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Frank Edgar Richard Whitten (15 November 1942 – 12 February 2011) was a New Zealand television actor. He was more recently known for playing Ted "Grandpa" West in the New Zealand television show Outrageous Fortune. [1]
Outrageous Fortune star Frank Whitten has died after a battle with cancer. The 68-year-old, best known as senile ex-safecracker Grandpa Ted West on the hit TV3 show, boasted a career including...
Frank Whitten (1942-2011) was a New Zealand actor who appeared in many TV shows and movies, including Outrageous Fortune, Peter Pan, and Chameleon. He also starred in a series of Speight's Breweries ads and won a best supporting actor award for his role as Ted West.
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Frank Whitten was a versatile and acclaimed New Zealand actor who starred in TV shows like Outrageous Fortune and Open House, and films like Vigil and Napoleon. He also taught drama, wrote plays, and voiced cartoons.
Feb 14, 2011 · Biography - NZ On Screen. Whitten played the clever, irascible, fitfully senile former safecracker on Outrageous Fortune. But his acting career stretched back to 1984's landmark film Vigil, and beyond. Growing up in the Waikato in the 50s, Whitten considered becoming a jockey, or an artist.
Frank Whitten. Actor: Peter Pan. Best known in New Zealand for playing the Senile Grandfather Ted West on Outrageous Fortune. This role won him a best supporting actor award at the Air NZ Screen Awards in 2007. He also appeared in Vigil and many other New Zealand and Australian Productions. He died of Cancer on Febuary 13th 2011
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Feb 14, 2011 · The New Zealand actor, who played Grandpa Ted West on the popular TV show, passed away in his sleep on Saturday. He had a long and diverse career in film and theatre, and won an award for his role on Outrageous Fortune in 2007.
