An entire home page dedicated to Frankie Darro?  Gosh, YES!!!  It's time to recognize this sorely overlooked actor whose career, which spanned from the silent era well into the 1960's, touched upon so many different genres: besides being a notable child star, he did his own stunts and held his own in many Tom Tyler silents; rode alongside Gene Autry and Rin Tin Tin in serials; starred in his own series of comedies with Mantan Moreland; made some notable appearances in the Bowery Boys series; became known as Hollywood's perennial jockey, riding (and falling off) horses in countless films; is known to sci-fi buffs as being one of the actors who worked inside Robbie the Robot in Forbidden Planet; was known to TV fans as the indestructible "little old lady" on The Red Skelton Show . . . and those are only some of his credits!!

So we invite you, with a wink and a smile, to follow the links below and learn
more about this versatile actor's career!  C'mon, let's go!!!

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Last Updated: July 2, 2008

Frankie Darro made several appearances on the Red Skelton
Comedy Hour.  While he is mainly remembered as playing a little
old lady in many of his appearances, Frankie appeared in other
sketches as well, like this one in which he is the foreman on a
high-rise construction site.  Frankie's appearances often took
place in the "silent spot," which were comedy sketches done in
pantomime.  Sadly none of Frankie's appearances on the show
are currently available on DVD or videotape.

A big thanks goes out to Wade Ballard, an avid fan who has been researching Frankie's career for many years and was kind enough to send us a lot of new information for this site!

Thanks also to John R. for providing so much useful information and facts for the site!

There have been MANY fans who have provided us with valuable information for this website.  If we are using video clips or information you provided and have not given you credit for it, please drop me a line and let me know!

A puzzling mystery!  Does anyone happen to know where Frankie Darro appears in the movie The Ten Commandments?  We've heard he is credited as playing a slave and appears in a scene with Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, but several of us have searched the movie repeatedly and can't find them for certain.  If you know where they are in the movie, please e-mail us and let us know!  Thanks!!!

The Frankie Darro Home Page is designed and maintained by Linda Kay for academic and entertainment purposes only.  No infraction of copyrights is intended.  If anyone has any problems with anything posted here, let me know!  Anyone with information or photos on Frankie who wish to share them here, I'd love to hear from you!