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Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro (December 22, 1917 – December 25, 1976) was an American actor. Born into a show-business family - his parents were circus aerialists - Darro appeared in his first film at age six. Due to his small size and youthful appearance, he played teenagers well into his 20s. Always a physical performer, Darro often did his own stunts, many times out of necessity - his small stature made it difficult to find stunt doubles his size. He was an accomplished horseman and, in addition to western

Born

Dec 22, 1917

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died

Dec 25, 1976

Known For

Acting

Movies

150 acting

1 crew

Popularity

1.4

movie

Known For

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

1940

as Lampwick (voice) (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1956

as Slave (uncredited)
Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet

1956

as Robby the Robot (interior) (uncredited)
Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat

1959

as Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Dooley
The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy

1931

as Matt as a Boy (uncredited)
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
1940 • as Lampwick (voice) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
1956 • as Slave (uncredited)
★ 7.8
Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet
1956 • as Robby the Robot (interior) (uncredited)
★ 7.3
Texas Tornado
Texas Tornado
1928 • as Buddy Martin
★ 10.0
Westward the Women
Westward the Women
1951 • as Jean's Awaiting Groom (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Operation Petticoat
Operation Petticoat
1959 • as Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Dooley
★ 7.2
Terror Mountain
Terror Mountain
1928 • as Buddy Roberts
★ 8.0
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
1968 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
Pat and Mike
Pat and Mike
1952 • as Caddy (uncredited)
★ 6.4
The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy
1931 • as Matt as a Boy (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Radio Ranch
Radio Ranch
1940 • as Frankie Baxter
★ 5.6
Living It Up
Living It Up
1954 • as Bellboy Captain (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Broadway Bill
Broadway Bill
1934 • as Ted Williams
★ 6.0
Take It or Leave It
Take It or Leave It
1944 • as Radio Listener
★ 6.0
Gun Law
Gun Law
1929 • as Buster Brown
★ 8.0
Riding High
Riding High
1950 • as Jockey Williams
★ 6.1
The Phantom of the Range
The Phantom of the Range
1928 • as Spuds O'Brien
★ 7.0
Flesh and the Devil
Flesh and the Devil
1926 • as Boy who dances with Hertha (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Boys' Reformatory
Boys' Reformatory
1939 • as Tommy Ryan
★ 5.3
Reformatory
Reformatory
1938 • as Louie Miller
★ 6.5
Three on a Match
Three on a Match
1932 • as Bobby (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Saratoga
Saratoga
1937 • as Dixie Gordon
★ 6.5
Idaho Red
Idaho Red
1929 • as Tadpole
★ 9.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Wyoming Mail
Wyoming Mail
1950 • as Rufe
★ 5.2
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
★ 7.3
Memory Lane
Memory Lane
1926 • as Urchin
★ 8.0
The Desert Pirate
The Desert Pirate
1927 • as Jimmy Rand
★ 10.0
The Payoff
The Payoff
1935 • as Jimmy Moore
★ 5.5
That's My Man
That's My Man
1947 • as Jockey
★ 6.7
Angels' Alley
Angels' Alley
1948 • as Cousin Jimmy
★ 5.2
Way Back Home
Way Back Home
1931 • as Robbie
★ 6.3
Kiki
Kiki
1926 • as Pierre
★ 7.8
Hook, Line and Sinker
Hook, Line and Sinker
1969 • as Delivery Man (uncredited)
★ 4.4
Stranded
Stranded
1935 • as James 'Jimmy' Rivers
★ 6.0
Half-a-Dollar Bill
Half-a-Dollar Bill
1924 • as Half-a-Dollar Bill
★ 10.0
Her Father Said No
Her Father Said No
1927 • as Matt Doe
★ 7.0
Unwelcome Stranger
Unwelcome Stranger
1935 • as Charlie Anderson
★ 9.0
Racing Blood
Racing Blood
1954 • as Ben
★ 10.0
The Mayor of Hell
The Mayor of Hell
1933 • as James 'Jimmie' Smith
★ 7.0
Let's Go, Gallagher
Let's Go, Gallagher
1925 • as Little Joey
★ 10.0
The Phantom Empire
The Phantom Empire
1935 • as Frankie Baxter
★ 5.8
The Cheyenne Cyclone
The Cheyenne Cyclone
1931 • as Orphan McGuire
★ 8.0
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936 • as Spike Salisbury (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936 • as 'Tip' Collins, Jockey
★ 7.1
Across the Wide Missouri
Across the Wide Missouri
1951 • as Cadet (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936 • as Self
★ 4.7
Amateur Daddy
Amateur Daddy
1932 • as Pete Smith
★ 10.0
Long Pants
Long Pants
1927 • as Young Harry Shelby (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Mind Your Own Business
Mind Your Own Business
1936 • as Bob
★ 10.0
Tugboat Annie
Tugboat Annie
1933 • as Alec, as a Child
★ 7.3
The Next Voice You Hear...
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950 • as Newsboy (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Roaring Rails
Roaring Rails
1924 • as Little Bill
★ 6.9
Hold That Baby!
Hold That Baby!
1949 • as Bananas Stewart
★ 5.8
The People vs. Nancy Preston
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925 • as Bubsy
★ 10.0
Wild Boys of the Road
Wild Boys of the Road
1933 • as Eddie Smith
★ 6.8
Her Husband's Secret
Her Husband's Secret
1925 • as Young Elliot Owen
★ 10.0
Let's Go Collegiate
Let's Go Collegiate
1941 • as Frankie Monahan
★ 5.4
Tough Kid
Tough Kid
1938 • as 'Skipper' Murphy
★ 6.5
Valley of Wanted Men
Valley of Wanted Men
1935 • as Slivers Sanderson
★ 6.3
Tom's Gang
Tom's Gang
1927 • as Spuds
★ 7.0
On the Spot
On the Spot
1940 • as Frankie 'Doc' Kelly
★ 5.8
movie
Red Hot Hoofs
1926 • as Frankie Buckley
★ 7.0
The Cowboy Cop
The Cowboy Cop
1926 • as Frankie
★ 7.0
Laughing at Life
Laughing at Life
1933 • as Chango
★ 7.3
Wild to Go
Wild to Go
1926 • as Frankie Blake
★ 8.0
3 Kids and a Queen
3 Kids and a Queen
1935 • as Blackie
★ 6.8
Fighting the Flames
Fighting the Flames
1925 • as Mickey
movie
The Pride of Pawnee
1929 • as Jerry Wilson
★ 9.0
The Wolf Dog
The Wolf Dog
1933 • as Frank Courtney
★ 7.4
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931 • as Larry Claudet - as a Boy (uncredited)
★ 5.9
The Big Race
The Big Race
1934 • as Knobby
★ 9.0
Junior G-Men of the Air
Junior G-Men of the Air
1942 • as Jack
★ 6.3
Chasing Trouble
Chasing Trouble
1940 • as Jimmy O'Brien
★ 5.5
Red Hot Tires
Red Hot Tires
1935 • as Johnny
★ 6.0
When the Law Rides
When the Law Rides
1928 • as Frankie Ross
★ 7.0
Tom and His Pals
Tom and His Pals
1926 • as Frankie Smith
★ 9.0
movie
The Flying U Ranch
1927 • as Chip Jr.
Tough to Handle
Tough to Handle
1937 • as Mike Sanford
★ 6.3
Juvenile Court
Juvenile Court
1938 • as Stubby
★ 6.0
Born to Fight
Born to Fight
1936 • as 'Babyface' Madison
★ 10.0
No Greater Glory
No Greater Glory
1934 • as Feri Ats
★ 6.6
The Avenging Rider
The Avenging Rider
1928 • as Frankie Sheridan
★ 9.0
Men of Action
Men of Action
1935 • as Johnny Morgan
★ 6.0
Little Men
Little Men
1934 • as Dan
★ 5.7
Little Mickey Grogan
Little Mickey Grogan
1927 • as Mickey Grogan
★ 8.0
The Merry Frinks
The Merry Frinks
1934 • as Norman Frink
★ 4.8
movie
Cyclone of the Range
1927 • as Frankie Butler
★ 9.0
Fighting Fools
Fighting Fools
1949 • as Johnny Higgins
★ 6.0
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
1937 • as "Dink" Reid
★ 5.9
The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here
1941 • as Frankie O'Malley
★ 5.4
The Devil Diamond
The Devil Diamond
1937 • as Lee
★ 4.7
Up in the Air
Up in the Air
1940 • as Frankie Ryan
★ 5.8
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974 • as Studio Guard
★ 5.5
Judgment of the Storm
Judgment of the Storm
1924 • as Heath Twin
★ 8.0
Racing Blood
Racing Blood
1936 • as Frankie Reynolds
★ 7.0
movie
Tyrant of Red Gulch
1928 • as Tip
★ 8.0
Out of the West
Out of the West
1926 • as Frankie O'Connor
★ 10.0
Moulders of Men
Moulders of Men
1927 • as Sandy Barry
★ 7.0
Pride of Maryland
Pride of Maryland
1951 • as Steve Loomis
★ 9.0
Freddie Steps Out
Freddie Steps Out
1946 • as Roy Donne
★ 4.0
Trouble Makers
Trouble Makers
1948 • as Ben Feathers
★ 6.1
Sons of New Mexico
Sons of New Mexico
1949 • as Gig Jackson
★ 6.5
Hollywood on Parade
Hollywood on Parade
1932 • as Self
★ 6.5
Black Gold
Black Gold
1936 • as Clifford 'Fishtail' O'Reilly
★ 5.3
Sarge Goes to College
Sarge Goes to College
1947 • as Roy Donne
★ 4.5
The Devil Horse
The Devil Horse
1932 • as Frankie Graham - The Wild Boy
★ 5.7
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938 • as Jerry
★ 9.0
The Signal Tower
The Signal Tower
1924 • as Sonny Tolliver
★ 5.8
The Thrill Hunter
The Thrill Hunter
1926 • as Boy Prince
★ 7.0
The Vanishing Legion
The Vanishing Legion
1931 • as Jimmie Williams
★ 8.5
movie
Dead End Kids Go To War
1942 • as Jack
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1934 • as Bobbie Riley
★ 5.6
Young Dynamite
Young Dynamite
1937 • as Freddie Shields
★ 4.5
So Big
So Big
1924 • as Dirk DeJong (child)
★ 9.0
movie
The Phantom Express
1925 • as 'Daddles' Lane - Nora's Brother
You're Out of Luck
You're Out of Luck
1941 • as Frankie O'Reilly
★ 6.5
The Mad Genius
The Mad Genius
1931 • as Fedor as a Boy
★ 6.4
Fugitive Lovers
Fugitive Lovers
1975 • as Lester the Drunk
★ 4.8
Hearts and Spangles
Hearts and Spangles
1926 • as Bobby
★ 8.0
Born to Battle
Born to Battle
1926 • as Birdie
★ 7.0
Laughing at Danger
Laughing at Danger
1940 • as Frankie Kelly
★ 9.0
Tuxedo Junction
Tuxedo Junction
1941 • as Jack 'Sock' Anderson
★ 10.0
Headline Crasher
Headline Crasher
1937 • as James 'Jimmy' Forbush Tallant, Jr.
★ 7.0
Junior Prom
Junior Prom
1946 • as Roy Donne
★ 5.3
Confessions of a Queen
Confessions of a Queen
1925 • as Prince Zara
★ 7.3
Two Gun Marshal
Two Gun Marshal
1953 • as Clint Slocum
★ 9.0
High School Hero
High School Hero
1946 • as Roy Donne
★ 6.5
Rainbow Man
Rainbow Man
1929 • as Billy Ryan
★ 10.0
The Midnight Flyer
The Midnight Flyer
1925 • as Young Davey
★ 10.0
The Lawless Rider
The Lawless Rider
1954 • as Jim Bascom
★ 6.5
The Masquerade Bandit
The Masquerade Bandit
1926 • as Tim Marble
★ 9.0
Irish Luck
Irish Luck
1939 • as Buzzy O'Brien
★ 6.4
Vacation Days
Vacation Days
1947 • as Roy Donne
★ 6.5
Trail of the Horse Thieves
Trail of the Horse Thieves
1929 • as Buddy
★ 9.0
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932 • as Self (uncredited)
★ 10.0
Women and Gold
Women and Gold
1925 • as Dan Barclay Jr.
★ 9.0
Judgement Of The Hills
Judgement Of The Hills
1927 • as Tad Dennison
★ 7.0
Anything for a Thrill
Anything for a Thrill
1937 • as Dan Mallory
★ 4.0
Smart Politics
Smart Politics
1948 • as Roy Donne
★ 6.5
The Cowboy Musketeer
The Cowboy Musketeer
1925 • as Billy Gordon
★ 10.0
The Lightning Warrior
The Lightning Warrior
1931 • as Jimmy Carter
★ 6.3
The Wyoming Wildcat
The Wyoming Wildcat
1925 • as Barnie Finn
★ 8.0
Racing for Life
Racing for Life
1924 • as Jimmy Danton
★ 9.0
Heart of Virginia
Heart of Virginia
1948 • as Jimmy Easter
★ 7.0
Blaze o' Glory
Blaze o' Glory
1929 • as Jean Williams
★ 7.0
Wanted by the Police
Wanted by the Police
1938 • as Danny Murphy
★ 7.5
Lightning Lariats
Lightning Lariats
1927 • as Alexis, King of Roxenburg
★ 7.0
The Circus Kid
The Circus Kid
1928 • as Buddy
★ 9.0
movie
Mike
1926 • as Boy
★ 10.0