Frank McRae, who was born in 1944 in Memphis, USA, originally went into sports. He had a short career in American football in Chicago and Los Angeles.
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From about thirty, he made a living playing in movies. He was more of a representative of small roles, but in surprisingly well-known films. He played various tough guys, such as Reed Youngblood’s gangster Dillinger (1973), who helps Dillinger escape.
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Frank McRae ve filmu Dillinger
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He starred with Sylvester Stallone in Rocky 2 (1979) or Crime (1989). He also got into a bond game, specifically the Kill Permit from 1989, where Bond was played by Timothy Dalton. The action comedy 48 Hours (1982) is also quite well-known, where Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy were still topping themselves.
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He also appeared in comedies such as Crazy Vacation (1983), Loaded Gun (1993) or The Last Action Hero with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role (1993). His last major film was Mel Gibson’s Lethal Weapon 4 in 1998.
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