--- name: "Frank Conroy" canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-conroy" roles: ["Actor"] born: "13 October 1890" died: "24 February 1964" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T01:46:10.499025+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Frank Conroy Actor. Born 13 October 1890 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. Died 24 February 1964. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 13 October 1890, Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK - **Died:** 24 February 1964 - **Active:** 1934–1948 - **Also known as:** Frank Meinberg Conroy, Frank Parish Conroy - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Conroy_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3082553, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175815/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14658 ## Biography Frank Conroy (born Frank Meinberg Conroy; also credited as Frank Parish Conroy) was a British actor. He was born on 14 October 1890 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, and died on 24 February 1964 in Paramus, New Jersey, United States. Conroy began acting on stage in England in 1908 and moved to the United States in 1915. He appeared in more than 40 Broadway productions between 1913 and 1962, winning a Tony Award for best supporting actor for his performance in Graham Greene's *The Potting Shed* (1957). His film roles include Rohna in *Grand Hotel* (1932), Dr. Thorne in *The White Parade* (1934) and Maj. Tetley in *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943). He also appeared in *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (1951), *The Naked City* (1948) and *The Snake Pit* (1948). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Snake Pit* (1948), Fi1m 76, as Jonathan Gifford — [page](https://film.one/film/the-snake-pit.md) - *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Fi1m 84, as Maj. Tetley — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md) ## Complete filmography (76) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Power and the Glory* (1963), as Padre José - *The Bramble Bush* (1960), as Dr. Sol Kelsey - *The Young Philadelphians* (1959), as Doctor Shippen Stearnes - *The Last Mile* (1959), as O'Flaherty - *The Littlest Enemy* (1958), as Mr. Wickens - *All the King's Men* (1958), Actor - *Little Moon of Alban* (1958), as Father Curran - *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (1951), as Mr. Harley - *Lightning Strikes Twice* (1951), as J.D. Nolan - *The Threat* (1949), as District Attorney Barker MacDonald - *Rogues' Regiment* (1948), as Colonel Lemercier - *Sealed Verdict* (1948), as Colonel Pike - *The Snake Pit* (1948), as Jonathan Gifford — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-snake-pit.md) - *For the Love of Mary* (1948), as Samuel Litchfield - *All My Sons* (1948), as Herbert Deever - *The Naked City* (1948), as Captain Donahue - *That Hagen Girl* (1947), as Dr. Stone - *Lady of Burlesque* (1943), as 'Stacchi' Stacciaro - *Crash Dive* (1943), as Capt. Bryson - *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), as Maj. Tetley — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md) - *The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe* (1942), as John Allan - *Crossroads* (1942), as Defense Attorney (uncredited) - *The Adventures of Martin Eden* (1942), as Carl Brissenden - *This Woman Is Mine* (1941), as First Mate Fox - *Wells Fargo* (1937), as Ward, banker - *The Last Gangster* (1937), as Sid Gorman - *Music for Madame* (1937), as Morton Harding - *That I May Live* (1937), as Pop - *The Emperor's Candlesticks* (1937), as Col. Radoff - *Big Business* (1937), as Leland Whitney - *This Is My Affair* (1937), as President William McKinley - *Nancy Steele Is Missing!* (1937), as Dan Mallon - *Love Is News* (1937), as A.G. Findlay - *Stolen Holiday* (1937), as Dupont - *Charlie Chan at the Opera* (1936), as Mr. Whitely - *The Gorgeous Hussy* (1936), as John C. Calhoun - *Meet Nero Wolfe* (1936), as Dr. Nathaniel Bradford - *The White Angel* (1936), as Mr. Le Froy - *Nobody's Fool* (1936), as Jake Cavendish - *Show Them No Mercy!* (1935), as Reed - *The Last Days of Pompeii* (1935), as Gaius Tanno (uncredited) - *She Couldn't Take It* (1935), as Henry Raleigh - *I Live My Life* (1935), as Doctor - *Dante's Inferno* (1935), as Defense Attorney - *Call of the Wild* (1935), as John Blake - *Charlie Chan in Egypt* (1935), as Prof. John Thurston - *West Point of the Air* (1935), as Capt. Cannon - *The Little Minister* (1934), as Lord Rintoul - *The White Parade* (1934), as Dr. Thorne - *I'll Fix It* (1934), as District Attorney - *Evelyn Prentice* (1934), as District Attorney Farley - *Wednesday's Child* (1934), as Judge - *Return of the Terror* (1934), as Prosecuting Attorney - *Such Women Are Dangerous* (1934), as Bronson - *Little Miss Marker* (1934), as Dr. Ingalls - *Sadie McKee* (1934), as Dr. Briggs (uncredited) - *Manhattan Melodrama* (1934), as Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited) - *Upperworld* (1934), as Paul, Stream's Attorney (uncredited) - *The Crime Doctor* (1934), as Martin Crowder - *Keep 'Em Rolling* (1934), as Capt. R.G. Deane - *The Cat and the Fiddle* (1934), as Theatre Owner - *Frontier Marshal* (1934), as Oscar Reid - *The Kennel Murder Case* (1933), as Brisbane Coe - *Ace of Aces* (1933), as Wentworth - *Night Flight* (1933), as Radio Operator - *Midnight Mary* (1933), as District Attorney - *Storm at Daybreak* (1933), as Archduke Franz Ferdinand (uncredited) - *Ann Carver's Profession* (1933), as Baker, Baker (uncredited) - *Grand Hotel* (1932), as Rohna - *Disorderly Conduct* (1932), as Tony Alsotto - *Hell Divers* (1932), as Chaplain - *Manhattan Parade* (1931), as Bill Brighton - *West of Broadway* (1931), as Judge Barham - *Possessed* (1931), as Horace Travers - *Bad Company* (1931), as Markham King - *The Royal Family of Broadway* (1930), as Gilmore Marshall ## Gallery - ![Frank Conroy](https://film.one/media/person/1227732/gallery-fa31c27050cf.jpg) Frank Conroy — Stage Publishing Company, Inc.; photograph by Alfredo Valente, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/On-Borrowed-Time-1938_-_Frank_Conroy_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photograph of Frank Conroy and child actor Peter Holden [Peter Holden Parkhurst] in the original Broadway production of Paul Osborn's On Borrowed Time, cited fo (1938)](https://film.one/media/person/1227732/gallery-0f6582311324.jpg) Photograph of Frank Conroy and child actor Peter Holden [Peter Holden Parkhurst] in the original Broadway production of Paul Osborn's On Borrowed Time, cited fo (1938) — Stage Publishing Company, Inc.; photograph by Alfredo Valente, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/On-Borrowed-Time-1938.jpg/1280px-On-Borrowed-Time-1938.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Frank Conroy (Mr. Valentine), Billie Burke (Rose Briar) and Allan Dinehart (Mr. Paradee) from Act I of 'Rose Briar' (1922) (1923)](https://film.one/media/person/1227732/gallery-79cd4898c3e2.jpg) Frank Conroy (Mr. Valentine), Billie Burke (Rose Briar) and Allan Dinehart (Mr. Paradee) from Act I of 'Rose Briar' (1922) (1923) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/%27Rose_Briar%27_%281922%29_Act_I.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Left to right: Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, and Frank Conroy in The Ox-Bow Incident - trailer (cropped screenshot) (1943)](https://film.one/media/person/1227732/gallery-5a914605fb53.jpg) Left to right: Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, and Frank Conroy in The Ox-Bow Incident - trailer (cropped screenshot) (1943) — film trailer screenshot (20th Century Fox), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/The_Ox-Bow_Incident_%281943%29_trailer_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Frank Conroy](https://film.one/media/person/1227732/gallery-956a8dcbc8f7.jpg) Frank Conroy — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 1957: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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