Frank O'Donnell

Francis Theodore O'Donnell (5 February 1907 – 4 August 1956) was an Australian actor. He performed in amateur theatre before the outbreak of war in 1939 but worked in professional theatre after the war. Biography He was born in Sydney and educated at St Aloysius' College. During the Second World War, he served with the Second Australian Imperial Force. O'Donnell performed in many productions directed by Doris Fitton at Sydney's Independent Theatre Company. Franck O'Donnell achieved notice for his performance as Mac in Rusty Bugles, the controversial 1948 play by Sumner Locke Elliott. He was a permanent cast member as the production toured around Australia between 1948 and 1950. Alexander Macdonald wrote in Smith's Weekly about Frank's characterisation of the disgusting Mac, "all completely fantastic, but true as truth itself".