Frank Whitbeck

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1882-07-17 (81 years old)

Deathday

1963-12-23

Place of Birth

Rochester, New York, USA

Frank Whitbeck

Biography

Frank Whitbeck was the longtime chief of publicity/exploitation at MGM. He also narrated several hundred theatrical trailers for MGM features.

Acting

1940

Eyes of the Navy

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1937

The Grand Bounce

as Radio News Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1937

Man Of The People

as Radio Announcer (voice)

1940

The Old South

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1939

Babes in Arms

as Trailer Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1938

Arsène Lupin Returns

as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

1940

Northward, Ho!

as Narrator (voice)

1940

Edison, the Man

as Trailer Narrator (voice)

1940

Young Tom Edison

as Narrator (voice)

1940

The Mortal Storm

as Trailer Announcer (voice)

1938

The City of Little Men

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1944

Twenty Years After

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1942

1938

Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1937

The Romance of Celluloid

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1938

Hollywood Goes to Town

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1946

The Horse with the Human Mind

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1943

Presenting Lily Mars

as Trailer Narrator (voice)

1942

Fingers at the Window

as Trailer Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)

1938

Another Romance of Celluloid

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1941

You Can't Fool a Camera

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1942

Personalities

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1939

The Ice Follies of 1939

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1937

Lest We Forget

as Narrator (voice, uncredited)

1941

America, Preferred

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Production

1937

Lest We Forget

as Director

1937

The Romance of Celluloid

as Sound Effects

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