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American actors: 1970s to 1990s

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Finn Carter

Finn Carter (Elizabeth Fearn Carter, born 1960), American actress known as Rhonda LeBeck in Tremors and Sierra Esteban on As the World Turns; left acting around 2005, returned via conventions. Distinct from voice actor Fin Carter and the London jazz pianist Finn Carter.

Flip Wilson

Flip Wilson (Clerow Wilson, 1933–1998), American comedian and first Black superstar of network TV, hosted NBC's The Flip Wilson Show (1970–74), created Geraldine Jones, and won two Emmys, a Golden Globe, and a Grammy.

Florence Halop

Florence Halop, born Florence Cohen, was an American character actress known for Mrs. Hufnagel on St. Elsewhere and bailiff Florence Kleiner on Night Court in the 1980s.

Florence Stanley

Florence Stanley (born Florence Schwartz, 1924–2003) was an American actress known as Bernice Fish on Barney Miller and Fish, Judge Wilbur on My Two Dads, and the voice of Packard in Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Fran Drescher

Fran Drescher is an American actress, comedian, producer, and labor leader who co-created and starred in The Nanny. She served as SAG-AFTRA president and led the 118-day 2023 industry strike.

Frances Conroy

Frances Conroy, also known as Frances Hardman Conroy, is an American actress born in 1953, known for playing Ruth Fisher on HBO's Six Feet Under.

Frances Fisher

Frances Fisher (born 1952, Milford-on-Sea, England) is an American actress known as Deborah Saxon on The Edge of Night, Strawberry Alice in Unforgiven, and Ruth DeWitt Bukater in Titanic, with a career in theater, film, and SAG-AFTRA activism.

Frances Sternhagen

Frances Sternhagen (1930–2023), American actress and two-time Tony winner for The Good Doctor and The Heiress; known on TV as Esther Clavin on Cheers, Bunny on Sex and the City, and Gamma on ER.

Francesca Hilton

Francesca Hilton (Constance Francesca Gabor Hilton, 1947–2015) was an American actress, photographer, and comedian, the only child of Zsa Zsa Gabor and Conrad Hilton, great aunt of Paris Hilton, and heir to a contested estate.

Francesco Quinn

Francesco Quinn (Francesco Daniele Quinn), Italian-born American actor (1963–2011), son of Anthony Quinn; played Rhah in Platoon, Syed Ali on 24, and Tomas del Cerro on The Young and the Restless; died of a suspected heart attack in Malibu at 48.

Frank Bonner

Frank Bonner, born Frank Woodrow Boers Jr., was an American actor and television director known for playing Herb Tarlek on WKRP in Cincinnati from 1978 to 1982.

Frank John Hughes

Frank John Hughes (born 1967, Bronx) is an American actor and screenwriter known for Wild Bill Guarnere in Band of Brothers, Tom Fox in Catch Me If You Can, Walden Belfiore in The Sopranos, and Tim Woods in 24.

Frank Langella

Frank Langella is an American stage and film actor with a six-decade career, four Tony Awards (per Screen Daily), Broadway Dracula and Frost/Nixon, and an Oscar nomination for the 2008 Frost/Nixon film.

Frank Potenza

Frank Potenza, born Francis Michael Potenza, was an American retired New York City police officer known as "Uncle Frank" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! from 2003 until his death in 2011.

Frank Silva

Frank Silva (1950–1995), American set dresser and actor, played the demonic BOB in Twin Peaks after David Lynch spotted him in a mirror reflection during pilot filming; also worked on Dune, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart.

Frank Sivero

Frank Sivero (Francesco LoGiudice), Italian-American actor born 1952 in Siculiana, Sicily, raised in Brooklyn; played Genco in The Godfather Part II and Frankie Carbone in Goodfellas; sued Fox over the Simpsons' Louie.

Frank Stallone

Frank Stallone (born 1950, New York) is an American singer and actor, younger brother of Sylvester Stallone, best known for the top-10 single "Far From Over" from Staying Alive (1983) and roles in Barfly and Tombstone.

Frank Vincent

Frank Vincent (Frank Vincent Gattuso, 1937 or 1939 to 2017) was an American character actor and former drummer known for Billy Batts in Goodfellas, Frank Marino in Casino, and Phil Leotardo in The Sopranos.

Frank Whaley

Frank Joseph Whaley (born 1963, Syracuse, New York) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director known for Ironweed, Field of Dreams, The Doors, Swimming with Sharks, and Pulp Fiction, and for Sundance-winning Joe the King.

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.

Franklin Cover

Franklin Cover, full name Franklin Edward Cover, was an American actor best known as Tom Willis on The Jeffersons and for his long Broadway stage career.

Fred Berry

Fred Berry (1951-2003), American actor and dancer nicknamed Rerun, played Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs on What's Happening!! (1976-79) and What's Happening Now!; earlier a Lockers member, later a Baptist minister.

Fred Grandy

Fred Grandy (Frederick Lawrence Grandy), born 1948 in Sioux City, Iowa, is the American actor who played purser Gopher Smith on The Love Boat (1977-1986) and then served four terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa (1987-1995), later leading Goodwill Industries.

Fred Melamed

Fred Melamed is an American character actor and voice-over performer. He is known for his role as Sy Ableman in the 2009 film A Serious Man.

Fred Savage

Fred Savage is an American actor and television director best known for playing Kevin Arnold on The Wonder Years (1988–1993), and for directing shows including Modern Family.

Fred Ward

Fred Ward, born Freddie Joe Ward, was an American character actor best known for roles in Tremors, The Right Stuff, and Henry & June; he died in 2022.

Fred Weller

Fred Weller (Frederick Weller), American actor born in New Orleans, best known as Marshal Mann on USA's In Plain Sight; Broadway credits include Take Me Out, Glengarry Glen Ross, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Fred Willard

Fred Willard (1933 or 1939 – May 15, 2020) was an American comic actor and improviser, Jerry Hubbard on Fernwood 2 Night, star of Christopher Guest mockumentaries including Best in Show, and a four-time Emmy nominee.

Freddie Prinze

Freddie Prinze (Frederick Karl Pruetzel, 1954–1977), American stand-up comedian and actor, star of NBC's Chico and the Man (1974–77) as Chico Rodriguez; self-styled "Hungarican"; died of a self-inflicted gunshot at 22; father of actor Freddie Prinze Jr.

Freddie Prinze Jr.

Freddie Prinze Jr. (born 1976, Los Angeles) is an American actor known for I Know What You Did Last Summer, She's All That, Scooby-Doo, and voicing Kanan Jarrus in Star Wars Rebels; married Sarah Michelle Gellar since 2002.