Don Francks

Don Francks

1932-02-28 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada 63 Credits

Biography

Don Harvey Francks (February 28, 1932 – April 3, 2016), also known by his stage name Iron Buffalo, was a Canadian actor, musician and singer.

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Portrait of Snow

Portrait of Snow

2016

as Himself

Acting

A serendipitous encounter with a younger artist gives legendary Canadian art icon Michael Snow the opportunity to reflect on his life and career.

He Never Died

He Never Died

2015

as Goatee Man

6.2
Acting

Jack is a solitary man with a mysterious past. His strange habits will soon become stranger when his past catches up with him.

I'm Not There

I'm Not There

2007

as Hobo Joe

6.5
Acting

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger...

Lie with Me

Lie with Me

2005

as Joshua

5.2
Acting

Happily unattached, the sexually voracious Leila satisfies her desires with a host of rapidly changing bed partners, unconcerned about the emotional c...

My Name Is Tanino

My Name Is Tanino

2002

as Seymour Chinawsky

6.3
Acting

During a sunny Sicilian summer Tanino has a sweet and tender story with Sally, a young American tourist. But when summer is over, Sally flies back to ...

The Genius of Lenny Breau

The Genius of Lenny Breau

1999

as Self

Acting

This documentary explores and celebrates the all-too-short, heartbreaking but triumphant life and unworldly talent of Lenny Breau, considered by many ...

Summer of the Monkeys

Summer of the Monkeys

1998

as Bayliss Hatcher

5.4
Acting

One summer, Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart.

The Minion

The Minion

1998

as Chief Michael Bear

4.5
Acting

New York, Christmas Eve, 1999 - at the dawn of the new millennium - a subway construction crew unearths an eight hundred year old Celtic skeleton and ...

Mr. Music

Mr. Music

1998

as Zal Adamchyk

Acting

A high school student is given the opportunity to become a music executive.

Star Wars: Droids - The Pirates and the Prince

Star Wars: Droids - The Pirates and the Prince

1997

as Kybo Ren / Jann Tosh

6.3
Acting

Artoo, Threepio and a broken down android are traded into the hands of young miner Jann Tosh. The android turns out to be an alien with amnesia and a ...

Dinner at Fred's

Dinner at Fred's

1997

as Gus

5.3
Acting

A young businessman with a skill for magic tricks breaks down en route to his fiancee's parents' house on Christmas and ends up spending the holiday w...

A Prayer in the Dark

A Prayer in the Dark

1997

as Ken

3.0
Acting

The Hayworth family lives in a Quaker territory in up-state New York. The matriarch, Emily runs the local bank. Years before, she and her family took ...

Star Wars: Ewoks - The Haunted Village

Star Wars: Ewoks - The Haunted Village

1997

as Dulok Shaman (voice)

5.2
Acting

Morag the Tulga Witch seeks revenge on her old enemy Logray, shaman of the Ewoks, who holds the magic Sunstar while she possesses it's darker half, th...

Star Wars: Ewoks - Tales from the Endor Woods

Star Wars: Ewoks - Tales from the Endor Woods

1997

as Dulok Shaman (voice)

5.7
Acting

Wicket remembers four memorable adventures from his youth: how he fixed up his great grandfather's battle wagon, the occasion when Latara ran away fro...

The Toy Shop

The Toy Shop

1996

as General Jim (voice)

Acting

Locked in a deserted old English toy shop, Katherine and her stuffy cousin Matthew meet some very special friends. Their fantasy world becomes a night...

Tykho Moon

Tykho Moon

1996

Writer

5.7
Writing

The McBee family has erected a government over a future 'colony', that looks like a run-down Paris divided into sectors by the Berlin Wall. All male f...

Bogus

Bogus

1996

as Dr. Surprise

5.8
Acting

Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, Frenc...

Jungle Boy

Jungle Boy

1996

as Takina (voice)

Acting

Loose animated adaptation of "The Jungle Book".

Harriet the Spy

Harriet the Spy

1996

as Harrison Withers

6.1
Acting

When the secret notebook of a young girl who fancies herself a spy is found by her friends, her speculations make her very unpopular! Can she win her ...

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

1996

as (voice)

5.0
Acting

Following the instructions on a mysterious parchment, Prof. Lindenbrock and his companion, Alex, discover and explore the center of the Earth, a myste...

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

1996

as Marty

5.0
Acting

Kerry Ellison is sexually harassed at work. No matter how much she complains, the problem, Jack Gilcrest, is unstoppable. Kerry's only left option is ...

The Werewolf of Fever Swamp

The Werewolf of Fever Swamp

1996

as Swamp Hermit

6.4
Acting

Things have been strange ever since the new kid moved into Fever Swamp. A kid can't change into a werewolf, or can he?

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

1996

as Risser

3.8
Acting

James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An excell...

The Deliverance of Elaine

The Deliverance of Elaine

1996

as Hector

4.0
Acting

A small town schoolteacher is hunted by a paroled con who holds the secret of her dark past.

Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson

1996

Acting

In this animated take on the timeless family adventure, the Robinsons wash ashore of a remote tropical island after their boat capsizes. Though they n...

Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild

1996

as (voice)

4.0
Acting

A story of friendship between a lonely little boy who braves Alaskan blizzards in search of gold and his loyal companion Buck, the courageous and fait...

The Conspiracy of Fear

The Conspiracy of Fear

1996

as Norman

7.5
Acting

The shocking, tragic death of his father propels Chris King into a nightmare. Running for his life, Chris fights off street thugs, a homicidal psychop...

First Degree

First Degree

1995

as Lou Matlin

7.1
Acting

A homicide detective falls for a murder victim's wife, who is also the prime suspect.

Johnny Mnemonic

Johnny Mnemonic

1995

as Hooky

5.8
Acting

In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks...

The Possession of Michael D.

The Possession of Michael D.

1995

as Marcel

4.8
Acting

When a dark force begins to destroy a couple's happiness, they decide to turn to a parapsychologist who discovers that the husband is possessed by a d...

Small Gifts

Small Gifts

1994

as Peter

Acting

Nora and Evan are a young married couple who find their finances are in serious trouble as Christmas draws near in this new take on O. Henry's classic...

Madonna - Innocence Lost

Madonna - Innocence Lost

1994

as Jerome Kirkland

6.7
Acting

Pop-singer and actress Madonna's rise to fame is chronicled in this made-for-television movie. Terumi Matthews stars as the dancer-turned-musician, wh...

Paint Cans

Paint Cans

1994

as Maitland Burns

1.0
Acting

A Canadian take on The Player.

The Diviners

The Diviners

1993

Acting

Morag Gunn, a writer who is having trouble with her teenage daughter, examines her own relationship history, which includes a period of turbulence wit...

Heritage Minutes: Joseph Tyrrell

Heritage Minutes: Joseph Tyrrell

1992

as Additional Cast

Acting

Geologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.

Married to It

Married to It

1991

as Sol Chamberlain

5.9
Acting

While setting up a school pageant, the parents at an elite private academy in New York City with contrastive lifestyles and professional paths reflect...

On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story

On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story

1990

Acting

The true story of Olympic champion figure skater Tai Babilonia, her rise to fame and her fall from grace.

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

1990

Acting

Buck, stolen from his California home, is sold as a sled dog in the 1890's Klondike Gold Rush. Abused, he is rescued by John Thornton, who forms a bon...

The Christmas Wife

The Christmas Wife

1988

as Social Arranger

4.7
Acting

An aging and recent widower, not wanting to spend his first Christmas alone, responds to an ad in the newspaper which reads: "You are not alone. We ma...

Hot Paint

Hot Paint

1988

as Don Spatulo

Acting

Two losers rob a rich guy and discover that, among the loot, they've taken a rare painting worth $2.8 million. John Larroquette plays his usual rude, ...

The Big Town

The Big Town

1987

as Carl Hooker

5.5
Acting

It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional ga...

Oklahoma Smugglers

Oklahoma Smugglers

1987

as George Taip

Acting

Two ex-Navy guys set out to put the brakes on a dope smuggling ring.

Madballs: Escape from Orb!

Madballs: Escape from Orb!

1986

as Wolf Breath (voice)

4.5
Acting

The Madballs are a zany animated rock band who rock and roll their way across the galaxy. Music is illegal on their home planet so they make a break f...

Terminal Choice

Terminal Choice

1985

as Chauncy Rand

3.7
Acting

A patient in an hospital dies under mysterious circumstances. The attending doctor Frank Holt gets under suspect - he'd been fired already from his la...

Rock & Rule

Rock & Rule

1983

as Mok (voice)

5.9
Acting

A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.

No More Hibakusha!

No More Hibakusha!

1983

as (voice)

Acting

Survivors of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki travel to New York for a UN conference on disarming nuclear weapons.

984: Prisoner of the Future

984: Prisoner of the Future

1982

as The Warden

4.0
Acting

A corporate executive is taken prisoner by an underground organization known as The Movement, and is turned over to a ruthless interrogator.

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal

1981

as Grimaldi / Co-Pilot / Barbarian (voice)

6.5
Acting

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

My Bloody Valentine

My Bloody Valentine

1981

as Chief Jake Newby

6.4
Acting

Twenty years after a Valentine's Day tragedy claimed the lives of five miners, Harry Warden returns for a vengeful massacre among teen sweethearts gea...

Fish Hawk

1980

as Deut Boggs

6.5
Acting

A hardened and embittered man turns his life around with the help of a farm boy in this uplifting family tale. Down on his luck and dependent on booze...

Summer's Children

Summer's Children

1979

as Albert

3.7
Acting

SUMMER'S CHILDREN is the story of a young man who tries to escape his troubled home and sister to find a new life for himself. He takes on a new job a...

Fast Company

Fast Company

1979

as Elder

5.1
Acting

An over the hill drag racer finds himself considering retirement and ceding the spotlight to his protégé and targeted for replacement by the oil-compa...

The Star Wars Holiday Special

The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978

as Boba Fett (uncredited voice)

3.4
Acting

Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, the...

Drying Up the Streets

Drying Up the Streets

1978

as Peter Brennan

1.0
Acting

An ex-junkie takes on seedy urban culture to try and locate his daughter.

The Overlanders

The Overlanders

1974

as The Hand Me Down Kid

Acting

The year is 1862. The settings. The Canadian northwest. The lure is gold. Nine men, two women (one of them pregnant), and a young boy begin the odysse...

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971

as Buffalo

7.2
Acting

A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.

Finian's Rainbow

Finian's Rainbow

1968

as Woody Mahoney

5.9
Acting

An Irish immigrant and his daughter arrive in Kentucky with a magical piece of gold that alters the course of several lives, including those of a stru...

The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'

The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'

1968

as Self

Acting

This documentary has interviews with actors and the director as they arrive for the 1968 New York world premiere of "Finian's Rainbow."

The Circle

The Circle

1967

as Don

Acting

Produced in 1967, this black and white film is an inmate's view of Daytop, a drug treatment centre on Staten Island, New York, where addicts learn to ...

High Steel

High Steel

1965

as Narrator (voice)

6.8
Acting

A dizzying view of Manhattan in the 1960s, the tallest town in the world, and the men who work cloud-high to keep it growing. They are the Mohawk Indi...

Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North

Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North

1964

as Alexander Mackenzie

Acting

Filmed on the great Mackenzie River, this short fiction film recreates the amazing voyage of the man who gave his name to it. Following the path outli...

Toronto Jazz

Toronto Jazz

1963

as Himself

6.0
Acting

Toronto is regarded as the third largest jazz centre in North America. This film features a cross-section of jazz bands of that city: the Lenny Breau ...

Drylanders

Drylanders

1962

as Russel

6.0
Acting

The epic story of the opening of the Canadian West and the drought that brought the Depression in the thirties. This is the saga of a family who left ...