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Frank Whitten(1942-2011)

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Frank Whitten in Outrageous Fortune (2005)
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Best known in New Zealand for playing the Senile Grandfather Ted West on Outrageous Fortune. This role won him a best supporting actor award at the Air NZ Screen Awards in 2007. He also appeared in Vigil and many other New Zealand and Australian Productions. He died of Cancer on Febuary 13th 2011
BornNovember 15, 1942
DiedFebruary 12, 2011(68)
BornNovember 15, 1942
DiedFebruary 12, 2011(68)
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Known for

Jason Isaacs, Don Battee, Brian Carbee, Septimus Caton, Alan Cinis, Frank Gallacher, Phil Meacham, Darren Andrew Mitchell, Ludivine Sagnier, Bruce Spence, Jeremy Sumpter, Jacob Tomuri, Frank Whitten, Dan Wyllie, Harry Eden, Mick Roughan, George MacKay, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Harry Newell, Freddie Popplewell, Rupert Simonian, Theodore Chester, Lachlan Gooch, Patrick Gooch, and Venant Wong in Peter Pan (2003)
Peter Pan
6.8
  • Starkey
  • 2003
Outrageous Fortune (2005)
Outrageous Fortune
8.4
TV Series
  • 'Grandpa' Ted West
  • Ted West
Mysterious Island (1995)
Mysterious Island
7.0
TV Series
  • Ayrton
Caméléon (1998)
Caméléon
5.1
TV Movie
  • Newton, Ghen's Guardian
  • 1998

Credits

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Actor

  • Outrageous Fortune (2005)
    Outrageous Fortune
    8.4
    TV Series
    • 'Grandpa' Ted West
    • Ted West
    • 2005–2010
  • Sorry... With a Fringe on Top!
    Short
    • Priest
    • 2006
  • Hell Has Harbour Views (2005)
    Hell Has Harbour Views
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Giles Taffy QC
    • 2005
  • My Father's Shoes (2004)
    My Father's Shoes
    Short
    • Frederick
    • 2004
  • Love My Way (2004)
    Love My Way
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Kel
    • 2004
  • Victoria Thaine in Floodhouse (2004)
    Floodhouse
    6.5
    • Manaroan in Aviator Hat
    • 2004
  • Jack Campbell, John Howard, Judith McGrath, Tammy Macintosh, John Waters, Andrew Supanz, and Mirrah Foulkes in All Saints (1998)
    All Saints
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Joe McLean
    • Albert Tolz
    • Ken Burns
    • 1999–2004
  • Jason Isaacs, Don Battee, Brian Carbee, Septimus Caton, Alan Cinis, Frank Gallacher, Phil Meacham, Darren Andrew Mitchell, Ludivine Sagnier, Bruce Spence, Jeremy Sumpter, Jacob Tomuri, Frank Whitten, Dan Wyllie, Harry Eden, Mick Roughan, George MacKay, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Harry Newell, Freddie Popplewell, Rupert Simonian, Theodore Chester, Lachlan Gooch, Patrick Gooch, and Venant Wong in Peter Pan (2003)
    Peter Pan
    6.8
    • Starkey
    • 2003
  • Changi (2001)
    Changi
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Dr. Potter
    • 2001
  • Billy Connolly in The Man Who Sued God (2001)
    The Man Who Sued God
    6.4
    • Primate
    • 2001
  • A Once Smiling Woman
    Short
    • Ken
    • 2000
  • Grayson McCouch in Pollution mortelle (1999)
    Pollution mortelle
    3.4
    TV Movie
    • Escher
    • 1999
  • Accidents (1999)
    Accidents
    7.2
    Short
    • Ron
    • 1999
  • Rachel Griffiths in La chance de ma vie (1999)
    La chance de ma vie
    6.6
    • Charlie
    • 1999
  • Caméléon (1998)
    Caméléon
    5.1
    TV Movie
    • Newton, Ghen's Guardian
    • 1998

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Personal details

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  • Born
    • November 15, 1942
    • Waikato, New Zealand
  • Died
    • February 12, 2011
    • New Zealand(cancer)

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    Other than his role in "Outrageous Fortune", Whitten was best known in New Zealand for his appearance as one of two "southern men" in a long-running series of television and billboard advertisements for Speight's Breweries.

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