Frank Hagney

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank S. Hagney (March 20, 1884 – June 25, 1973) was an Australian actor. Born in Sydney in 1884, Hagney appeared in more than 350 Hollywood films between 1919 and 1966. Most of his film roles were small and uncredited. Because of his tall and strong appearance, Hagney often played officers or henchmens. He is perhaps best-known as Mr. Potter's wordless wheelchair pusher in Frank Capra's classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Frank Hagney was also a guest star on more than 70 television programs such as The Cisco Kid, The Adventures of Kit Carson, The Lone Ranger, The Rifleman, Perry Mason, and Daniel Boone. He starred in The Fighting Marine (1926) with Jack Anthony, Joe Bonomo and Walter Miller; The Fighting Sap (1924) with Bob Fleming, Hazel Keener, Wilfred Lucas and Fred Thomson; The Ghost in the Garret (1921), Ghost Town Gold (1936), Go Get 'Em Hutch (1922) with Richard R. Neil; Ride Him Cowboy (1932) with Eddie Gribbon and Charles Sellon; Riders of the Dawn (1939), Valley of the Lawless (1936), and Vultures of the Sea (1928) with Joseph Bennett. His 42 silent films included The Battler (1919), The Breed of the Border (1924), The Dangerous Coward (1924), Galloping Gallagher (1924), Lighting Romance (1924), The Mask of Lopez (1924), The Silent Stranger (1924), The Wild Bull's Lair (1925), Lone Hand Saunders (1926) and The Two-Gun Man (1926). His 54 sound western film included The Phantom of the West (1931), Fighting Caravans (1931), The Squaw Man (1931), The Golden West (1932), Honor of the Range (1934), Western Frontier, Heroes of the Range (1936), Billy the Kid, The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941), Blazing Frontier (1943) and The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947). His last two films were McLintock! (1963) and Come Blow Your Horn (1963). Hagney was married to Edna Shephard. He died in Los Angeles in 1973. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.

Known For

Potter's Bodyguard

It's a Wonderful Life

Dream Jail Guard

Crashing Las Vegas

Butch

Broadway Big Shot

Johnson

Burning Daylight

Bull Marlow

Vultures of the Sea

Kohler (as Frank S. Hagney)

Tomorrow We Live

Convict Frank, Lannigan's barber

Jail Busters

Daggoo

The Sea Beast

Nebraska Brent

The Fighting Sap

Arizona Joe

Lightning Romance

Townsman (uncredited)

Along Came Jones

Ed Brockton

Anne of Little Smoky

Deputy Blackie

Thunderbolt

'Murdering' Mooney

Fighting Youth

Man Delivering Cake

The Power of the Whistler

Policeman (uncredited)

On the Town

Capt. Jeremy Peters - a Zombie

Zombies of Mora Tau

The Fight Pest

Bull Hawks

Captain Lash

Guard

Swamp Woman

Lightning Smith

Heroes of the Range

Engineer (uncredited)

Hitler's Madman

Henry Sims / The Hawk

Ride Him, Cowboy

Ice Man (uncredited)

The Big Clock

Soule Gang Leader (uncredited)

Saratoga Trunk

Man-at-Arms (uncredited)

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Soldier #3 (uncredited)

Joan of Arc

Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Limelight

Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

The Ten Commandments

Second Mate (uncredited)

Two Tickets to London

Mobster (uncredited)

King Richard and the Crusaders

First Mate

Terror Aboard

Sailor (uncredited)

Stand by for Action

Mott

Go Get 'Em Hutch

Big Bill

A House Divided

Doorman at Gambling Emporium (uncredited)

Tulsa

Drunk (uncredited)

The Silencers

Official (uncredited)

The Wild One

Mike - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)

If I Had a Million

Bartender (uncredited)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Boots

Honor of the Range

Ki-Yote

Braveheart

Among the Living

Bert Grant (uncredited)

Billy the Kid

Seaman (uncredited)

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

Usher / Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Henchman

Reckless Living

Henry Hess - an FBI Chief

Gun Grit

Will (uncredited)

The Duel at Silver Creek

Jim Foster

Wildcat Trooper

Al Kennedy (uncredited)

Payment Through the Nose

Frank - Wrecking Crew Member (uncredited)

Whispering Smith

The Indian

Backbone

Dugan

Mr. Celebrity

Bouncer

The Best Man Wins

Gillie

Hollywood Cowboy

Henchman Brodie (uncredited)

Secret Valley

Slum

Windjammer

Terrell

Clipped Wings

Man on Street (uncredited)

The Seventh Cross

Suspect (uncredited)

Knock on Any Door

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Let's Dance

Walter Jensen

Texas Man Hunt

Battling Hannon

No Limit

Mike Malone

Conflict

Mountie

River's End

Link

Western Frontier

Gus Lynch

The Glorious Trail

Harris - Childers' Henchman

Midnight Madness

The Ice Flood

Miner (uncredited)

Ride the High Country

The Battling Savage

Hogan's Alley

Drifter

Hangman's Knot

Referee (uncredited)

The Harder They Fall

Gang Member

Behind The Headlines

Jailer

Madame X

Deputy Phil

Robin Hood of El Dorado

Red Burley

Roaring Rails

Moran

The Airmail Mystery

Woodsman

Rose Marie

Minor Role (uncredited)

Face in the Sky

Guard

Devil's Island

Holt's Manager (uncredited)

You Said a Mouthful

Harris

Mandrake the Magician

Joe (uncredited)

Too Many Winners

Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

A Bullet for Joey

Soldier (uncredited)

Tower of London

Butch - the Bouncer (uncredited)

Desperate Cargo

Sailor

Professor Beware

Garlow

Valley of the Lawless

Townsman

Rangers of Fortune

Steve Clark

Wild Horse Round-Up

Stark Strong-Arm Man (uncredited)

All the King's Men

Elmer - Bartender (uncredited)

McLintock!

Truckman (uncredited)

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Barfly

The Red Rider

Slout

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

Strongarm Thug Escorting Sloss (uncredited)

The Glass Key

Morell Henchman (uncredited)

Flame of Barbary Coast

Madden (uncredited)

The Big Steal

Marine (uncredited)

Parachute Jumper

Ned Bale (uncredited)

Man in the Saddle

Hot Foot

Oh, Yeah!

Warehouse Truck Loader

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Convict

The Daring Young Man

Confederate Recruiter (uncredited)

The General

Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

Donovan's Reef

Ox

Here Comes Trouble

Cranston's Kidnapper

The Shadow

Bill (uncredited)

The Invisible Man Returns

The Lodger

Shipbuilder (uncredited)

Modern Times

Townsman in Contention (uncredited)

3:10 to Yuma

Drunk (uncredited)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Big Joe Morgan

One-Round Hogan

Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass

Fight Manager

Tom Brown of Culver

Harry - Daffy Diner

Tom Brown of Culver

Olaf

Sit Tight

O'Shea

The Lone Rider in Ghost Town

Man Abandoned by Whitey (uncredited)

Boom Town

Tough Yankee #2

Dark Command

Lemonade Vendor (uncredited)

Friendly Persuasion

Lucius - Josephus' Charioteer (uncredited)

Roman Scandals

Executioner of Lyons (uncredited)

The Three Musketeers

Capt. Grant

Northwest Passage

Black

House of Errors

Gooch Mulligan

Misbehaving Husbands

Card Player Who Doesn't Know French (uncredited)

Gallant Sons

"Junior" (Antros Henchman) (uncredited)

Seven Sinners

Mug (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim

Vegetable Truck Driver

Son of the Navy

Detective Joe O'Neill (Uncredited)

Midnight Limited

Man Who Asks for Quiet

Melody Ranch

Mexican Champ Manuel Quiroga (uncredited)

The Champ

Saunders

The Renegade

The Fighting Marine

Angry Truck Driver (uncredited)

The Meanest Gal in Town

Lagune

Masked Emotions

Mug

Diamond Jim

Guard

Captain Fury

Sheriff Ward Tragg

Blazing Frontier

Fireman

The Chief

Blackie Dawson

The Lone Rider Ambushed

Sheriff

Tumbleweed Trail

Henchman Marty

The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio

George Clarke

The Lone Rider Fights Back

Frank Mitchell

The Lone Rider Rides On

Poolroom Owner

Stablemates

Soldier

Army Girl

Moving Man (uncredited)

Senorita from the West

Sheriff Jim H. Ryan

The Phantom of the West

Fergus

Where the North Begins

Angry Citizen in Lynch Mob (uncredited)

In Old California

Man in Saloon (uncredited)

Billy the Kid

Henchman

Calling Wild Bill Elliott

Henchman

Mr. District Attorney

Kelly's Patron

My Favorite Spy

Joseph Burke

Galloping Gallagher

Glen (uncredited)

The Big Trees

Greg

The Paleface

Lieutenant #2

Corregidor

Motorcycle Cop

Appointment with Danger

Electrical Lineman

This Time for Keeps

Baggage Man

Walking Down Broadway

Studio Cop

Crazy House

Policeman

The Informer

Floozy's Boyfriend

The Scarf

Turpin's Hangman

The Lady and the Bandit

Torture Cell Guard (Uncredited)

The Corsican Brothers

Prison Guard in Yard

The Criminal Code

Joe Tracey

Poison

Fred

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

Livery Stableman (uncredited)

I Shot Jesse James

Bakery Guard (uncredited)

Reign of Terror

Man Reciting Lord's Prayer (uncredited)

Johnny Belinda

Joe Kamatski

Ghost Town Gold

Farmer

Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

Barfly (uncredited)

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

Majordomo (uncredited)

Lost in a Harem

Cop (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Boss (uncredited)

Adventure

Posse Man (uncredited)

The Hard Man

J. Francis Jackson

The Rawhide Kid

One-Punch McGurk (uncredited)

The Lady and the Lug

Mello

On Your Toes!

Bowie Bill

The Two-Gun Man

Bobby (uncredited)

The Man in Half Moon Street

Gamboa

Through the Breakers

Stagehand (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston

Cornish Man (uncredited)

Frenchman's Creek

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

You Only Live Once

Henchman Butch

Riders of the Dawn

Blacksmith (uncredited)

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

Townsman (uncredited)

The Hanging Tree

Champ - Henchman

Timber Stampede

Mercenary Scout (uncredited)

Naughty Marietta

Bob Blake

Wild Justice

Hood

Hell Bound

Bag Puncher (uncredited)

Swing Fever

Stevedore (uncredited)

Kitty

Barfly / Lookout (uncredited)

Wichita

Dingo Brion (uncredited)

A Lawless Street

Henchman Cal Barker

The Last Trail

Dorfman (uncredited)

A Man Alone

Henchman

Grand Canyon

Man in a Bar (uncredited)

The Son of Dr. Jekyll

Stranger (uncredited)

California

Spike (uncredited)

Detective Kitty O'Day

Galley Prisoner

Les Misérables

Policeman Arresting Ruby (uncredited)

Hold Your Man

Frank Hagney Spike McGann - Prizefighting Opponent

All's Swell on the Ocean

Convict (uncredited)

Public Pigeon No. 1

Cattle Buyer (uncredited)

The Rare Breed

Bartender (uncredited)

Ride, Vaquero!

Townsman (uncredited)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Deputy Clark

The Squaw Man

Bouncer (uncredited)

Shine on Harvest Moon

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

218

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-03-20

Place of Birth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Also Known As

Frank Harney