Frank Morris was an American criminal known for his escape from the infamous Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in 1962. Born in 1931, he had a troubled childhood and became involved in various criminal activities, leading to multiple arrests. Morris was serving a lengthy sentence for bank robbery when he devised a daring plan to escape from the maximum-security prison. Along with two accomplices, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin, Morris meticulously planned their escape, using improvised tools to create a raft and dummy heads to fool the guards. The trio's disappearance sparked a massive manhunt, but they were never found, leaving their fate a mystery.