# Frank Bank
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{{short description|American actor and bond broker}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Frank Bank
| image = B lumpy01.JPG
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| caption = Frank Bank as [Lumpy Rutherford](/source/Lumpy_Rutherford) on ''[Leave It to Beaver](/source/Leave_It_to_Beaver)''
| birth_name = Frank Bank
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|4|12}}
| birth_place = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|4|13|1942|4|12}}
| death_place = [Rancho Mirage](/source/Rancho_Mirage), California, U.S.
| resting_place = [Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery](/source/Hillside_Memorial_Park_Cemetery)
| other_names =
| education =
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| occupation = {{hlist|1950–1963|1983–1989|1997}}
| known_for = Portraying [Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford](/source/Lumpy_Rutherford) in ''[Leave It to Beaver](/source/Leave_It_to_Beaver)'', first on [CBS](/source/CBS) and then on [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company)
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Marlene Kay Blau|1963|1965|end=div.}}
* {{marriage|Jeri Lynn Handelman|1966|1982|end=div.}}
* {{marriage|Rebecca Fink|1982}}
}}
| children = 4
| relatives =
| website =
}}
'''Frank Bank''' (April 12, 1942 – April 13, 2013) was an American [actor](/source/actor), particularly known for his role as [Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford](/source/Lumpy_Rutherford) on the 1957–1963 [situation comedy](/source/situation_comedy) [television series](/source/television_series) ''[Leave It to Beaver](/source/Leave_It_to_Beaver)''.
==Life==
Bank was cast in 50 episodes of ''Leave It to Beaver'' between January 24, 1958 and the series finale on May 30, 1963. Thereafter, he was cast as Clarence Rutherford in 101 episodes of the series sequel, ''[The New Leave It to Beaver](/source/The_New_Leave_It_to_Beaver)'', which aired on [cable television](/source/cable_television) from 1984 to 1989.[{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052039/| title=Frank Bank| website=[IMDb](/source/IMDb)| accessdate=April 17, 2013}}] Beginning in 1973, Bank became a [bond](/source/bond_(finance)) [broker](/source/broker) in his native [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles). His autobiography, ''Call Me Lumpy: My Leave It To Beaver Days and Other Wild Hollywood Life,'' was published in 1997.[{{cite news| title='Leave It to Beaver's' Lumpy Dead at 71| url=http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/leave-it-beavers-lumpy-dead-71-report-85826| journal=The Wrap| first=Tim| last=Kenneally| date=April 15, 2013| accessdate=16 November 2019| archive-date=May 14, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514190611/http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/leave-it-beavers-lumpy-dead-71-report-85826/| url-status=dead}}]
Bank died of cancer on April 13, 2013, in Rancho Mirage, California, one day after his 71st birthday. He was survived by his third wife, Rebecca, four daughters, and five grandchildren.[{{citation |last=Woo |first=Elaine |title=Frank Bank dies at 71; played 'Lumpy' on 'Leave It to Beaver' | newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |date=April 15, 2013| url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-frank-bank-20130416,0,7712585.story}}] He is interred at [Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery](/source/Hillside_Memorial_Park_Cemetery) in [Culver City, California](/source/Culver_City%2C_California).[{{cite news| title='Leave It to Beaver' actor Frank Bank, who played Lumpy, dies at 71| first=Derrik J.| last=Lang| agency=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press)| date=April 16, 2013| url=https://www.timescolonist.com/news/obituaries/leave-it-to-beaver-actor-frank-bank-who-played-lumpy-dies-at-71-1.112067| newspaper=[Times Colonist](/source/Times_Colonist)| location=Victoria, BC| access-date=April 17, 2019| archive-date=April 17, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417104108/https://www.timescolonist.com/news/obituaries/leave-it-to-beaver-actor-frank-bank-who-played-lumpy-dies-at-71-1.112067| url-status=dead}}][[https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2013/04/leave_it_to_beaver_actor_frank.html Frank Bank, played Lumpy Rutherford on 'Leave It to Beaver,' dead at 71]][[https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/article/leave-it-to-beaver-actor-frank-bank-dies-at-71/ 'Leave It to Beaver' actor Frank Bank dies at 71]]
== Filmography ==
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Show
!Role
!Year(s)
|-
|''[Ford Television Theatre](/source/Ford_Television_Theatre)''
|Clarence Miggs
|1952
|-
|''[Father Knows Best](/source/Father_Knows_Best)''
|High schooler
|1956
|-
|''[Leave It to Beaver](/source/Leave_It_to_Beaver)''
|[Lumpy Rutherford](/source/Lumpy_Rutherford)
|1958-1963
|-
|''[Cimarron City](/source/Cimarron_City_(TV_series))''
|Henry Purdy
|1959
|-
|''[Bachelor Father](/source/Bachelor_Father_(U.S._TV_series))''
|Jim Estabrook
|1962
|-
|''[87th Precinct](/source/87th_Precinct_(TV_series))''
|Punk
|1962
|-
|''Life with Archie''
|Archie
|1962
|-
|''[Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour](/source/Match_Game%2FHollywood_Squares_Hour)''
|Himself
|1983
|-
|''[High School U.S.A.](/source/High_School_U.S.A.)''
|Mr. Gerardi
|1983
|-
|''[The New Leave It to Beaver](/source/The_New_Leave_It_to_Beaver)''
|Lumpy Rutherford
|1983-1989
|}
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Film
!Role
!Year
|-
|''[Cargo to Capetown](/source/Cargo_to_Capetown)''
|
|1950
|-
|''[The Story of Will Rogers](/source/The_Story_of_Will_Rogers)''
|Young [Will Rogers](/source/Will_Rogers)
|1952
|-
|''[Leave It to Beaver](/source/Leave_It_to_Beaver_(film))''
|Frank
|1997
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
==Further reading==
{{Portal|Biography|California|Film|Television}}
* {{cite book| last1=Bank| first1=Frank| author2=Gib Twyman| title=Call Me Lumpy| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LcMaAAAAQBAJ&q=Call+Me+Lumpy:+My+Leave+It+To+Beaver+Days+and+Other+Wild+Hollywood+Life| date=July 1, 1997| publisher=Addax| location=Lenexa, KS|isbn=978-1461604235}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0052039|Frank Bank}}
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Category:1942 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:Male actors from Los Angeles
Category:Deaths from cancer in California
Category:American memoirists
Category:American male television actors
Category:Jewish American male actors
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:Writers from Los Angeles
Category:Male actors from Rancho Mirage, California
Category:American male film actors
Category:Burials at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
Category:21st-century American Jews
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