Frank Meinberg Conroy (14 October 1890 – 24 February 1964) was a British film and stage actor who appeared in many films, notably Grand Hotel (1932), The Little Minister (1934) and The Ox-Bow Incident (1943).
Career Born in Derbyshire, Derby, England, Conroy began acting on stage in 1908. He acted in Shakespearean plays in England from 1910 until he moved to the United States in 1915. He was responsible for building the Greenwich Village Theatre which opened in 1917, and he directed productions of the repertory theater there for three years.
He appeared in more than 40 Broadway plays, beginning with The Passing Show of 1913 (1913) and ending with Calculated Risk (1962). He won a Tony Award for best supporting actor for his performance in Graham Greene's The Potting Shed (1957).
Conroy's work on television included appearances on Kraft Theater and The Play of the Week.
Personal life and death Conroy had a wife, Ruth, and a son, Richard. He died of heart disease in Paramus, New Jersey, at age 73.
Select Broadway credits
The Passing Show of 1913 (1913) The Bad Man (1920) as Gilbert Jones Daddy's Gone A-Huntin''' (1921) as Julien Fields Rose Briar (1922) as Mr. Valentine The Constant Wife (1926) as Bernard Kersal Wings Over Europe (1928) as Arthur On Borrowed Time (1938) as Mr. Brink The Little Foxes (1939) as Horace The Potting Shed (1957) as Father William Callifer Calculated Risk (1962) as Clyde Norman
Partial filmography
The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) – Gilmore Marshall Hell Divers (1931) – Chaplain Bad Company (1931) – Markham King Possessed (1931) – Horace Travers West of Broadway (1931) – Judge Barham Manhattan Parade (1931) – Bill Brighton Disorderly Conduct (1932) – Tony Alsotto Grand Hotel (1932) – Rohna Ann Carver's Profession (1933) – Baker (uncredited) Midnight Mary (1933) – District Attorney The Man Who Dared (1933) – Con Artist (uncredited) Storm at Daybreak (1933) – Archduke Franz Ferdinand (uncredited) Night Flight (1933) – Radio Operator Ace of Aces (1933) – Maj. / Lt. Col. Wentworth The Kennel Murder Case (1933) – Brisbane Coe Frontier Marshal (1934) – George 'Oscar' Reid The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) – Theatre Owner Keep 'Em Rolling (1934) – Captain R.G. Deane The Crime Doctor (1934) – Martin Crowder Upper World (1934) – Paul—Stream's Attorney (uncredited) Manhattan Melodrama (1934) as Blackie's Lawyer Sadie McKee (1934) – Dr. Briggs (uncredited) Little Miss Marker (1934) – Doctor Ingalls (uncredited) Such Women Are Dangerous (1934) – Bronson Return of the Terror (1934) – Prosecuting Attorney The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) – State's Attorney (uncredited) Wednesday's Child (1934) – The Judge Evelyn Prentice (1934) – Dist. Atty. Farley I'll Fix It (1934) – District Attorney (uncredited) The White Parade (1934) – Dr. Thorne 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934) – Studio Executive (uncredited) The Little Minister (1934) – Lord Rintoul West Point of the Air (1935) – Captain Cannon Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) – Prof. John Thurston Dante's Inferno (1935) – Defense Attorney (uncredited) The Call of the Wild (1935) – John Blake I Live My Life (1935) – Doctor She Couldn't Take It (1935) – Attorney Henry Raleigh (uncredited) The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) – Gaius Tanno Show Them No Mercy! (1935) – Reed Nobody's Fool (1936) – Jake Cavendish The White Angel (1936) – Mr. Le Froy Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) – Dr. Nathaniel Bradford The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) – John C. Calhoun Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) – Mr. Whitely Stolen Holiday (1937) – Dupont Love Is News (1937) – A.G. Findlay Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) – Dan Mallon That I May Live (1937) – Pop This Is My Affair (1937) – President William McKinley The Jones Family in Big Business (1937) – Leland Whitney The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) – Col. Radoff Music for Madame (1937) – Morton Harding The Last Gangster (1937) – Sid Gorman Wells Fargo (1937) – Ward – Banker This Woman is Mine (1941) – First Mate Fox The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) – Carl Brissenden Crossroads (1942) – Defense Attorney (uncredited) The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) – John Allan Crash Dive (1943) – Capt. Bryson (uncredited) Lady of Burlesque (1943) – 'Stacchi' Stacciaro The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) – Major Tetley That Hagen Girl (1947) – Dr. Stone The Naked City (1948) – Captain Donahue All My Sons (1948) – Herbert Deever For the Love of Mary (1948) – Samuel Litchfield Rogues' Regiment (1948) – Colonel Lemercier Sealed Verdict (1948) – Col. Pike The Snake Pit (1948) – Dr. Jonathan Gifford Mighty Joe Young (1949) – Reporter (uncredited) The Threat (1949) – District Attorney Barker MacDonald Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) – J.D. Nolan The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) – Mr. Harley (uncredited) The Last Mile (1959) – O'Flaherty The Young Philadelphians (1959) – Doctor Shippen Stearnes The Bramble Bush'' (1960) – Dr. Sol Kelsey
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