Frank Langella André in "The Father". He also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance as Richard Nixon in the film "Frost/Nixon" (2008). Langella was nominated for two other Best Leading Actor in a Play Tonys: first in 1978 for the Edward Gorey-designed revival of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and again in 2004 for Stephen Belber's "Match". In 2002, Langella was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Frank Langella Frank A. Langella Jr. (; born January 1, 1938) is an American stage and film actor. He has won four Tony Awards, two for
The Subject Was Roses (film) The Subject Was Roses (film) The Subject Was Roses is a 1968 American Metrocolor drama film directed by Ulu Grosbard. The screenplay by Frank D. Gilroy is based on his 1964 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same title. The film stars Patricia Neal, Martin Sheen and Jack Albertson. Albertson won an Academy Award for his performance. Returning to his Bronx home following World War II, Timmy Cleary (Martin Sheen) discovers his middle class parents have drifted apart and constantly quarrel at the least provocation. Once closer to his mother Nettie (Patricia Neal), the young veteran finds himself bonding with his