What is John Frankenheimer's middle name?
Michael
What is John Frankenheimer's full name?
John Michael Frankenheimer
John Frankenheimer nickname(s):
John Frankenheimer, John Michael Frankenheimer
John Frankenheimer date of birth:
February 19, 1930
How old was John Frankenheimer when died?
72
Where was John Frankenheimer born?
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
When did John Frankenheimer die?
July 6, 2002
Where did John Frankenheimer die?
Los Angeles, California, USA
Why did John Frankenheimer die?
stroke Due To Complications Following Spinal Surgery
How tall is John Frankenheimer?
6' 3" (190 cm)
John Frankenheimer body shape:
Average
What color is John Frankenheimer's hair?
Grey
What is John Frankenheimer's ethnicity?
White
What is John Frankenheimer nationality?
American
What is John Frankenheimer's occupation?
Director
John Frankenheimer claim to fame:
Manchurian Candidate
Short Biography
Born in New York and raised in Queens, John Frankenheimer wanted to become a professional tennis player. He loved movies and his favorite actor was Robert Mitchum. He decided he wanted to be an actor but then he applied for and was accepted in the Motion Picture Squadron of the Air Force where he realized his natural talent to handle a camera. After his military discharge he began a TV career in 1953 convincing CBS to hire him as an assistant director, which consisted mainly working as a cameraman at that time. He eventually started to direct the show he was working on as an assistant director. Frankenheimer still didn't want to direct films. He liked to direct live television, and he would have continued to do it if the profession itself hadn't cease to exist. He first turned to the big screen with The Young Stranger (1957) which he hated to do because he thought he didn't understand movies and wasn't used to work with only one camera. Disappointed his with first feature film experience he returned to his successful television career directing a total of 152 live television shows between 1954 and 1960. He took another chance to move to the cinema industry, working with Burt Lancaster in The Young Savages (1961) ending up becoming a successful filmmaker best known by expressing on films his views on important social and philosophical topics.