Frank Yaconelli


Frank Yaconelli was an Italian-born American film actor.

Biography

When he was a child his family emigrated to the United States, settling in Boston. Yaconelli was a character actor playing supporting roles, often Southern European or Mexican immigrants. He was also a noted accordion player, and performed in a number of films. He starred alongside Jack Randall in a series of seven westerns produced by Monogram Pictures.

Selected filmography

  • Señor Americano
  • Call of the Flesh
  • Parade of the West
  • Firebrand Jordan
  • A Lady's Morals
  • Strawberry Roan
  • The Man Who Dared
  • It Happened One Night - Tony
  • Flirting with Danger
  • Alice Adams
  • Here Comes Cookie
  • Gun Play
  • Five Bad Men
  • Western Frontier
  • Lawless Riders
  • Down to the Sea
  • The Three Mesquiteers
  • Blazing Justice
  • Romance Rides the Range
  • Lucky Terror
  • It Could Happen to You
  • Wild West Days
  • Wild Horse Canyon
  • Across the Plains
  • Escape to Paradise
  • Trigger Smith
  • Drifting Westward
  • The Cheyenne Kid
  • Dr. Cyclops
  • Torrid Zone
  • Pioneer Days
  • East Side Kids
  • Wild Horse Range
  • Fiesta
  • Lone Star Law Men
  • Two in a Taxi
  • The Driftin' Kid
  • Riding the Sunset Trail
  • They Met in Argentina
  • Forced Landing
  • Western Mail
  • Arizona Roundup
  • Where Trails End
  • Man of Courage
  • Slightly Scandalous
  • Beauty and the Bandit
  • South of Monterey
  • The Thrill of Brazil
  • Wild Horse Mesa
  • Riding the California Trail
  • Madonna of the Desert
  • A Foreign Affair
  • Alias the Champ
  • Borderline
  • September Affair
  • Never a Dull Moment
  • A Place in the Sun
  • The Fighter
  • Hangman's Knot
  • The Racers
  • Serenade
  • Three for Jamie Dawn
  • Santiago
  • The Unholy Wife
  • The Parson and the Outlaw
  • ''The Black Orchid''