Mark Frankel is a famous British actor. Unfortunately, he is little familiar to Russian viewers. Frankel's career turned out to be short, but very bright. In just over five years, he has played in more than ten films. His most successful works are filming in the series "The Clan" and the comedy film "Place in the Cemetery".
Actor Biography
Mark Frankel was born in 1962. He was born in Surrey in the UK. His father was a pilot of the Royal Air Force. The childhood of the future artist was held in London.
For the first time Mark Frankel appeared on the scene at the age of ten, until 16 he regularly played in theatrical productions. But then he left the profession of an actor to finish his education.
In 1990, his older brother Joe died in a car accident, and a year later the hero of our article married Carolina Besson. In 1994, their son Fabian was born.
Movie debut
The first time in the movie, Mark Frankel, whose photo is in this article, appeared in the British series "The Secrets of Ruth Rundell." Also in his career there were serial films "Michelangelo," Sisters "," Megre ", television projects" Young Catherine "," Leon Pig Breeder "," Solitaire for Two ".
He became popular in the mid-90s when he played the role of an English secret agent named Carleton Dayal in the series "Fortune Hunter". And in 1996, he appeared in the American series "The Vampire Clan" in the image of Prince Julian Moon. A total of eight episodes were released, after which the project was closed.
The action of this multi-part film, in which Mark Frankel played, was unfolding in New York. At the center of the story was a local detective, Frank Cohanek (actor Christopher Thomas Howell), who finds out that there are a large number of vampires among the inhabitants of the city. They are led by Julian Luna, who was played by Frankel. Julian considers himself the patron of several vampire clans.
The bloodsuckers live an ordinary life, hiding their true identity, and Julian uses his influence on all kinds of companies and even the government to keep secret the very existence of vampires in the real world by any means.
Tragic death
In 1996, Mark died. He crashed on a motorcycle just a few days after the final episode of the first season of the Vampire Clan series. The hero of our article was only 34 years old. For relatives, this was a real tragedy, because a few years before in a similar situation his brother Joe died.
Already in 1997, the last film of Mark Frankel was released. It was Paul Weyland's melodramatic comedy, which, ironically, was called "Place in a Cemetery."
The main role in this film was played by Jean Renault, who plays Marcello, constantly worrying about the life and health of the inhabitants of his small town. He constantly donates blood, takes care of bed patients by spiritual kindness. But it's not only that. His wife bequeathed to bury herself next to her daughter in an old cemetery, in which only three places remained. It doesn’t get to expand it, then Marcello has an unusual plan.
Frankel in this cute and sometimes funny film plays the role of one of the main characters named Antonio.