About Frank O'Connor (actor, born 1897)
Charles Francis "Frank" O'Connor was an American actor, painter, and rancher and the husband of novelist Ayn Rand. Frank O'Connor performed in several films, typically as an extra, during the silent and early sound eras. While working on the set of the 1927 film The King of Kings, O'Connor met Rand, and they eventually dated each other steadily. They married in 1929. When O'Connor and Rand moved to California so Rand could work on the movie adaptation of her novel The Fountainhead, O'Connor purchased and managed a ranch in the San Fernando Valley for several years. In addition to raising numerous flora and fauna on the ranch, he there developed the Lipstick and Halloween hybrids of Delphinium and Gladiolus. DeMille's The King of Kings, and he first met Rand on the film's set. As an adult, O'Connor was "mesmerizingly handsome", according to cultural analyst Lisa Duggan, and Rand was smitten with O'Connor virtually at first sight. O'Connor was most likely Rand's first kiss.
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