Frank Ashmore

Frank Ashmore is an American actor.

Career He is perhaps best known for his role as "Martin" in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and its 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle. He reprised his role in the pilot episode of V: The Series —and as Martin's brother "Philip" (A Supreme Commander appointed to investigate the murder of Supreme Commander "Charles", who had married V villainess "Diana" and died on the wedding night from a poisoned drink; he later became a "Fifth Columnist" like Martin).

Ashmore appeared in the 1980 hit comedy film Airplane!, Airplane II: The Sequel and films such as Gable and Lombard (1976), Invisible Strangler (1978), Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979) and Monster in the Closet (1986). In 1981, he appeared on both Days of Our Lives as a hit man out to kill Julie Williams and General Hospital as Monica Quartermaine's private investigator. He also had a supporting role in the 2012 independent thriller Extracted. He made guest appearances on various television shows including Happy Days, The Bob Newhart Show, Battlestar Galactica, Touched by an Angel, The West Wing and the current version of Hawaii Five-O. In 2010, he had a recurring role in season 4 of The Guild. He voiced Jimmy the Grape in the video game The Darkness II. He voiced Leone "Leo" Galante in the 2010 video game Mafia II, and its sequel Mafia III. He also voiced Austin Buckell in the 2013 video game Dead Space 3.

Awards Ashmore won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Featured Performance in 2005. In 2009, he was nominated for Best Actor by the 168 Hour Film Project, a Christian film festival, for the short Stealing Home.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1974 Black Eye Chess Credited as Frank Stell 1976 Gable and Lombard Ragland Credited as Frank Stell 1978 Invisible Strangler Roger Sands 1979 Parts: The Clonus Horror George Walker 1980 Airplane! Victor Basta 1982 Airplane II: The Sequel Controller #3 1986 Monster in the Closet Scoop 2007 Game of Life Rick 2011 A Letter to Momo Sachio Sadahama (voice) English dub 2012 Extracted Martino 2012 I Will Follow You Into the Dark Mr. Carter 2012 It's Not That Simple Dr. Edwards 2012 Bigfoot: The Lost Coast TapesCarl Drybeck 2015 400 Days Garcia

Television Year Title Role Notes 1972 Alias Smith and Jones Guard Episode: "The Day the Amnesty Came Through" 1972 The Sixth Sense Intern Episode: "The Eyes That Wouldn't Die" 1973 Banacek Airline Clerk Episode: "The Greatest Collection of Them All" 1974 The Streets of San Francisco Sniper Episode: "Crossfire" 1974 Happy Days Johnny Episode: "Wish Upon a Star" 1975 Petrocelli Alec McCaslin Episode: "The Kidnapping" 1975 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak Mark Linden Episode: "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose" 1978 The Next Step Beyond Peter Holmby Episode: "The Pact" 1978 The Bob Newhart Show Major Hartman, Phil Morgan Episode: "Group on a Hot Tin Roof" 1978–80 Barnaby Jones Ted Goff, Donald Forest 2 episodes 1979 Battlestar Galactica Flight Sergeant Ortega Episode: "Murder on the Rising Star" 1979 Trapper John, M.D. Bolen Episode: "Taxi in the Rain" 1979, 1981 CHiPs Larry Fletcher, Lance 2 episodes 1980 Laverne & Shirley Bob Gatenby Episode: "The Dating Game" 1981 Days of Our Lives Brent Cavanaugh Unknown episodes 1981 General Hospital Corrigan 1 episode 1983 V Martin Miniseries 1984 The New Mike Hammer Alex 2 episodes 1984 V: The Final Battle Martin Miniseries 1984–85 V: The Series Philip, Martin 7 episodes 1985 T. J. Hooker Carl David Beeman Episode: "To Kill a Cop" 1986 Shadow Chasers Miles Episode: "Blood and Magnolias" 1987 Hunter Carl Brand Episode: "Night on Bald Mountain" 1987 L.A. Law Bruce Wellman Episode: "Brackman Vasektimized" 1998 Pensacola: Wings of Gold Sheriff Episode: "Solo Flight" 1998 The Practice Mr. Mayfield 2 episodes 1999 Touched by an Angel Mac Episode: "The Man Upstairs" 2002 The District Mr. Stockwell Episode: "The Second Man" 2004 The West Wing Congressman Chris Finn Episode: "Full Disclosure" 2006 Criminal Minds Henry Davin Episode: "The Perfect Storm" 2008 The Shield Cy Episode: "Party Line" 2010 The Guild Ollie 6 episodes 2012 Rizzoli & Isles Ryan Finnegan Episode: "Home Town Glory" 2014 Hawaii Five-0 Jeff Harrison Episode: "Ke Koho Mamau Aku" 2017 Room 104 Older Patrick Episode: "I Know You Weren't Dead"

Video games Year Title Role 2010 Mafia II Leo Galante 2012 The Darkness II Jimmy the Grape, Dr. James 2013 Dead Space 3 Austin Buckell 2013 The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Dr. Hara 2016 Mafia III Leo Galante, Additional Voices