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Rod McKuen(1933-2015)

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Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen was born on 29 April 1933 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Zodiac (2007), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and Better Off Dead... (1985). He died on 29 January 2015 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornApril 29, 1933
DiedJanuary 29, 2015(81)
BornApril 29, 1933
DiedJanuary 29, 2015(81)
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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Rod McKuen
Troy Donahue, John Wilder, Rod McKuen, John Saxon, Hylton Socher, and Bob Courtney in Summer Love (1957)
Rod McKuen
Frank Sinatra with Rod McKuen at a Los Angeles recording session in March of 1969
Frank Sinatra with Rod McKuen at a Los Angeles recording session in March of 1969
Frank Sinatra with Rod McKuen at a Los Angeles recording session in March of 1969
Frank Sinatra with Rod McKuen at a Los Angeles recording session in March of 1969
Rod McKuen at a Frank Sinatra recording session in Los Angeles in March of 1969
Rod McKuen at a Frank Sinatra recording session in Los Angeles in March of 1969
Frank Sinatra with Rod McKuen at a Los Angeles recording session in March of 1969
"The Hollywood Squares" Demond Wilson, Rose Marie, John Davidson, Rod McKuen, Paul Lynde, Karen Valentine, Charley Weaver (aka Cliff Arquette), Rich Little
"The Hollywood Squares" Demond Wilson, Rose Marie, John Davidson, Rod McKuen, Paul Lynde, Karen Valentine, Charley Weaver (aka Cliff Arquette), Rich Little

Known for

Zodiac (2007)
Zodiac
7.7
  • Soundtrack("Jean")
  • 2007
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
7.6
  • Composer
  • 1969
John Cusack in Better Off Dead... (1985)
Better Off Dead...
7.1
  • Soundtrack("A Man Alone")
  • 1985
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
7.3
  • Music Department(music and lyrics by)
  • 1969

Credits

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Music Department

  • Madonna in Madonna: Drowned World/Substitute for Love (1998)
    Madonna: Drowned World/Substitute for Love
  • Burt Lancaster in The Unknown War (1978)
    The Unknown War
  • Forever Young, Forever Free (1975)
    Forever Young, Forever Free
  • A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
    A Boy Named Charlie Brown
  • Patty Duke in Me, Natalie (1969)
    Me, Natalie

Script and Continuity Department

  • Burt Lancaster in The Unknown War (1978)
    The Unknown War

Actor

  • Brad Dourif, Tippi Hedren, and Robert Loggia in The Boneyard Collection (2008)
    The Boneyard Collection
  • The Critic (1994)
    The Critic
    • (voice)
  • The Little Mermaid (1992)
    The Little Mermaid
    • (voice)
  • Jodi Benson in The Little Mermaid (1989)
    The Little Mermaid
    • (voice, uncredited)
  • Don Lane in The Don Lane Show (1975)
    The Don Lane Show
  • The George Burns Show (1958)
    The George Burns Show
  • Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)
    General Electric Theater
  • Shirley Temple in Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
    Shirley Temple's Storybook
  • Maureen O'Sullivan, Rod McKuen, Judi Meredith, and Will Rogers Jr. in Wild Heritage (1958)
    Wild Heritage
  • Molly Bee, Judi Meredith, and John Saxon in Summer Love (1957)
    Summer Love
  • Golden Ladder
  • West Point (1956)
    West Point
  • Sal Mineo, Luana Patten, and John Saxon in Rock, Pretty Baby! (1956)
    Rock, Pretty Baby!

Personal details

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    • Rod McKuen - A safe place to land
    • April 29, 1933
    • Oakland, California, USA
    • January 29, 2015
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(pneumonia)
  • Other works
    (1950s) Single: Had a hit with Bob McFadden called "The Mummy." McFadden voiced a mummy walking the streets to buy a copy of "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" and scaring everyone. McKuen is a beatnik who isn't scared of him. The record is credited to "Bob McFadden and Dor"--Dor being McKuen.
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    Although a favorite target of both critics and non-admirers, who have routinely dismissed his verse as not much above the level of greeting-card poetry, he is the most financially successful poet of all-time. At the height of his popularity (roughly 1967-1973), his books, such as "Listen to the Warm," "Stanyan Street and Other Sorrows," and "In Someone's Shadow," regularly appeared on the best-seller lists and sold in the millions, as did his albums, primarily for RCA Victor and Warner Brothers Records.
    • Warm, scratchy voice

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