Acting

Frank Rice

Born 1892-05-12

Muskegon, Michigan, USA

Department: Acting

Biography

Frank Rice was born in Muskegon, Michigan in 1892 and passed away January 9, 1936 in Los Angeles of nephritis and hepatitis (both of which affect the kidneys). Rice began film work in silents, doing bit and supporting roles in various films, including oaters starring Jack Hoxie, Bill Cody, Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard, Pete Morrison and Buck Jones. In the late 1920s, he settled in as the mature helper/sidekick to youngster Buzz Barton in Buzz's series at Film Booking Office (FBO). During the 1930s, Rice continued his saddle pal duties, appearing most frequently with Buck Jones and Ken Maynard. But he also assisted or had support roles in westerns with Tom Keene at RKO, Reliable's Jack Perrin and Tom Tyler, Tim McCoy at Columbia, at Fox with George O'Brien, and with John Wayne in his Warners series.

1935

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (99 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	Zeke Denker	Movie	1936
The Oregon Trail	Red	Movie	1936
Too Tough to Kill	Swede Mulhausen	Movie	1935
The Ivory-Handled Gun	Pike	Movie	1935
Valley of Wanted Men	Ned	Movie	1935
She Couldn't Take It	Milkman	Movie	1935
Cheers of the Crowd	Self / Appearance	Movie	1935
Trails of the Wild	Missouri	Movie	1935
Hard Rock Harrigan	McClintock, Superindendant	Movie	1935
Border Brigands	Rocky O'Leary, RCMP	Movie	1935
Public Hero Number 1	Cab Driver (uncredited)	Movie	1935
Stone of Silver Creek	Tom Lucas	Movie	1935
Loser's End	Amos	Movie	1935
Terror of the Plains	Banty (Tom's Sidekick)	Movie	1934
The Notorious Sophie Lang	Cop (uncredited)	Movie	1934
The Red Rider	Deputy Harp Harris	Movie	1934
Charlie Chan's Courage	Prospector	Movie	1934
The Fighting Ranger	Thunder, Texas Ranger	Movie	1934
David Harum	Robinson (uncredited)	Movie	1934
Wheels of Destiny	Pinwheel	Movie	1934
Penthouse	Unknown Man on Phone (uncredited)	Movie	1933
The Trail Drive	'Thirsty'	Movie	1933
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo	Banty	Movie	1933
King of the Arena	Tin Star	Movie	1933
Somewhere in Sonora	Riley	Movie	1933
Phantom Thunderbolt	Nevady	Movie	1933
Robbers' Roost	Daniels	Movie	1932
Forbidden Trail	Sheriff Hibbs	Movie	1932
Horse Feathers	Doorman at Speakeasy (uncredited)	Movie	1932
Hello Trouble	Hardpan - the Cook	Movie	1932
The Wet Parade	Expectant Father / Bootleg Thug (uncredited)	Movie	1932
Love Affair	Eddie - Aviator (uncredited)	Movie	1932
The Sunset Trail	Taterbug	Movie	1932
The Menace	Jim	Movie	1932
The False Madonna	Bus Driver	Movie	1931
Mounted Fury	Sandy McNab	Movie	1931
Corsair	Fish Face	Movie	1931
Shotgun Pass	Sagebrush	Movie	1931
Freighters of Destiny	'Rough'	Movie	1931
Border Law	Thunder Rogers	Movie	1931
The Squaw Man	Grouchy	Movie	1931
Riders of the North	The Parson	Movie	1931
The Conquering Horde	Spud Grogan	Movie	1931
Chickens Come Home	Hardy's Dinner Servant (uncredited)	Movie	1931
Love Your Neighbor	Self / Appearance	Movie	1930
Shadow Ranch	Ranny Williams	Movie	1930
Song of the Caballero	Andrea	Movie	1930
Mountain Justice	Man at Dance (uncredited)	Movie	1930
The Fighting Legion	'Cloudy' Jones	Movie	1930
Down with Husbands	Archie Winnem	Movie	1930
Parade of the West	Snuffy	Movie	1930
Dangerous Females	The Man	Movie	1929
Faro Nell or, In Old Californy	Self / Appearance	Movie	1929
The Wagon Master	Grasshoper Jim	Movie	1929
Pals of the Prairie	Hank Robbins	Movie	1929
Stairs of Sand	Stage Driver	Movie	1929
The Overland Telegraph	Easy	Movie	1929
The Royal Rider	Wild West Show Member	Movie	1929
The Lawless Legion	Flapjack	Movie	1929
The Vagabond Cub	Hank Robbins	Movie	1929
Orphan of the Sage	Hank Robbins	Movie	1928
Headin' for Danger	Andy Johnson	Movie	1928
Rough Ridin' Red	Hank Robbins	Movie	1928
Young Whirlwind	Hank	Movie	1928
The Bantam Cowboy	Sidewinder Steve	Movie	1928
The Hound of Silver Creek	Slim Terwilliger	Movie	1928
A Thief in the Dark	Self / Appearance	Movie	1928
The Pinto Kid	Hank Robbins	Movie	1928
Won in the Clouds	Percy Hogan	Movie	1928
The Slingshot Kid	Toby	Movie	1927
Wolf Fangs	Pete	Movie	1927
Sky High Saunders	'Whispering' Hicks	Movie	1927
The Boy Rider	Hank Robbins	Movie	1927
Three Miles Up	Professor	Movie	1927
Tom's Gang	Andy Barker	Movie	1927
Red Signals	The Professor	Movie	1927
Flying High	Haines - the Mechanic	Movie	1926
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo	Lige Beardsley	Movie	1926
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness	Hank Vaughan	Movie	1926
The Border Sheriff	Marsh Hewitt	Movie	1926
The Fighting Buckaroo	Any Parker	Movie	1926
The Call of Courage	Slim	Movie	1925
Two-Fisted Jones	Old Bill	Movie	1925
Spook Ranch	Sheriff	Movie	1925
The Gold Rush	Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)	Movie	1925
Riders of Mystery	Jerry Jones	Movie	1925
Ridin' Pretty	Barb Wire	Movie	1925
Just Plain Folks	Self / Appearance	Movie	1925
The Cloud Rider	Hank Higgins	Movie	1925
The Air Hawk	Hank Higgins	Movie	1924
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River	Cal Huxley	Movie	1924
Dynamite Dan	Boss	Movie	1924
Wolves of the North	Dan Martin	Movie	1924
The Galloping Ace	Knack Williams	Movie	1924
The Red Warning	Toby Jones	Movie	1923
Desert Rider	Toby Jones	Movie	1923
The Forbidden Trail	Toby Jones	Movie	1923
Riders of the Law	Toby Jones	Movie	1922
Richelieu	Huget	Movie	1914