Frank Forsyth

Frank Forsyth (sometimes credited as Frank Forsythe)[1] was an English actor, active from the 1930s. He was born on 19 December 1905 in London, England. He appeared in several TV programmes, including Department S (1969), The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972) and Journey to the Unknown (1968), as well as numerous films including eight of the Carry On films. He died on 2 May 1984 in Poole, England.[2]

Frank Forsyth
Born	19 December 1905 London, England
Died	2 May 1984 (aged 69) Poole, Dorset
Occupation	Film and television actor
Years active	1933–80

Filmography

• Dick Turpin (TV series - episode "The Godmother") (1980) - Briggs
• The Naked Civil Servant (TV movie) (1975) - Family Doctor
• Love Among the Ruins (TV movie) (1975) - Jessop
• Craze (1974) - Man at Will Reading (uncredited)
• The Carnforth Practice (TV series) (1974) - Jury Foreman
• The Adventures of Black Beauty (TV series - episode: The Challenge) (1973) - Old Tom
• Tales That Witness Madness (1973) - Uncle Albert (segment "Penny Farthing")
• And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) - Servant
• The Vault of Horror (1973) - Male Customer (segment "Midnight Mess") (uncredited)
• Asylum (1972) - Asylum Gatekeeper (segment "Mannikins of Horror") (uncredited)
• Tales from the Crypt (1972) - Tramp (segment "Reflection of Death") (uncredited)
• Love Story (TV series - episode: "You Don't Know Me, But") (1972) - Commissionaire
• Z Cars (TV series - episode: "A Couple of Comic Turns: Part 1") (1970) - Night Porter
• Z Cars (TV series - episode: "A Couple of Comic Turns: Part 2") (1970) - Night Porter
• Z Cars (TV series - episode: "Contraband") (1962) - Inspector Dave Driver
• Carry On Again Doctor (1969) - Mr. Bean (uncredited)
• Department S (TV series - episode: "The Last Train to Redbridge") (1969) - Sawyer
• Department S (TV series - episode: "A Cellar Full of Silence") (1969) - Norman Fowler
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)
• Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) - Villager (uncredited)
• Journey to the Unknown (TV series - episode: "Eve" (1968) - Night Watchman
• Man in a Suitcase (TV series - episode: "Essay in Evil") (1967) - Lorry Driver
• Man in a Suitcase (TV series - episode: "Web with Four Spiders") (1968) -
• Man in a Suitcase (TV series - episode: "Which Way Did He Go, McGill?") (1968) - Steward
• They Came from Beyond Space (1967) - Blake
• The Terrornauts (1967) - Uncle
• The Forsyte Saga (TV series - episode: "Into the Dark") (1967) - Inspector Galloway
• The Stable Door (short) (1966) - Nightwatchman
• The Deadly Bees (1966) - Doctor
• Eye of the Devil (1966) - Guest at Harp Recital (uncredited)
• Carry On Screaming! (1966) - Desk Sergeant
• Crossroads (TV series - episode: #1.439) (1966) - Mr. Barling
• Crossroads (TV series - episode: #1.423) (1966) - Mr. Barling
• Crossroads (TV series - episode: #1.252) (1965) - Mr. Charlesworth
• The Psychopath (1965) - Tucker
• Game for Three Losers (1965) - Jimmy
• The Big Job (1965) - Bank Cashier
• The Skull (1965) - Judge
• The Troubleshooters (TV series - episode: "Young Turk") (1965) - Bajer
• Devils of Darkness(1965) - Antique Shop Caretaker
• Hysteria (1965) - Man Walking on Embankment (uncredited)
• Edgar Wallace Mysteries (cinema series - episode: "Game for Three Losers") (1965) - Jimmy
• Edgar Wallace Mysteries (cinema series - episode: "Man at the Carlton Tower") (1961) - Commissionaire
• Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) - Toastmaster (segment "Disembodied Hand") (uncredited)
• Traitor's Gate (1964) - Chief Yeoman Warden
• Blind Corner (1964) - Inspector
• Carry On Spying (1964) - Professor Stark
• The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) - Manservant (uncredited)
• Ring of Spies (1964) - Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
• Nightmare (1964) - Waiter (uncredited)
• Carry On Jack (1964) - Second Sealord
• Carry On Cabby (1963) - Chauffeur
• Richard the Lionheart (TV series - episode: "The Castle of Prince Otto") (1963) - Herald
• Walter and Connie (TV series - episode: "Walter and Connie Selling Books") (1963) - Police Sergeant (as Frank Forsythe)
• The Brain (1962) - Francis (uncredited)
• The Big Pull (TV series - episode: #1.3) (1962) - Supt. Teale
• Twice Round the Daffodils (1962) - Dorothy's Father
• Man at the Carlton Tower (1961) - Commissionaire
• Touch of Death (1961) - Local inspector
• What a Whopper (1961) - 3rd. Scot
• Raising the Wind (1961) - Prof. Gerald Abrahams
• Our Mister Ambler (TV series episode: "Camera Obscura"
• One Way Pendulum (TV movie) (1961) - Usher
• Three on a Spree (1961) - Barman
• Rag Doll (1961) - Superintendent
• Konga (1961) - General (uncredited)
• Jackpot (1960) - Desk Sergeant
• International Detective (TV series - episode: "The Rainis Case") (1960) - The Immigration Officer
• Circle of Deception (1960) - (uncredited)
• ITV Play of the Week (TV series - episode: "The Burning Glass") (1960) - Inspector Wigg
• The Vise (TV series - episode: "Where There's a Will") (1958) - Surgeon
• The Vise (TV series - episode: "Six Months to Talk") (1958) - Doctor
• The Vise (TV series - episode: "Full Moon") (1959) - Doctor
• The Vise (TV series - episode: "Murder with Make-Up") (1959) - Scientist
• The Vise (TV series - episode: "Black Pawn, White Pawn") (1960) - Webster
• The Young Jacobites (1960) - Laird
• Carry on Constable (1960) - Citizen
• No Hiding Place (TV series - episode: "The Final Chase" (1960) - Doctor
• No Hiding Place (TV series - episode: "A Genuine Sale of Murder") (1959) - Doctor
• No Hiding Place (TV series - episode: "Checkmate") (1959) - Doctor
• Glencannon (TV series - episode: "Scot from Scotland Yard") (1959) - The Inspector
• The Flying Doctor (TV series - episode: "A Call to London") (1959) - Police Sergeant
• Innocent Meeting (1959) - (uncredited)
• Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) - Postman (uncredited)
• Carry On Nurse (1959) - John Gray
• The Solitary Child (1958) - Doctor
• Chain of Events (1958) - Johnson
• Television Playwright (TV series - episode: "Hour of the Rat") (1958) - Desmond Rogers
• Carry On Sergeant (1958) - Second Specialist
• Sunday Night Theatre (TV series - episode: "Witch Wood") (1954) - Thomas Spotswood
• Sunday Night Theatre (TV series - episode: "Queen Elizabeth Slept Here") (1956) - Clayton Shaw
• Sunday Night Theatre (TV series - episode: "The Frog") (1958) - Prison warder
• Print of Death (short) (1958) - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
• Dunkirk (1958) - Small Boat Owner (uncredited)
• I Accuse! (1958) - Minister at President's Meeting (uncredited)
• Legal Action (TV movie) (1958) - Police photographer
• Man from Tangier (1957) - Sgt. Irons
• The Surgeon's Knife (1957) - Anaesthetist
• The White Cliffs Mystery (short) (1957) - Forensic Investigator (uncredited)
• The Vicious Circle (1957) - Sgt. Wallace (uncredited)
• Kind Cousin (TV movie) (1957) - Dr. Weston
• The Case of 'The Smiling Widow' (short) (1957) - Detective Jarvis (uncredited)
• The Man Without a Body (1957) - Detective
• The Lonely House (short) (1957) - Inspector Parry (as Frank Forsythe)
• Person Unknown (short) (1956) - 2nd Pathologist (uncredited)
• Poison Pen (TV movie) (1956) - Inspector Davies
• Circus Friends (1956) - Police Sergeant
• The Battle of the River Plate (1956) - Petty Officer, Bridge, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
• Destination Death (short) (1956) - Police Officer (uncredited)
• Nom-de-Plume (TV series - episode: "The Free Air") (1956) - Monsieur Vincent (as Frank Forsythe)
• Nom-de-Plume (TV series - episode: "A Rough Diamond") (1956) - Doctor (as Frank Forsythe)
• The Door in the Wall (short) (1956) - Policeman (uncredited)
• Wicked as They Come (1956) - Jeweller (uncredited)
• I Keep It Clean (1956) - Inspector at Court
• Fabian of the Yard (TV series - episode: "The Masterpiece") (1956) - Museum Custodian
• Fabian of the Yard (TV series - episode: "Cocktail Girl") (1956) - Museum Custodian
• Dial 999 (1955) - Policeman (uncredited)
• Stock Car (1955) - Detective Inspector Roberts
• No Smoking (1955) - 2nd Minister
• Stolen Assignment (1955) - Dr. Roberts
• Before I Wake (1955) - Jack Storey
• Tiger by the Tail (1954) - Sgt. Gross
• The Embezzler (1954) - Inspector Gale (as Frank Forsythe)
• The Scarlet Web (1954) - Jeweller (uncredited)
• Rheingold Theatre (TV series - episode: "Myra and the Moneyman") (1954) - First Gendarme
• The Diamond (1954) - P.C. with Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• Late Night Final (short) (1954) - Constable Everitt
• Double Exposure (1954) - Inspector Grayle (as Frank Forsythe)
• Escape by Night (1953) - Reporter (uncredited)
• The Silent Witness (short) (1953) - Detective Forbes
• 13 East Street (1952) - Prison Officer (uncredited)
• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• Pool of London (1951) - Police Constable Witnessing Robbery (uncredited)
• Midnight Episode (1950) - Police Officer (uncredited)
• Treasures in Heaven (TV movie) (1950) - Sid, the Barman
• The Case of Charles Peace (1949) - Police Training Instructor (uncredited)
• Kid Flanagan (TV movie) (1948) - Chris Richards (as Frank Forsythe)
• The Dark Road (1948) - Detective
• The Middle Watch (TV movie) (1948) - Corporal Duckett, RM (as Frank Forsythe)
• Goofer Trouble (short) (1940) - Black
• Dusty Ermine (1936) - Radio Operator (uncredited)
• The Good Companions (1933)

References

1. Howard Maxford (2019). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Compnay. p. 182. ISBN 9781476670072.
2. "Frank Forsyth". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

External links

• Frank Forsyth at the Internet Movie Database