Frank Latimore
Franklin Latimore was an American actor.
Life and career
Latimore was born in Darien, Connecticut. He came from a well-to-do family, and was able to trace his lineage back to the American Revolutionary War. He ran away from home at an early age, and shortly thereafter got the lead part in a Broadway play. He began his acting career in the 1930s, when he and longtime friend Lloyd Bridges performed in summer stock theater at a playhouse in Weston, Vermont.
Latimore then went to Hollywood where he signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox, and proceeded to appear in such hits as In the Meantime, Darling, The Dolly Sisters, Three Little Girls in Blue, and Shock.
After his years at Fox, he made films in Europe, most of which were swashbucklers such as Balboa, Conquistador of the Pacific, The Golden Falcon, Devil's Cavaliers, and many others, including two Zorro films and some westerns. These were starring roles, much bigger than his Hollywood roles, to the effect that he became the darling of the swashbucklers during the late 50s and early 60s. He appeared in the French film Purple Noon, as well as in the Italian melodrama A Woman Has Killed. He also dubbed several European films into English.
Latimore appeared in two soap operas, playing Dr. Ed Coleridge on Ryan's Hope from 1975 to 1976, and Dr. Emmet Scott on Guiding Light from 1976 to 1979. He did some work for PBS, most notably appearing in a film about the Civil War.
While working in Rome, Italy, in the late 1940s, Latimore met and married Russian-born Valentina Nikitina in 1948. Their civil marriage took place in Rome, Italy, and they settled in New York City shortly thereafter. In 1956, their marriage ended in divorce, but she kept her married name, Latimore, throughout her lifetime.
He married Rukmini Sukarno, an opera singer who was a daughter of President Sukarno of Indonesia, in 1967. Their son, Chris Kline, is a journalist who was born in 1964.
On November 29, 1998, he died in his sleep, at the age of 73. His remains were cremated and buried beneath a venerable old apple tree on ancestral property in Vermont.
Selected filmography
In the Meantime, Darling – Lt. Daniel FergusonThe Dolly Sisters – Irving Netcher13 Rue Madeleine – Jeff LassiterShock – Lt. Paul StewartThree Little Girls in Blue – Steve HarringtonThe [Razor's Edge (1946 film)|The Razor's Edge] – Bob MacDonaldBlack Magic – Gilbert de RezelYvonne of the Night – Il tenente Carlo RutelliIl caimano del Piave – FrancoThe Ungrateful Heart – Enrico De MarchiA Woman Has Killed – Capt. Roy PrescottAt Sword's Edge – Don RuyThree Forbidden Stories – Walter The Enemy – RobertoSul ponte dei sospiri – Capitan VessilloNeapolitans in Milan – ParentiCaptain Phantom – Miguel, Duke of CanabilFor You I Have Sinned – RederVestire gli ignudi – Franco LaspigaPapà Pacifico – Carlo TorquatiMata Hari's Daughter – Douglas KentThe Prince with the Red Mask – Masuccio, il principe dalla maschera rossaL'ultimo amante – GiorgioIl falco d'oro – SimoneLo spadaccino misterioso – Riccardo Degli ArgentariTerrore sulla città Historias de la feria – AlfredoCuatro en la frontera – JavierSecretaria para todo – Carlos García van WaguenConspiracy of the Borgias – Guido di BelmonteJohn Paul Jones – Lt. Richard DaleDevil's Cavaliers – Capt. Richard StillerPurple Noon – O'BrienSeven in the Sun – FrankLes Scélérats – TedThe Gallant Hours – Halsey's Aide Then There Were Three – Lt. WillotskyCapitaine tempête Rosa de Lima – Don Gil de CepedaZorro the Avenger – Don José de la Torre – El ZorroShades of Zorro – Don José de la Torre – El ZorroThe Shortest Day – Un soldato siciliano Los Conquistadores Del Pacífico – Vasco Núñez de BalboaJuego de hombres Apache Fury – Mayor Steve LomanCavalry Charge – Corporal Paul WhiteHotel der toten Gäste – Larry CornellLos cuatreros – LaddCast a Giant Shadow – 1st U.N. OfficerThe Honey Pot – Revenue Agent The Sergeant – Capt. LoringIf It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium – George Patton – Lt. Col. Henry DavenportRosolino Paternò, soldato... – American LieutenantMafia Connection – The AmericanLe foto proibite di una signora per bene – Peter Confessions of a Police Captain – Traini The Designated Victim – Stefano A Bay of Blood – Frank Hector the Mighty – Hector Una mujer prohibida – JaimeThe Girl in Room 2A – JohnsonLa encadenada – Alexander All the President's Men – Judge