Frank McRae

Frank McRae

Frank McRae (born June 3, 1942, died April 29, 2021) was an American actor and former professional football player. McRae was born in Memphis, Tennessee. McRae graduated from Tennessee State University with a double major in drama and history. He was a defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears in the 1967 NFL season. Among his acting roles are the history teacher, Mr. Teasdale, in Red Dawn, bank robber Reed Youngblood in Dillinger, Hazel in Cannery Row, Spanky in The Wizard, James Bond's friend Sharkey in 1989's Licence to Kill, inmate Eclipse in Lock Up, shouting police captain in 48 Hrs. (a role he later parodied in Last Action Hero and Loaded Weapon 1), the train coachman in Tracks and former professional boxing champion Harry Noble in *batteries not included. He also made an effective pairing with John Candy as two bumbling subordinates; first as two tank soldiers (under an equally bumbling Sgt. Frank Tree played by Dan Aykroyd) in the cult classic 1941 and later as "Walley World" Security Guards in National Lampoon's Vacation . He played Jim, the Mechanic in the movie Used Cars. His most recent role was as a guest star on the television series ER. He also portrayed the character of Sergeant Tenga in Farewell to the King Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank McRae, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Frank McRae
  • Popularity: 5.466
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1942-06-03
  • Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Frank McRae Movies

  • 1982
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    48 Hrs.

    48 Hrs.

    6.7 1982 HD

    A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

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  • 1979
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    Rocky II

    Rocky II

    7.3 1979 HD

    After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't...

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  • 1989
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    Licence to Kill

    Licence to Kill

    6.397 1989 HD

    After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is...

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  • 1983
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    National Lampoon's Vacation

    National Lampoon's Vacation

    7.1 1983 HD

    Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

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  • 2005
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    Love's Long Journey

    Love's Long Journey

    6.8 2005 HD

    Missie's surprise pregnancy sets her on a new course that is both thrilling and terrifying. After all the planning and dreaming, she and her husband...

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  • 1989
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    Farewell to the King

    Farewell to the King

    5.9 1989 HD

    An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire...

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  • 1979
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    1941

    1941

    5.8 1979 HD

    In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

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  • 1987
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    *batteries not included

    *batteries not included

    6.6 1987 HD

    In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build...

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  • 1975
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    Hard Times

    Hard Times

    6.7 1975 HD

    In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans...

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  • 1999
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    Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar

    Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1982
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    Cannery Row

    Cannery Row

    5.9 1982 HD

    Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love,...

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  • 1975
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    Walking Tall Part II

    Walking Tall Part II

    5.4 1975 HD

    The Walking Tall legacy continues with Bo Svenson as Sheriff Buford Pusser, a one-man army trying to rid his town of corruption. Out to avenge his...

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  • 1993
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    Last Action Hero

    Last Action Hero

    6.5 1993 HD

    After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is...

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  • 1989
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    Lock Up

    Lock Up

    6.8 1989 HD

    Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge....

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  • 1993
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    National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

    National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

    6 1993 HD

    An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before...

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  • 1973
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    Dillinger

    Dillinger

    6.6 1973 HD

    After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break...

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  • 1980
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    Used Cars

    Used Cars

    6.4 1980 HD

    When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the...

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  • 1992
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    Sketch Artist

    Sketch Artist

    5.5 1992 HD

    A sketch artist for the police helps a witness recall who she saw leaving the scene of a murder, and discovers that the person is his wife. Not...

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  • 1977
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    Dog and Cat

    Dog and Cat

    1 1977 HD

    A veteran detective loses his partner in a shooting while they are investigating a gangster who is controlling the local porno rackets. He is stunned...

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  • 1979
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    Norma Rae

    Norma Rae

    7.1 1979 HD

    Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the...

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  • 1978
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    The End

    The End

    5.5 1978 HD

    Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into...

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  • 1978
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    Paradise Alley

    Paradise Alley

    5.8 1978 HD

    Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's...

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  • 1976
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    Pipe Dreams

    Pipe Dreams

    1 1976 HD

    A woman trails her estranged husband to the Alaskan pipeline in hope of averting their impending divorce.

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  • 1997
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    Asteroid

    Asteroid

    5.8 1997 HD

    With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is...

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  • 1983
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    Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

    3.5 1983 HD

    Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide...

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  • 1993
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    Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

    Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

    1 1993 HD

    A rescue team is looking for survivors in a sinking building after a devastating earthquake.

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  • 1999
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    Hijack

    Hijack

    4.7 1999 HD

    A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.

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  • 1975
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    The Orphan and the Dude

    The Orphan and the Dude

    1 1975 HD

    Two oddballs, one a black man called "The Dude" and one white, called "The Orphan" share a Culver City, California apartment.

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  • 1994
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    Lightning Jack

    Lightning Jack

    5.6 1994 HD

    Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become...

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  • 1974
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    The Bank Shot

    The Bank Shot

    5.4 1974 HD

    A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal...

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  • 1973
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    Snatched

    Snatched

    6.7 1973 HD

    The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom, but one of the men doesn't want to pay his share.

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  • 1975
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    Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley

    Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley

    6 1975 HD

    This docudrama follows the court-martial of the title character, the man held responsible for the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.

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  • 1985
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    Hostage Flight

    Hostage Flight

    5.9 1985 HD

    A plane is hijacked and bound for London. Once the terrorists begin killing hostages, the passengers take matters into their own hands.

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  • 1984
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    Red Dawn

    Red Dawn

    6.3 1984 HD

    It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from...

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  • 1990
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    Poochinski

    Poochinski

    5.6 1990 HD

    The talking bulldog at a policeman's feet turns out to be his late partner.

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  • 1976
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    Tracks

    Tracks

    5.3 1976 HD

    A soldier returns from Vietnam on special assignment, accompanying the body of his friend by train to California for burial. During the trip, he...

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  • 1997
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    The Killing Jar

    The Killing Jar

    4.5 1997 HD

    Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However, gruesome murders of children start to happen....

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  • 1973
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    Shaft in Africa

    Shaft in Africa

    6 1973 HD

    Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.

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  • 2006
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    Love's Abiding Joy

    Love's Abiding Joy

    7 2006 HD

    The continued Westward journey of settlers Missie and Willie Lahaye. Their roots now firmly planted as they set up homestead in the far West, Missie...

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  • 1980
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    City in Fear

    City in Fear

    6.2 1980 HD

    A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page...

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  • 1978
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    F.I.S.T.

    F.I.S.T.

    6.6 1978 HD

    Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher...

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  • 1989
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    The Wizard

    The Wizard

    6 1989 HD

    A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.

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  • 1985
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    The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

    7.7 1985 HD

    This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two...

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  • 1976
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    Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

    7.5 1976 HD

    Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

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  • 1981
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    Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

    7.6 1981 HD

    A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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  • 1975
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    Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

    7 1975 HD

    With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon...

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  • 1994
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    ER

    ER

    7.8 1994 HD

    ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...

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  • 1974
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    The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

    7.5 1974 HD

    Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit,...

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  • 1971
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    Columbo

    Columbo

    8.1 1971 HD

    Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing...

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