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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.
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. 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
Feb 14, 2011 · Actor Frank Whitten has passed away, aged 68. Whitten was a familiar face on New Zealand and Australian television and cinema screens for the past three decades including his role as Grandpa Ted West in Outrageous Fortune. Read the tributes so far and use the comment box to add yours.
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.
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
Mar 29, 2011 · After arriving in London in the 1960s as a stage-struck 19-year-old, Frank Whitten, who has died of cancer aged 68, became an inspirational teacher of drama, a leading actor in theatre, film and TV, and eventually a household name in his native New Zealand.
Feb 18, 2011 · Actor Frank Whitten, who died at the weekend aged 68, began his acting career on the stage, but was known to most New Zealanders as Grandpa, the grubby, guileful master safe-cracker of the West...
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.
Frank Whitten, performer, director, educator (1942-2011) Born in New Zealand Frank Whitten came to London in the 60s to study at LAMDA, staying on there as tutor and eventually vice-principal where his students included Harriet Walter, Ian Charleson and Jim Broadbent.
