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Frank Licato (b. April 20, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American director, teacher and actor.

Licato attended Emerson College in Boston where he was active in the local theatre scene of the time, performing with companies such as the "Cambridge Ensemble" and "Stage One."

He was named Best Actor in Boston a number of times and received critical and popular praise for his performances in "Judgement" by Barry Collins and "Deathwatch" by Jean Genet. Robert Brustein called his performance in "Judgement" legendary and Walter Kerr noted in the New York Times that his performance in "Deathwatch" (for which he received an Obie nomination) was "brilliant" and "on another plane".

He has appeared and acted with Martin Sheen, Alan Arkin and Frank Sinatra, to name a few, in a number of TV shows and films, most recently Sidney Lumet's "100 Centre Street".

His directing credits include the long-running Off-Broadway revival of Rod Serling's "Requiem For a Heavyweight", which the Daily News called "the kind of theatre experience you wish every evening in the theatre could be." His production of Sam Shepard's seldom performed "Seduced" also ran Off-Broadway in an extended run and his productions of Clifford Odet's "Golden Boy" with Vincent Pastore and "Rocket to the Moon" with Matt Servito, both of them from the cast of "The Sopranos", were universally praised.

Recently his Off-Broadway production of Louis LaRusso's "Lamppost Reunion", with Vincent Pastore, Ricky Aiello, Frankie Pellegrino and Robert Funaro, ran to sold out audiences at the Arclight Theater in Manhattan. His production of "On the Waterfront" by Budd Schulberg was the last performance of the piece that Mr. Schulberg would see before he passed away. This performance was subsequently made into the documentary "Waiting For Budd" by the Hudson Film Group.

He is currently working on "Centennial Casting" by Gino Diorio and Nan Bleemer for an Off-Broadway run at the Arclight Theater in Manhattan.