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American actors: 1970s to 1990s, Surnames Ev to F

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Frankie Faison

Frankie Faison (Frankie R. Faison), American actor born 1949 in Newport News, Virginia; Tony-nominated for Fences, played Barney in all four early Hannibal Lecter films and Commissioner Burrell on The Wire.

Frederic Forrest

Frederic Forrest (1936-2023), American character actor from Waxahachie, Texas; Oscar-nominated for The Rose (1979) and known as Chef in Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, and Lonesome Dove.

Genie Francis

Genie Francis (born 1962) is an American actress, Laura of Luke and Laura on ABC's General Hospital since 1977; her 1981 soap wedding drew 30 million viewers, and she won a 2007 Daytime Emmy.

Gloria Foster

Gloria Foster (1933–2001), American actress known as the Oracle in The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded; three-time Obie winner for stage work including In White America and Having Our Say.

Greg Evigan

Greg Evigan (born 1953) is an American actor and singer, star of B.J. and the Bear, My Two Dads, Masquerade, and TekWar, married to Pamela Serpe and father of Briana, Vanessa, and Jason Evigan.

Gwen Farrell

Gwen Farrell (Gwendolyn Yancey Farrell, later Gwen Farrell Adair or Gwen Adair) was an American actress and boxing referee who played nurses on M*A*S*H (1972–1983) and became the first woman to referee a world title fight, June 5, 1998.

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford (born 1942, Chicago) is an American actor known as Han Solo in Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Rick Deckard in Blade Runner. A former carpenter, he earned over $12 billion at the box office, an Oscar nomination for Witness, and the AFI (2000) and SAG-AFTRA (2026) Life Achievement Awards.

James Farentino

James Farentino (James Ferrantino, 1938-2012), American actor; Emmy-nominated as Simon Peter in Jesus of Nazareth, Golden Globe winner for The Pad and How to Use It; TV roles in Dynasty, The Bold Ones, and ER.

Jamie Farr

Jamie Farr (Jameel Joseph Farah, born July 1, 1934) is a Lebanese American actor from Toledo, Ohio, best known as cross-dressing Corporal Klinger on M*A*S*H (1972-83), after a 1955 film debut in Blackboard Jungle.

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx (Eric Marlon Bishop, born 1967, Terrell, Texas) is an American actor, singer, and comedian; Oscar winner for Ray (2004), In Living Color alumnus, Grammy winner for "Blame It," and survivor of a 2023 stroke.

Jason David Frank

Jason David Frank (1973–2022) was an American actor and martial artist best known for playing Tommy Oliver, the Green Ranger and later White Ranger, on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Jeff Fahey

Jeff Fahey (born 1952, Olean, New York) is an American actor known for Silverado, The Lawnmower Man, The Marshal, Frank Lapidus on Lost, Fire Country, and Horizon: An American Saga.

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster (born 1962) is an American actor and director, a two-time Best Actress Oscar winner for The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs, Emmy winner for True Detective: Night Country, and director of Little Man Tate and Money Monster.

Joe Flanigan

Joe Flanigan (born 1967, Los Angeles) is an American actor and writer, best known as Lt. Colonel John Sheppard on all five seasons of Stargate Atlantis (2004–2009), for which he also wrote two episodes; formerly a White House advance man and magazine writer.

Joel de la Fuente

Joel de la Fuente (born 1969) is an American actor known as Paul Wang in Space: Above and Beyond, Takeshi Kido in The Man in the High Castle, Ruben Morales on Law & Order: SVU, and the Drama Desk-nominated solo show Hold These Truths.

Joel Fabiani

Joel Fabiani (born 1936, Watsonville, California) is an American actor known for Stewart Sullivan in Department S and soap roles on Dallas, Dynasty, and All My Children.

Joely Fisher

Joely Fisher (born 1967, Burbank, California) is an American actress, singer, and director, daughter of Eddie Fisher and Connie Stevens, known as Paige Clark on Ellen, Joy Stark on 'Til Death, Broadway turns in Grease and Cabaret, and SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer since 2021.

Judi Evans

Judi Evans Luciano (born 1964) is an American soap opera actress: Beth Raines on Guiding Light (1984 Daytime Emmy), Adrienne and Bonnie on Days of Our Lives, Paulina on Another World, and a funeral-home sales director.

K. Todd Freeman

K. Todd Freeman (Kenneth Todd Freeman, born 1965, Houston) is an American actor, Steppenwolf ensemble member since 1993, two-time Tony nominee, and Mr. Poe in Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Kim Fields

Kim Fields (Kim Victoria Fields-Morgan), American actress and director born 1969 in New York City; Tootie Ramsey on The Facts of Life, Regine Hunter on Living Single, Regina Upshaw on Netflix's The Upshaws, and director of nearly 180 TV episodes.

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne (Laurence John Fishburne III, born 1961, Augusta, Georgia) is an American actor known as Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy, Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It, and Thurgood Marshall; winner of three Emmys and a 1992 Tony, with a 1993 Oscar nomination.

Leo Fitzpatrick

Leo Fitzpatrick (born 1978, Orange, New Jersey), also known as Lousy Leo, American actor, DJ, and gallerist; played Telly in Kids (1995) and Johnny in The Wire; founded Public Access gallery in New York.

Leonard Frey

Leonard Frey (1938–1988), American character actor from Brooklyn, played Harold in The Boys in the Band on stage and screen and earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination as Motel in Fiddler on the Roof (1971).

Linda Evans

Linda Evans (born 1942, Linda Evenstad) is the American actress known as Audra Barkley on The Big Valley and Krystle Carrington on Dynasty; not the Manchester education professor, the Macquarie Egyptologist, or the career coach.

Linda Fiorentino

Linda Fiorentino (born 1960, Philadelphia) is an American actress known for The Last Seduction (1994), Men in Black (1997), and Dogma (1999); her Oscar-bound breakthrough was voided by an HBO airing, and her last film role came in 2009.

Lola Falana

Lola Falana (Loletha Elayne Falana, born 1942) is an American singer, dancer, and actress, the "First Lady of Las Vegas," discovered by Sammy Davis Jr. in Golden Boy, a 1979 Aladdin headliner, later an evangelist after multiple sclerosis.

Lou Ferrigno

Lou Ferrigno (born 1951, Brooklyn) is an American bodybuilder and actor, two-time Mr. Universe, star of the 1977 documentary Pumping Iron, and the original Hulk of CBS's The Incredible Hulk (1977–1982), later voicing the Hulk in Marvel films.

Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher (Estelle Louise Fletcher, 1934-2022), American actress from Birmingham, Alabama; Oscar-winning Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); also Kai Winn on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Mary Beth Evans

Mary Beth Evans is an American actress best known for playing Dr. Kayla Brady on the soap opera Days of Our Lives, a role she has held since 1986.

Mary Frann

Mary Frann (Mary Frances Luecke, 1943–1998), American actress; won America's Junior Miss, played Amanda Peters on Days of Our Lives, and Bob Newhart's wife Joanna Loudon on CBS's Newhart (1982–1990).