was based upon. Graham played numerous characters in animated films for Walt Disney, MGM, Columbia and Warner Bros. He voiced the Wolf in Tex Avery's Droopy cartoons, as well as the Mouse in King-Size Canary at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He provided the voices of the Fox and Crow in the eponymous-named shorts at Columbia. He was found dead at age 35 in his convertible in the carport of his home in Los Angeles on September 2, 1950. A coroner declared he had committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Acted in 32
2020s
- 2023
Private SNAFU Golden Classics
(archive sound)
2000s
- 2007
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
Killer (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1950s
- 1950
The Chump Champ
Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Albert in Blunderland
Planning Board Ant / Ant Guards (voice)
Jerry and the Lion
Lion / Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1940s
- 1947
King-Size Canary
Mouse (voice)
Slap Happy Lion
Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
- 1946
Northwest Hounded Police
Escaped Prisoner (voice) (uncredited)
Springtime for Thomas
Jerry's Anti-Conscience / Butch (voice)
Baseball Bugs
Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
- 1945
Phoney Baloney
Fox / Crow (voice)
Flirty Birdy
Eagle (voice) (uncredited)
Treasure Jest
Fox / Crow (voice)
Swing Shift Cinderella
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Kuku Nuts
Fox / Crow (voice)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
Wolf / Bartender (uncredited)
Jerky Turkey
Junior Pilgrim (voice) (uncredited)
Fiesta Time
Donkey
- 1944
Mr. Moocher
Fox / Crow (voice)
Sadie Hawkins Day
Li'l Abner (voice)
The Dream Kids
Fox / Crow
- 1943
A-Hunting We Won't Go
Fox (voice) (uncredited)
Tree for Two
Fox / Crow
Red Hot Riding Hood
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Plenty Below Zero
Fox / Crow
Dumb-Hounded
The Killer (voice) (uncredited)
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Cosmo Jones
Slay It with Flowers
Fox / Crow
- 1942
Toll Bridge Troubles
Fox / Crow (voice) (uncredited)
The Early Bird Dood It!
Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Wrote 2
1950s
- 1950
Albert in Blunderland
Writer
1940s
- 1943
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Original Concept
Appearances24
1940s
- 1949
Each Dawn I Crow
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The House of Tomorrow
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
So Much for So Little
Narrator (voice)
- 1946
The Eager Beaver
Narrator (voice)
Bathing Time for Baby
Self - The Stork
- 1945
Tokyo Woes
Narrator
Fresh Airedale
Narrator, Shep's Master
Something You Didn't Eat
Narrator (voice)
African Diary
Narrator / Hyena (voice) (uncredited)
- 1944
Big Heel-Watha
Narrator / Interpreter / Indian Chief (voice) (uncredited)
A Few Quick Facts: Voting for Service Men Overseas
Narrator (uncredited)
The Chow Hound
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Lady and the Monster
Narrator
The Weakly Reporter
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Going Home
Narrator
- 1943
Chicken Little
Narrator / Foxy Loxy / Chicken Little / Cocky Locky / Turkey Lurkey / Additional characters (voice) (uncredited)
Reason and Emotion
Narrator / Reason (voice)
Coming!! Snafu
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1942
Blitz Wolf
Narrator (voice)
Foney Fables
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Horton Hatches the Egg
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Hollywood Detour
Narrator (uncredited)
- 1941
The Night Before Christmas
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
