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name: "David Frankham"
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born: "16 February 1926"
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# David Frankham

Actor. Born 16 February 1926 in Kent, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 February 1926, Kent, England
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2409242, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291301/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16063

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*One Hundred and One Dalmatians*](https://film.one/film/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians.md) (82)

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## Biography

David Frankham (born 16 February 1926) is an English actor. After serving in the British Army during the Second World War in India and Malaya, he worked for the BBC as a news reader, writer, interviewer and producer from 1948 to 1955.

In 1955 Frankham moved to Hollywood. He provided the voice of Sergeant Tibbs in Walt Disney's *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* (1961) and appeared in guest roles on American television series from the late 1950s into the 1980s, including *Star Trek* (1968), *The Outer Limits* (1963) and *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962). His film credits include *Return of the Fly* (1959), *Master of the World* (1961) and *Tales of Terror* (1962).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* (1961), Fi1m 82, as Sergeant Tibbs (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians.md)

## Also known for

- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Captain Abbott
- *Return of the Fly* (1959), Ronald Holmes, alias Alan Hinds
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Philip Haven, Holsom
- *Tales of Terror* (1962), Dr. James ("The Case of M. Valdemar")
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), Capt. Terrence Ralph Brookman, Harvey Kry Jr.
- *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), Lieutenant, Lieutenant Richards
- *The Waltons* (1972), Neville Chamberlain (voice)
- *Master of the World* (1961), Phillip Evans

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