I thought he was "Parker Lewis" for a while after I saw Pulp Fiction and before IMDB
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PattyGJones — 13 years ago(April 18, 2012 04:03 PM)
I think Frank Whaley is totally distinctive-looking and you're all really stretching. Mark Wahlberg?? Cuba Gooding, Jr.?? ARE YOU NUTS?
If there were ever an actor who had looks and/or a persona similar to Frank's, it would be the young Mickey Rooney, when he was a huge star, #1 box office in his 20s, and married to Ava Gardner (among quite a few others through the years) Who'd think a freckle-faced man of only 5'2" could be such a babe-magnet?
Rooney's old movies from that era remind me SO much of Frank Whaley. The physical resemblance declined in later years, but he was fantastic in Rod Serling's brilliant "Requiem for a Heavyweight" when he was 50-ish. If you can get past the corniness of the Andy Hardy movies and watch what Rooney was doing, I think you'll see what I mean. It's a sweetness with a1c84 drop of underlying anger, and a shining intelligence in every "real" line he speaks (editing out the silly 40s stuff). Maybe "Boys' Town" is a better example of Mickey Rooney's quality (BTW, he's 92 and still working).
I didn't mean for this post to become a love-letter to Mickey Rooney, but I'm pretty sure Frank Whaley would take it as the compliment it's meant to be.
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kjwilliamslcsw — 13 years ago(January 20, 2013 04:53 PM)
Could someone please explain to me nicely why "He looks like" is always one of the biggest comment sections in any actor's IMDB page? What is it about comparisons that are so popular? To me, most people 's suggestions don't click at all, as in Frank looks like Mark Walburg.
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leetallahassee — 11 years ago(July 24, 2014 05:31 PM)
I just finished watching a rerun of an episode of "Law and Order Special Victims
Unit" and I thought "how nice to see british actor max Beesley doing some
American television and doing a good american accent as well." Then, I come on
to IMDB and realize that it was not Max Beesely at all but Frank Whaley.
Frank Whaley really does look like Max Beesley. (Max currently has recurring
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rockomcknight — 11 years ago(October 19, 2014 02:58 AM)
http://www.imdb.com/board/20539651/?ref_=tt_cl_t7
Joshua Malina they could be twins!