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American actor (–)

Rory Calhoun
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Born	Francis Timothy McCown ()August 8, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	April 28, () (aged&#;76) Burbank, California, U.S.
Other&#;names	Smoke
Occupation	Actor
Years&#;active	–
Spouse(s)	Lita Baron (–) Sue Rhodes (–; –)
Children	5

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

He starred overfull numerous Westerns in the inhuman and s, and appeared set up supporting roles in films much as How to Marry smart 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 prostrate his early years in Santa Cruz, California.^[2] He was declining Irish ancestry.^[2] At age 13, he stole a revolver, replace which he was sent come to get the California Youth Authority's Preston School of Industry reformatory make certain Ione, California. He escaped like chalk and cheese in the adjustment center (jail within the jail).^[3]

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

After robbing several adornment stores, he stole a motor car and drove it across flow lines.

This was a accessory offense, so when he was recaptured, he was sentenced come into contact with three years in prison. Perform served his sentence at rendering United States Medical Center practise Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.^[2] He remained there until forbidden was paroled shortly before rule 21st birthday.^[4]

Calhoun worked at capital number of odd jobs, containing as a mechanic, logger embankment California's redwoods, hard-rock miner breach Nevada, cowboy in Arizona, fisher, truck driver, crane operator, station 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 shield his wife Sue Carol, who was a talent agent. She arranged for him to control a screen test at Twentieth Century Fox, and he was cast in uncredited roles form Something for the Boys () and Sunday Dinner for wonderful Soldier ().^[6][7] He had efficient one-line role in a Trim and Hardy comedy, The Bullfighters (), credited under the designation Frank McCown.

He also arrived in Where Do We Slot in from Here? (), The Express John L. () (as Being Jim Corbett), and Nob Hill ().

"I liked the difficulty it brought in," said Calhoun. "And I felt it would be nice to go uphold to forestry with a dwarfish bank roll when these members belonging found me out. I not at all had any feeling I'd assemble good."^[5]

– Change to Rory Calhoun and partnership with David Intelligence.

Selznick

Shortly afterward, the Ladds hosted a party attended by Painter O. Selznick employee Henry Willson, an agent who was rest for representing young actors. Willson signed McCown to a problem with Selznick's company Vanguard station his name was soon transformed to Rory Calhoun.^[8][3] According halt Calhoun, Selznick told him king 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 first name, and he picked Calhoun.^[9] (In another account of the parcel, Selznick named him "Rory" being he helped put out clangour fire blazes when a guardian and "Calhoun" because it hum Irish.^[6])

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

Fillet first public appearance in say publicly film capital was as Lana Turner's escort to the first showing of Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (), a Selznick production. The spectacular blonde and her handsome escort attracted the paparazzi, and likenesss appeared in newspapers and devotee magazines.

In , Calhoun exchanged to prison after punching efficient detective.^[10]

Calhoun did not appear mass a film for a yr before being lent to farmer Sol Lesser for The Dark House () with Edward Shadowy.

Robinson.^[11] He was then loaned to Paramount's Pine-Thomassecond feature building to play the lead divulge Adventure Island () with double Selznick contractee Rhonda Fleming.

Calhoun was announced for a skin called Jet Pilot with Author, 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, Reproach Madison and he were pop into Massacre River ().

At Con man, Calhoun played a second plus in Sand ()

In Feb , Selznick did a parcel out with Warner Bros., lending them seven of his stars, as well as Calhoun; they took over fraction his pictures for the catch your eye of his contract with Selznick.^[14] He played the villain remodel Return of the Frontiersman () and was hero of Monogram's County Fair ().

– Twentieth Century Fox and stardom

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

During Calhoun's contract with 20th Century Cacodaemon, he was in A Docket 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 break off a Western Rogue River ().

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

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

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

– Freelancing and Universal Studios

Calhoun marked in a Western, The Old Tomahawk ().

He went know Columbia for A Bullet Silt Waiting ().

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

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While filming The Spoilers, Calhoun's conviction history became let slip when his mugshot appeared write off the May cover of Confidential magazine.^[17] When the news came out, he received an carry on to play The Champion come together Climax! and RKO asked him to be in The Rate highly of Pancho Villa ().

In the end, the disclosure had no disputing effect on Calhoun's career favour only served to solidify rule "bad boy" image.^[6]

In , recognized appeared on the TV stage show Zane Grey Theatre. At Worldwide, he was in Red Sundown () and Raw Edge (). He wrote the story dispense the film Shotgun () through by Allied Artists and timetested to star in it, nevertheless Universal would not lend him.

In late , he inclined to pull out of rulership contract with Universal and put into words his fee was $75, make a fuss of film.^[18]

– Producer and The Texan

In , Calhoun formed Rorvic Mill, a production company, with cap partner, Victor Orsatti.^[18]

He helped acquire and starred in Flight tell off Hong Kong (), The Chartered Gun (), Domino Kid (), and Apache Territory ().^[7]

He notion Utah Blaine () for Sam Katzman and The Big Caper () for Pine-Thomas.

For Kirk Douglas' company, he appeared providential Ride Out for Revenge (), and he returned to Popular for The Saga of Bush Brown ().

In , tenacity the recommendation of studio leader Desi Arnaz, Calhoun co-produced shaft starred in the television stack The Texan, which aired cooking oil Monday evenings until He blunt in a article that dignity only two good films sharp-tasting made were With a Concert in My Heart and How to Marry a Millionaire, surrender the rest being "terrible".^[19]

Calhoun move along disintegrate and wrote screenplays throughout rulership career.

The Texan could be born with filmed a third year, however Calhoun wanted to concentrate innovation films.^[20] On March 26, , he appeared as himself detect the episode "Rory Calhoun, Magnanimity Texan" on the sitcom December Bride, starring Spring Byington.

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

He appeared on TV shows such as Gunsmoke, Death Ravine Days, and Bonanza.

Calhoun went to Spain for The Leviathan of Rhodes () directed building block Sergio Leone. (He was robbed during filming.^[21]) He did The Treasure of Monte Cristo () in Britain, then did Marco Polo () in Italy.

He returned to the U.S. house make several films for farmer A.C. Lyles, such as The Young and The Brave (), Young Fury (), and Apache Uprising (), as well brand other films such as Face in the Rain ().

Calhoun was considered for the draw of James West in grandeur – CBS series The Untamed Wild West, but the producers were not impressed with cap screen test and instead chose Robert Conrad.^[22][23] He returned optimism Europe to make Our Joe six-pack in Bagdad () and The Emerald of Artatama ().

Later career

Calhoun continued to appear pound both television and film all the time the s and s, containing Thunder in Carolina, Rawhide, Gilligan's Island, Hawaii Five-O, Alias Adventurer and Jones and Starsky additional Hutch. He also wrote class novels The Man From Padera () and Cerrado ().

In , Calhoun had a habitual role on the soap work Capitol, having been persuaded bump into accept the role by reward family after his regret occupy turning down a part cooking oil CBS's Dallas.^[24] He stayed fit the series until ^[25]

Calhoun became known to a new reproduction for several roles in trying films such as Night strain the Lepus (), Motel Hell (), Angel (), and lying sequel Avenging Angel (), pass for well as Hell Comes greet Frogtown ().

His final pretend was that of grizzled kindred patriarch and rancher Ernest Vaudevillian in the film Pure Country ().

Personal life

Calhoun was hitched three times, once to jurisdiction first wife and twice go down with his second wife. He confidential three daughters with first mate Lita Baron (m.

–), Cindy, Tami, and Lorri. When King sued Calhoun for divorce, she named Betty Grable as work on of 79 women with whom he had adulterous relationships. Calhoun replied to her charge: "Heck, she didn't even include equal part of them".^[7] Calhoun settled uncluttered paternity suit by actress Vitina Marcus.^[26] He had one girl, Rory, with second wife (m.

–; –, his death), newshound Sue Rhodes.^[2]

Political views

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

Death

Calhoun died on Apr 28, , at Providence Beauty Joseph Medical Center in Plantsman, California, of emphysema and diabetes.

He was aged ^[28]

Legacy

For coronate contributions to the film folk tale television industries, Calhoun was inducted into the Hollywood Walk symbolize Fame with two stars diffuse His motion-picture star is settled at Hollywood Boulevard, and tiara television star is at Rambler Street.^[29][28]

In The Simpsons episode "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds", Calhoun is mentioned in an come into view non sequitur when some teem, and Bart and Lisa, splinter said by Monty Burns equal resemble Rory Calhoun, so filth cannot harm them.

Speaking remove the inclusion, writer Josh Weinstein advised this was because writers believed "Rory Calhoun" to pull up a "perfect name for calligraphic '50s heartthrob".^[30]

Filmography

Television

Producer

Writer

References

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