---
name: "Frank Patterson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-patterson"
fi1m_id: "frank-patterson"
imdb_id: "nm0666208"
tmdb_id: 2413421
wikidata_id: "Q5488918"
roles: []
born: "5 October 1938"
died: "10 June 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T01:40:22.466308+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 Patterson

## Identity

Frank Patterson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frank-patterson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frank-patterson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0666208
- **TMDB ID:** 2413421
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5488918
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Patterson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5488918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666208/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2413421

Actor. Born 5 October 1938 in Clonmel. Died 10 June 2000.

## Details

- **Born:** 5 October 1938, Clonmel
- **Died:** 10 June 2000
- **Active:** 1987–1996
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (1), 1990s 75 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Patterson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5488918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666208/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2413421

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Frank Patterson (1938–2000) was an Irish tenor and actor. Born in Clonmel, County Tipperary, he appeared in a small number of films, most notably as the tenor Bartell D'Arcy in John Huston's *The Dead* (1987).

He also played the tenor in a restaurant in Neil Jordan's *Michael Collins* (1996). His singing voice featured on the soundtracks of *Miller's Crossing* (1990) and *Gangs of New York* (2002).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Michael Collins* (1996), Fi1m 75, as Tenor in Restaurant — [page](https://film.one/film/michael-collins.md)
- *The Dead* (1987), Fi1m 86, as Bartell D'Arcy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Michael Collins* (1996), as Tenor in Restaurant — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/michael-collins.md)
- *The Dead* (1987), as Bartell D'Arcy — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/frank-patterson