A brawny, firm-jawed, sandy-haired player of 60s and 70s primetime TV, Frank Converse seemed to be one of those handsome tough-guy action figures that could go by the wayside after the demise of their famous series. Instead, this stage-trained actor persevered as a well-respected, all-purpose character actor in a career that has now passed its fourth decade. Born on May 2, 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri, Frank received his early education at the Phillips Andover Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and earned his BFA degree in drama in 1962 at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. In the 1960s he built up his Shakespearean resume with roles in "King Lear", "Caesar and Cleopatra", "Hamlet", "The Comedy of Errors", "Richard III", "Henry V" and "Much Ado About Nothing" before making his 1966 Broadway debut in "First One Asleep, Whistle", which closed that same day. By this time he had set his sights on film but it was strong-armed TV drama that made him a name. 1967 was a banner year for Frank. Not only did he appear to good advantage in the films _Hour of the Gun , since 1982. They have two children along with his two children from a previous marriage.
Studied at Carnegie Tech
On the stage, Converse starred in The Philadelphia Story , Design for Living , A Streetcar Named Desire , and Lady in the Dark on Broadway, and The House of Blue Leaves and South Pacific Off-Broadway.
