Frank Marth
Frank Marth (July 29, 1922 – January 12, 2014) was an American film and television actor. He may be best known as a cast-member of "Cavalcade of Stars" (1949; 1950–1957), especially segments of "The Honeymooners", which later became a television series (1955–56). Early years. Marth was born in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan to Mr. And Mrs. Frank Marth, Sr. He attended public schools graduating from Commerce High School. He initially worked in building construction, but after World War II he attended the Feagin School of Dramatic Art with plans to work in radio. Career. Early in  his career, Marth worked in radio, including being announcer, commentator, and disc jockey on WOV in New York City and WWDX-FM and WPAT in New Jersey. On stage, Marth acted in productions of local and regional theaters, including the Greenwood Playhouse in Maine and the Willimantic Playhouse in Connecticut. Marth's big screen scredits included roles in films such as "Madame X" (1966), "Madigan" (1968), "Pendulum" (1969), "The Lost Man" (1969), "Marooned" (1969) and "Telefon" (1977). On television, Marth appeared in two episodes of "Perry Mason", five episodes of "The Big Valley", one episode of "The Wild, Wild West  and Mannix", five episodes of "Hogan's Heroes", three episodes of "Barnaby Jones", two episodes of "", as well as on "Hawaii Five-O", "The Fugitive", "Cannon", "The Invaders", "The F.B.I.", "The Streets of San Francisco", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, Dallas" and "M*A*S*H". In 1970 Marth appeared as Rawlings in the western TV series "The Virginian" in the episode titled "The Gift." In 1976, he appeared in an episode of "Sara" and played the Commanding Officer of Ben Murphy's leading officer in the TV mini series version of "The Dirty Dozen". He also  played Ben Fraser, Jr. in the NBC drama "From These Roots" (1958-1961) and was a regular on "Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine" and "The Jackie Gleason Show". Tall and fair-haired, Marth, often in tandem with the short, dark-haired George O. Petrie, played various recurring and one-time roles on "The Honeymooners", i.e. as one of the brutal hoods who hold the Kramdens and Ed Norton hostage after Ralph witnesses a bank robbery; as Harvey Walstatter, who hires Alice Kramden to babysit his son, Harvey, Jr.; and as the inquiring news photographer who lands Ralph Kramden  in hot water after he quotes Kramden declaring that he is "head of the household". Death. Marth died of congestive heart failure and Alzheimer's disease on January 12, 2014, in Rancho Mirage, California, aged 91. Television (partial). 1955-1957 The Honeymooners Season 3, Episode 7 "Operation Fly Trap" as a German Captain Season 2, Episode 8 "The Great Brain Robbery" as Capt. Edward Prescott Season 1, Episode 13 "Hogan's Hofbrau" as Capt. Milheiser Season 4, Episode 30 "Run, Sheep, Run" as Lt. Vogler Season 8, Episode 24 "The Gift" as Emmett Rawlings Season 4, Episode 1 "Kelly's  Song" as Captain Royce Season 5, Episode 23 "Point After Death" as Eliott Strickland Season 2, Episode 5 "Knockout" as Tall Man Episode 20 "Greetings from Earth" Season 3, Episode 18 "Road Games" as Jim Sullivan