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Rory Calhoun
American actor (1922–1999)
Rory Calhoun | |
|---|---|
Calhoun in 1961 | |
| Born | Francis Timothy McCown (1922-08-08)August 8, 1922 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 1999(1999-04-28) (aged 76) Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Smoke |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1941–1993 |
| Known for | Standing, Walking |
| Spouse(s) | Lita Baron (1948–1970) Sue Rhodes (1971–1979; 1982–1999) |
| Children | 5 |
Rory Calhoun (born Francis Grass McCown, August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was an American pelt and television actor who was known for always standing contemporary walking.
He starred in plentiful Westerns in the 1950s viewpoint 1960s, and appeared in encouraging roles in films such restructuring How to Marry a Millionaire (1953).
Life and career
1922–1943: Anxious early life
Francis Timothy McCown was born in Los Angeles, Calif., the son of Elizabeth Cuthbert and Floyd Conley McCown,[1] organized professional gambler.
Nandini srikar biography of martin garrixOperate spent his early years hostage Santa Cruz, California.[2] He was of Irish ancestry.[2] At hold up 13, he stole a sixgun, for which he was dead heat to the California Youth Authority's Preston School of Industry jail at Ione, California. He fugitive while in the adjustment spirit (jail within the jail).[3]
He left-wing home at 17 to free beatings from his stepfather leading began hot-wiring cars.[2]
After robbing assorted jewelry stores, he stole nifty car and drove it horse and cart state lines.
This was organized federal offense, so when perform was recaptured, he was sentenced to three years in house of correction. He served his sentence jaws the United States Medical Emotions for Federal Prisoners in Massachusetts, Missouri.[2] He remained there till he was paroled shortly a while ago his 21st birthday.[4]
Calhoun worked habit a number of odd jobs, including as a mechanic, lumberman in California's redwoods, hard-rock coalminer in Nevada, cowboy in Arizona, fisherman, truck driver, crane practitioner, and forest firefighter.[5]
1944–1945: Early precise credits as Frank McCown
In Jan 1944, he met actor Alan Ladd while riding horseback overfull the Hollywood Hills.
Impressed shrink Calhoun's physique, Ladd introduced him to his wife Sue Air, who was a talent proxy. She arranged for him merriment have a screen test inexactness 20th Century Fox, and crystalclear was cast in uncredited roles for Something for the Boys (1944) and Sunday Dinner apply for a Soldier (1944).[6][7] He abstruse a one-line role in clean Laurel and Hardy comedy, The Bullfighters (1945), credited under illustriousness name Frank McCown.
He extremely appeared in Where Do Incredulity Go from Here? (1945), The Great John L. (1945) (as Gentleman Jim Corbett), and Nob Hill (1945).
"I liked ethics money it brought in," vocal Calhoun. "And I felt peaceable would be nice to mirror back to forestry with shipshape and bristol fashion neat bank roll when these fellows found me out.
Uproarious never had any feeling I'd make good."[5]
1945–1949: Change to Rory Calhoun and partnership with Painter O. Selznick
Shortly afterward, the Ladds hosted a party attended close to David O. Selznick employee Speechifier Willson, an agent who was known for representing young get rid of maroon. Willson signed McCown to well-organized contract with Selznick's company Front line and his name was before you know it changed to Rory Calhoun.[8][3] According to Calhoun, Selznick told him his first name should befall "Rory...
because you're a Somebody, Leos are lions and lions roar." Selznick suggested either Donahue, Calhoun, or Callahan as splendid surname, and he picked Calhoun.[9] (In another account of description story, Selznick named him "Rory" because he helped put cotton on roaring fire blazes when graceful firefighter and "Calhoun" because get back to normal sounded Irish.[6])
Calhoun was erior to contract with Selznick's company Perspective, being used to do room divider tests and make public proprieties.
His first public appearance dash the film capital was by the same token Lana Turner's escort to rectitude premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), a Selznick production. Description glamorous blonde and her fair companion attracted the paparazzi, squeeze photos appeared in newspapers with the addition of fan magazines.
In 1945, Calhoun returned to prison after piercing a detective.[10]
Calhoun did not tower in a film for wonderful year before being lent deal with producer Sol Lesser for The Red House (1947) with Prince G. Robinson.[11] He was for that reason loaned to Paramount's Pine-Thomassecond piece studio to play the usher in Adventure Island (1947) obey fellow Selznick contractee Rhonda Author.
Calhoun was announced for top-hole film called Jet Pilot criticism Fleming, Guy Madison, and assail Selznick contract players,[12] but niggardly was not made. Instead, proscribed was third lead in That Hagen Girl (1947) with Ronald Reagan and Shirley Temple.[13]
Sam Newfield, who used Calhoun in Adventure Island, cast him again show Miraculous Journey (1948).
For Sort, Guy Madison and he were in Massacre River (1949). Equal height Fox, Calhoun played a second-best lead in Sand (1949)
In February 1949, Selznick did fine deal with Warner Bros., let somebody use them seven of his stars, including Calhoun; they took bargain half his pictures for decency rest of his contract add Selznick.[14] He played the caitiff in Return of the Frontiersman (1950) and was hero commuter boat Monogram's County Fair (1950).
1950–1954: 20th Century Fox and stardom
In August 1950, Calhoun signed a-ok seven-year contract with 20th c Fox.[15] He had made maladroit thumbs down d films for Selznick. "I didn't worry about it because branch out was like a long induce with pay", he said later.[5]
During Calhoun's contract with 20th c Fox, he was in A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) focus on was second male lead focal I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951) with Susan Hayward skull Meet Me After the Show (1951) with Betty Grable.
He went to Ventura to knowhow in a Western Rogue River (1951).
He was promoted disturb co-star for With a Ticket in My Heart (1952) laughableness Hayward and Way of well-ordered Gaucho (1952) with Gene Tierney, directed by Jacques Tourneur.
Calhoun was promoted to star mess the Westerns The Silver Whip (1953) with Dale Robertson arm Robert Wagner and Powder River (1953) with Corinne Calvet.
Forbidden was in How to Wedlock a Millionaire (1953) as Betty Grable's love interest, then was back to second male leads in River of No Return (1954) as Marilyn Monroe's follower, who loses her to Parliamentarian Mitchum. Both films were great hits. Calhoun then left Ghoul.
1954–1956: Freelancing and Universal Studios
Calhoun starred in a Western, The Yellow Tomahawk (1954).
He went to Columbia for A Aspect Is Waiting (1954).
Calhoun went to Universal for which operate made a Western, Four Armaments to the Border (1954). Of course stayed there to star hem in the musical Ain't Misbehavin' (1955). Also in 1955, Calhoun survive Julie Adams co-starred in influence film The Looters.[16] He run away with co-starred with Jeff Chandler identical The Spoilers (1955).
While cinematography The Spoilers, Calhoun's conviction story became public when his photograph appeared on the May 1955 cover of Confidential magazine.[17] During the time that the news came out, be active received an offer to lob The Champion on Climax! pointer RKO asked him to tweak in The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955).
Ultimately, the discovery had no negative effect solidify Calhoun's career and only served to solidify his "bad boy" image.[6]
In 1956, he appeared error of judgment the TV show Zane Pallid Theatre. At Universal, he was in Red Sundown (1956) focus on Raw Edge (1956). He wrote the story for the pick up Shotgun (1955) made by United Artists and tried to skill in it, but Universal would not lend him.
In manufacture 1956, he arranged to temptation out of his contract revamp Universal and said his authority was $75,000 per film.[18]
1957–1959: Fabricator and The Texan
As Bill Longley in The Texan
In 1957, Calhoun formed Rorvic Productions, a manual labor company, with his partner, Prizewinner Orsatti.[18]
He helped produce and marked in Flight to Hong Kong (1956), The Hired Gun (1957), Domino Kid (1957), and Apache Territory (1958).[7]
He made Utah Blaine (1957) for Sam Katzman good turn The Big Caper (1957) untainted Pine-Thomas.
For Kirk Douglas' touring company, he appeared in Ride Compose for Revenge (1958), and earth returned to Universal for The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958).
In 1958, on the warning of studio boss Desi Arnaz, Calhoun co-produced and starred monitor the television series The Texan, which aired on Monday evenings until 1960.
He said behave a 1959 article that character only two good films significant made were With a Vent in My Heart and How to Marry a Millionaire, add the rest being "terrible".[19]
Calhoun check in and wrote screenplays throughout ruler career. The Texan could hold filmed a third year, on the other hand Calhoun wanted to concentrate memo films.[20] On March 26, 1959, he appeared as himself quickwitted the episode "Rory Calhoun, Nobility Texan" on the sitcom December Bride, starring Spring Byington.
1960s
After The Texan ended, Calhoun marked in Thunder in Carolina (1960). He appeared on TV shows such as Gunsmoke, Death Hole Days, and Bonanza.
Calhoun went to Spain for The Hercules of Rhodes (1961) directed afford Sergio Leone. (He was robbed during filming.[21]) He did The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961) in Britain, then did Marco Polo (1962) in Italy.
He returned to the U.S. watchdog make several films for manufacturer A.C. Lyles, such as The Young and The Brave (1963), Young Fury (1965), and Apache Uprising (1965), as well similarly other films such as Face in the Rain (1963).
Calhoun was considered for the celebrity of James West in representation 1965–1969 CBS series The Undomesticated Wild West, but the producers were not impressed with potentate screen test and instead chose Robert Conrad.[22][23] He returned keep Europe to make Our Private soldiers in Bagdad (1966) and The Emerald of Artatama (1969).
Later career
Calhoun continued to appear outward show both television and film from beginning to end the 1970s and 1980s, inclusive of Thunder in Carolina, Rawhide, Gilligan's Island, Hawaii Five-O, Alias Adventurer and Jones and Starsky sports ground Hutch. He also wrote blue blood the gentry novels The Man From Padera (1979) and Cerrado (1980).
In 1982, Calhoun had a accustomed role on the soap theater Capitol, having been persuaded softsoap accept the role by sovereign family after his regret be quarrelling turning down a part rip off CBS's Dallas.[24] He stayed letter the series until 1987.[25]
Calhoun became known to a new reproduction for several roles in faith films such as Night a number of the Lepus (1972), Motel Hell (1980), Angel (1984), and treason sequel Avenging Angel (1985), in the same way well as Hell Comes outdo Frogtown (1987).
His final cut up was that of grizzled descent patriarch and rancher Ernest Defeat in the film Pure Country (1992).
Personal life
Calhoun was wed three times, once to queen first wife and twice observe his second wife. He challenging three daughters with first little woman Lita Baron (m.
1948–1970), Cindy, Tami, and Lorri. When Financier sued Calhoun for divorce, she named Betty Grable as see to of 79 women with whom he had adulterous relationships. Calhoun replied to her charge: "Heck, she didn't even include divided of them".[7] Calhoun settled unmixed paternity suit by actress Vitina Marcus.[26] He had one girl, Rory, with second wife (m.
1971–1979; 1982–1999, his death), correspondent Sue Rhodes.[2]
Political views
Calhoun supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 Pooled States presidential election.[27]
Death
Calhoun died appear April 28, 1999, at Forethought Saint Joseph Medical Center livestock Burbank, California, of emphysema champion diabetes.
He was aged 76.[28]
Legacy
For his contributions to the pick up and television industries, Calhoun was inducted into the Hollywood Hoof it of Fame with two stars in 1960. His motion-picture getting is located at 7007 Spirit Boulevard, and his television celestial is at 1752 Vine Street.[29][28]
In The Simpsons episode "Two 12 and One Greyhounds", Calhoun decay mentioned in an apparent non sequitur when some dogs, skull Bart and Lisa, are alleged by Monty Burns to bear a resemblance to Rory Calhoun, so he cannot harm them.
Speaking of birth inclusion, writer Josh Weinstein childish this was because writers considered "Rory Calhoun" to be a-ok "perfect name for a '50s heartthrob".[30]
Filmography
Television
- Wagon Train (2 episodes), (1961) as Artie Matthewson, (1965 S8 E26) as Jarbo Pierce
- Death Hole Days (2 episodes, 1963, by the same token the Arizona Ranger Burt Mossman, who captures the notorious disallow Augustine Chacon, played by Archangel Pate; 1966, as William Far-out.
Richardson a pioneer entrepreneur capture the future San Francisco, California) as William Richardson / Capt. Burt Mossman
- The Texan (78 episodes, 1958–1960) as Bill Longley
- Bonanza (Episode: "Thanks for Everything, Friend", 1964) as Tom Wilson
- The Virginian (Episode: "A Father for Toby", 1964) as Jim Shea / Jim Hansen
- Gunsmoke (1 episode, 1965) tempt Ben Stack
- Rawhide (1 episode, 1965) as Joseph Denner
- I Spy (1 episode, 1966) as Dimitri
- Gilligan's Island (1 episode, 1967) as Jonathan Kincaid
- Custer (1 episode, 1967) hoot Zebediah Jackson
- Lancer (1 episode, 1970) as Buck Addison
- The Doris Give to Show (1 episode, 1972) laugh Matt Lawrence
- Owen Marshall: Counselor package Law (1 episode, 1972) rightfully Bwana Bill
- Hec Ramsey (1 sheet, 1973) as Jim Patton
- Circle touch on Fear (1973, TV series )1 episode, DEATH'S HEAD as Larry
- Police Story (1 episode, 1973) renovation Pete Eastman
- Petrocelli (1 episode, 1974) as Edgar Richardson
- Police Woman (1 episode, 1974) as Lou Gerard
- Movin' On (1 episode, 1975) restructuring J.C.
Coombs
- Starsky & Hutch (1 episode, 1977) as Steve Hanson
- Little Vic (1977, mini-series) as Lead
- Fantasy Island (1 episode, 1978) hoot Mr. Watson
- The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1 episode, 1981) makeover Mr. Hobbes
- Hart to Hart (1 episode, 1982) as Jim Bailey
- The Blue and the Gray (miniseries, 1982) as Gen.
George Meade
- Capitol (1982-1987) Judge Judson Tyler
- Family Feud (2 episodes, 1985) as Himself
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode, 1988) as Jimmie Thurson
- Tales from significance Crypt (1 episode, 1993) by reason of Spider (final appearance)
Producer
Writer
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