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Aloha Wray was born on April 11, 1917 in Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Irish Luck (1939). She was married to Frankie Darro. She died on April 28, 1968 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Aloha Wray was born on 11 April 1917 in Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Irish Luck (1939). She was married to Frankie Darro. She died on 28 April 1968 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Actress
- April 11, 1917
- Aloha Wray
- April 28, 1968
Aloha began acting in films at the age of five, under the stage name Aloha Wray. She was best known as the little blonde siren with long who used to stir up trouble for gang in Larry Darmour's series of We Kids shorts.
- Female
- April 11, 1917
- Frank (Johnson) Darro Jr
- April 28, 1968
- Birth
- Child Actor
- Family Drama
- Teen Star
- Military Service
- Adult Career
- Marriages
- Death
Frankie Darro was born Frank Johnson, Jr. on 22 Dec 1917, in Chicago, Illinois. His parents, Frank and Ada Johnson, were both circus aerialists, known as "The Flying Johnsons," who toured with the famous Sells-Floto Circus. It is not believed that the Johnson's actually ever resided in Chicago, but more likely were simply passing through town on a ...
Frankie was a performer at heart from a very young age. According to one often-repeated story, on a particular evening in 1922, while his parents were appearing on stage at the Atkin's Theater in Marysville, California, four-year-old Frankie proceeded to give a lively performance of his own in the theater lobby. "The youngster did some handsprings,...
Despite his success as a child actor, Frankie's childhood home life was far from stable. His parents had apparently been separated for quite some time before his mother filed for divorce in 1928. In the meantime, Frankie lived with his father and is said to have had only minimal contact with his mother. In her court filings, Ada accused her husband...
Frankie did eventually return to acting. In 1931, he appeared as a young gangster in Public Enemy, and made a brief appearance opposite John Barrymore and Boris Karloff in The Mad Genius. As he moved into adolescence, Frankie's on-screen charisma and enthusiasm allowed him to transition well from silent films to talkies; although his small stature ...
In April 1942, Frankie joined the US Navy. He went through boot training and Hospital Corps School at the San Diego Naval Training Station, graduating as a pharmacist's mate and eventually obtaining the rank og first class. He served three years in the South Pacific, at duch plces as Guam and Australia, where he assissted as the naval hospitals. Un...
After the War, Frankie was cast as tough guy Roy Donne in The Teen Agerscampus comedies (six films, 1946-1948). That was followed by roles in several Dead End Kids / Bowery Boys films. But as happens with so many child stars, as Frankie got older he found it increasingly difficult to secure steady employment. By the late 1940s was doing uncredited ...
Frankie was married three times: 1. 1) On 23 Jul 1939, 21-year-old Frankie married actress Aloha Wray, age 22, at the Oratorio Chapel of the Chapman Park Hotel in Los Angeles. The couple had originally met while attending acting school together as children at the FKO Studios, and had recently been reunited on the set of the film "Irish Luck". In 19...
By the 1970s, Frankie was destitute and living in the run down St. Francis Hotel on Hollywood Blvd., virtually forgotten by an industry that once adored him. On Christmas Day, 25 Dec 1976, while visiting Dorathy's daughter Christy at her home in Huntington Beach, California, Frankie suffered a heart attack. He was taken by ambulance to Huntington I...
- December 22, 1917
- December 25, 1976
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Aloha Wray is an American actress who is known for Irish Luck. Aloha Wray was born on April 11, 1917 in Oklahoma, United States. Aloha Wray died on April 28, 1968 at the age of 51 years in Hollywood.
Aloha Wray was a actress who was born in 1917 in United States and died in 1968 known for:
