Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro (December 22, 1917 – December 25, 1976) was an American actor. Born into a show-business family - his parents were circus aerialists - Darro appeared in his first film at age six. Due to his small size and youthful appearance, he played teenagers well into his 20s. Always a physical performer, Darro often did his own stunts, many times out of necessity - his small stature made it difficult to find stunt doubles his size. He was an accomplished horseman and, in addition to westerns, made several films where he played jockeys. In 1933 he played the lead as a troubled teen in a major film for Warner Brothers, "Wild Boys Of The Road." It is a pre-code film with a realistic look at "The Great Depression," from the point of view of the youth of the time. This film seems to have been rediscovered only recently and has received critical acclaim.That same year, he played a troubled youth in the James Cagney classic, "The Mayor Of Hell". Later in 1935, he had a key role in the cult serial classic "The Phantom Empire"(1935). As Darro got older, however, he found it increasingly difficult to secure employment, and by the late 1940s was doing uncredited stunt work and bit parts. He had a recurring role on The Red Skelton Hour (1951), unrecognized by his fans, he played "Robby The Robot" in the groundbreaking sci-fi film "The Forbidden Planet" (1956), though Marvin Miller, best remembered as Michael Anthony of TVs "Millionaire"(1955-60), was the robot's voice. After that Frankie appeared sporadically in films and on TV .

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1917-12-22

Died: 1976-12-25

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1924	Judgment of the Storm	Heath Twin	0
2	1924	The Signal Tower	Sonny Tolliver	52
3	1924	Racing for Life	Jimmy Danton	0
4	1924	Roaring Rails	Little Bill	68
5	1924	So Big	Dirk DeJong (child)	0
6	1925	The Wyoming Wildcat	Barnie Finn	0
7	1925	Confessions of a Queen	Prince Zara	70
8	1925	The Midnight Flyer	Young Davey	0
9	1925	The Cowboy Musketeer	Billy Gordon	0
10	1926	Born to Battle	Birdie	0
11	1926	Memory Lane	Urchin	0
12	1926	Kiki	Pierre	70
13	1926	Mike	Boy	0
14	1926	The Masquerade Bandit	Tim Marble	0
15	1926	Hearts and Spangles	Bobby	0
16	1926	The Cowboy Cop	Frankie	0
17	1926	Flesh and the Devil	Boy who dances with Hertha (uncredited)	72
18	1927	Lightning Lariats	Alexis, King of Roxenburg	0
19	1927	Moulders of Men	Sandy Barry	0
20	1927	Tom's Gang	Spuds	0
21	1927	Judgement Of The Hills	Tad Dennison	0
22	1927	Little Mickey Grogan	Mickey Grogan	0
23	1928	The Phantom of the Range	Spuds O'Brien	0
24	1928	Texas Tornado	Buddy Martin	0
25	1928	The Circus Kid	Buddy	0
26	1929	Trail of the Horse Thieves	Buddy	0
27	1929	Rainbow Man	Billy Ryan	0
28	1929	Blaze o' Glory	Jean Williams	0
29	1931	The Public Enemy	Matt as a Boy (uncredited)	72
30	1931	The Vanishing Legion	Jimmie Williams	90
31	1931	The Mad Genius	Fedor as a Boy	63
32	1931	The Sin of Madelon Claudet	Larry Claudet - as a Boy (uncredited)	59
33	1931	The Lightning Warrior	Jimmy Carter	50
34	1931	Way Back Home	Robbie	62
35	1932	Amateur Daddy	Pete Smith	0
36	1932	Hollywood on Parade	Self	30
37	1932	Hollywood on Parade No. A-3	Self (uncredited)	0
38	1932	Three on a Match	Bobby (uncredited)	63
39	1932	The Devil Horse	Frankie Graham - The Wild Boy	40
40	1933	The Mayor of Hell	James 'Jimmie' Smith	72
41	1933	Laughing at Life	Chango	60
42	1933	Tugboat Annie	Alec, as a Child	70
43	1933	The Wolf Dog	Frank Courtney	78
44	1933	Wild Boys of the Road	Eddie Smith	69
45	1934	Little Men	Dan	50
46	1934	The Big Race	Knobby	0
47	1934	Hollywood on Parade No. B-1		60
48	1934	No Greater Glory	Feri Ats	67
49	1934	The Merry Frinks	Norman Frink	37
50	1934	Burn 'Em Up Barnes	Bobbie Riley	52
51	1934	Broadway Bill	Ted Williams	60
52	1935	The Payoff	Jimmy Moore	49
53	1935	Red Hot Tires	Johnny	58
54	1935	The Phantom Empire	Frankie Baxter	55
55	1935	Unwelcome Stranger	Charlie Anderson	0
56	1935	Stranded	James 'Jimmy' Rivers	58
57	1935	Men of Action	Johnny Morgan	50
58	1935	Valley of Wanted Men	Slivers Sanderson	50
59	1935	3 Kids and a Queen	Blackie	60
60	1936	Black Gold	Clifford 'Fishtail' O'Reilly	50
61	1936	The Ex-Mrs. Bradford	Spike Salisbury (uncredited)	62
62	1936	Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs	Self	10
63	1936	Charlie Chan at the Race Track	'Tip' Collins, Jockey	71
64	1936	Born to Fight	'Babyface' Madison	0
65	1936	Racing Blood	Frankie Reynolds	40
66	1936	Mind Your Own Business	Bob	0
67	1937	The Devil Diamond	Lee	38
68	1937	Tough to Handle	Mike Sanford	50
69	1937	Anything for a Thrill	Dan Mallory	20
70	1937	Saratoga	Dixie Gordon	62
71	1937	Headline Crasher	James 'Jimmy' Forbush Tallant, Jr.	0
72	1937	Thoroughbreds Don't Cry	"Dink" Reid	57
73	1937	Young Dynamite	Freddie Shields	10
74	1938	Reformatory	Louie Miller	60
75	1938	The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok	Jerry	0
76	1938	Juvenile Court	Stubby	50
77	1938	Wanted by the Police	Danny Murphy	60
78	1938	Tough Kid	'Skipper' Murphy	60
79	1939	Boys' Reformatory	Tommy Ryan	40
80	1939	Irish Luck	Buzzy O'Brien	58
81	1940	Chasing Trouble	Jimmy O'Brien	50
82	1940	Pinocchio	Lampwick (voice) (uncredited)	71
83	1940	Men with Steel Faces	Frankie Baxter	50
84	1940	On the Spot	Frankie 'Doc' Kelly	55
85	1940	Laughing at Danger	Frankie Kelly	0
86	1940	Up in the Air	Frankie Ryan	55
87	1941	You're Out of Luck	Frankie O'Reilly	60
88	1941	The Gang's All Here	Frankie O'Malley	50
89	1941	Let's Go Collegiate	Frankie Monahan	50
90	1941	Tuxedo Junction	Jack 'Sock' Anderson	0
91	1942	Junior G-Men of the Air	Jack	60
92	1942	Dead End Kids Go To War	Jack	0
93	1944	Take It or Leave It	Radio Listener	40
94	1946	Freddie Steps Out	Roy Donne	40
95	1946	Junior Prom	Roy Donne	40
96	1946	High School Hero	Roy Donne	50
97	1947	Vacation Days	Roy Donne	40
98	1947	Sarge Goes to College	Roy Donne	40
99	1947	That's My Man	Jockey	60
100	1948	Smart Politics	Roy Donne	60
101	1948	Angels' Alley	Cousin Jimmy	40
102	1948	Heart of Virginia	Jimmy Easter	0
103	1948	Trouble Makers	Ben Feathers	57
104	1949	Fighting Fools	Johnny Higgins	50
105	1949	Hold That Baby!	Bananas Stewart	50
106	1949	Sons of New Mexico	Gig Jackson	50
107	1950	Riding High	Jockey Williams	58
108	1950	Wyoming Mail	Rufe	44
109	1951	Pride of Maryland	Steve Loomis	0
110	1951	Across the Wide Missouri	Cadet (uncredited)	59
111	1951	Westward the Women	Jean's Awaiting Groom (uncredited)	70
112	1952	Pat and Mike	Caddy (uncredited)	63
113	1953	Two Gun Marshal	Clint Slocum	0
114	1954	The Lawless Rider	Jim Bascom	40
115	1956	Forbidden Planet	Robby the Robot (interior) (uncredited)	72
116	1959	Operation Petticoat	Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Dooley	72
117	1968	The Movie Orgy	Self (archive footage)	65
118	1969	Hook, Line and Sinker	Delivery Man (uncredited)	41
119	1974	The Girl on the Late, Late Show	Studio Guard	55
120	1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)	57
121	1975	Fugitive Lovers	Lester the Drunk	20

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
2	1954	Public Defender		60
3	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Little Dandy Dorf	77
4	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Boots	77
5	1956	Hey, Jeannie!	Caddy	55
6	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
7	1957	Perry Mason	Elevator Operator	77
8	1957	Perry Mason	Messenger	77
9	1958	Peter Gunn		65
10	1958	Bat Masterson	Edward 'Snapper' Garrison	61
11	1959	Mr. Lucky		64
12	1960	Checkmate	Sonny	41
13	1961	Mister Ed		68
14	1962	Going My Way		57
15	1964	The Addams Family	Delivery Boy	80
16	1966	Batman	Newsman	73

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