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Rod Cameron (1910–1983)

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The well-worn phrase "Tall in the saddle" is certainly one easy way of describing (and perhaps pigeon-holing) leathery, wiry-framed 1940s and early 1950s western film star Rod Cameron, although he proved quite capable in crime stories, horrors and even swing-era musicals. The 6'4" Canadian-born actor was born Nathan Roderick Cox on December 7... See full bio »

Born:

Nathan Roderick Cox
in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Died:

(age 73) in Gainesville, Georgia, USA
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1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series)
Chief Gaffrey
– Sighting 4003: The Fremont Incident (1978) … Chief Gaffrey
 
1977 Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
Sheriff Dawson
 
1976 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Jack Chilson
– A Bad Deal in the Valley (1976) … Jack Chilson
 
1975 Psychic Killer
Dr. Commanger
 
1975 Jessi's Girls
Rufe
 
1971-1975 Adam-12 (TV series)
Henry Komac / Martin Broule / Slim Berkeley
– Follow Up (1975) … Martin Broule
– Foothill Division: Mac's Boots (1973) … Henry Komac
– Log 88 - Reason to Run (1971) … Slim Berkeley
 
1974 Police Story (TV series)
Lieutenant Tracey
– Glamour Boy (1974) … Lieutenant Tracey
 
1974 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Crowd member
– The Town Tamers (1974) … Crowd member
 
1972 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Luke Billings / Sheriff Grimly
– High Lonesome Country (1972) … Luke Billings
– The Biggest Game in the West (1972) … Sheriff Grimly
 
1972 The French Love
 
1971 Bearcats! (TV series)
Warden Price
– Conqueror's Gold (1971) … Warden Price
 
1971 The Last Movie
Pat Garrett
 
1971 Evel Knievel
Charlie Knesson
 
1970 The Virginian (TV series)
Dunn
– Gun Quest (1970) … Dunn
 
1969 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Esau Billings
– The Civilized Men (1969) … Esau Billings
 
1967 Hondo (TV series)
Martin Blane
– Hondo and the Sudden Town (1967) … Martin Blane
 
1967 Bullets and the Flesh
Nathaniel Masters
 
1966 Winnetou: Thunder at the Border
Old Firehand
 
1966 Iron Horse (TV series)
Major Rogers
– The Pride of the Bottom of the Barrel (1966) … Major Rogers
 
1966 Branded (TV series)
Holland Thorp
– Barbed Wire (1966) … Holland Thorp
 
1966 Bonanza (TV series)
Curtis Wade
– Ride the Wind: Part 2 (1966) … Curtis Wade
– Ride the Wind: Part 1 (1966) … Curtis Wade
 
1965 The Bounty Killer
Johnny Liam
 
1965 Requiem for a Gunfighter
Dave McCloud
 
1964 Bullets Don't Argue
Pat Garrett
 
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Tiny
– Have Girls, Will Travel (1964) … Tiny
 
1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
Grover Johnson
– The Case of the Bouncing Boomerang (1963) … Grover Johnson
 
1963 Burke's Law (TV series)
Harry Joe Murdock
– Who Killed Holly Howard? (1963) … Harry Joe Murdock
 
1963 The Gun Hawk
Sheriff Ben Corey
 
1959-1963 Laramie (TV series)
Christy / Dixie Howard / Ed Caulder / …
– Broken Honor (1963) … Roy Halloran
– Lost Allegiance (1962) … Christy
– The Last Journey (1961) … John Cole
– Men in Shadows (1961) … Dixie Howard
– Drifter's Gold (1960) … Tom Bedloe
See all 6 episodes »
 
1962 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Nathan Chance
– Assignment in Gloribee (1962) … Nathan Chance
 
1959-1961 Coronado 9 (TV series)
Dan Adams
– They Met in Honolulu (1961) … Dan Adams
– Blonde Herring (1961) … Dan Adams
– Singapore Girl (1961) … Dan Adams
– The Daley Double (1961) … Dan Adams
– Flee Now, Pay Later (1961) … Dan Adams
See all 39 episodes »
 
1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Mr. Newsome
– The Man Who Found the Money (1960) … Mr. Newsome
 
1956-1959 State Trooper (TV series)
Lt. Rod Blake
– The Girl on Cloud Nine (1959) … Lt. Rod Blake
– Everything Else Is Bridgeport (1959) … Lt. Rod Blake
– Love on the Rocks (1959) … Lt. Rod Blake
– So Early in the Mourning (1959) … Lt. Rod Blake
– The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1959) … Lt. Rod Blake
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1958 The Man Who Died Twice
William 'Bill'Brennon
 
1958 The Electronic Monster
Jeff Keenan
 
1957 Spoilers of the Forest
Boyd Caldwell
 
1956 Yaqui Drums
Webb Dunham
 
1955-1956 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Dave Goodwick / Warren
– New Slant (1956) … Warren
– Tropical Secretary (1955) … Dave Goodwick
 
1956 Passport to Treason
Mike O'Kelly
 
1956 Crossroads (TV series)
Dr. Ervin Seale
– Deadly Fear (1956) … Dr. Ervin Seale
 
1955-1956 Studio 57 (TV series)
Jonathan Hart / Sandy
– A Tombstone for Taro (1956) … Sandy
– Win a Cigar (1955) … Jonathan Hart
 
1956 Star Stage (TV series)
Trooper Rod Blake
– Killer on Horseback (1956) … Trooper Rod Blake
 
1955 The Fighting Chance
Bill Binyon
 
1955 Headline Hunters
Hugh 'Woody' Woodruff
 
1955 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Jack Chalmers
– Gusher City (1955) … Jack Chalmers
 
1955 Double Jeopardy
Marc Hill
 
1955 Santa Fe Passage
Jess Griswold
 
1953-1955 City Detective (TV series)
Detective Lt. Bart Grant / Lt. Bart Grant
– Case of the Beautiful Miss X (1955) … Detective Lt. Bart Grant
– Found in a Pawnshop (1955) … Lt. Bart Grant
– Man Down, Woman Screaming (1955) … Detective Lt. Bart Grant
– Highest Bidder (1955) … Detective Lt. Bart Grant
– Come Back, Little Witness (1955) … Detective Lt. Bart Grant
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1954 Hell's Outpost
Tully Gibbs
 
1954 Southwest Passage
Edward Fitzpatrick Beale
 
1954 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV series)
– The Silence (1954)
 
1953 The Steel Lady
Mike Monahan
 
1953 San Antone
Carl Miller
 
1952 Ride the Man Down
Will Ballard
 
1952 Woman of the North Country
Kyle Ramlo
 
1952 The Jungle
Steve Bentley
 
1952 Wagons West
Jeff Curtis
 
1952 Fort Osage
Tom Clay
 
1951 The Sea Hornet
Gunner McNeil
 
1951 Cavalry Scout
Kirby Frye
 
1951 Oh! Susanna
Captain Webb Calhoun
 
1950 Stage to Tucson
Grif Holbrook
 
1950 Short Grass
Steve Llewellyn
 
1950 Dakota Lil
Harve Logan / Kid Curry
 
1949 Brimstone
Johnny Tremaine
 
1949 Stampede
Mike McCall
 
1948 Strike It Rich
Duke Massey
 
1948 Belle Starr's Daughter
Bob 'Bitter Creek' Yauntis
 
1948 The Plunderers
John Drum
 
1948 River Lady
Dan Corrigan
 
1948 Panhandle
John Sands
 
1947 Pirates of Monterey
Captain Phillip Kent
 
1946 The Runaround
Eddie J. Kildane
 
1945 Frontier Gal
Jonathan (Johnny) Hart
 
1945 Renegades of the Rio Grande
Buck Emerson
 
1945 Swing Out, Sister
Geoffrey Cabot
 
1945 Salome Where She Danced
Jim
 
1945 Beyond the Pecos
Lew Remington
 
1944 The Old Texas Trail
Jim Wiley, posing as Rawhide Carney
 
1944 Riders of the Santa Fe
Matt Conway
 
1944 Mrs. Parkington
Al Swann
 
1944 Trigger Trail
Clint Farrel
 
1944 Boss of Boomtown
Steve Hazard
 
1943 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders
Rube Tedrow
 
1943 Riding High
Sam Welch
 
1943 The Kansan
Kelso
 
1943 The Good Fellows (uncredited)
 
1943 Secret Service in Darkest Africa
Rex Bennett
 
1943 Honeymoon Lodge
Big Boy Carson
 
1943 G-men vs. the Black Dragon
Agent Rex Bennett
 
1943 No Time for Love
Taylor - a Sandhog (uncredited)
 
1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn
Pastor
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
Petty Officer (uncredited)
 
1942 The Forest Rangers
Jim Lawrence
 
1942 Wake Island
Capt. Pete Lewis
 
1942 Priorities on Parade
Stage Manager
 
1942 True to the Army
Pvt. O'Toole
 
1942 The Remarkable Andrew
Jesse James
 
1942 The Fleet's In
'Texas' - Sailor (uncredited)
 
1941 Pacific Blackout
Pilot
 
1941 Among the Living
Eddie - Man in Cafe (uncredited)
 
1941 No Hands on the Clock
Tom Reed,Ranch Foreman
 
1941 Night of January 16th
Attrorney Polk's Assistant
 
1941 Henry Aldrich for President
Ed Calkins
 
1941 Nothing But the Truth
Sailor (uncredited)
 
1941 Buy Me That Town
Gerard
 
1941 The Parson of Panamint
Porter, Young Prospector, 'Son' in Prologue (uncredited)
 
1941 Riders of Death Valley
Rider (uncredited)
 
1941 I Wanted Wings
Voice on loudspeaker (uncredited)
 
1941 The Monster and the Girl
Sam Daniels
 
1941 Life with Henry
Bill Van Dusen
 
1940 North West Mounted Police
Corporal Underhill
 
1940 Christmas in July
Dick
 
1940 The Quarterback
Tex
 
1940 Rangers of Fortune
Shelby Henchman (uncredited)
 
1940 Those Were the Days!
Bartlett - Student Waiter (uncredited)
 
1940 Stagecoach War
Cowboy (uncredited)
 
1940 If I Had My Way
Slim - Bridge Worker (uncredited)
 
1939 The Old Maid (scenes deleted)
 
1939 Heritage of the Desert
Cowhand (uncredited)
 
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1943 Frontier Law (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1942 The Forest Rangers (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1940 Rangers of Fortune (stunt double - uncredited)
 
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1966 The Baron's African War (TV movie)
Rex Bennett
 
1966 Black Dragon of Manzanar (TV movie)
Rex Bennett
 
1961 Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon (TV movie)
Nathan Chance
 

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Height:

6' 5" (1.96 m)
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In the old Hollywood, acting was fun. The atmosphere was looser. We used to play practical jokes on each other. See more »

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One of his hobbies was wood- and ivory-carving. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius