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name: "Frank Jaquet"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-jaquet"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 March 1885"
died: "11 May 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:13:34.907637+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."
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# Frank Jaquet

Actor. Born 15 March 1885 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Died 11 May 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 March 1885, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- **Died:** 11 May 1958
- **Also known as:** Frank Garnier Jaquet, Frank Jacquet, Frank Joquet, Fred Jaquet

## Biography

Frank Jaquet (1885–1958) was an American character actor. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he began performing on stage as a child and later appeared in stock companies, touring productions and on Broadway before making his film debut in the 1934 short *War Is a Racket*.

Over the following two decades he accumulated more than 140 film and television credits, frequently in uncredited supporting roles as doctors, sheriffs, judges or authority figures. His appearances include *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* (1939), *D.O.A.* (1949) as Dr. Matson, *Ace in the Hole* (1951) as Smollett, *No Way Out* (1950) and *Rancho Notorious* (1952). Jaquet died in Los Angeles.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ace in the Hole* (1951), Fi1m 87, as Smollett — [page](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md)

## Also known for

- *I Love Lucy* (1951), Laundry Checker
- *D.O.A.* (1949), Dr. Matson
- *Rancho Notorious* (1952), Politician in Jail Cell (uncredited)
- *No Way Out* (1950), Mr. Reilly (uncredited)
- *House of Strangers* (1949)
- *Black Friday* (1940), Fat Man in Bar
- *The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry* (1945)
- *Pinky* (1949), Bailiff (uncredited)

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