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John Lund(1911-1992)

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John Lund
This biography of the famous Lakota Sioux war chief is told entirely from the Indian viewpoint.
Play trailer2:22
Chief Crazy Horse (1955)
7 Videos
99+ Photos
One of six children born to an immigrant Norwegian glassblower, John Lund had a rather unsettled childhood. He dropped out of school at the age of 14. For a while, he tried his hand at several part-time jobs but never stayed long. He then devised various entrepreneurial ways to generate an income, including a quit-smoking program (a fairly novel idea at the time) and a mail order manual on mind-reading (!). Unsurprisingly, none of these ventures caught on. On the off-chance, Lund then got a small part in a local Rochester production in the Clifford Odets play "Waiting for Lefty". He went on from there to work in summer stock, eventually made his way to New York and finagled another small theatrical role while working at the 1939 World's Fair. For the next two years -- still restless -- Lund alternated jobs in advertising with acting and writing for radio.

In October 1941, he landed a plum role on Broadway in "As You Like It" and the following year penned both book and lyrics for the successful musical revue "New Faces of 1943". A much acclaimed leading role in the Bretaigne Windust production of "The Hasty Heart" followed in January 1945 and led to a six-year contract with Paramount. For the blue-eyed, saturnine, Nordic-looking Lund, the beginning of his career as a Hollywood leading man would also be his apex. He was at his best playing the dual role of an ill-fated World War I flying ace romancing Olivia de Havilland (subsequently, he played her grown-up illegitimate son in To Each His Own (1946)). Lund was also effectively cast as the romantic interest for both Marlene Dietrich and Jean Arthur in A Foreign Affair (1948).

There were further good roles to come: Lund showed unexpected comedic flair in the madcap farce Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948) as a Hollywood stunt man posing as an eccentric relative to help beleaguered heiress Wanda Hendrix against predatory gold-diggers. He gave reliable support to Barbara Stanwyck in the underrated melodrama No Man of Her Own (1950) and co-starred with Gene Tierney as one of newlyweds facing class barriers in The Mating Season (1951) (though Oscar-nominated Thelma Ritter as Lund's outspoken mother walked away with the acting honors for this one). By the end of 1951, Lund's star was in decline. He was briefly signed at Universal, but relegated to appearing primarily in routine westerns. His final major appearance was as George Kittredge, the stuffy fiancée who doesn't get the girl - this being Grace Kelly in her acting swansong High Society (1956).

Lund persisted for several more years on CBS radio as the titular insurance investigator of "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar", a role he made his own between November 1952 and September 1954. He appeared in largely forgettable films thereafter and retired from acting altogether by 1963. In the end, he seems to have succeeded in setting up a moderately successful business and spent his remaining years at his house in Coldwater Canyon (Hollywood Hills) where he died in May 1992.
BornFebruary 6, 1911
DiedMay 10, 1992(81)
BornFebruary 6, 1911
DiedMay 10, 1992(81)
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Betty Hutton and John Lund in The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Jerry Lewis and John Lund in My Friend Irma (1949)
Dean Martin, Don DeFore, John Lund, and Diana Lynn in My Friend Irma (1949)
Dean Martin, Don DeFore, John Lund, and Diana Lynn in My Friend Irma (1949)
John Lund and Marie Wilson in My Friend Irma (1949)
John Lund and Marie Wilson in My Friend Irma (1949)
Jerry Lewis and John Lund in My Friend Irma (1949)
Don DeFore, John Lund, and Diana Lynn in My Friend Irma (1949)
Don DeFore and John Lund in My Friend Irma (1949)
John Lund and Marie Wilson in My Friend Irma (1949)
Percy Helton, John Lund, and Marie Wilson in My Friend Irma (1949)
John Lund and Marie Wilson in My Friend Irma (1949)

Known for

Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Louis Armstrong in High Society (1956)
High Society
6.9
  • George Kittredge
  • 1956
Gene Tierney, John Lund, and Thelma Ritter in The Mating Season (1951)
The Mating Season
7.4
  • Val McNulty
  • 1951
Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin in If a Man Answers (1962)
If a Man Answers
6.8
  • John Stacy
  • 1962
A Foreign Affair (1948)
A Foreign Affair
7.3
  • Capt. John Pringle
  • 1948

Credits

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Actor

  • Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin in If a Man Answers (1962)
    If a Man Answers
    • John Stacy
    • 1962
  • Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson in The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
    The Wackiest Ship in the Army
    • Lt. Cmdr. Wilbur F. Vandewater
    • 1960
  • Affair in Reno (1957)
    Affair in Reno
    • Bill Carter
    • 1957
  • Dakota Incident (1956)
    Dakota Incident
    • John Carter (aka Hamilton)
    • 1956
  • Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Louis Armstrong in High Society (1956)
    High Society
    • George Kittredge
    • 1956
  • Battle Stations (1956)
    Battle Stations
    • Father Joseph McIntyre
    • 1956
  • Victor Mature, Suzan Ball, and John Lund in Chief Crazy Horse (1955)
    Chief Crazy Horse
    • Maj. Twist
    • 1955
  • Five Guns West (1955)
    Five Guns West
    • Govern Sturges
    • 1955
  • Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Wagner, and Debra Paget in White Feather (1955)
    White Feather
    • Col. Lindsay
    • 1955
  • Omnibus (1952)
    Omnibus
    • Narrator (segment "The 51st Dragon")
    • TV Series
    • 1953
  • Ricardo Montalban and Lana Turner in Latin Lovers (1953)
    Latin Lovers
    • Paul Chevron
    • 1953
  • John Lund and Audrey Totter in Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
    Woman They Almost Lynched
    • Lance Horton
    • 1953
  • Robert Keith, Cecil Kellaway, John Lund, Alan Mowbray, and Ann Sheridan in Just Across the Street (1952)
    Just Across the Street
    • Fred Newcombe
    • 1952
  • Scott Brady, Joyce Holden, John Lund, and Chill Wills in Bronco Buster (1952)
    Bronco Buster
    • Tom Moody
    • 1952
  • Jeff Chandler and Susan Cabot in The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
    The Battle at Apache Pass
    • Maj. Jim Colton
    • 1952

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Official Trailer
Trailer 3:21
Official Trailer
The Mating Season
Trailer 2:29
The Mating Season
Darling, How Could You!
Trailer 2:06
Darling, How Could You!
No Man of Her Own
Trailer 2:20
No Man of Her Own
My Friend Irma Goes West
Trailer 2:28
My Friend Irma Goes West
A Foreign Affair
Trailer 1:01
A Foreign Affair

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
  • Born
    • February 6, 1911
    • Rochester, New York, USA
  • Died
    • May 10, 1992
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Marie LundAugust 5, 1942 - May 6, 1982 (her death)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Yank") in "The Hasty Heart" on Broadway.
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Interviews
    • 8 Articles
    • 6 Pictorials

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  • Trivia
    Met his wife on a blind date.
  • Quotes
    Ideally I'd like to gravitate between the stage and screen, as Freddie March [Fredric March] does. That's because I think I am more of a character actor than the great, big hero type. I feel as though I am sailing under false colors.

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