Frank Clarke

from Paso Robles, California, USA

Artwork for Hell's AngelsImage of Frank Clarke

Biography

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Frank Clarke (29 December 1898 – 12 June 1948) was a Hollywood stunt pilot, actor, and military officer. His most prominent role was as Lieutenant von Bruen (and double for von Richthofen in combat scenes) in the 1930 production Hell's Angels, but he flew for the camera and performed stunts in more than a dozen films in the 1930s and 1940s. Clarke was killed in an aircraft crash near Isabella, California, in 1948.

Timeline

1950Aged 52

  • Poster for Walk Softly, Stranger

    Plane Pilot (uncredited)

1942Aged 44

  • Poster for Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Self (archive footage)

1941Aged 43

  • Poster for Sundown

    Pilot (uncredited)

1939Aged 41

  • Poster for The Flying Deuces

    Pilot

  • Poster for Women in the Wind

    Technical Advisor

1938Aged 40

  • Poster for Men with Wings

    Burke

1936Aged 38

  • Poster for Border Flight

    Stunts

1935Aged 37

  • Poster for Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

    Flyer

1933Aged 35

1932Aged 34

  • Poster for The Lost Squadron

    Flier (uncredited)

1930Aged 32

  • Poster for Hell's Angels

    Lt. von Bruen

1928Aged 30

  • Poster for The Air Patrol

    Lt. Blount - Aviator

  • Poster for Eagle of the Night

    (Unknown)

1925Aged 27

  • Poster for The Cloud Rider

    Pilot

1920Aged 22

  • Poster for The Jungle Princess

    Michael Donovan

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