Top 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsMost Popular Video GamesMost Popular Music VideosMost Popular Podcasts
    Release CalendarBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersEmmysSTARmeter AwardsSan Diego Comic-ConNew York Comic-ConSundance Film FestivalToronto Int'l Film FestivalAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Peggie Castle(1927-1973)

  • Actress
  • Soundtrack
IMDbProStarmeter
See rank
Peggie Castle in I, the Jury (1953)
Mike Hammer: The Big Drop
Play trailer1:03
The Big Drop (1959)
5 Videos
58 Photos
Tall, sultry, green-eyed blonde Peggie Castle was actually spotted by a talent scout while she was lunching in a Beverly Hills restaurant. In her films she was usually somebody's "woman" rather than a girlfriend, and her career was confined to mostly "B"-grade action pictures, dramas or westerns: Harem Girl (1952), Wagons West (1952), The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951), Jesse James' Women (1954), among others. She did, however, have good roles in such films as Payment on Demand (1951) with Bette Davis, 99 River Street (1953) with John Payne, I, the Jury (1953), The White Orchid (1954), Miracle in the Rain (1956) with Jane Wyman and in Seven Hills of Rome (1957) with Mario Lanza. After three seasons playing sexy femme lead Lily Merrill, the dance-hall hostess and romantic interest for steely-eyed Marshal Dan Troop in the TV western series Lawman (1958), she left show business in 1962. She later developed an alcohol problem and died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1973 at age 45.
BornDecember 22, 1927
DiedAugust 11, 1973(45)
BornDecember 22, 1927
DiedAugust 11, 1973(45)
IMDbProStarmeter
See rank
  • Awards

Photos58

Peggie Castle and Richard Denning in The Oklahoma Woman (1956)
Peggie Castle in The Oklahoma Woman (1956)
Peggie Castle in Lawman (1958)
Peggie Castle in Lawman (1958)
Peggie Castle in The Virginian (1962)
William Bishop, Peggie Castle, and Jock Mahoney in Overland Pacific (1954)
Peggie Castle, Ray Collins, and Barbara Hale in Perry Mason (1957)
Peggie Castle and Peter Graves in Beginning of the End (1957)
Peggie Castle in Beginning of the End (1957)
Peggie Castle and Peter Graves in Beginning of the End (1957)
Peggie Castle and Peter Graves in Beginning of the End (1957)
Peggie Castle in Beginning of the End (1957)

Known for

I, the Jury (1953)
I, the Jury
6.1
  • Charlotte Manning
  • 1953
Peggie Castle in Invasion, U.S.A. (1952)
Invasion, U.S.A.
3.4
  • Carla Sanford
  • 1952
Mike Hammer (1958)
Mike Hammer
8.2
TV Series
  • Joan Barry
Peter Brown and John Russell in Lawman (1958)
Lawman
8.1
TV Series
  • Lily Merrill

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Actress

  • James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)
    The Virginian
  • Peter Brown and John Russell in Lawman (1958)
    Lawman
  • World of Giants
    • (as Peggy Castle)
  • Markham (1959)
    Markham
  • John Payne in The Restless Gun (1957)
    The Restless Gun
  • Mike Hammer (1958)
    Mike Hammer
  • The Sergeant and the Lady
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    77 Sunset Strip
  • Rory Calhoun in The Texan (1958)
    The Texan
  • Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
    • (as Peggy Castle)
  • Mario Lanza in Seven Hills of Rome (1957)
    Seven Hills of Rome
  • Peggie Castle in Back from the Dead (1957)
    Back from the Dead
  • Peggie Castle and Peter Graves in Beginning of the End (1957)
    Beginning of the End
  • Clint Walker in Cheyenne (1955)
    Cheyenne
  • The O. Henry Playhouse (1957)
    The O. Henry Playhouse
    • (as Peggy Castle)

Soundtrack

  • Clint Walker in Cheyenne (1955)
    Cheyenne
    • (uncredited)

Videos5

Trailer
Trailer 1:35
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 1:28
Trailer
Invasion USA
Trailer 1:35
Invasion USA
Mike Hammer: The Big Drop
Trailer 1:03
Mike Hammer: The Big Drop
Cheyenne: Fury At Rio Hondo
Trailer 1:05
Cheyenne: Fury At Rio Hondo

Personal details

Edit
    • December 22, 1927
    • Appalachia, Virginia, USA
    • August 11, 1973
    • Hollywood, California, USA(cirrhosis of the liver)
    • October 17, 1970 - April 30, 1973 (his death)
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Starred in the pilot for a CBS-TV spy series called "Assignment: Mexico". The series would have been shot on location and in color.

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    Developed a chronic alcohol problem in the early 1960s. In 1969, she attempted suicide by taking an overdose of barbiturates and slashing her wrists. She was later committed to California's Camarillo State Hospital for her alcoholism, but she regressed after her release.
  • Quotes
    Let's face it. Nobody likes nice women on the screen. Nice women are dull.

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.