Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro was an American actor and later in his career a stuntman. He began his career as a child actor in silent films, progressed to lead roles and costarring roles in adventure, western, dramatic, and comedy films, and later became a character actor and voiceover artist. He is known for his role as Lampwick, the unlucky boy turned into a donkey in Walt Disneys 2nd animated feature, Pinocchio, which was originally released in February 1940.

Frankie Darro was born on Saturday, December 22, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois as Frank Johnson, Jr. His parents, Frank Johnson, Sr. and his wife Ada were known as The Flying Johnsons, a flying circus act with the Sells Floto Circus it was a profession that his father attempted to train him in, and he cured Frankies fear of heights by having him walk on a length of wire, and then gradually raised the height of it until his son had mastered the trick.

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