1942
Seven Days' Leave
(performer: "Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone" 1942, "You Speak My Language" 1942, "A Touch of Texas" 1942, "Pop! Goes the Weasel" / "Pop! Goes the Weasel")
1942
My Gal Sal
(performer: "I'SE YOUR HONEY IF YOU WANTS ME, LIZA JANE", "OH, THE PITY OF IT ALL", "HERE YOU ARE")
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Personal Details
Other Works:
Appeared on the radio program "Hollywood Star Playhouse" on August 21st, 1950 in the program "Final Entry", about an ex-Navy officer dishonorably discharged for cowardice during the Normandy Invasion, who sees a chance to redeem his reputation at the risk of his life.
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Publicity Listings:
2 Print Biographies
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3 Articles
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1 Magazine Cover Photo
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Height:
6' 2½" (1.89 m)
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Personal Quote:
If you're so concerned about fucking privacy, don't become a fucking actor!
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Trivia:
Attended the Kentucky Military Academy. One of his classmates was future fellow actor,
Jim Backus (Mr. Magoo and Thurston Howell III in
Gilligan's Island).
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Trademark:
Making use of his powerful physique, he became associated with "beefcake" scenes involving bondage and torture. In "Samson and Delilah" (1949) he was blinded and forced to turn a gristmill. In "The Robe" (1953) he suffered while stretched out on a torture-table inside a Roman dungeon. In "Zarak" (1957) he endured two separate floggings. In "Timbuktu" (1959) he found himself staked out, spreadeagle style, under a dangling tarantula.
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Nickname:
The Hunk
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Star Sign:
Aquarius