Frank Gerstle

AKA: Frank Gerstel, Francis M. Gerstle
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1915-09-27

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {72}

Police Lieutenant

1963-09-25 6.961

Shock Corridor

With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Dr. Curt Kruger

1954-01-23 3.737

Killers from Space

Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at the base later, he is given sodium amethol, bu ...
Genre :Horror, Science Fiction

Les Hellman

1959-10-30 4.417

The Wasp Woman

The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences. ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Horror

Capt. William Brennan

1959-12-01 6.1

Vice Raid

A prostitute sets out to frame a cop. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Mr. Wheeler, hunter

1953-06-19 4.143

The Neanderthal Man

A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous results. ...
Genre :Horror, Science Fiction

Dum-Dum Wilson

1955-05-19 6

I Cover the Underworld

Gunner O'Hara is about to be released from prison after serving a five-year sentence, and receives a visit from his twin brother John, a divinity student soon to be ordained as a priest. Aware that Gu ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Mr. Ramsey

1956-08-01 6.967

Autumn Leaves

A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Romance

Dr. Otto Frank

1963-09-01 3.406

Monstrosity

A rich but unscrupulous old woman plots with a scientist to have her brain implanted in the skull of a sexy young woman. ...
Genre :Horror, Science Fiction

Detective (uncredited)

1953-10-05 5.409

Vicki

A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Det. Fuller

1955-06-17 5.3

Gang Busters

A life-long criminal continues his practice of breaking out of Oregon State Prison – much to the frustration of the police. ...
Genre :Crime

Dr. MacDonald

1949-12-23 6.93

D.O.A.

Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with t ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Harry Castleton

1957-04-11 6

The River's Edge

A murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher's wife, who happens to be the killer's former girlfrien ...
Genre :Adventure, Crime

Col. Middleton

1967-11-11 0

A Bell for Adano

A U.S. army officer, the military governor of an Italian town during World War II, tries to reintroduce democracy, but his efforts are hindered by his commanding general. Placing his career in jeopard ...
Genre :TV Movie, War, Drama

Jim Hornsby (uncredited)

1955-03-19 6.359

Tight Spot

A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a posh hotel, but the crime kingpin ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Thriller

District Attorney

1959-02-01 6.5

I, Mobster

The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante. A crime boss appears before a Senate subcommittee. A flashbacks tell his story. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Det. Lee Coulter

1959-11-13 5.9

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient cu ...
Genre :Horror, Mystery

Ben

1967-09-01 3.5

Hell on Wheels

Two brothers, one a popular race car driver that all the women love and the other a brilliant mechanic who makes the winning possible, become enemies when one messes with the other's girlfriend ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Thriller

Julie

1959-09-01 5

Inside the Mafia

A mob assassin holds innocent hostages at an airport in upstate New York. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Capt. Sam Precott

1958-03-01 5.333

Ambush at Cimarron Pass

A small Army patrol unit and a couple of former Confederates reluctantly throw in their lot together after being attacked by a band of Native Americans. ...
Genre :Action, War, Western

Capt. Boardman

1958-12-01 4.3

Submarine Seahawk

For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japanese fighting ships the Allies have lost track of. ...
Genre :War

Detective

1951-09-23 6.85

You Never Can Tell

Ex-police/army dog King inherits a fortune from an eccentric millionaire. But someone poisons him for his fortune. He gets to go back to earth as a human detective to bring his killer to justice and p ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy

Watchman

1965-04-28 6.5

Young Dillinger

The 1930s outlaw teams up with Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and Homer Van Meter. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Mr. Johnson

1962-02-23 5.5

13 West Street

Walt Sherill is attacked and beat down by a group of juvenile delinquents on his way home from work one night. The boys who attacked him are not previously known by the police and are therefore hard t ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Holdup Man (uncredited)

1956-02-03 6.629

The Killer Is Loose

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and a ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

Plant Worker in Locker Room (uncredited)

1950-06-29 5.2

The Next Voice You Hear...

The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world. It stars James Whitmore and Nancy Davis as Joe an ...
Genre :Drama, Fantasy

News Photographer in Bucknor's Office (uncredited)

1951-11-16 4.8

The Unknown Man

A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Furnas (uncredited)

1966-12-20 5.7

Murderers' Row

The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret mission: He shall find Dr. Solaris, inventor of the ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Comedy

Romero's Manager (uncredited)

1962-11-29 6.1

Kid Galahad

After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing. ...
Genre :Drama, Music

Robbery Suspect (uncredited)

1955-06-10 5.866

5 Against the House

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Kadinski

1956-03-10 5.143

The Steel Jungle

The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved with hoodlums. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

1952-12-25 7.318

The Bad and the Beautiful

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee B ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Congressman

1970-09-29 3.7

San Francisco International

This pilot for the TV series stars Pernell Roberts as Jim Conrad, who runs an airport, much to the chagrin of his boss, "his way." In this, two plots run - a kid whose parents are splitting up decides ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Sergeant in Charge of the Brig

1962-01-01 1

The Nun and the Sergeant

A weary sergeant in Korea commands military prisoners on a dangerous mission and is joined by a nun and a group of schoolgirls in enemy territory. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Grant's Officer (uncredited)

1954-11-10 6

Drum Beat

President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modo ...
Genre :Western

Member of Senate Investigating Committee (uncredited)

1959-01-01 4

Destination Space

Two astronauts are in charge of a giant space station. During an attempted rocket launch, a meteor smashes into the station, damaging it. Later it's discovered that an overload within the rocket will ...
Genre :Science Fiction, TV Movie

Frank (uncredited)

1959-11-17 5.9

Beloved Infidel

In the late 1930s, Sheilah Graham’s Hollywood column quickly becomes popular for its biting tone. At a party, she meets author F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the two begin a torrid affair. Scott laments tha ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Sergeant

1968-10-08 5.286

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

James Lake (Raymond St. Jacques) is an escaped black convict imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit. Leslie Whitlock (Kevin McCarthy) offers James money to kill his wife, Ellen (Dana Wynter). He dec ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Stick-Up Man (uncredited)

1950-02-08 5.769

Outside the Wall

Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job at a country sanitarium. Th ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Dawson [Chs. 7-8]

1952-07-24 5.833

Blackhawk

Based on a successful comic book that began in 1941, the Blackhawks were seven flyers who banded together during WW II to fight the Nazis. After the war, they continued to fight evil where ever they f ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

1956-02-29 6.2

Slightly Scarlet

Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol "Solly" Caspar, sees this a ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

George Keely

1964-04-01 6.3

The Quick Gun

Gunslinger Murphy helps an ungrateful town fight off a raid by his former gang. ...
Genre :Western

Mug (uncredited)

1955-08-30 6.986

It's Always Fair Weather

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of y ...
Genre :Music, Comedy, Romance

Col. Willis

1953-02-18 5.6

The Magnetic Monster

The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Horror

Reporter at Airport

1970-10-29 3.2

The Christine Jorgensen Story

In the 1950s, a young American man goes to Denmark and makes headlines for having the first sex-change operation. ...
Genre :Drama

Technician at Radio (uncredited)

1968-10-23 4.9

The Bamboo Saucer

A flying saucer hidden in a Red Chinese peasant village is sought by teams from the United States and U.S.S.R. On finding it, they band together to explore the saucer and take a trip into space. ...
Genre :Science Fiction

Frazer

1966-02-18 5.968

The Silencers

Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III. ...
Genre :Comedy, Action, Adventure

Hospital Policeman

1966-07-20 5.5

The Wild Angels

A motorcycle gang arrives in a small town in search of a motorcycle that has been stolen by a rival gang; but, pursued by the police, one of its members is injured, an event that will cause an orgy of ...
Genre :Drama, Action

Bill Collector (uncredited)

1952-05-02 4.7

Young Man with Ideas

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1957-10-30 6.3

No Down Payment

The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are ne'er-do-well Jerry Flagg and his long-suffering wife Isa ...
Genre :Drama

Tim (uncredited)

1956-05-15 6.397

The Proud Ones

Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator ...
Genre :Western

Doctor (Uncredited)

1951-10-26 6.6

The Blue Veil

A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse. ...
Genre :Drama

Chuck Evans

1956-07-22 0

Magnificent Roughnecks

Two oilmen coax a cook, an oilwoman and a gusher in South America. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Col. Dundee

1957-09-23 6

Under Fire

An Army lawyer defends a World War II hero and his men accused of desertion. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Rocket Ship Crew

1955-12-28 0

Man and the Moon

The moon is the subject here. Man's fascination with the moon (via animation) is presented, as is the moon's usage in popular culture (from Shakespeare to nursery rhymes to popular songs). Also, super ...
Genre :Documentary, TV Movie, Animation

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

1954-02-19 6.858

The Long, Long Trailer

A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

1963-11-07 0

Tell Me Not In Mournful Numbers

Based on the true story of a young girl who communicates only in numbers. The movie explores the reason behind why she communicated this way and what the numbers meant to her, and eventually the way f ...
Genre :Drama

Helicopter Pilot

1951-10-15 7.898

I Love Lucy

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in th ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Jan

1958-10-10 4.6

Man with a Camera

Man with a Camera is an American 1950s television crime drama starring Charles Bronson. Former combat cameraman Mike Kovac (Bronson) is now a freelance photographer in New York City, specializing in d ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Dirksen

1960-10-03 7.611

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Sgt. Steve Toland

1957-09-21 7.708

Perry Mason

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Gen. Aloysius Barton

1965-09-17 7.528

Hogan's Heroes

Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during World W ...
Genre :War & Politics, Comedy

Tender

1952-09-25 6.7

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Mr. Braun

1952-09-25 6.7

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Director

1965-09-17 7

Honey West

After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Albert Marks

1967-01-12 6.833

Dragnet

Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Danny’s Publicity Man

1953-09-29 6

The Danny Thomas Show

Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results. ...
Genre :Comedy

Eddie Burns

1967-03-28 6.8

Ironside

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Police Sgt. Mack

1955-10-02 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Mel Hurk

1966-09-09 7.2

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet is a television series on the ABC US television network that aired for the 1966–1967 TV season starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet/Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Indian #1

1951-10-15 7.898

I Love Lucy

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in th ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Whitey Rupp

1955-09-06 6.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 ...
Genre :Drama, Western

Lockup Policeman

1950-10-28 7.8

The Jack Benny Program

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days. ...
Genre :Comedy