Frank Hagney

Known for ActingBorn 1884-03-20Died 1973-06-25Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank S. Hagney (March 20, 1884 – June 25, 1973) was an Australian actor. Born in Sydney in 1884, Hagney appeared in more than 350 Hollywood films between 1919 and 1966. Most of his film roles were small and uncredited. Because of his tall and strong appearance, Hagney often played officers or henchmens. He is perhaps best-known as Mr. Potter's wordless wheelchair pusher in Frank Capra's classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Frank Hagney was also a guest star on more than 70 television programs such as The Cisco Kid, The Adventures of Kit Carson, The Lone Ranger, The Rifleman, Perry Mason, and Daniel Boone. He starred in The Fighting Marine (1926) with Jack Anthony, Joe Bonomo and Walter Miller; The Fighting Sap (1924) with Bob Fleming, Hazel Keener, Wilfred Lucas and Fred Thomson; The Ghost in the Garret (1921), Ghost Town Gold (1936), Go Get 'Em Hutch (1922) with Richard R. Neil; Ride Him Cowboy (1932) with Eddie Gribbon and Charles Sellon; Riders of the Dawn (1939), Valley of the Lawless (1936), and Vultures of the Sea (1928) with Joseph Bennett. His 42 silent films included The Battler (1919), The Breed of the Border (1924), The Dangerous Coward (1924), Galloping Gallagher (1924), Lighting Romance (1924), The Mask of Lopez (1924), The Silent Stranger (1924), The Wild Bull's Lair (1925), Lone Hand Saunders (1926) and The Two-Gun Man (1926). His 54 sound western film included The Phantom of the West (1931), Fighting Caravans (1931), The Squaw Man (1931), The Golden West (1932), Honor of the Range (1934), Western Frontier, Heroes of the Range (1936), Billy the Kid, The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941), Blazing Frontier (1943) and The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947). His last two films were McLintock! (1963) and Come Blow Your Horn (1963). Hagney was married to Edna Shephard. He died in Los Angeles in 1973. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.Read more

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Grand Canyon

Girl on the Spot

House of Errors

The Lady and the Lug

Wild Horse Round-Up

The Daring Young Man

The Airmail Mystery

The Rawhide Kid

One-Round Hogan

All Aboard

The Two-Gun Man

Lone Hand Saunders

The Winning Wallop

Hogan's Alley

Poison

Broadway Big Shot

Tumbleweed Trail

The Lone Rider Rides On

Timber Stampede

Heroes of the Range

Western Frontier

The Phantom of the West

Vultures of the Sea

Midnight Madness

Broken Barriers

The Last Trail

The Ice Flood

The Fighting Marine

The Fighting Sap

Lightning Romance

Galloping Gallagher

Fight and Win

The Silent Stranger

It's a Wonderful Life

Modern Times

Dick Tracy

Limelight

This Time for Keeps

Thunderbolt

The Ten Commandments

Captain Lash

Masked Emotions

The Glorious Trail

Perry Mason

The New Champion

All's Swell on the Ocean

The Mask of Lopez

Breed of the Border