Thin intense antsy and often unnerving character actor Frank Doubleday usually portrayed creepy villains in both movies and TV shows alike from the mid1970s up until the early 1990s Frank was born on January 28 1945 in Norwich Connecticut and came with his family to Los Angeles California at age six Doubleday made his film debut as an aggressive switchbladewielding punk thug in the hilariously raunchy comedy The First Nudie Musical 1976 Doubledays lean holloweyed sunkencheeked face closely cropped light blonde hair skinny limbs and slim build gave him a striking and potent screen presence that was put to especially effective use in two pictures for director John Carpenter Hes genuinely scary as the vicious street gang leader who kills little girl Kim Richards in cold blood in the terrific urban action classic Assault on Precinct 13 1976 and was likewise memorably freaky as Isaac Hayes ghoulish flunky Romero in the excellent futuristic science fiction cult favorite Escape from New York 1981 Doubledays other noteworthy parts are a mob kingpins conceited jerk son in Avenging Angel 1985 a fidgety prison inmate in the nifty science fiction item Space Rage 1985 a ferocious member of a roving murderous band of supernatural Eskimo spirits in the spooky Nomads 1986 a mercenary in Broadcast News 1987 and a sweaty twitchy hoodlum who holds a bunch of fat ladies hostage in a laundromat in the funky urban science fiction hoot Dollman 1991 Among the TV shows Doubleday did guest appearances on are Amazing Stories 1985 Sledge Hammer 1986 Stingray 1985 TJ Hooker 1982 Hill Street Blues 1981 CHiPs 1977 The Incredible Hulk 1978 Charlies Angels 1976 Wonder Woman 1975 and Starsky and Hutch 1975 Outside of acting Frank also directed stage plays and taught acting at the Hollywood Court Theater Doubleday died at age 73 from esophageal cancer on March 3 2018 in Los Angeles California
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