Frank Conroy (actor)
Frank Meinberg Conroy was a British film and stage actor who appeared in many films, notably Grand Hotel, The Little Minister and The Ox-Bow Incident.
Career
Born in Derbyshire, Derby, England, Conroy began acting on stage in 1908. 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.
He appeared in more than 40 Broadway plays, beginning with The Passing Show of 1913 and ending with Calculated Risk. He won a Tony Award for best supporting actor for his performance in Graham Greene's The Potting Shed.
Conroy's work on television included appearances on Kraft Theater and The Play of the Week.
Conroy had a wife, Ruth, and a son, Richard. He died of heart disease in Paramus, New Jersey, at age 73.
Select Broadway credits
The Passing Show of 1913 The Bad Man as Gilbert JonesDaddy's Gone A-Huntin' as Julien FieldsRose Briar as Mr. ValentineThe Constant Wife as Bernard KersalWings Over Europe as ArthurOn Borrowed Time as Mr. BrinkThe Little Foxes as HoraceThe Potting Shed as Father William CalliferCalculated Risk as Clyde Norman
Partial filmography
The Royal Family of Broadway – Gilmore MarshallHell Divers – ChaplainBad Company – Markham KingPossessed – Horace TraversWest of Broadway – Judge BarhamManhattan Parade – Bill BrightonDisorderly Conduct – Tony AlsottoGrand Hotel – RohnaAnn Carver's Profession – Baker Midnight Mary – District AttorneyThe Man Who Dared – Con Artist Storm at Daybreak – Archduke Franz Ferdinand Night Flight – Radio OperatorAce of Aces – Maj. / Lt. Col. WentworthThe Kennel Murder Case – Brisbane CoeFrontier Marshal – George 'Oscar' ReidThe Cat and the Fiddle – Theatre OwnerKeep 'Em Rolling – Captain R.G. DeaneThe Crime Doctor – Martin CrowderUpper World – Paul—Stream's Attorney Manhattan Melodrama as Blackie's LawyerSadie McKee – Dr. Briggs Little Miss Marker – Doctor Ingalls Such Women Are Dangerous – BronsonReturn of the Terror – Prosecuting AttorneyThe Captain Hates the Sea – State's Attorney Wednesday's Child – The JudgeEvelyn Prentice – Dist. Atty. FarleyI'll Fix It – District Attorney The White Parade – Dr. Thorne365 Nights in Hollywood – Studio Executive The Little Minister – Lord RintoulWest Point of the Air – Captain CannonCharlie Chan in Egypt – Prof. John ThurstonDante's Inferno – Defense Attorney The Call of the Wild – John BlakeI Live My Life – DoctorShe Couldn't Take It – Attorney Henry Raleigh The Last Days of Pompeii – Gaius TannoShow Them No Mercy! – ReedNobody's Fool – Jake CavendishThe White Angel – Mr. Le FroyMeet Nero Wolfe – Dr. Nathaniel BradfordThe Gorgeous Hussy – John C. CalhounCharlie Chan at the Opera – Mr. WhitelyStolen Holiday – DupontLove Is News – A.G. FindlayNancy Steele Is Missing! – Dan MallonThat I May Live – PopThis Is My Affair – President William McKinleyThe Jones Family in Big Business – Leland WhitneyThe Emperor's Candlesticks – Col. RadoffMusic for Madame – Morton HardingThe Last Gangster – Sid GormanWells Fargo – Ward – BankerThis Woman is Mine – First Mate FoxThe Adventures of Martin Eden – Carl BrissendenCrossroads – Defense Attorney The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe – John AllanCrash Dive – Capt. Bryson Lady of Burlesque – 'Stacchi' StacciaroThe Ox-Bow Incident – Major TetleyThat Hagen Girl – Dr. StoneThe Naked City – Captain DonahueAll My Sons – Herbert DeeverFor the Love of Mary – Samuel LitchfieldRogues' Regiment – Colonel LemercierSealed Verdict – Col. PikeThe Snake Pit – Dr. Jonathan GiffordMighty Joe Young – Reporter The Threat – District Attorney Barker MacDonaldLightning Strikes Twice – J.D. NolanThe Day the Earth Stood Still – Mr. Harley The Last Mile – O'FlahertyThe Young Philadelphians – Doctor Shippen StearnesThe Bramble Bush – Dr. Sol Kelsey