Milton Frome
- Birthday
- Feb 24, 1909
Bio: American actor Milton Frome made an unlikely film debut as the cowboy star of Grand National's Ride 'Em Cowgirl (1939)--unlikely in that the tall, bald actor spent the rest of his career playing nervous corporate types and "second bananas" for some of show business' greatest clowns. After touring with the USO during World War II, the vaudeville-trained Frome was an… More Bio: American actor Milton Frome made an unlikely film debut as the cowboy star of Grand National's Ride 'Em Cowgirl (1939)--unlikely in that the tall, bald actor spent the rest of his career playing nervous corporate types and "second bananas" for some of show business' greatest clowns. After touring with the USO during World War II, the vaudeville-trained Frome was an early arrival on the television scene: he worked as a straight man and foil on Milton Berle's variety series, and also functioned as the hapless target of the antics of Martin and Lewis on The Colgate Comedy Hour. The actor was also busy in live and filmed detective and action series (he frequently appeared in Superman with his good friend George Reeves) as well as in two-reel comedies with The Three Stooges. After Jerry Lewis broke away from Dean Martin, Frome continued to function as one of Lewis' stock company in such films as The Delicate Delinquent (1957), The Nutty Professor (1963) and Disorderly Orderly (1964). TV sitcom buffs remember Milton Frome best as Lawrence Chapman, the hapless mogul who ran a film studio owned by rustic millionaire Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Filmography
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The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
- Auctioneer
- 50%
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Gus (1976)
- Lukom
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
- Customer in Drug Store
- 73%
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The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
- Mr. Lutkin
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Evil Roy Slade (1971)
- Foss - Telegrapher
- See all 36 films
Milton Frome Videos
Bye Bye Birdie
5 minutes 35 seconds
The Nutty Professor
2 minutes 46 seconds
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1 minutes 34 seconds
Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine
3 minutes 51 seconds
Batman
3 minutes 56 seconds
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