{{short description|American actor (1876–1955)}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Frank Darien | image = Frank Darien in Bluebeard (1944).jpg | caption = Darien in ''Bluebeard'' (1944) | birth_name = Frank Guderian | birth_date = {{birth date|1876|3|18}} | birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1955|10|20|1876|3|18}} | death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1915-1951 }}
'''Frank Darien''' (born '''Frank Guderian'''; March 18, 1876 – October 20, 1955) was an American actor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/17009/Frank-Darien| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205173511/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/17009/Frank-Darien| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 5, 2008| title=Frank Darien| department=Movies & TV Dept.| work=The New York Times|year=2008| accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref> He appeared in 225 films between 1915 and 1951.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1915|| ''Ethel's Romance'' || Minor Role || Film debut |- |1926|| ''Old Ironsides'' || Seaman || Uncredited |- |1931|| ''Cimarron'' || Mr. Bixby || Uncredited |- |1931|| ''June Moon'' || Window Cleaner || |- |1931|| ''The She-Wolf'' || Remington's Associate || Uncredited |- |1931|| ''Everything's Rosie'' || Sam Hall || Uncredited |- |1931|| ''Big Business Girl'' || Luke Winters || |- |1931|| ''I Take This Woman'' || Station Agent || |- |1931|| ''The Public Defender'' || The Waiter || Uncredited |- |1931|| ''Bad Girl'' || Lathrop || Uncredited |- |1931|| ''Five Star Final'' || Schwartz - Undertaker || Uncredited |- |1931|| ''The Tip-Off'' || Edna's Uncle || Uncredited |- |1931|| ''Way Back Home'' || Station Master || Uncredited |- |1931|| ''Her Majesty, Love'' || Factory Clerk || Uncredited |- |1931|| ''Peach-O-Reno'' || Counselor Jackson #3 || Uncredited |- |1931|| ''The Big Shot'' || Herb, the Postmaster || Uncredited |- |1932|| ''Union Depot'' || Doctor / Little Boy's Father || Uncredited |- |1932|| ''High Pressure'' || Oscar Brown - Realty Agent || Uncredited |- |1932|| ''Business and Pleasure'' || American Tourist || Uncredited |- |1932|| ''Are You Listening?'' || Desk Clerk || Uncredited |- |1932|| ''The Miracle Man'' || Hiram Higgins || |- |1932|| ''The Rider of Death Valley'' || Elmer - Assayer || Uncredited |- |1932|| ''Sinners in the Sun'' || Garage Mechanic || Uncredited |- |1932|| ''Lady and Gent'' || Jim || |- |1932|| ''The Night Club Lady'' || Dr. Magnus || Uncredited |- |1932|| ''Life Begins'' || Harry || Uncredited |- |1932|| ''Okay, America!'' || O'Toole || Uncredited |- |1932|| ''Prosperity'' || Erza Higgins || |- |1933|| ''The Billion Dollar Scandal'' || Typesetter || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''Mystery of the Wax Museum'' || Autopsy Surgeon || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''Hello, Everybody!'' || Henry Thompson || |- |1933|| ''Grand Slam'' || Bridge Match Kibitzer || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''Song of the Eagle'' || Mailman || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''The Story of Temple Drake'' || Gas Station Manager || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''Lilly Turner'' || Hotel Porter || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''Professional Sweetheart'' || Winston Appleby || |- |1933|| ''Heroes for Sale'' || Announcer at Roger's Reception || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''Baby Face'' || Paris Bank Agent || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''No Marriage Ties'' || Deane Co. Chemist || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''This Day and Age'' || Stolen Car Owner || |- |1933|| ''Bureau of Missing Persons'' || Man Identifying Daughter's Photo || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''Big Executive'' || Richardson' Secretary || |- |1933|| ''Female'' || Ed - the Comptroller || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''From Headquarters'' || Lawyer Manley || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''Jimmy and Sally'' || Marlowe Associate || Uncredited |- |1933|| ''The House on 56th Street'' || Justice of the Peace || Uncredited |- |1934|| ''Fashions of 1934'' || Jules || |- |1934|| ''Journal of a Crime'' || Stage Manager || |- |1934|| ''Sing and Like It'' || Mr. Fripp - Pianist || Uncredited |- |1934|| ''Smarty'' || Court Spectator || Uncredited |- |1934|| ''Let's Try Again'' || David - Jack's Tailor || Uncredited |- |1934|| ''His Greatest Gamble'' || Dinner Guest || Uncredited |- |1934|| ''Service With a Smile'' || Customer || early Technicolor short |- |1934|| ''Dames'' || First Druggist || Uncredited |- |1934|| ''Marie Galante'' || Ellsworth || |- |1934|| ''The Firebird'' || Franz - the Pointers' Butler || Uncredited |- |1934|| ''Men of the Night'' || Mr. Webbley || Uncredited |- |1934|| ''Anne of Green Gables'' || Angus - Station Master || Uncredited |- |1934|| ''The Gay Bride'' || Mr. Bartlett || Uncredited |- |1934|| ''The Secret Bride'' || Justice of the Peace || Uncredited |- |1935|| ''Behind the Evidence'' || Herbert || |- |1935|| ''The Little Colonel'' || Nebler || |- |1935|| ''The Perfect Clue'' || Stationmaster || |- |1935|| ''Life Begins at 40'' || Abercrombie's Friend || Uncredited |- |1935|| ''Public Hero No. 1'' || Dr. Hale - Plastic Surgeon || Uncredited |- |1935|| ''Mad Love'' || Lavin - Waxworks Proprietor || Uncredited |- |1935|| ''Here Comes the Band'' || Pawnbroker || Uncredited |- |1935|| ''Here Comes Cookie'' || Clyde || |- |1935|| ''Charlie Chan in Shanghai'' || Bespectacled Tourist in Versailles Cafe || Uncredited |- |1935|| ''Dr. Socrates'' || Sam - a Druggist || Uncredited |- |1935|| ''Thanks a Million'' || Politician || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''Riffraff'' || Smoky - Night Watchman || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''The Story of Louis Pasteur'' || Academy Member || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''The Walking Dead'' || Cemetery Caretaker || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''Sutter's Gold'' || Missouri Trader || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''Brides Are Like That'' || Clem Brown || |- |1936|| ''The Moon's Our Home'' || Night Clerk || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''Captain January'' || Ira J. Slocum - Storekeeper || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''Trouble for Two'' || Ambassador's Aide || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''Early to Bed'' || Pop - a Clerk || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''Parole!'' || Patton's Assistant || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''Satan Met a Lady'' || Hotel Clerk || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''Undercover Man'' || Dizzy Slocum || |- |1936|| ''Wedding Present'' || Cashier || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''Polo Joe'' || Baggage Man || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''Easy to Take'' || Drug Store Clerk || Uncredited |- |1936|| ''Pennies from Heaven'' || Chicken Farmer || Uncredited |- |1937|| ''On the Avenue'' || Frank - Stage Doorman || Uncredited |- |1937|| ''Time Out for Romance'' || Telegraph Operator || Uncredited |- |1937|| ''Fair Warning'' || Hotel Doctor || Uncredited |- |1937|| ''23 1/2 Hours' Leave'' || Elevator Operator || Uncredited |- |1937|| ''Jim Hanvey, Detective'' || Pete || |- |1937|| ''The Good Old Soak'' || Jasper || Uncredited |- |1937|| ''Wake Up and Live'' || Hay Wagon Driver || Uncredited |- |1937|| ''The Toast of New York'' || Member of the Board of Directors || Uncredited |- |1937|| ''The Life of Emile Zola'' || Albert || Uncredited |- |1937|| ''That Certain Woman'' || Night Porter || Uncredited |- |1937|| ''Trapped by G-Men'' || Dad Higbee || |- |1937|| ''Wine, Women and Horses'' || Mr. Schultz || Uncredited |- |1937|| ''Big Town Girl'' || Farmer || Uncredited |- |1938|| ''The Old Barn Dance'' || Dawson || Uncredited |- |1938|| ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' || Storekeeper || Uncredited |- |1938|| ''Born to Be Wild'' || Farmer || Uncredited |- |1938|| ''Cassidy of Bar 20'' || Pappy || |- |1938|| ''Jezebel'' || Bookkeeper || Uncredited |- |1938|| ''Prison Break'' || Cappy || |- |1938|| ''Love Finds Andy Hardy'' || Bill Collector || |- |1938|| ''Valley of the Giants'' || Doctor || Uncredited |- |1938|| ''Western Jamboree'' || Dad Haskell || |- |1938|| ''Up the River'' || Mr. White || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Stand Up and Fight'' || Mr. Daniels, Cumberland Hotel || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Long Shot'' || Zeb Jenkins || |- |1939|| ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' || Old Jailer || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Three Smart Girls Grow Up'' || Freddie || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Panama Patrol'' || Sam, the Watchman || |- |1939|| ''Dark Victory'' || Anxious Little Man || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Unexpected Father'' || Justice of the Peace || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Maisie'' || Pops || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Career'' || Cap || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''When Tomorrow Comes'' || Boathouse Caretaker || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Blackmail'' || Ramey's Oil-Well Watchman || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Babes in Arms'' || Mr. Parks - Druggist || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Here I Am a Stranger'' || Western Union Messenger || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Sabotage'' || Smitty || |- |1939|| ''At the Circus'' || Telegrapher || Uncredited |- |1939|| ''Two Thoroughbreds'' || Mr. Beal - the Mailman || |- |1940|| ''The Grapes of Wrath'' || Uncle John || |- |1940|| ''Viva Cisco Kid'' || Express Agent || Uncredited |- |1940|| ''Lillian Russell'' || Coachman || |- |1940|| ''The Way of All Flesh'' || Second Director || Uncredited |- |1940|| ''Anne of Windy Poplars'' || || Uncredited |- |1940|| ''Pier 13'' || Hard of Hearing Driver || Uncredited |- |1940|| ''Arizona'' || Joe || |- |1940|| ''Blame It on Love'' || Pop || |- |1941|| ''Arkansas Judge'' || Henry Marsden || |- |1941|| ''Adam Had Four Sons'' || Horace || Uncredited |- |1941|| ''Sis Hopkins'' || Jud || |- |1941|| ''Out of the Fog'' || Joe, Newspaper Vendor || Uncredited |- |1941|| ''Puddin' Head'' || Rube || Uncredited |- |1941|| ''Blossoms in the Dust'' || Jones, Gladney's Accountant || Uncredited |- |1941|| ''Hurricane Smith'' || 'Pop' Wessell || |- |1941|| ''Wide Open Town'' || Pop || Uncredited |- |1941|| ''Under Fiesta Stars'' || Benjamin Peabody || |- |1941|| ''Flying Blind'' || Justice || Uncredited |- |1941|| ''Lady Be Good'' || Justice of the Peace || Uncredited |- |1941|| ''King of the Texas Rangers'' || Pop Evans || Serial, (Chs 1, 8) |- |1941|| ''Appointment for Love'' || Station Agent || Uncredited |- |1941|| ''Unholy Partners'' || Elevator || Uncredited |- |1941|| ''Bedtime Story'' || Minor Role || Uncredited |- |1941|| ''Hellzapoppin''' || Man calling for Mrs. Jones || |- |1942|| ''Roxie Hart'' || Michael Finnegan || Uncredited |- |1942|| ''The Panther's Claw'' || Samuel Wilkins || |- |1942|| ''Meet the Stewarts'' || Henry - Club Waiter || Uncredited |- |1942|| ''Syncopation'' || Court Bailiff || Uncredited |- |1942|| ''Jackass Mail'' || Postmaster || Uncredited |- |1942|| ''The Gay Sisters'' || Frederick Clausson Simmons || Uncredited |- |1942|| ''Tales of Manhattan'' || Elsa's Old Father || (Laughton sequence), Uncredited |- |1942|| ''Get Hep to Love'' || Constable || Uncredited |- |1942|| ''The Mummy's Tomb'' || Old Townsman || Uncredited |- |1942|| ''When Johnny Comes Marching Home'' || Civil War Veteran || Uncredited |- |1943|| ''Hello, Frisco, Hello'' || Missionary || |- |1943|| ''Nobody's Darling'' || Gardener || Uncredited |- |1943|| ''Johnny Come Lately'' || Vagrant || Uncredited |- |1943|| ''The Gang's All Here'' || Stage Doorman || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''None Shall Escape'' || Old Man || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''Rationing'' || Joady Peckham || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''The Adventures of Mark Twain'' || Toy Store Proprietor || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble'' || Joe's Place Watchman || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''Home in Indiana'' || Man Seated Right of Ed in Bar || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''Tall in the Saddle'' || Train Station Master || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''Bowery to Broadway'' || Hot Dog Vendor || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''Bluebeard'' || Inquiry Judge || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''Nothing but Trouble'' || Old Man || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''Music for Millions'' || Old Western Union Messenger || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''Can't Help Singing'' || Elderly Wagon Owner || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''Gentle Annie'' || Jake || |- |1945|| ''Roughly Speaking'' || Timekeeper || Uncredited |- |1945|| ''The Clock'' || Customer || Uncredited |- |1945|| ''Counter-Attack'' || Partisan || Uncredited |- |1945|| ''Tarzan and the Amazons'' || Dinghy Skipper || Uncredited |- |1945|| ''The Great John L.'' || Sullivan-Corbett Fight Spectator || Uncredited |- |1945|| ''Anchors Aweigh'' || Hollywood Bowl Janitor || Uncredited |- |1945|| ''Kiss and Tell'' || Elmer K. Waldo || Uncredited |- |1946|| ''My Reputation'' || Elevator Operator || Uncredited |- |1946|| ''Claudia and David'' || Charlie || Uncredited |- |1946|| ''Partners in Time'' || Townsman || Uncredited |- |1946|| ''A Stolen Life'' || Elevator Operator || Uncredited |- |1946|| ''Bad Bascomb'' || Elder Moab McCabe || |- |1946|| ''Smoky'' || Junk Yard Owner || Uncredited |- |1946|| ''Gallant Journey'' || Doctor || Uncredited |- |1946|| ''The Fabulous Suzanne'' || Mr. Tuttle || |- |1946|| ''The Secret Heart'' || Mr. Wiggins || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''Beat the Band'' || Mr. Davis || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''The Sea of Grass'' || Minister || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''A Likely Story'' || Messenger || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''That's My Man'' || Old Hotel Clerk || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''The Woman on the Beach'' || Lars || |- |1947|| ''The Trouble with Women'' || Tony, Elevator Operator || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''Down to Earth'' || Janitor || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''Magic Town'' || Quincy || |- |1947|| ''Merton of the Movies'' || Mr. Hubank || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''High Wall'' || Old Patient in Tub || Uncredited |- |1948|| ''Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House'' || Judge Quarles || Uncredited |- |1948|| ''You Gotta Stay Happy'' || Old Man || Uncredited |- |1948|| ''Belle Starr's Daughter'' || Old Man || |- |1948|| ''An Act of Murder'' || Old Man Outside Courthouse || Uncredited |- |1949|| ''The Accused'' || Jerry || Uncredited |- |1949|| ''Alias Nick Beal'' || Assistant Tailor || Uncredited |- |1949|| ''Little Women'' || Old Crony at Grace's Store || Uncredited |- |1949|| ''Dear Wife'' || Bailiff || Uncredited |- |1950|| ''The Flying Saucer'' || Matt Mitchell || |- |1950|| ''The Yellow Cab Man'' || Irate Old Man Cab Passenger || Uncredited |- |1950|| ''Please Believe Me'' || Pete Drago || Uncredited |- |1950|| ''Shadow on the Wall'' || Law Librarian || Uncredited |- |1951|| ''The Whip Hand'' || Luther Adams || |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0201227|Frank Darien}} *{{IBDB name|37318}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Darien, Frank}} Category:1876 births Category:1955 deaths Category:American male film actors Category:Male actors from New Orleans Category:20th-century American male actors