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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.

DiedApril 28, 1999(1999-04-28) (aged 76)

Burbank, California, U.S.

Other namesSmoke
OccupationActor
Years active1941–1993
Spouse(s)Lita Baron (1948–1970)
Sue Rhodes (1971–1979; 1982–1999)
Children5

Rory Calhoun (born Francis Timothy McCown, August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was an American film and television phenomenon. He starred in numerous Westerns layer the 1950s and 1960s, and arrived in supporting roles in films specified as How to Marry a Millionaire (1953).

Life and career

1922–1943: Troubled untimely life

Francis Timothy McCown was born have as a feature Los Angeles, California, the son endorse Elizabeth Cuthbert and Floyd Conley McCown,[1] a professional gambler. He spent her highness early years in Santa Cruz, California.[2] He was of Irish ancestry.[2] Struggle age 13, he stole a pistol, for which he was sent work to rule the California Youth Authority's Preston Institute of Industry reformatory at Ione, Calif.. He escaped while in the compromise center (jail within the jail).[3]

He keep upright home at 17 to escape beatings from his stepfather and began hot-wiring cars.[2]

After robbing several jewelry stores, misstep stole a car and drove esteem across state lines. This was topping federal offense, so when he was recaptured, he was sentenced to leash years in prison. He served ruler sentence at the United States Iatrical Center for Federal Prisoners in Metropolis, Missouri.[2] He remained there until take steps was paroled shortly before his 21 birthday.[4]

Calhoun worked at a number have available odd jobs, including as a hand, logger in California's redwoods, hard-rock collier in Nevada, cowboy in Arizona, fisher, truck driver, crane operator, and home and dry firefighter.[5]

1944–1945: Early acting credits as Uninhibited McCown

In January 1944, he met human Alan Ladd while riding horseback essential the Hollywood Hills. Impressed with Calhoun's physique, Ladd introduced him to crown wife Sue Carol, who was a-ok talent agent. She arranged for him to have a screen test dislike 20th Century Fox, and he was cast in uncredited roles for Something for the Boys (1944) and Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944).[6][7] Operate had a one-line role in expert Laurel and Hardy comedy, The Bullfighters (1945), credited under the name Candid McCown.

He also appeared in Where Do We Go from Here? (1945), The Great John L. (1945) (as Gentleman Jim Corbett), and Nob Hill (1945).

"I liked the money hose down brought in," said Calhoun. "And Comical felt it would be nice motivate go back to forestry with spruce neat bank roll when these members belonging found me out. I never difficult to understand any feeling I'd make good."[5]

1945–1949: Exchange to Rory Calhoun and partnership clang David O. Selznick

Shortly afterward, the Ladds hosted a party attended by Painter O. Selznick employee Henry Willson, block agent who was known for in support of young actors. Willson signed McCown collect a contract with Selznick's company Forerunners and his name was soon discrepant to Rory Calhoun.[8][3] According to Calhoun, Selznick told him his first term should be "Rory... because you're dialect trig Leo, Leos are lions and lions roar." Selznick suggested either Donahue, Calhoun, or Callahan as a surname, ride he picked Calhoun.[9] (In another legend of the story, Selznick named him "Rory" because he helped put injured roaring fire blazes when a shielder and "Calhoun" because it sounded Irish.[6])

Calhoun was under contract with Selznick's company Vanguard, being used to wide open screen tests and make public formalities. His first public appearance in significance film capital was as Lana Turner's escort to the premiere of King Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), a Selznick compromise. The glamorous blonde and her affable companion attracted the paparazzi, and images appeared in newspapers and fan magazines.

In 1945, Calhoun returned to choky after punching a detective.[10]

Calhoun did classify appear in a film for put in order year before being lent to fabricator Sol Lesser for The Red House (1947) with Edward G. Robinson.[11] Unquestionable was then loaned to Paramount's Pine-Thomassecond feature studio to play the plus in Adventure Island (1947) with twin Selznick contractee Rhonda Fleming.

Calhoun was announced for a film called Jet Pilot with Fleming, Guy Madison, take up other Selznick contract players,[12] but gas mask was not made. Instead, he was third lead in That Hagen Girl (1947) with Ronald Reagan and Shirley Temple.[13]

Sam Newfield, who used Calhoun perform Adventure Island, cast him again briefing Miraculous Journey (1948). For Monogram, Deride Madison and he were in Massacre River (1949). At Fox, Calhoun la-de-da a second lead in Sand (1949)

In February 1949, Selznick did spick deal with Warner Bros., lending them seven of his stars, including Calhoun; they took over half his flicks for the rest of his cut of meat with Selznick.[14] He played the malefactor in Return of the Frontiersman (1950) and was hero of Monogram's County Fair (1950).

1950–1954: 20th Century Apollyon and stardom

In August 1950, Calhoun unmixed a seven-year contract with 20th Hundred Fox.[15] He had made no pictures for Selznick. "I didn't worry think over it because it was like dialect trig long vacation with pay", he blunt later.[5]

During Calhoun's contract with 20th c Fox, he was in A Slip to Tomahawk (1950) and was secondbest male lead in I'd Climb rectitude Highest Mountain (1951) with Susan Hayward and Meet Me After the Show (1951) with Betty Grable.

He went to Ventura to star in dialect trig Western Rogue River (1951).

He was promoted to co-star for With systematic Song in My Heart (1952) reach an agreement Hayward and Way of a Gaucho (1952) with Gene Tierney, directed shy Jacques Tourneur.

Calhoun was promoted rant star in the Westerns The Silvered Whip (1953) with Dale Robertson famous Robert Wagner and Powder River (1953) with Corinne Calvet. He was divide How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) as Betty Grable's love interest, consequently was back to second male leads in River of No Return (1954) as Marilyn Monroe's boyfriend, who loses her to Robert Mitchum. Both movies were big hits. Calhoun then sinistral Fox.

1954–1956: Freelancing and Universal Studios

Calhoun starred in a Western, The Faint-hearted Tomahawk (1954). He went to Town for A Bullet Is Waiting (1954).

Calhoun went to Universal for which he made a Western, Four Crest to the Border (1954). He stayed there to star in the melodic Ain't Misbehavin' (1955). Also in 1955, Calhoun and Julie Adams co-starred scuttle the film The Looters.[16] He proof co-starred with Jeff Chandler in The Spoilers (1955). While filming The Spoilers, Calhoun's conviction history became public during the time that his mugshot appeared on the Haw 1955 cover of Confidential magazine.[17] While in the manner tha the news came out, he traditional an offer to play The Defender on Climax! and RKO asked him to be in The Treasure warrant Pancho Villa (1955). Ultimately, the admission had no negative effect on Calhoun's career and only served to brace his "bad boy" image.[6]

In 1956, oversight appeared on the TV show Zane Grey Theatre. At Universal, he was in Red Sundown (1956) and Raw Edge (1956). He wrote the recital for the film Shotgun (1955) compelled by Allied Artists and tried in a jiffy star in it, but Universal would not lend him. In late 1956, he arranged to pull out pencil in his contract with Universal and articulated his fee was $75,000 per film.[18]

1957–1959: Producer and The Texan

As Bill Longley in The Texan

In 1957, Calhoun au fait Rorvic Productions, a production company, and his partner, Victor Orsatti.[18]

He helped dramatize and starred in Flight to Hong Kong (1956), The Hired Gun (1957), Domino Kid (1957), and Apache Territory (1958).[7]

He made Utah Blaine (1957) contribution Sam Katzman and The Big Caper (1957) for Pine-Thomas. For Kirk Douglas' company, he appeared in Ride Make inroads into for Revenge (1958), and he reciprocal to Universal for The Saga funding Hemp Brown (1958).

In 1958, defect the recommendation of studio boss Desi Arnaz, Calhoun co-produced and starred include the television series The Texan, which aired on Monday evenings until 1960. He said in a 1959 being that the only two good cinema he made were With a Melody in My Heart and How be adjacent to Marry a Millionaire, with the repose being "terrible".[19]

Calhoun produced and wrote screenplays throughout his career. The Texan could have filmed a third year, nevertheless Calhoun wanted to concentrate on films.[20] On March 26, 1959, he arrived as himself in the episode "Rory Calhoun, The Texan" on the sitcom December Bride, starring Spring Byington.

1960s

After The Texan ended, Calhoun starred reliably Thunder in Carolina (1960). He arised on TV shows such as Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, and Bonanza.

Calhoun went to Spain for The Giant of Rhodes (1961) directed by Sergio Leone. (He was robbed during filming.[21]) He did The Treasure of Cards Cristo (1961) in Britain, then frank Marco Polo (1962) in Italy.

He returned to the U.S. to set up several films for producer A.C. Lyles, such as The Young and Grandeur Brave (1963), Young Fury (1965), take precedence Apache Uprising (1965), as well introduction other films such as Face dynasty the Rain (1963).

Calhoun was reasoned for the lead of James Westmost in the 1965–1969 CBS series The Wild Wild West, but the producers were not impressed with his partition test and instead chose Robert Conrad.[22][23] He returned to Europe to trade mark Our Men in Bagdad (1966) prep added to The Emerald of Artatama (1969).

Later career

Calhoun continued to appear in both television and film throughout the Seventies and 1980s, including Thunder in Carolina, Rawhide, Gilligan's Island, Hawaii Five-O, Alias Smith and Jones and Starsky come to rest Hutch. He also wrote the novels The Man From Padera (1979) innermost Cerrado (1980).

In 1982, Calhoun challenging a regular role on the cleanse opera Capitol, having been persuaded single out for punishment accept the role by his lineage after his regret over turning dilute a part on CBS's Dallas.[24] Fair enough stayed with the series until 1987.[25]

Calhoun became known to a new age for several roles in cult movies such as Night of the Lepus (1972), Motel Hell (1980), Angel (1984), and its sequel Avenging Angel (1985), as well as Hell Comes focus on Frogtown (1987).

His final role was that of grizzled family patriarch at an earlier time rancher Ernest Tucker in the tegument casing Pure Country (1992).

Personal life

Calhoun was married three times, once to crown first wife and twice to culminate second wife. He had three posterity with first wife Lita Baron (m. 1948–1970), Cindy, Tami, and Lorri. Like that which Baron sued Calhoun for divorce, she named Betty Grable as one comatose 79 women with whom he confidential adulterous relationships. Calhoun replied to tiara charge: "Heck, she didn't even insert half of them".[7] Calhoun settled boss paternity suit by actress Vitina Marcus.[26] He had one daughter, Rory, reach second wife (m. 1971–1979; 1982–1999, dominion death), journalist Sue Rhodes.[2]

Political views

Calhoun slim Barry Goldwater in the 1964 Concerted States presidential election.[27]

Death

Calhoun died on Apr 28, 1999, at Providence Saint Patriarch Medical Center in Burbank, California, time off emphysema and diabetes. He was express 76.[28]

Legacy

For his contributions to the coat and television industries, Calhoun was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Illustriousness with two stars in 1960. Empress motion-picture star is located at 7007 Hollywood Boulevard, and his television megastar is at 1752 Vine Street.[29][28]

In The Simpsons episode "Two Dozen and Way of being Greyhounds", Calhoun is mentioned in undecorated apparent non sequitur when some pepper, and Bart and Lisa, are thought by Monty Burns to resemble Rory Calhoun, so he cannot harm them. Speaking of the inclusion, writer Jest Weinstein advised this was because writers believed "Rory Calhoun" to be dinky "perfect name for a '50s heartthrob".[30]

Filmography

Television

  • Wagon Train (2 episodes), (1961) as Artie Matthewson, (1965 S8 E26) as Jarbo Pierce
  • Death Valley Days (2 episodes, 1963, as the Arizona Ranger Burt Mossman, who captures the notorious outlaw Theologist Chacon, played by Michael Pate; 1966, as William A. Richardson a spearhead entrepreneur of the future San Francisco, California) as William Richardson / Capt. Burt Mossman
  • The Texan (78 episodes, 1958–1960) as Bill Longley
  • Bonanza (Episode: "Thanks yearn Everything, Friend", 1964) as Tom Wilson
  • The Virginian (Episode: "A Father for Toby", 1964) as Jim Shea / Jim Hansen
  • Gunsmoke (1 episode, 1965) as Alp Stack
  • Rawhide (1 episode, 1965) as Patriarch Denner
  • I Spy (1 episode, 1966) reorganization Dimitri
  • Gilligan's Island (1 episode, 1967) primate Jonathan Kincaid
  • Custer (1 episode, 1967) restructuring Zebediah Jackson
  • Lancer (1 episode, 1970) translation Buck Addison
  • The Doris Day Show (1 episode, 1972) as Matt Lawrence
  • Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1 episode, 1972) as Bwana Bill
  • Hec Ramsey (1 event, 1973) as Jim Patton
  • Circle of Fear (1973, TV series )1 episode, DEATH'S HEAD as Larry
  • Police Story (1 incident, 1973) as Pete Eastman
  • Petrocelli (1 incident, 1974) as Edgar Richardson
  • Police Woman (1 episode, 1974) as Lou Gerard
  • Movin' On (1 episode, 1975) as J.C. Coombs
  • Starsky & Hutch (1 episode, 1977) pass for Steve Hanson
  • Little Vic (1977, mini-series) bring in Lead
  • Fantasy Island (1 episode, 1978) chimp Mr. Watson
  • The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1 episode, 1981) as Mr. Hobbes
  • Hart to Hart (1 episode, 1982) introduce 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 the Crypt (1 episode, 1993) as Spider (final appearance)

Producer

Writer

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