Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro

actor (1917-1976)

Frankie Darro was an American actor and later in his career a stuntman. He began his career as a child actor in silent films, progressed to lead roles and co-starring roles in adventure, western, dramatic, and comedy films, and later became a character actor and voice-over artist. He is perhaps best known for his role as Lampwick, the unlucky boy who turns into a donkey in Walt Disney's animated feature Pinocchio (1940). In early credits, his last name was spelled Darrow.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 40 films (1925–1959) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 4 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1959 Operation Petticoat. Granart Co. 124 min 35mm Color sound
1958 The Perfect Furlough. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 93 min. 35mm Color sound
1954 RACING BLOOD. Twentieth Century-Fox Corp. 76 min. 35mm Color sound
1950 Wyoming Mail. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 87 min. 35mm Color sound
1949 Fighting Fools. Reginald LeBorg 69 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Hold That Baby. Reginald LeBorg 64 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 The Babe Ruth Story. Roy Del Ruth 106 min 35mm B&W sound
1948 Trouble Makers. Reginald LeBorg 61 min. 35mm B&W sound
1941 Let's Go Collegiate. Jean Yarbrough 6 reels B&W
1941 The Gang's All Here. Jean Yarbrough 6 reels
1940 Chasing Trouble. Howard Bretherton 7 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1939 Boys' Reformatory Howard Bretherton B&W
1939 TOUGH KID. Monogram Pictures Corp. 6 reels 16mm Sound
1938 THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF WILD BILL HICKOK. Columbia Pictures Corp. 2 reels B&W
1938 WANTED BY THE POLICE. Monogram Pictures Corp. 6 reels 16mm Sound
1937 Anything for a Thrill Leslie Goodwins 6 reels 16mm Sound
1937 Headline Crasher Leslie Goodwins 6 reels 16mm Sound
1937 The Devil Diamond Leslie Goodwins 6 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1937 Tough to Handle S. Roy Luby 6 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1937 Young Dynamite Leslie Goodwins 6 reels 16mm Sound
1936 Charlie Chan at the Race Track H. Bruce Humberstone 70 min 16mm B&W
1936 THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 10 reels B&W
1935 Men of Action Alan James 6 reels 16mm Sound
1935 Valley of Wanted Men Alan James 6 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1934 BURN-'EM-UP BARNES. Nat Levine 2 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1934 NO GREATER GLORY. Columbia Pictures Corp. 8 reels B&W
1933 Wild Boys of the Road ▶ William A. Wellman 67 min B&W
1933 WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD. Vitaphone Corp. 7 reels B&W
1931 The Lightning Warrior Armand Schaefer, Benjamin H. Kline 16mm B&W Sound
1931 THE MAD GENIUS. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1929 THE RAINBOW MAN. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 10 reels B&W
1928 THE CIRCUS KID. F. B. O. Productions Inc. 7 reels B&W
1927 LITTLE MICKEY GROGAN. F. B. O. Productions Inc. 6 reels B&W
1926 HEARTS AND SPANGLES. Lumas Film Corp. 6 reels B&W
1926 THE DEVIL HORSE. Pathe Exchange Inc. 16mm B&W Sound
1925 CONFESSIONS OF A QUEEN. Goldwyn Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1925 THE PEOPLE VS. NANCY PRESTON Cinema Corp. of America 7 reels B&W
1925 WANDERING FOOTSTEPS. Banner Productions Inc. 6 reels B&W
1925 WOMEN AND GOLD. Lumas Film Corp. 6 reels
Vanishing Legion 26 reels 16mm Sound