Frank Graham
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
The Three Caballeros
(voice)
1944
Film
Saludos Amigos
Frank Graham
1942
Film
Jerry and the Lion
Lion / Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1950
Film
Red Hot Riding Hood
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Film
Jerky Turkey
Junior Pilgrim (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Film
Baseball Bugs
Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
1946
Film
Flirty Birdy
Eagle (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Film
Mr. Moocher
Fox / Crow (voice)
1944
Film
Fox Pop
Fox Prisoner (voice)
1942
Film
Springtime for Thomas
Jerry's Anti-Conscience / Butch (voice)
1946
Film
The Night Before Christmas
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Film
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
Killer (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2007
Film
Dumb-Hounded
The Killer (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Film
Kuku Nuts
Fox / Crow (voice)
1945
Film
Fiesta Time
Donkey
1945
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
Narrator (archive sound) (uncredited)
2007
Film
Chicken Little
Narrator / Foxy Loxy / Chicken Little / Cocky Locky / Turkey Lurkey / Additional characters (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Film
So Much for So Little
Narrator (voice)
1949
Film
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Cosmo Jones
1943
Venereal Disease
Narrator (Uncredited)
1944
Film
The Lady and the Monster
Narrator
1944
Film
Each Dawn I Crow
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Film
Slap Happy Lion
Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Film
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
Wolf / Bartender (uncredited)
1945
Film
Swing Shift Cinderella
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Catnipped
Doctors
1946
Film
The Eager Beaver
Narrator (voice)
1946
Film
Rumors
Narrator - Soldier (voice)
1943
Film
Going Home
Narrator
1944
Film
Big Heel-Watha
Narrator / Interpreter / Indian Chief (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Film
Treasure Jest
Fox / Crow (voice)
1945
Film
A Few Quick Facts: Voting for Service Men Overseas
Narrator (uncredited)
1944
Film
King-Size Canary
Mouse (voice)
1947
Film
Private SNAFU Golden Classics
(archive sound)
2023
Film
The Weakly Reporter
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Film
The House of Tomorrow
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Film
Reason and Emotion
Narrator / Reason (voice)
1943
Film
The Early Bird Dood It!
Bird (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Film
Horton Hatches the Egg
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Film
Foney Fables
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Film
Blitz Wolf
Narrator (voice)
1942
Film
African Diary
Narrator / Hyena (voice) (uncredited)
1945
The Fly In The Ointment
Fly / Bats
1943
Duty and the Beast
Narrator / Dog
1943
Hot Footlights
Cowboy / King Cole
1945
Film
A-Hunting We Won't Go
Fox (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Chump Champ
Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1950
Dizzy Newsreel
Narrator / Various
1943
Film
Northwest Hounded Police
Escaped Prisoner (voice) (uncredited)
1946
Film
The Chow Hound
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Film
Slay It with Flowers
Fox / Crow
1943
Film
Sadie Hawkins Day
Li'l Abner (voice)
1944
The Wild and Woozy West
Sheriff (voice)
1942
Film
The Dream Kids
Fox / Crow
1944
Film
Coming!! Snafu
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Mr. Fore by Fore
Bull / Golfer
1944
Film
Tokyo Woes
Narrator
1945
Film
Tree for Two
Fox / Crow
1943
Film
Fresh Airedale
Narrator, Shep's Master
1945
Film
Plenty Below Zero
Fox / Crow
1943
Film
A Hollywood Detour
Narrator (uncredited)
1942
Film
Something You Didn't Eat
Narrator (voice)
1945
Film
Albert in Blunderland
Planning Board Ant / Ant Guards (voice)
1950
Film
Bathing Time for Baby
Self - The Stork
1946
King Midas, Junior
Narrator / Radio Announce
1942
Honesty Is the Best Policy
Professor J. Waldo Purrington / Fish Vendor (voice)
1946
The Cocky Bantam
Freddy Falcon / Dick Rooster / Hooded Salesman
1943
Film
Toll Bridge Troubles
Fox / Crow (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Film
Phoney Baloney
Fox / Crow (voice)
1945
Wacky Wigwams
Narrator / Indians
1942