Most Recent Role: Dr. Anton Arcane on Swamp Thing: The Animated Series
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Birthday: 2-28-1932
Birth Name: Donald Harvey Francks
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Birthday: 2-28-1932
Birth Name: Donald Harvey Francks
Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Don moved to Toronto while he was a youth.
He started his acting career at the age of 11 and soon moved on to play on and off Broadway. Between his work on stage and his soon beginning career in television, he also made music and appeared in a lot of different radio shows.
He landed his first big role in television in 1966 in NBC's Jericho . After that...
Most Recent Appearance
To Live Forever
Monday 1 January 2007 on FOX
Dr. Arcane & his Un-men travel to the Amazonian Rainforest in search of “the trees that never die”, and enslaves a local Indian tribe to harvest their sap. Luckily, Swamp Thing has caught a ride to the rainforest too, and is ready put Arcane in his place!
For local TV station TV Saskatchewan he agreed to work as director for a movie called Me & My Friends.
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With his long hair, he always wears a Bandana.
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He plays Trombone, Drums and Flute.
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His two favorite Jazz-clubs in Toronto are the Colonial Tavern and the George's Spaghetti House. He also likes to perform in both of them.
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Don and his wife enjoy living in the Red Pheasant Indian Reserve near North Battleford, Saskatchewan (Canada).
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Other Appearances
| Star | |
|---|---|
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ALF Tales
Additional Voices |
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
voice of Girth / Hobbs |
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Droids
Jann Tosh |
Ewoks
voice of Umwak / Dulok Shaman |
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Jericho (1966)
Franklin Sheppard |
La Femme Nikita
Walter |
| Recurring Role | |
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Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
Laccki |
Inspector Gadget
Additional Voices |
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Street Time
Don Goldstein |
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|---|---|
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
The Mole Sergeant Jim Willis |
Atomic Betty
No-L 9 Max Sr |
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Atomic Betty
Like Father, Like Scum / Planet Stinxx Max Sr. |
Ben Casey
If You Really Want to Know What Goes On In a Hospital... Alan Ames |
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Ben Casey
Why Did the Day Go Backwards? Alan Ames |
Earth: Final Conflict
Trapped By Time Kyle Madrid |
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Droids
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Ewoks
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DroidsLong before their famous adventures with the Rebel Alliance, R2-D2 and C-3PO were assigned to many different masters by the Intergalactic Droid Agency. In this animated series, the droids... more
EwoksOn the forest moon of Endor, tucked into a tiny village known as Bright Tree, a band of furry creatures named the Ewoks live in huts high up in the trees. Of the many creatures that live in... more Jericho (1966)
The Jericho team were a trio of Allied specialists who operated as intelligence agents and saboteurs behind Nazi lines. Franklin Sheppard, of American Army Intelligence, was their commanding... more
La Femme NikitaBased on the cult motion picture of the same name, La Femme Nikita is a sexy, stylish spy series following a deadly secret agent. Peta Wilson stars as Nikita, a young woman framed for murder and... more
