Frank Overton
| Frank Overton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Frank Emmons Overton March 12, 1918 Babylon, New York, USA |
| Died | April 24, 1967 (aged 49) Pacific Palisades, California, USA |
| Cause of death | Myocardial infarction |
| Body discovered | April 24,1967 |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Home town | Babylon, New York |
| Spouse | Rosemary Clooney {1946-1952} Phyllis Hill {1962-1967} |
| Children | Jonathan Overton [b.1948] |
Frank Emmons Overton (March 12, 1918 – April 24, 1967) was an American actor.
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[edit] Early life
Overton was born in Babylon, New York.
[edit] Career
Overton appeared in numerous television programs during the early 1950s and through the late 1960s, including The Fugitive (TV series) in 1963. In his role as General Bogan in the film Fail-Safe (1964), Overton appeared in a famous scene where he makes small talk over a secure communications unit with his Soviet counterpart while thumbing through the man's dossier.
Overton played Major Stovall in the TV series Twelve O'Clock High, and also had a major role in the movie Wild River, where he appears as the jilted fiance of Lee Remick. His last TV role was that of "Elias Sandoval" in Star Trek's "This Side of Paradise", which originally aired in March 1967 just one month before his sudden death, at age 49.
[edit] Death
Overton died after a heart attack in 1967 in Pacific Palisades, California. Overton was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, in the Garden of Memory (formerly Section 6), L-44, with actress wife Phyllis Hill, who died in 1993.
[edit] Selected filmography
- "Walking Distance" (1959) and "Mute" (1963), episodes of The Twilight Zone
- Twelve O'Clock High (1964–1967) (TV series)
- Fail-Safe (1964);
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- Claudelle Inglish (1961)
- Bonanza (TV series)
- 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)
