Frank McRae

Frank McRae

1942-06-03 Memphis, Tennessee, USA 43 Credits

Biography

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 S...

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Love's Abiding Joy

Love's Abiding Joy

2006

as Cookie

6.9
Acting

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 b...

Love's Long Journey

Love's Long Journey

2005

as Cookie

6.8
Acting

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 W...

Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar

Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar

1999

as Bruce McFee

Acting

A film about a small sushi counter in the lobby of a hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, for Japanese commercial employees sent to the United States.

Hijack

Hijack

1999

as Roger Tate

4.2
Acting

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

The Killing Jar

The Killing Jar

1997

as Det. Bernie Morris

3.8
Acting

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. Mean...

Asteroid

Asteroid

1997

as Lloyd Morgan

5.8
Acting

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 wai...

Lightning Jack

Lightning Jack

1994

as Mr. Doyle

5.5
Acting

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 go...

Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

1993

as Hugh

1.0
Acting

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

Last Action Hero

Last Action Hero

1993

as Lieutenant Dekker

6.5
Acting

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 ...

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

1993

as Captain Doyle

6.1
Acting

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 the...

Sketch Artist

Sketch Artist

1992

as Det. Milon

5.5
Acting

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 willin...

Poochinski

Poochinski

1990

as Captain Ed Martin

5.6
Acting

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

The Wizard

The Wizard

1989

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

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.

Lock Up

Lock Up

1989

as Eclipse

6.8
Acting

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. Dru...

Licence to Kill

Licence to Kill

1989

as Sharkey

6.4
Acting

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 murdered...

Farewell to the King

Farewell to the King

1989

as Sgt. Tenga

6.0
Acting

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

*batteries not included

*batteries not included

1987

as Harry Noble

6.7
Acting

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 his...

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1986

as Herschel Dean

6.2
Acting

After two attempts to kidnap a little girl Mike Hammer is hired to protect her.

Hostage Flight

Hostage Flight

1985

as Bart Cooper

5.9
Acting

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

Red Dawn

Red Dawn

1984

as Mr. Teasdale

6.3
Acting

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 invading Sovie...

National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's Vacation

1983

as Grover

7.1
Acting

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.

Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars

1983

as Tubbs

3.5
Acting

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 to...

48 Hrs.

48 Hrs.

1982

as Haden

6.7
Acting

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

Cannery Row

Cannery Row

1982

as Hazel

5.9
Acting

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, giv...

Used Cars

Used Cars

1980

as Jim the Mechanic

6.4
Acting

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 ...

City in Fear

City in Fear

1980

as Captain Maslin

5.1
Acting

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 On...

1941

1941

1979

as Pvt. Ogden Johnson Jones

5.8
Acting

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

Rocky II

Rocky II

1979

as Meat Foreman (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

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 put...

Norma Rae

Norma Rae

1979

as James Brown

7.2
Acting

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

Paradise Alley

Paradise Alley

1978

as Big Glory

5.8
Acting

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 p...

The End

The End

1978

as Male Nurse

5.5
Acting

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 his...

F.I.S.T.

F.I.S.T.

1978

as Lincoln Dombrowsky

6.5
Acting

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 ...

Dog and Cat

Dog and Cat

1977

as Morgue Attendant

Acting

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 ...

Tracks

Tracks

1976

as Train Coachman

5.6
Acting

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

Pipe Dreams

Pipe Dreams

1976

as Moose

Acting

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

Walking Tall Part II

Walking Tall Part II

1975

as Steamer Riley

5.4
Acting

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 wif...

Hard Times

Hard Times

1975

as Hammerman

6.8
Acting

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 ...

The Orphan and the Dude

1975

as Fast Freddie

Acting

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

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley

1975

as Mr. Langham

3.5
Acting

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

The Bank Shot

The Bank Shot

1974

as Herman Lincoln (aka Herman X)

5.4
Acting

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 th...

Dillinger

Dillinger

1973

as Reed Youngblood

6.6
Acting

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 Feder...

Shaft in Africa

Shaft in Africa

1973

as Osiat

6.1
Acting

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

Snatched

Snatched

1973

as Cheech

5.2
Acting

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.