Don Francks
Don Francks ( born February 28, 1932 in Vancouver, British Columbia; actually Donald Harvey Francks ) is a Canadian actor, jazz musician and singer.
Life and work
Don Francks was adopted and grew up in Burnaby, a city east of Vancouver, on. He stands as an entertainer on stage since his youth. For the first time he stepped on the age of eleven in the play The Willow Pattern Plate. He is a theater, television and cinema actor. It is a jazz singer and jazz musician and plays the trombone and flute. At an early age he sang on the radio and got the nickname Don Francksinatra. On stage, he played leading roles in the musicals Oklahoma ( 1954) and Anything Goes ( 1955). He sang the lead role in the Broadway musical Kelly (1965 ), which was set as a disaster in the night when it opened again. He appeared in Broadway and off - Broadway productions, including The Flip Side (1968), On A Clear Day and Leonard Bernstein 's Theatre Songs ( 1965). 1968 Don Francks was the two -time Oscar -nominated movie musical classic The golden rainbow as Woody Mahoney. He played the son of Fred Astaire and the groom by Petula Clark, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The DVD is available in German since May 2005. On 6 November 2005 Franck came in the Hummingbird Centre in Toronto to Petula Clark on stage and they sang as once the song Old Devil Moon.
Don Francks has from a first marriage to Sue two children, namely, a daughter and a son Tyler Trane. You sometimes on his official board. You are gifted musically or artistically creative. To escape the hustle and bustle of Hollywood, Don Francks moved with his now longtime second wife Lili Francks in the Red Pheasant Indian Reserve, an Indian reservation in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. He wears the honorary Indian name Iron Buffalo. His wife is an actress and dancer. It belongs to the tribe of Cree and bears the Indian name Red Eagle. She has Amerindian and Afro- Canadian ancestors. They have two children. The older daughter, Cree Summer (born 1969 ) is a voice actress, actress and singer. She has recorded the music CD Street Faerie with Lenny Kravitz. From 1974, Don Francks with his family to Toronto. The younger son Rainbow Sun (* 1979) is also an actor ( inter alia, in the television series Stargate Atlantis ) and musicians. Don Francks sings and plays drums with his jazz quartet Don Francks & Friends in various jazz clubs in Toronto, for example in the Colonial Tavern or in George 's Spaghetti House. Don Francks writes songs, poems, rides a motorbike and collect vintage cars. It appears as a peace activist for world peace, which supports the liberation of Tibet and is committed to Greenpeace, where he has competed on the ship Rainbow Warrior.
From 1997 to 2001 Don Francks played in the dramatic spy series Nikita. He said originally auditioned for the role of Operations, but was given the role of the arms expert Walter, what his appearance was perfect. His German dubbing voice in the first three seasons was Klaus Kindler.
Between August 7 and about in December 2006, he presented to host the music show 'Round Midnight in the Canadian radio station AM740 Prime Time Radio, which was heard live online and played mainly jazz and blues of earlier composers.
Don Francks Usually wears a bandana.
Awards
Filmography (selection)
In addition, Don Francks has often appeared in other films and series as a voice actor.
Music recordings
This jazz CD was recorded in Toronto, Canada in August 1962 live at the Purple Onion coffee house.
- No One In This World Is Like Don Francks. LP, 1963, Kapp Records. Don Francks, Lenny Breau and Eon Henstridge were briefly the trio Three.