Frank Whitbeck

Acting

July 17, 1882

Died December 23, 1963 (81 years old)

Rochester, New York, USA

Acting Credits

Directed

Biography

Frank Whitbeck was the longtime chief of publicity/exploitation at MGM. He also narrated several hundred theatrical trailers for MGM features.

Known For

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Narrator

The Mortal Storm

Trailer Announcer (voice)

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Self

Presenting Lily Mars

Trailer Narrator (voice)

Edison, the Man

Trailer Narrator (voice)

Hollywood Goes to Town

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Ice Follies of 1939

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Fingers at the Window

Trailer Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)

Filmography

The Horse with the Human Mind

1946

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Twenty Years After

1944

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Presenting Lily Mars

1943

as Trailer Narrator (voice)

6.4

We Must Have Music

1942

as Narrator

5.4

Fingers at the Window

1942

as Trailer Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)

5.7

Personalities

1942

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

You Can't Fool a Camera

1941

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

America, Preferred

1941

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Eyes of the Navy

1940

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.4

The Old South

1940

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.6

Northward, Ho!

1940

as Narrator (voice)

6.7

Edison, the Man

1940

as Trailer Narrator (voice)

6.8

Young Tom Edison

1940

as Narrator (voice)

5.9

The Mortal Storm

1940

as Trailer Announcer (voice)

7.3

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940

as Narrator

5.8

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940

as Self

6.8

Babes in Arms

1939

as Trailer Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

6.4

The Ice Follies of 1939

1939

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

5.6

Arsène Lupin Returns

1938

as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

6.3

The City of Little Men

1938

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power

1938

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.1

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Another Romance of Celluloid

1938

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.3

The Grand Bounce

1937

as Radio News Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Man Of The People

1937

as Radio Announcer (voice)

The Romance of Celluloid

1937

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention

1937

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.5

Lest We Forget

1937

as Narrator (voice, uncredited)