Frank Grimes(1947-2025)

Actor
Producer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Sorcha Cusack, Frank Grimes, and Ben Thompson in Coronation Street (1960)

Strumpet City: Episode 6

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Episode #1.6 (1980)

Frank Grimes was born on 9 March 1947 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor and producer, known for Un pont trop loin (1977), Le froussard héroïque (1975) and Coronation Street (1960). He was married to Ginnette Clarke and Michele Lohan. He died on 1 August 2025 in Ireland.

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Known for

Un pont trop loin (1977)

Un pont trop loin

7.4

Maj. Fuller

1977

Le froussard héroïque (1975)

Le froussard héroïque

6.3

Lieutenant

1975

Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)

Coronation Street

5.6

TV Series

Barry Connor

Les baleines du mois d'août (1987)

Les baleines du mois d'août

7.1

Mr. Beckwith

1987

Credits

Actor

Doctors
4.5
TV Series
- Sandy Glass
- Cyril Hepworth
- Harry Doherty
- 2010–2017
Coronation Street
5.6
TV Series
- Barry Connor
- 2008–2015
Mrs. Brown's Boys
7.1
TV Series
- Mr. O'Leary
- 2013
Father Brown
7.8
TV Series
- Franc McCarthy
- 2013
Casualty
6.1
TV Series
- Brian O'Shaunessy
- Jim McConvey
- Brian Hawley
- 1995–2012
The Bill
6.7
TV Series
- Bernard Stone
- Rob Colburn
- Brian Clarke ...
- 1993–2007
Anything for Love
7.6
- Mr. Jones
- 2005
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
7.5
TV Movie
- Robert Welch
- 2005
La fureur dans le sang
8.2
TV Series
- Father Jack Lamb
- 2005
Fair City
2.7
TV Series
- Father Lawlor
- 2004
Holby City
5.8
TV Series
- Jack Swan
- 2003
The Vice
7.6
TV Series
- Peter Avery
- 2003
Le monde des ténèbres
5.8
TV Series
- Owen Michaels
- 2001
When the Sky Falls
6.4
- Paul McCarling
- 2000
It Can Be Done
Short
- Wilhelm Reich
- 1999

Producer

Extreme Parking
TV Series
- field producer
- 2013
Untamed Alaska
TV Movie
- field producer
- 2009
Shockwave
6.8
TV Series
- field producer
- 2008
Cheating Spouses Caught on Tape 2
7.2
TV Movie
- field producer
- 2001
Jackpot!: The Real Story of Slot Machines
TV Movie
- field producer
- 2001
Human Edge
8.5
TV Series
- field producer
- 2001
Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?
5.4
TV Movie
- field producer
- 2001
World's Most...
TV Series
- field producer
- 1999
When Good Pets Go Bad 2
7.9
TV Special
- field producer
- 1999
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
TV Movie
- field producer
- 1998

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Videos8

Strumpet City: Episode 5

Strumpet City: Episode 5

Strumpet City: Episode 1

Strumpet City: Episode 1

Strumpet City: Episode 1

Strumpet City: Episode 1

Strumpet City: Episode 4

Strumpet City: Episode 4

Strumpet City: Episode 2

Strumpet City: Episode 2

Strumpet City: Episode 6

Strumpet City: Episode 6

Strumpet City: Episode 7

Strumpet City: Episode 7

Personal details

Born
- March 9, 1947
- Dublin, Ireland
Died
- August 1, 2025
- Ireland(short illness)
Spouses
Other works
He acted in David Storey's play "Life Class" at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England with Bob Peck, Stephen Bent, Alan Bates, Paul Kelly, Gabrielle Lloyd, Brian Glover and Gerald James in the cast. Lindsay Anderson was the director.

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Trivia
Was nominated for Broadway's 1970 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "Borstal Boy."

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