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Guy Madison(1922-1996)

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Guy Madison
An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle are being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur.
Play trailer1:50
The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)
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Handsome American leading man Guy Madison stumbled into a film career and became a television star and hero to the Baby Boom generation. As a young man he worked as a telephone lineman, but entered the Coast Guard at the beginning of the Second World War. While on liberty one weekend in Hollywood, he attended a Lux Radio Theatre broadcast and was spotted in the audience by an assistant to Henry Willson, an executive for David O. Selznick. Selznick wanted an unknown sailor to play a small but prominent part in Since You Went Away (1944), and promptly signed Robert Moseley to a contract. Selznick and Willson concocted the screen name Guy Madison (the "guy" girls would like to meet, and Madison from a passing Dolly Madison cake wagon). Madison filmed his one scene on a weekend pass and returned to duty. The film's release brought thousands of fan letters for Madison's lonely, strikingly handsome young sailor, and at war's end he returned to find himself a star-in-the-making. Despite an initial amateurishness to his acting, Madison grew as a performer, studying and working in theatre. He played leads in a series of programmers before being cast as legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickok in the TV series Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951). He played Hickok on TV and radio for much of the 1950s, and many of the TV episodes were strung together and released as feature films. Madison managed to squeeze in some more adult-oriented roles during his off-time from the series, but much of this work was also in westerns. After the Hickok series ended Madison found work scarce in the U.S. and traveled to Europe, where he became a popular star of Italian westerns and German adventure films. In the 1970s he returned to the U.S., but appeared mainly in cameo roles. Physical ailments limited his work in later years, and he died from emphysema in 1996. His first wife was actress Gail Russell.
BornJanuary 19, 1922
DiedFebruary 6, 1996(74)
BornJanuary 19, 1922
DiedFebruary 6, 1996(74)
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  • Awards
    • 4 wins

Photos72

Guy Madison in Till the End of Time (1946)
Virginia Leith and Guy Madison in On the Threshold of Space (1956)
Kim Novak, Kathryn Grant, and Guy Madison in 5 Against the House (1955)
Guy Madison and Dorothy McGuire in Till the End of Time (1946)
Guy Madison and Jean Porter in Till the End of Time (1946)
Robert Mitchum, Guy Madison, and Jean Porter in Till the End of Time (1946)
Jack Palance, Guy Madison, and Eleonora Rossi Drago in Sword of the Conqueror (1961)
Guy Madison and Eleonora Rossi Drago in Sword of the Conqueror (1961)
Guy Madison in Sword of the Conqueror (1961)
George Barrows and Guy Madison in Death Valley Days (1952)
Jennifer Jones, Guy Madison, and Robert Walker in Since You Went Away (1944)
Jennifer Jones and Guy Madison in Since You Went Away (1944)

Known for

Guy Madison and Patricia Medina in The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
4.1
  • Jimmy Ryan
  • 1956
Robert Mitchum, Guy Madison, Dorothy McGuire, and Bill Williams in Till the End of Time (1946)
Till the End of Time
6.7
  • Cliff Harper
  • 1946
Brian Keith, Kim Novak, Guy Madison, Kerwin Mathews, and Alvy Moore in 5 Against the House (1955)
5 Against the House
5.8
  • Al Mercer
  • 1955
Hell Commandos (1969)
Hell Commandos
5.1
  • Maj. Carter
  • 1969

Credits

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Actor

  • James Arness in Red River (1988)
    Red River
    • Bill Meeker, Rancher
    • TV Movie
    • 1988
  • Will Lyman in Crossbow (1987)
    Crossbow
    • Gerrish
    • TV Series
    • 1987–1988
  • The Rebels (1979)
    The Rebels
    • Lieutenant Mayo (uncredited)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1979
  • Ricardo Montalban and Hervé Villechaize in Fantasy Island (1977)
    Fantasy Island
    • Brick Howard
    • TV Series
    • 1979
  • The Hughes Mystery
    • 1979
  • Where's Willie? (1978)
    Where's Willie?
    • Tony Flore
    • 1978
  • Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, and Augustus von Schumacher in Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
    • Star at Screening
    • 1976
  • Il baco da seta (1974)
    Il baco da seta
    • Robert
    • 1974
  • The Pacific Connection (1974)
    The Pacific Connection
    • The Old Man
    • 1974
  • "The Smith Family" Janet Blair, Henry Fonda, Darleen Carr, Ron Howard, Michael-James Wixted
    The Smith Family
    • Andy Ellis
    • TV Series
    • 1972
  • Reverend's Colt (1970)
    Reverend's Colt
    • Reverend Miller
    • 1970
  • Lusty Brawlers
    • 1970
  • The War Devils (1969)
    The War Devils
    • George Vincent
    • 1969
  • Hell Commandos (1969)
    Hell Commandos
    • Maj. Carter
    • 1969
  • A Place in Hell (1969)
    A Place in Hell
    • Maj. Mac Graves
    • 1969

Producer

  • The 27th Day (1957)
    The 27th Day
    • executive producer (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Felicia Farr and Guy Madison in Reprisal! (1956)
    Reprisal!
    • executive producer (uncredited)
    • 1956

Soundtrack

  • Robert Mitchum, Guy Madison, Dorothy McGuire, and Bill Williams in Till the End of Time (1946)
    Till the End of Time
    • performer: "(I Got Spurs) Jingle Jangle Jingle" (uncredited)
    • 1946

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5 Against the House
Trailer 1:54
5 Against the House
Five Against The House
Trailer 1:31
Five Against The House

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Alternative name
    • G. Madison
  • Height
    • 6′ (1.83 m)
  • Born
    • January 19, 1922
    • Pumpkin Center, California, USA
  • Died
    • February 6, 1996
    • Palm Springs, California, USA(emphysema)
  • Spouses
      Sheila ConnollyOctober 25, 1954 - April 3, 1964 (divorced, 4 children)
  • Other works
    (7/30/49) Radio: Appeared in NBC University Theater's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise".
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    His best friend was Rory Calhoun, who was later named "godfather" to Madison's eldest daughter Bridget.

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