Frank Latimore
Actor
Biography
Franklin Latimore (September 28, 1925 - November 29, 1998) was an American actor best known for his character ‘Dr. Ed Coleridge’ on the television soap opera Ryan's Hope.
Latimore's came from a well-to-do family, and was able to trace his lineage back to the Revolutionary War. He ran away from home at an early age, and shortly thereafter got the lead part in a Broadway play. His acting career had begun in the 1930s, when he and longtime pal Lloyd Bridges began doing summer stock theater at a playhouse in Weston, Vermont.
Latimore then soon went out to Hollywood, where he signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox, and proceeded to appear in such hits as In the Meantime, Darling, The Dolly Sisters, Three Little Girls in Blue, and Shock.
Latimore also played in two soap operas, Ryan's Hope and Guiding Light. As well, he did some work for PBS, most notably appearing in a film about the Civil War.
He married Rukmini Sukarno, an opera singer who was a daughter of President Sukarno of Indonesia. Their son, Chris Kline, is a journalist.
On November 29, 1998, he died in his sleep, at the age of 72. His remains were cremated and buried beneath a venerable old apple tree on ancestral property in Vermont.
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Filmography
Patton
as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Davenport 1970
Purple Noon
as O'Brien 1960
The Razor's Edge
as Bob MacDonald 1946
Shock
as Lt. Paul Stewart 1946
Cast a Giant Shadow
as 1st U.N. Officer 1966
13 Rue Madeleine
as Jeff Lassiter 1947
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as George 1969
The Shortest Day
as Soldato Siciliano (uncredited) 1963
Black Magic
as Gilbert de Rezel 1949
The Gallant Hours
1960
The Sergeant
as Capt. Loring 1968
John Paul Jones
as Lt. Richard Dale 1959
Yvonne of the Night
as Il tenente Carlo Rutelli 1949
The Dolly Sisters
as Irving Netcher 1945
The Wretches
as Ted 1960
Neopolitans in Milan
as Parenti 1953