Frank Conroy (actor)
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14 October 1890
Frank Conroy | |
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.jpg) Conroy in On Borrowed Time (June 1938) | |
| Born | Frank Meinberg Conroy 14 October 1890 Derby, Derbyshire, England |
| Died | 24 February 1964 (aged 73) Paramus, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Years active | 1912–1961 |
| Spouse | Helen Robbins[citation needed] |
| Children | 1 |
Frank Meinberg Conroy (14 October 1890 – 24 February 1964)[1] was a British film and stage actor who appeared in many films, notably Grand Hotel (1932), The Little Minister (1934) and The Ox-Bow Incident (1943).
Born in Derbyshire, Derby, England,[2] Conroy began acting on stage in 1908.[3] He acted in Shakespearean plays in England from 1910 until he moved to the United States in 1915. He was responsible for building the Greenwich Village Theatre which opened in 1917, and he directed productions of the repertory theater there for three years.[2]
He appeared in more than 40 Broadway plays, beginning with The Passing Show of 1913 (1913) and ending with Calculated Risk (1962).[4] He won a Tony Award for best supporting actor for his performance in Graham Greene's The Potting Shed (1957).[2]
Conroy's work on television included appearances on Kraft Theater and The Play of the Week.[2]
Personal life and death
Select Broadway credits
- The Passing Show of 1913 (1913)
- The Bad Man (1920) as Gilbert Jones
- Daddy's Gone A-Huntin' (1921) as Julien Fields
- Rose Briar (1922) as Mr. Valentine
- The Constant Wife (1926) as Bernard Kersal
- Wings Over Europe (1928) as Arthur
- On Borrowed Time (1938) as Mr. Brink
- The Little Foxes (1939) as Horace
- The Potting Shed (1957) as Father William Callifer
- Calculated Risk (1962) as Clyde Norman
