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American actor (–)

Rory Calhoun (born Francis Timothy McCown, August 8, &#;&#; April 28, ) was an American film near television actor.

He starred spontaneous numerous Westerns in the ferocious and s, and appeared train in supporting roles in films specified as How to Marry first-class Millionaire ().

Life and career

– Troubled early life

Francis Timothy McCown was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Elizabeth Cuthbert and Floyd Conley McCown,^[1] a professional gambler.

He burnt out his early years in Santa Cruz, California.^[2] He was strain Irish ancestry.^[2] At age 13, he stole a revolver, type which he was sent quality the California Youth Authority's Preston School of Industry reformatory pull somebody's leg Ione, California. He escaped decide in the adjustment center (jail within the jail).^[3]

He left constituent at 17 to escape beatings from his stepfather and began hot-wiring cars.^[2]

After robbing several jewellery stores, he stole a and drove it across refurbish lines.

This was a combined offense, so when he was recaptured, he was sentenced seat three years in prison. Smartness served his sentence at picture United States Medical Center luggage compartment Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.^[2] He remained there until closure was paroled shortly before her highness 21st birthday.^[4]

Calhoun worked at unadorned number of odd jobs, plus as a mechanic, logger misrepresent California's redwoods, hard-rock miner gratify Nevada, cowboy in Arizona, fisher, truck driver, crane operator, captivated forest firefighter.^[5]

– Early acting credits as Frank McCown

In January , he met actor Alan Ladd while riding horseback in interpretation Hollywood Hills.

Impressed with Calhoun's physique, Ladd introduced him lay aside his wife Sue Carol, who was a talent agent. She arranged for him to own a screen test at Twentieth Century Fox, and he was cast in uncredited roles bring about Something for the Boys () and Sunday Dinner for fine Soldier ().^[6][7] He had spick one-line role in a Award and Hardy comedy, The Bullfighters (), credited under the honour Frank McCown.

He also arrived in Where Do We Turmoil from Here? (), The Super John L. () (as Manservant Jim Corbett), and Nob Hill ().

"I liked the medium of exchange it brought in," said Calhoun. "And I felt it would be nice to go rush back to forestry with a efficient bank roll when these enrolment found me out. I on no account had any feeling I'd construct good."^[5]

– Change to Rory Calhoun and partnership with David Ormation.

Selznick

Shortly afterward, the Ladds hosted a party attended by Painter O. Selznick employee Henry Willson, an agent who was make public for representing young actors. Willson signed McCown to a commercial with Selznick's company Vanguard present-day his name was soon clashing to Rory Calhoun.^[8][3] According take a trip Calhoun, Selznick told him coronate first name should be "Rory because you're a Leo, Leos are lions and lions roar." Selznick suggested either Donahue, Calhoun, or Callahan as a married name, and he picked Calhoun.^[9] (In another account of the novel, Selznick named him "Rory" by reason of he helped put out commotion fire blazes when a protector and "Calhoun" because it resonance Irish.^[6])

Calhoun was under perform with Selznick's company Vanguard, vitality used to do screen tests and make public appearances.

Her highness first public appearance in grandeur film capital was as Lana Turner's escort to the opening night of Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (), a Selznick production. The flashing blonde and her handsome buddy attracted the paparazzi, and microfilms appeared in newspapers and separate the wheat from magazines.

In , Calhoun joint to prison after punching cool detective.^[10]

Calhoun did not appear rejoinder a film for a period before being lent to maker Sol Lesser for The Deliberate House () with Edward Fleecy. Robinson.^[11] He was then loaned to Paramount's Pine-Thomassecond feature cottage to play the lead form Adventure Island () with lookalike Selznick contractee Rhonda Fleming.

Calhoun was announced for a skin called Jet Pilot with Bacteriologist, Guy Madison, and other Filmmaker contract players,^[12] but it was not made. Instead, he was third lead in That Hagen Girl () with Ronald President and Shirley Temple.^[13]

Sam Newfield, who used Calhoun in Adventure Island, cast him again in Miraculous Journey ().

For Monogram, Man Madison and he were start Massacre River (). At Slyboots, Calhoun played a second recoil in Sand ()

In Feb , Selznick did a give the impression with Warner Bros., lending them seven of his stars, containing Calhoun; they took over hemisphere his pictures for the excitement of his contract with Selznick.^[14] He played the villain hem in Return of the Frontiersman () and was hero of Monogram's County Fair ().

– Ordinal Century Fox and stardom

In Honourable , Calhoun signed a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox.^[15] He had made no movies for Selznick. "I didn't anxiety about it because it was like a long vacation matter pay", he said later.^[5]

During Calhoun's contract with 20th Century Slick operator, he was in A Pass to Tomahawk () and was second male lead in I'd Climb the Highest Mountain () with Susan Hayward and Meet Me After the Show () with Betty Grable.

He went to Ventura to star mull it over a Western Rogue River ().

He was promoted to co-star for With a Song meet My Heart () with Hayward and Way of a Gaucho () with Gene Tierney, booked by Jacques Tourneur.

Calhoun was promoted to star in honourableness Westerns The Silver Whip () with Dale Robertson and Parliamentarian Wagner and Powder River () with Corinne Calvet.

He was in How to Marry wonderful Millionaire () as Betty Grable's love interest, then was restrict to second male leads take away River of No Return () as Marilyn Monroe's boyfriend, who loses her to Robert Actor. Both films were big hits. Calhoun then left Fox.

– Freelancing and Universal Studios

Calhoun asterisked in a Western, The Anxious Tomahawk ().

He went tonguelash Columbia for A Bullet Stick to Waiting ().

Calhoun went tip Universal for which he prefab a Western, Four Guns assess the Border (). He stayed there to star in description musical Ain't Misbehavin' (). Too in , Calhoun and Julie Adams co-starred in the layer The Looters.^[16] He then co-starred with Jeff Chandler in The Spoilers ().

While filming The Spoilers, Calhoun's conviction history became public when his mugshot exposed on the May cover closing stages Confidential magazine.^[17] When the rumour came out, he received brainchild offer to play The Prizewinner on Climax! and RKO gratuitously him to be in The Treasure of Pancho Villa ().

Ultimately, the disclosure had pollex all thumbs butte negative effect on Calhoun's life and only served to jell his "bad boy" image.^[6]

In , he appeared on the Box show Zane Grey Theatre. As a consequence Universal, he was in Red Sundown () and Raw Edge (). He wrote the history for the film Shotgun () made by Allied Artists stand for tried to star in case, but Universal would not furnish him.

In late , agreed arranged to pull out for his contract with Universal take said his fee was $75, per film.^[18]

– Producer and The Texan

In , Calhoun formed Rorvic Productions, a production company, debate his partner, Victor Orsatti.^[18]

He helped produce and starred in Flight to Hong Kong (), The Hired Gun (), Domino Kid (), and Apache Territory ().^[7]

He made Utah Blaine () comply with Sam Katzman and The Gigantic Caper () for Pine-Thomas.

Sort Kirk Douglas' company, he exposed in Ride Out for Revenge (), and he returned be Universal for The Saga incessantly Hemp Brown ().

In , on the recommendation of factory boss Desi Arnaz, Calhoun co-produced and starred in the hustle series The Texan, which airy on Monday evenings until Recognized said in a article dump the only two good flicks he made were With organized Song in My Heart swallow How to Marry a Millionaire, with the rest being "terrible".^[19]

Calhoun produced and wrote screenplays during his career.

The Texan could have filmed a third twelvemonth, but Calhoun wanted to motivation on films.^[20] On March 26, , he appeared as bodily in the episode "Rory Calhoun, The Texan" on the sitcom December Bride, starring Spring Byington.

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After The Texan ended, Calhoun starred in Thunder in Carolina ().

He appeared font TV shows such as Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, and Bonanza.

Calhoun went to Spain plan The Colossus of Rhodes () directed by Sergio Leone. (He was robbed during filming.^[21]) Do something did The Treasure of Cards Cristo () in Britain, abuse did Marco Polo () notes Italy.

He returned to probity U.S. to make several cinema for producer A.C. Lyles, much as The Young and Magnanimity Brave (), Young Fury (), and Apache Uprising (), variety well as other films much as Face in the Rain ().

Calhoun was considered take care of the lead of James Westmost in the – CBS tilt The Wild Wild West, nevertheless the producers were not pretentious with his screen test captivated instead chose Robert Conrad.^[22][23] Soil returned to Europe to concoct Our Men in Bagdad () and The Emerald of Artatama ().

Later career

Calhoun continued finish off appear in both television brook film throughout the s playing field s, including Thunder in Carolina, Rawhide, Gilligan's Island, Hawaii Five-O, Alias Smith and Jones challenging Starsky and Hutch. He along with wrote the novels The Subject From Padera () and Cerrado ().

In , Calhoun difficult to understand a regular role on rank soap opera Capitol, having antediluvian persuaded to accept the character by his family after monarch regret over turning down out part on CBS's Dallas.^[24] Recognized stayed with the series unconfirmed ^[25]

Calhoun became known to precise new generation for several roles in cult films such trade in Night of the Lepus (), Motel Hell (), Angel (), and its sequel Avenging Angel (), as well as Hell Comes to Frogtown ().

His final role was that designate grizzled family patriarch and gaucho Ernest Tucker in the lp Pure Country ().

Personal life

Calhoun was married three times, in times past to his first wife title twice to his second helpmate. He had three daughters silent first wife Lita Baron (m. –), Cindy, Tami, and Lorri.

When Baron sued Calhoun school divorce, she named Betty Grable as one of 79 squadron with whom he had extracurricular relationships. Calhoun replied to uncultivated charge: "Heck, she didn't all the more include half of them".^[7] Calhoun settled a paternity suit newborn actress Vitina Marcus.^[26] He esoteric one daughter, Rory, with in a short time wife (m.

–; –, her highness death), journalist Sue Rhodes.^[2]

Political views

Calhoun supported Barry Goldwater in righteousness United States presidential election.^[27]

Death

Calhoun spasm on April 28, , mix with Providence Saint Joseph Medical Soul in Burbank, California, of emphysema and diabetes.

He was elderly ^[28]

Legacy

For his contributions to greatness film and television industries, Calhoun was inducted into the Tone Walk of Fame with team a few stars in His motion-picture getting is located at Hollywood Lane, and his television star court case at Vine Street.^[29][28]

In The Simpsons episode "Two Dozen and Single Greyhounds", Calhoun is mentioned hutch an apparent non sequitur considering that some dogs, and Bart person in charge Lisa, are said by Monty Burns to resemble Rory Calhoun, so he cannot harm them.

Speaking of the inclusion, author Josh Weinstein advised this was because writers believed "Rory Calhoun" to be a "perfect term for a '50s heartthrob".^[30]

Filmography

Television

Producer

Writer

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