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Bart La Rue(1932-1990)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Writer
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Bart La Rue
Born Jimmie Bartell LaRue, "Bart LaRue" was born in Foard County, Texas on January 23, 1932 to James Blair LaRue (July 17, 1908-August 29, 1963) and Iva Pearl Teague LaRue (March 3, 1911-December 15, 2010). His father worked for the railroad and died from a heart attack shortly after the birth of his grand-daughter Kristin. Bart's mother died less than three months before her 100th birthday.

Bart graduated from High School in Sweetwater Texas At age 17, he attended McMurry College. He left college before graduating to perform as a clown in the circus. Eventually, he attended and received a BA in Theatre Arts from Boston University, where he met and married Valrie Erickson. Their first daughter, Alecia, was born in 1955 in Sweetwater, Texas. Bart and Valrie, both actors, established the LaRue Theatre in Abilene, Texas. He also taught at McMurry University. Bart and Valrie had 3 more children, Erin (1960) Devin (1962) and Kristin (1964).

The LaRues moved their young family to Southern California in the early 1960s, where Bart worked steadily as a character actor. He wrote, directed, and produced independent films until the time of his death from a heart attack in January 1990 in Sweetwater, Texas, aged 57. Bart's mother died at the age of 99 in 2010, just 3 months shy of her 100th birthday.
BornJanuary 23, 1932
DiedJanuary 5, 1990(57)
BornJanuary 23, 1932
DiedJanuary 5, 1990(57)
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Known for

Satan War (1979)
Satan War
3.5
  • Director
  • 1979
Star Trek (1966)
Star Trek
8.4
TV Series
  • Announcer
  • Guardian
  • Newscaster
  • Provider #1
  • Trelane's Father
  • Yarnek
Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)
Mission: Impossible
7.9
TV Series
  • Agent #6
  • General Kirsch
  • Goon
  • Guard #2
  • Lt. Reikman
The Ark of Noah
5.3
  • Director
  • 1975

Credits

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Actor



  • Snatched (1973)
    Snatched
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Russell (as Bart LaRue)
    • 1973
  • Mike Connors in Mannix (1967)
    Mannix
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Lieutenant Dean
    • Victor Brady
    • Vince ...
    • 1969–1973
  • Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)
    Mission: Impossible
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Goon
    • Agent #6
    • Guard #2 ...
    • 1969–1972
  • Night of Terror (1972)
    Night of Terror
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • Telephone Man
    • 1972
  • Medical Center (1969)
    Medical Center
    7.1
    TV Series
    • TV Newsman
    • TV Announcer
    • Cal Gibbs
    • 1970–1972
  • Glenn Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Victor Campos, Sandra Ego, Peter Ford, and Taylor Lacher in Cade's County (1971)
    Cade's County
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Paul Sawyer
    • 1972
  • Eve Plumb, Florence Henderson, Susan Olsen, Robert Reed, Ann B. Davis, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, Maureen McCormick, and Barry Williams in The Brady Bunch (1969)
    The Brady Bunch
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Coach
    • 1971
  • The F.B.I. (1965)
    The F.B.I.
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Pete
    • 1971
  • James Olson and Robert Soto in The Andromeda Strain (1971)
    The Andromeda Strain
    7.2
    • Medic Captain (uncredited)
    • 1971
  • The Young Lawyers (1969)
    The Young Lawyers
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Officer
    • 1971
  • Love, American Style (1969)
    Love, American Style
    6.8
    TV Series
    • (segment "Love and the Arctic Station")
    • 1971
  • Burt Reynolds and Norman Fell in Dan August (1970)
    Dan August
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Apartment Landlord
    • 1970
  • Joan Blondell, Robert Brown, Bridget Hanley, Bobby Sherman, and David Soul in Here Come the Brides (1968)
    Here Come the Brides
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Drummer
    • 1970
  • Bonanza (1959)
    Bonanza
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Bart Walters
    • Purdy
    • 1968–1969
  • Star Trek (1966)
    Star Trek
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Yarnek
    • Announcer
    • Newscaster ...
    • 1967–1969

Director



  • Satan War (1979)
    Satan War
    3.5
    • Director
    • 1979
  • The Ark of Noah
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1975

Writer



  • Satan War (1979)
    Satan War
    3.5
    • writer
    • 1979
  • The Ark of Noah
    5.3
    • writer
    • 1975

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Bartell La Rue
  • Height
    • 6′ (1.83 m)
  • Born
    • January 23, 1932
    • Foard County, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • January 5, 1990
    • Sweetwater, Texas, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Valrie EricksonAugust 1954 - April 1973 (divorced, 4 children)

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Along with Michael Ansara, Kevin Hagen, Torin Thatcher, John Crawford, Malachi Throne and Jerry Catron, he is one of only seven actors to appear in all four of Irwin Allen's science fiction series: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964), Lost in Space (1965), The Time Tunnel (1966) and Land of the Giants (1968).
  • Trademark
      Rich baritone voice

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