Mark Frechette

Mark Frechette

ACTOR

Mark Frechette, a high school dropout of Quebecois ancestry from Fairfield, Connecticut, made his acting debut was in Michelangelo Antonioni's controversial Zabriskie Point (1970). As Antonioni toured the U.S., experiencing cultural clash firsthand and shooting background footage, a talent scout saw Frechette, a carpenter, scream and throw a flowerpot at a woman on a Boston street. Antonioni immediately cast Frechette, a non-actor, in the movie's lead role: a college student, wrongfully hunted for the murder of a policeman during a campus uprising.
  • When was
    Mark Frechette born?

    Mark Frechette was born on Thursday, December 4, 1947

  • Where was
    Mark Frechette born?

    Mark Frechette was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

  • How old was
    Mark Frechette when they died?

    Mark Frechette was 28

  • When did Mark Frechette die?

    Mark Frechette died on
    Saturday, September 27, 1975


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