Frank Lovejoy

 Frank Lovejoy (March 28, 1912 – October 2, 1962)

Lovejoy was an actor in radio, film, and television. He is perhaps best remembered for appearing in the film noir The Hitch-Hiker and for starring in the radio drama Night Beat. In radio soap operas, Lovejoy played Dr. Christopher Ellerbe in Valiant Lady, Sam Foster in This Day Is Ours,and he had the roles of Brad Forbes on Brave Tomorrow and Larry Halliday in Bright Horizon. Appearing in movies such as Goodbye, My Fancy (1951) with Joan Crawford, and The Hitch-Hiker (1953) directed by Ida Lupino, Lovejoy was effective playing the movie's everyman in extraordinary situations. He was in several war movies, notably Stanley Kramer's Home of the Brave (1949), Breakthrough (1950), Joseph H. Lewis's Retreat, Hell! (1952) which portrayed the United States Marine Corps' retreat from the Chosin Reservoir (Changjin Reservoir) during the Korean War and as a Marine sergeant again in Beachhead (1954).He was also married to actress Joan Banks, from 1940 until his death. On October 2, 1962, Frank Lovejoy died of a heart attack in his sleep at his residence in New York City. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, CA.