diff --git a/engines/director/frame.cpp b/engines/director/frame.cpp
index d7181d6e9df..58c308ff699 100644
--- a/engines/director/frame.cpp
+++ b/engines/director/frame.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void Frame::readChannels(Common::ReadStreamEndian *stream) {
 			stream->read(unk, 3);
 	} else if (_vm->getVersion() == 4) {
 		// Sound/Tempo/Transition
-		_actionId = stream->readByte();
+		int unk1 = stream->readByte();
 		_soundType1 = stream->readByte(); // type: 0x17 for sounds (sound is cast id), 0x16 for MIDI (sound is cmd id)
 		uint8 transFlags = stream->readByte(); // 0x80 is whole stage (vs changed area), rest is duration in 1/4ths of a second
 
diff --git a/engines/director/frame.h b/engines/director/frame.h
index 85412b6e724..9a3008a66e5 100644
--- a/engines/director/frame.h
+++ b/engines/director/frame.h
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ private:
 	Image::ImageDecoder *getImageFrom(uint16 spriteId);
 	Common::String readTextStream(Common::SeekableSubReadStreamEndian *textStream, TextCastMember *textCast);
 
-
+	
 public:
 	int _numChannels;
 	byte _channelData[kChannelDataSize];
-	uint8 _actionId;
+	uint16 _actionId;
 	uint16 _transDuration;
 	uint8 _transArea; // 1 - Whole Stage, 0 - Changing Area
 	uint8 _transChunkSize;