Frank Overton

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Frank Emmons Overton (March 12, 1918 – April 24, 1967) was an American actor.

Born in Babylon, New York, he appeared in countless television programs during the early 1950s through the late 1960s. In his Gen. Bogan role in Fail-Safe (1964), there is a haunting scene where he makes small talk over a secure communications unit with his Soviet counterpart while thumbing through the man's dossier. His last TV role was that of "Elias Sandoval" in Star Trek's "This Side of Paradise", which originally aired in March 1967.

Overton died after a heart attack in 1967 in Pacific Palisades, California.

[edit] Selected Filmography

• Walking Distance episode of The Twilight Zone (1959)
• Twelve O'Clock High (1964-1967) (TV series)
• Fail-Safe (1964);
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• Claudelle Inglish (1961)
• Posse from Hell (1961)
• The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
• Wild River (1960)
• The Last Mile (1959)
• Desire Under the Elms (1958)
• Lonelyhearts (1958)
• The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
• The Trip to Bountiful (1953) (TV)

[edit] External links

• Frank Overton at the Internet Movie Database
• Frank Overton article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
• Frank Overton at Find A Grave