American actor
Frank Latimore
Born (1925-09-28 ) September 28, 1925Died November 29, 1998(1998-11-29) (aged 73) Years active 1944–1978 Spouse
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Franklin Latimore (born Franklin Latimore Kline ; September 28, 1925 – November 29, 1998) was an American actor.
Life and career
Latimore was born in Darien, Connecticut . He came from a well-to-do family, and was able to trace his lineage back to the American Revolutionary War . He ran away from home at an early age, and shortly thereafter got the lead part in a Broadway play. He began his acting career in the 1930s, when he and longtime friend Lloyd Bridges performed in summer stock theater at a playhouse in Weston, Vermont .
Latimore then went to Hollywood where he signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox , and proceeded to appear in such hits as In the Meantime, Darling , The Dolly Sisters , Three Little Girls in Blue , and Shock .
After his years at Fox, he made films in Europe, most of which were swashbucklers such as Balboa, Conquistador of the Pacific , The Golden Falcon , Devil's Cavaliers , and many others, including two Zorro films and some westerns.[ 1] These were starring roles, much bigger than his Hollywood roles, to the effect that he became the darling of the swashbucklers during the late 50s and early 60s. He appeared in the French film Purple Noon ,[ 2] as well as in the Italian melodrama A Woman Has Killed (1952). He also dubbed several European films into English.
Latimore appeared in two soap operas, playing Dr. Ed Coleridge on Ryan's Hope from 1975 to 1976, and Dr. Emmet Scott on Guiding Light from 1976 to 1979. He did some work for PBS, most notably appearing in a film about the Civil War.
While working in Rome, Italy, in the late 1940s, Latimore met and married Russian-born Valentina Nikitina (12/24/1920 - 3/8/2009) in 1948. Their civil marriage took place in Rome, Italy, and they settled in New York City shortly thereafter. In 1956, their marriage ended in divorce, but she kept her married name, Latimore, throughout her lifetime.
He married Rukmini Sukarno , an opera singer who was a daughter of President Sukarno of Indonesia , in 1967.[ 3] Their son, Chris Kline , is a journalist who was born in 1964.
On November 29, 1998, he died in his sleep, at the age of 73. His remains were cremated and buried beneath a venerable old apple tree on ancestral property in Vermont.
Selected filmography
In the Meantime, Darling (1944) – Lt. Daniel Ferguson
The Dolly Sisters (1945) – Irving Netcher
13 Rue Madeleine (1946) – Jeff Lassiter
Shock (1946) – Lt. Paul Stewart
Three Little Girls in Blue (1946) – Steve Harrington
The Razor's Edge (1946) – Bob MacDonald
Black Magic (1949) – Gilbert de Rezel
Yvonne of the Night (1949) – Il tenente Carlo Rutelli
Il caimano del Piave (1951) – Franco
The Ungrateful Heart (1951) – Enrico De Marchi
A Woman Has Killed (1952) – Capt. Roy Prescott
At Sword's Edge (1952) – Don Ruy
Three Forbidden Stories (1952) – Walter (Third segment)
The Enemy (1952) – Roberto
Sul ponte dei sospiri (1953) – Capitan Vessillo
Neapolitans in Milan (1953) – Parenti
Captain Phantom (1953) – Miguel, Duke of Canabil
For You I Have Sinned (1953) – Reder
Vestire gli ignudi (1954) – Franco Laspiga
Papà Pacifico (1954) – Carlo Torquati
Mata Hari's Daughter (1954) – Douglas Kent
The Prince with the Red Mask (1955) – Masuccio, il principe dalla maschera rossa
L'ultimo amante (1955) – Giorgio
Il falco d'oro (1955) – Simone
Lo spadaccino misterioso (1956) – Riccardo Degli Argentari
Terrore sulla città (1957)
Historias de la feria (1958) – Alfredo
Cuatro en la frontera (1958) – Javier
Secretaria para todo (1958) – Carlos García van Waguen
Conspiracy of the Borgias (1959) – Guido di Belmonte
John Paul Jones (1959) – Lt. Richard Dale
Devil's Cavaliers (1959) – Capt. Richard Stiller
Purple Noon (1960) – O'Brien
Seven in the Sun (1960) – Frank
Les Scélérats (1960) – Ted
The Gallant Hours (1960) – Halsey's Aide (uncredited)
Then There Were Three (1961) – Lt. Willotsky
Capitaine tempête (1961)
Rosa de Lima (1961) – Don Gil de Cepeda
Zorro the Avenger (1962) – Don José de la Torre – El Zorro
Shades of Zorro (1962) – Don José de la Torre – El Zorro
The Shortest Day (1963) – Un soldato siciliano (uncredited)
Los Conquistadores Del Pacífico (1963) – Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Juego de hombres (1963)
Apache Fury (1964) – Mayor Steve Loman
Cavalry Charge (1964) – Corporal Paul White
Hotel der toten Gäste (1965) – Larry Cornell
Los cuatreros (1965) – Ladd
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) – 1st U.N. Officer
The Honey Pot (1967) – Revenue Agent (scenes deleted)
The Sergeant (1968) – Capt. Loring
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969) – George (uncredited)
Patton (1970) – Lt. Col. Henry Davenport
Rosolino Paternò, soldato... (1970) – American Lieutenant
Mafia Connection (1970) – The American
Le foto proibite di una signora per bene (1970) – Peter (English version, voice, uncredited)
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971) – Traini (English version, voice, uncredited)
The Designated Victim (1971) – Stefano (English version, voice, uncredited)
A Bay of Blood (1971) – Frank (English version, voice, uncredited)
Hector the Mighty (1972) – Hector (English version, voice, uncredited)
Una mujer prohibida (1974) – Jaime
The Girl in Room 2A (1974) – Johnson
La encadenada (1975) – Alexander (English version, voice, uncredited)
All the President's Men (1976) – Judge
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