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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.
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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 .
Frank Whitten, best known as senile ex-safecracker Grandpa Ted West, has died after a battle with cancer.
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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- Waikato, New Zealand
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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
- November 15, 1942
- February 12, 2011
Frank Whitten, who passed away in February 2011, played the clever, fitfully senile ex safecracker on Outrageous Fortune. But his acting career began far earlier, and included key roles in 80s TV series Open House and landmark feature film Vigil .
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.
Feb 14, 2011 · Frank Whitten, best known for his role as "Grandpa" Ted West on Outrageous Fortune, died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday morning, South Pacific Pictures said in a statement tonight. He was aged 68. Whitten's acting career spanned three decades, including a role in the movies Peter Pan and Vigil.
