Frank Orth was an American actor born in Philadelphia. He is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie”. By 1897, Orth was performing in vaudeville with his wife, Ann Codee, in an act called “Codee and Orth.” In 1909, he expanded into song writing, with songs such as “The Phone Bell Rang” and “Meet Me on the Boardwalk, Dearie.” His first contact with motion pictures was in 1928, when he was part of the first foreign-language shorts in sound produced by Warner Bros. He and his wife also appeared together in a series of two-reel comedies in the early 1930s. Orth's first major screen credit was in “Prairie Thunder,” a Dick Foran western, in 1937. From then on, he was often cast as bartenders, pharmacists, and grocery clerks, and always distinctly Irish. He had a recurring role in the Dr. Kildare series of films and also in the Nancy Drew series as the befuddled Officer Tweedy. Among his better roles were the newspaper man Cary Grant telephones early in “His Girl Friday,” one of the quartet singing “Gary Owen” in “They Died with Their Boots On” (thereby giving Errol Flynn as Gen. Custer the idea of associating the tune with the 7th Cavalry), and as the little man carrying the sign reading “The End Is Near” throughout Colonel Effingham's Raid. However, Orth is probably best remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Faraday in the 1951-1953 television series “Boston Blackie.” A short, plump, round-faced man, often smoking a cigar, Orth as Faraday wore his own dark-rimmed spectacles, though rarely in feature films. In 1959, Orth retired from show business after throat surgery. His wife died in 1961 after around fifty years of marriage. Orth died on March 17, 1962. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills next to his wife.
| 1953 | Here Come the Girls as Mr. Hungerford |
| 1953 | Houdini as Mr. Hunter |
| 1952 | Something to Live For as Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Double Dynamite as Mr. Kofer |
| 1950 | The Petty Girl as Moody (process server) |
| 1950 | Gelinin Babası as Joe |
| 1950 | Cheaper by the Dozen as Higgins (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Great Rupert as Mr. Frank Dingle |
| 1949 | Bride for Sale as Police Sergeant |
| 1949 | Red Light as Wallace 'Wally' Stoner |
| 1948 | Blondie's Secret as Mr. Philpotts |
| 1948 | The Girl from Manhattan as Oscar Newsome |
| 1948 | The Big Clock as Burt |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You as Train Conductor |
| 1947 | The Gas House Kids in Hollywood as Police Captain |
| 1947 | Heartaches as Mike Connelly, Vic's Agent |
| 1947 | The Guilt of Janet Ames as Danny |
| 1947 | Born to Speed as Breezy Bradley |
| 1946 | Lady in the Lake as Floyd Greer (Uncredited) |
| 1946 | Wake Up and Dream as Milkman |
| 1946 | It's Great to Be Young as Franklin Johnson |
| 1946 | Martha Ivers'in Aşkı as Hotel Clerk |
| 1946 | The Bride Wore Boots as Judge |
| 1946 | Murder in the Music Hall as Henderson |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint as Chronicle Editor (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Doll Face as Peters |
| 1945 | Yaratılan Adam as Opera Cloak Room Attendant |
| 1945 | She Went to the Races as Skelly |
| 1945 | Tell It to a Star as Augustus T. Goodman |
| 1945 | Pillow to Post as Clayfield Taxi Driver |
| 1944 | Storm Over Lisbon as Murgatroyd |
| 1944 | Greenwich Village as Ordway |
| 1944 | The Impatient Years as Counterman |
| 1944 | Wilson as Smith (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Summer Storm as Cafe Maitre d' at End (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Roger Touhy, Gangster as . Comic in Theater (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Sweet Rosie O'Grady as Taxi Driver |
| 1943 | Coney Island as Bartender |
| 1943 | Hello, Frisco, Hello as Lou, Bartender at Sharkey's |
| 1943 | Ox-Bow Olayı as Larry Kinkaid (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Meanest Man in the World as Bartender |
| 1942 | Springtime in the Rockies as Bickel (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant as Mike Ryan |
| 1942 | Orchestra Wives as Rex Willet |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan as Secondhand Clothes Dealer (Rogers sequence) |
| 1942 | Footlight Serenade as Mike |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Dope as Messenger |
| 1942 | Henry and Dizzy as Joe McGuire |
| 1942 | My Gal Sal as McGuiness |
| 1942 | Rings on Her Fingers |
| 1942 | Roxie Hart as Bar Client #2 (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Dr. Kildare's Victory as Mike Ryan |
| 1942 | Over My Dead Body as Detective |
| 1942 | Blue, White, and Perfect as Mr. Toby |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On as Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming as Cemetery Caretaker |
| 1941 | Aslan Yürekli Çavuş as Drummer (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Broadway Limited as Lou, Cafe Proprietor |
| 1941 | The People Vs. Dr. Kildare as Mike Ryan |
| 1941 | Ride on Vaquero as Auctioneer |
| 1941 | Come Live with Me as Jerry |
| 1941 | Respect the Law as Peter Brennan |
| 1940 | Michael Shayne: Private Detective as Steve |
| 1940 | You, the People as Soda Jerk |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis as Mike Ryan, Cafe Owner |
| 1940 | Father Is A Prince as Drugstore Proprieter |
| 1940 | Gallant Sons as Newspaper Foreman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out West as Window Washer |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home as Mike Ryan (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Boom Town as Barber |
| 1940 | Buyer Beware as Smith (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Pier 13 as Dead Pan Charlie |
| 1940 | Gold Rush Maisie as Harris |
| 1940 | Brother Orchid as Waiter at Fat Dutchy's (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Florian as Detective |
| 1940 | La Conga Nights as Dennis O'Brien |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife as New York Editor |
| 1940 | 'Til We Meet Again as Hong Kong Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case as Mike Ryan, Sullivan's Hospital Cafe |
| 1940 | Know Your Money as Tobacconist (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Cuma Kızı as Duffy |
| 1939 | The Secret of Dr. Kildare as Mike Sullivan |
| 1939 | At the Circus as Chef in Diner (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Fast and Furious as Joe Burke |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny as Wedding Witness on Stage (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat as Old Sailor in Bilge Area (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase as Captain Tweedy |
| 1939 | Stanley and Livingstone as Newspaperman with Pills |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales as Vic - Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Young Mr. Lincoln as Loafer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare as Mike Sullivan - Hospital Cafe Owner (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Broadway Serenade as Mr. Fellows |
| 1939 | Within the Law as Jim Jenks |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Reporter as Captain Tweedy (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Fast and Loose as Detective Hendricks |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight as Benny Zinsser |
| 1939 | Burn 'Em Up O'Connor as Tim McKelvy |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway as Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Nancy Drew… Detective as Captain Tweedy |
| 1938 | Young Dr. Kildare as Mike Ryan (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Mr. Chump as Sheriff Frank Hinton |
| 1938 | Think It Over as Brown, Clothing Store Owner |
| 1938 | Torchy Blane in Panama as First Leopard (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Patient in Room 18 as Joe Higgins - Night Watchman |
| 1937 | Missing Witnesses as Gordon (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Footloose Heiress as Justice Abner Cuttler |
| 1937 | Prairie Thunder as Wichita |
| 1937 | The Devil's Saddle Legion as Judge Barko |
| 1937 | Talent Scout as Burlesque Theatre Manager (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Ever Since Eve as Cocktail Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Marry the Girl as Bar owner |
| 1937 | San Quentin as Convict in Bunkhouse (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Land Beyond the Law as Shorty Long |
| 1936 | Polo Joe as Bert |
| 1936 | Hot Money as Hank Ford |
| 1936 | Two Against the World as Tommy - Bartender |
| 1935 | Unwelcome Stranger as Jackson |
| 1935 | The Payoff as Porter (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Taking Ways |
| 1929 | A Bird in the Hand |
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