Don Francks
Born	February 28, 1932 (age 76) Vancouver, British Columbia

Donald Harvey Francks or Iron Buffalo (born February 28, 1932) is a Canadian actor, vocalist and jazz musician. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States

Francks was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C He is a drummer, poet, native nations champion, motorcyclist, author and peace activist. He is interested in Tibet and supports Greenpeace. Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972

He performed in vaudeville, worked as a foundryman and was involved in summer stock before moving to Toronto. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s During his time in Hollywood he lived in Encino, California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. After a time, he moved with his family to the Red Pheasant Indian Reserve, near North Battleford, Saskatchewan. For the vast tract created by the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in Canada and the United States see Indian Reserve (1763 In Canada Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 He is an honorary Cree, who is known as Iron Buffalo. Not to be confused with the Creek. Cree is an Exonym applied to various people indigenous to North America namely the Nehiyaw Nehithaw Nehilaw Since 1974, he has been living in Toronto with his wife Lili (Red Eagle), a member of the Plains Cree First Nation who was a dancer. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Lili Red Eagle Francks is a Canadian Actress and dancer who is of Cree and Afro-Canadian ancestry she is also a member of the Plains Cree Not to be confused with the Creek. Cree is an Exonym applied to various people indigenous to North America namely the Nehiyaw Nehithaw Nehilaw First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people Their children are Cree Summer and Rainbow Sun. Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969 in Los Angeles California) best known as Cree Summer, is an American born Actress Rainbow Sun Francks (born December 3, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an Actor and Songwriter.

He appeared many times at George's Spaghetti House, a Toronto jazz club that was the equivalent of New York's Birdland. George's Spaghetti House was a famous jazz club in Toronto on Sherbourne street operated by Doug Cole in which Moe Koffman led the house band Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario He was also known to sit in on drums at the Colonial Tavern and other Toronto afterhours clubs and jazz venues. The Colonial Tavern was one of the most famous Jazz venues in Canada from the 1950s till its closure in the late 1970s

Francks appeared as Walter, in La Femme Nikita television series from 1997-2001. La Femme Nikita ( Nikita in Canada is a Canadian television Spy drama based upon the original French film directed by Luc His early television credits include: Mission: Impossible, Wild Wild West, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Little Men, Traders and several episodic television appearances. Mission Impossible (often referred to as Mission Impossible The Original Series) is an American Television series that chronicles Wild Wild West ( 1999) is a Science fiction action-comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Will Smith, The Man from UNCLE is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January Some of his film appearances include: Johnny Mnemonic and Finian's Rainbow with Fred Astaire and Petula Clark. Johnny Mnemonic is a 1995 Cyberpunk Film, loosely based on the short story of the same name by William Gibson, in which Finian's Rainbow is a 1968 American movie musical directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 &ndash June 22, 1987) was an American Academy Award Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932 is an English singer actress and Composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits He also plays the voice of "Skunk" in Gene Simmons' animated television show My Dad the Rock Star. Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz (pronounced Haium on August 25, 1949) is an Israeli -born American Hard rock Bass My Dad the Rock Star is an Animated television series created by KISS member Gene Simmons, and produced by Canadian company Nelvana

Contents 1 Filmography 2 Awards 3 Selected discography 4 Bibliography 5 External links

Filmography

• Puppets Who Kill ("The Twilight Place") (2004) . Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy series produced by and broadcast on The Comedy Network. . . as The Evil Head . . . ("Bill & the Berkowitz's") (2006) . . . Blind Willy
• This Is Wonderland ("Episode 1. This is Wonderland is a critically acclaimed Canadian Television series, aired on CBC Television, about Alice De Raey played by Cara Pifko 13") (2004) . . . as Stan Puck
• My Dad the Rock Star (2003) (voice of "Skunk")
• Earth: Final Conflict ("Trapped by Time") (2001) . My Dad the Rock Star is an Animated television series created by KISS member Gene Simmons, and produced by Canadian company Nelvana Earth Final Conflict is a Canadian Science fiction Television series based on story ideas created by Gene Roddenberry, and produced . . as Kyle Madrid
• The Famous Jett Jackson ("Backstage Pass") (2000) . The Famous Jett Jackson was a Disney Channel Original Series Coming of age television series about a boy named Jett Jackson ( Lee Thompson Young . . as Phil Phelps
• Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal ("Wendigo") (2000) . Psi Factor Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian Sci-fi / Drama Television series which was filmed in and around Toronto . . as Samuel Thompson
• Relic Hunter ("Flag Day") (1999) . Relic Hunter was an American / Canadian / French Television series starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt . . as Jake Whitney
• La Femme Nikita (1997 - 2001) . La Femme Nikita ( Nikita in Canada is a Canadian television Spy drama based upon the original French film directed by Luc . . as Walter
• Johnny Mnemonic (1995) . Johnny Mnemonic is a 1995 Cyberpunk Film, loosely based on the short story of the same name by William Gibson, in which . . as Hooky
• Road to Avonlea ("The Return of Gus Pike") (1995) . Road to Avonlea is a Television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the United States between 1990 and 1996 . . as Abe Pike
• Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (1993) . . . as Girth/Hobbs
• X-Men (voice) ("Cold Vengeance", "Deadly Reunions", "Enter Magneto" . For the newer X-Men animated series see X-Men Evolution. For other uses see the X-Men (disambiguation page Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below --> The 1992 X-Men animated " Enter Magneto " is an Episode in the animated TV series X-Men Animated Series. . . as Sabretooth/Victor Creed), ("Repo Man" . Sabretooth is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics Supervillain created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John . . as Puck/Eugene Milton Judd/Shaman/Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen), ("The Phalanx Covenant: Part 1" . Puck is the codename of two Fictional characters a father and daughter pair who are both members of Alpha Flight, in the Marvel Comics universe Shaman ( Dr Michael Twoyoungmen) is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the Marvel Comics universe and a member of Alpha . . as Sabretooth/Victor Creed Phalanx)
• Piggsburg Pigs (1990) . Piggsburg Pigs! was a Fox Kids animated comedy series from Ruby-Spears Productions, which aired in 1990 . . Additional Voices
• AlfTales (1988) . ALF Tales is an animated American series that ran on the NBC television network on Saturdays from August 1988 to December 1989 . . Additional Voices
• Madballs (1987) . Madballs were a series of toy rubber balls with strange and disgusting faces created by AmToy, a subsidiary company of American Greetings in the mid-1980s . . Commander Wolf Breath
• Street Legal ("I'll Be Home for Christmas") (1987) . Street Legal was a Canadian Television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994. . . as Mel
• Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987) (voice) . . . as Lacchi
• Star Wars: Ewoks (1985-1986) (voice) . Star Wars Ewoks ( September 7, 1985 - January 10, 1987) is an American / Canadian Animated television series . . as Umwak, Dulok Shaman
• Seeing Things ("I'm Looking Through You") (1984) . . . as Sunshine, ("Blind Alley") (1985) . . . as Gary
• Star Wars: Droids (1985) (voice)
• The Littlest Hobo ("The Good Shepherd") (1984) . Star Wars Droids, also known as Droids The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO, was an Animated television series that featured the exploits of R2-D2 The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series based upon a 1958 American film directed by Charles R . . as Reverend Dobson
• Countdown to Looking Glass (1984) . Countdown to Looking Glass is a Canadian Made-for-television movie that premiered in the United States on HBO on 14 October . . as Don Geller
• Inspector Gadget (1983-1984) . Inspector Gadget is an Animated television series about a clumsy absent-minded and oblivious Detective, Inspector Gadget who is a human being with . . . Additional Voices
• Rock & Rule (1983) (voice) . Rock & Rule is a 1983 Animated film from the Canadian animation studio Nelvana. . . as Mok
• Heavy Metal (1981) (voice) . Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian Animated film from executive producer Leonard Mogel who was also the publisher of Heavy Metal . . as Grimaldi/Co-Pilot/Barbarian
• My Bloody Valentine (1981) . My Bloody Valentine is a low-budget Canadian Slasher film released in 1981 in the wake of the popularity of the slasher genre that had overtaken . . as Chief Jake Newby
• Fast Company (1979) . Fast Company is a 1979 Film by Canadian director David Cronenberg. . . as Elder
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) . McCabe & Mrs Miller is a 1971 Western Motion picture by director Robert Altman. . . as Buffalo
• Mannix ("Memory: Zero") (1969)
• Mission: Impossible ("A Game of Chess") (1968) . Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Mission Impossible (often referred to as Mission Impossible The Original Series) is an American Television series that chronicles . . as Nicholas Groat, ("The Numbers Game") (1969) . . . as Major Alex Denesch
• The Virginian ("The Land Dreamer") (1969) . The Virginian is a western -themed Television series which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes . . as Caleb and Jack Welles
• Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968-1970) . Mister Rogers' Neighborhood or Mister Rogers is an American Children's television series that was created and hosted by . . as Mr. Anybody
• Finian's Rainbow (1968) . Finian's Rainbow is a 1968 American movie musical directed by Francis Ford Coppola. . . as Woody Mahoney
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ("The Round Table Affair") (1966). The Man from UNCLE is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January . . as Artie King
• The Wild Wild West ("The Night of the Grand Emir") (1966) . The Wild Wild West is an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons (104 episodes from September 17, 1965 to . . as T. Wigget Jones
• Ben Casey ("You Wanna Know What Really Goes on in a Hospital?"), ("Why Did the Day Go Backwards?") (1965)
• The Forest Rangers ("The Game Reserve") (1963) . Ben Casey is a Medical Drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. Forest Rangers FC The Forest Rangers was a Canadian television series that ran from 1963 to 1965. . . as Sanders, Jack Brass' Friend
• This Land (1978-1982) . This Land was a Canadian television series which aired from 1970 to 1986 on CBC Television. . . as Host
• The Merv Griffin Show (Episode dated 15 February 1968) . The Merv Griffin Show was a long-running American Television talk show, starring singer Merv Griffin. . . as Himself
• R.C.M.P. (1959-1960) . RCMP was a Canadian television drama series about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. . . as Constable Bill Mitchell

Awards

• 1980 and 1981 - Don Francks won ACTRA Awards for Best Dramatic Performance for his roles in Drying Up The Streets and The Phoenix Team. The ACTRA Awards were first presented in 1972 to celebrate excellence in Canada's television film and radio industry

Selected discography

• At The Purple Onion, with Lenny Breau and Eon Henstridge, 2004, Art of Life Records. Lenny Breau ( August 5, 1941 &ndash August 12, 1984) was a Canadian Guitarist. Recorded live at the coffeehouse Purple Onion in Toronto in August 1962.
• No One In This World Is Like Don Francks, LP, 1963, Knapp Records. A gramophone Don Francks, Lenny Breau and Eon Henstridge formed the trio Three.
• Lost. . . and Alone, LP, 1964, Kapp Records.

Bibliography

• Heyn, Christopher. "A Conversation with Don Francks. " Inside Section One: Creating and Producing TV's La Femme Nikita. Introduction by Peta Wilson. Los Angeles: Persistence of Vision Press, 2006. 100-105. ISBN 0-9787625-0-9. In-depth conversation with Don Francks about his role as Walter on La Femme Nikita, along with numerous stories from his lengthy acting and musical career. La Femme Nikita ( Nikita in Canada is a Canadian television Spy drama based upon the original French film directed by Luc

External links

• Don Francks at the Internet Movie Database
• Don Francks' official website
• Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, Don Francks
• fan site with intel, interviews, transcripts, music and more
• AM740 Gets Francks 'Round Midnight

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