Frank McRae
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Frank McRae (born June 3, 1942, died April 29, 2021) was an American actor and former professional football player. McRae was born in Memphis, Tennessee. McRae graduated from Tennessee State University with a double major in drama and history. He was a defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears in the 1967 NFL season. Among his acting roles are the history teacher, Mr. Teasdale, in Red Dawn, bank robber Reed Youngblood in Dillinger, Hazel in Cannery Row, Spanky in The Wizard, James Bond's friend Sharkey in 1989's Licence to Kill, inmate Eclipse in Lock Up, shouting police captain in 48 Hrs. (a role he later parodied in Last Action Hero and Loaded Weapon 1), the train coachman in Tracks and former professional boxing champion Harry Noble in *batteries not included. He also made an effective pairing with John Candy as two bumbling subordinates; first as two tank soldiers (under an equally bumbling Sgt. Frank Tree played by Dan Aykroyd) in the cult classic 1941 and later as "Walley World" Security Guards in National Lampoon's Vacation . He played Jim, the Mechanic in the movie Used Cars. His most recent role was as a guest star on the television series ER. He also portrayed the character of Sergeant Tenga in Farewell to the King Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank McRae, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
as Grover
Rocky II (1979)
as Meat Foreman (uncredited)
48 Hrs. (1982)
as Haden
Licence to Kill (1989)
as Sharkey
Last Action Hero (1993)
as Lieutenant Dekker
Lock Up (1989)
as Eclipse
Red Dawn (1984)
as Mr. Teasdale
Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
as Haden (uncredited)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
as Captain Doyle
*batteries not included (1987)
as Harry Noble
Paradise Alley (1978)
as Big Glory
Hard Times (1975)
as Hammerman
Used Cars (1980)
as Jim the Mechanic
1941 (1979)
as Pvt. Ogden Johnson Jones
The Wizard (1989)
as Spanky
Love's Abiding Joy (2006)
as Cookie
Norma Rae (1979)
as James Brown
Sketch Artist (1992)
as Det. Milon
Love's Long Journey (2005)
as Cookie
Shaft in Africa (1973)
as Osiat
Tracks (1976)
as Train Coachman
Walking Tall Part II (1975)
as Steamer Riley
Lightning Jack (1994)
as Mr. Doyle
The Killing Jar (1997)
as Det. Bernie Morris
The End (1978)
as Male Nurse
F.I.S.T. (1978)
as Lincoln Dombrowsky
Cannery Row (1982)
as Hazel
City in Fear (1980)
as Captain Maslin
Dillinger (1973)
as Reed Youngblood
The Orphan and the Dude (1975)
as Fast Freddie
The Bank Shot (1974)
as Herman Lincoln (aka Herman X)
Cool Breeze (1972)
as Barry, Mercer's Servant (uncredited)
Farewell to the King (1989)
as Sgt. Tenga
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986)
as Herschel Dean
Asteroid (1997)
as Lloyd Morgan
Shooting Stars (1983)
as Tubbs
Snatched (1973)
as Cheech
One Hell of a Guy (2000)
as Moe
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley (1975)
as Mr. Langham
Hostage Flight (1985)
as Bart Cooper
Poochinski (1990)
as Captain Ed Martin
Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth (1993)
as Hugh
Dog and Cat (1977)
as Morgue Attendant
Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar (1999)
as Bruce McFee
Hijack (1999)
as Roger Tate
Pipe Dreams (1976)
as Moose