Frank Webb

Birthday: November 1, 1948 in Evanston, Illinois, USA

Frank Taylor Webb was born in Wilmette, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago immediately north of Evanston. He attended high school in Scottsdale, Arizona, and following graduation moved to Californ ...Show More

Frank Taylor Webb was born in Wilmette, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago immediately north of Evanston. He attended high school in Scottsdale, Arizona, and following graduation moved to California where he attended Los Angeles City College. During this time Frank began to pursue acting roles and in 1967 he appeared in the Los Angeles/Hollywood production of "The Fantasticks" at the Hollywood Center Theatre. Shortly thereafter he began appearing in a number of memorable guest starring roles in such series such as Bonanza (1959), Le Virginien (1962), Docteur Marcus Welby (1969), Mission impossible (1966), Le grand Chaparral (1967) and Hawaï, police d'état (1968). He also demonstrated his versatile acting abilities in occasional movie roles, such as Disney's L'ordinateur en folie (1969) alongside Kurt Russell and in the crime thriller The Todd Killings (1971).Frank was married to Lynn Wilson in 1972 and by 1974 they had left Hollywood and moved to Slayton, Minnesota, where Frank worked as a minister and school bus driver. On December 20, 1974, he was riding as a passenger in a car that was involved in a multi-vehicle collision at the intersection of Highways 30 and 71 in Amboy Township, Cottonwood County, and died as a result of the injuries he sustained. He was only 26 years old. Frank's funeral was held on December 26, 1974, and he was buried in Slayton Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, mother (Ruth Braun Webb), a brother (John) and a sister (Judy). Hide