Beloved starring Oprah, Danny Glover, and Thandie Newton. We’re not sure exactly which role he played, but his Wikipedia page and his biography state that he made appearances in not only that film, but also the film, Snake Eyes starring Nicolas Cage, plus some other B-list horror movies! Now who would have thought that! We probably were looking right at him in those movies and didn’t even realize it was him. It’s good that Frankie is still finding ways to stack his paper and broaden his career.

Another thing I was really surprised to find out about Frankie Smith is that he was a very sought after song-writer back in the day. , he became a staff songwriter for Gamble & Huff’s Philadelphia International Records in the late 70s, having his songs recorded by many well-known artists including the O’Jays,