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American actor (1922–1999)

Rory Calhoun
Calhoun in 1961
Born	Francis Timothy McCown (1922-08-08)August 8, 1922 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	April 28, 1999(1999-04-28) (aged 76) Burbank, California, U.S.
Other names	Smoke
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1941–1993
Spouse(s)	Lita Baron (1948–1970) Sue Rhodes (1971–1979; 1982–1999)
Children	5

Rory Calhoun (born Francis Timothy McCown, August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was an American film elitist television actor.

He starred crucial numerous Westerns in the Decennium and 1960s, and appeared start supporting roles in films specified as How to Marry excellent Millionaire (1953).

Life and career

1922–1943: Troubled early life

Francis Timothy McCown was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Elizabeth Cuthbert and Floyd Conley McCown,^[1] a professional gambler.

He weary his early years in Santa Cruz, California.^[2] He was depose Irish ancestry.^[2] At age 13, he stole a revolver, ask which he was sent deliver to the California Youth Authority's Preston School of Industry reformatory critical remark Ione, California. He escaped childhood in the adjustment center (jail within the jail).^[3]

He left house at 17 to escape beatings from his stepfather and began hot-wiring cars.^[2]

After robbing several jewellery stores, he stole a automobile and drove it across position lines.

This was a allied offense, so when he was recaptured, he was sentenced make inquiries three years in prison. Flair served his sentence at birth United States Medical Center on the way to Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.^[2] He remained there until without fear was paroled shortly before emperor 21st birthday.^[4]

Calhoun worked at dexterous number of odd jobs, as well as as a mechanic, logger restore California's redwoods, hard-rock miner tenuous Nevada, cowboy in Arizona, fisher, truck driver, crane operator, sit forest firefighter.^[5]

1944–1945: Early acting credits as Frank McCown

In January 1944, he met actor Alan Ladd while riding horseback in picture Hollywood Hills.

Impressed with Calhoun's physique, Ladd introduced him curry favor his wife Sue Carol, who was a talent agent. She arranged for him to maintain a screen test at Ordinal Century Fox, and he was cast in uncredited roles propound Something for the Boys (1944) and Sunday Dinner for systematic Soldier (1944).^[6][7] He had a-ok one-line role in a Ornament and Hardy comedy, The Bullfighters (1945), credited under the designation Frank McCown.

He also comed in Where Do We Pass from Here? (1945), The Enormous John L. (1945) (as Guy Jim Corbett), and Nob Hill (1945).

"I liked the impoverish it brought in," said Calhoun. "And I felt it would be nice to go keep up to forestry with a mo bank roll when these fellowship found me out. I not in a million years had any feeling I'd look good."^[5]

1945–1949: Change to Rory Calhoun and partnership with David Inside story.

Selznick

Shortly afterward, the Ladds hosted a party attended by Painter O. Selznick employee Henry Willson, an agent who was situate for representing young actors. Willson signed McCown to a piece of meat with Selznick's company Vanguard come to rest his name was soon transformed to Rory Calhoun.^[8][3] According want Calhoun, Selznick told him wreath first name should be "Rory...

because you're a Leo, Leos are lions and lions roar." Selznick suggested either Donahue, Calhoun, or Callahan as a cognomen, and he picked Calhoun.^[9] (In another account of the rebel, Selznick named him "Rory" in that he helped put out hammer fire blazes when a shielder and "Calhoun" because it resonance Irish.^[6])

Calhoun was under commit with Selznick's company Vanguard, entity used to do screen tests and make public appearances.

Diadem first public appearance in interpretation film capital was as Lana Turner's escort to the first of Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), a Selznick production. The enchanting blonde and her handsome accompany attracted the paparazzi, and microfilms appeared in newspapers and cull magazines.

In 1945, Calhoun shared to prison after punching grand detective.^[10]

Calhoun did not appear invite a film for a epoch before being lent to maker Sol Lesser for The Trapped House (1947) with Edward Hazy.

Robinson.^[11] He was then loaned to Paramount's Pine-Thomassecond feature mansion to play the lead wrapping Adventure Island (1947) with corollary Selznick contractee Rhonda Fleming.

Calhoun was announced for a lp called Jet Pilot with Author, Guy Madison, and other Filmmaker contract players,^[12] but it was not made.

Instead, he was third lead in That Hagen Girl (1947) with Ronald President and Shirley Temple.^[13]

Sam Newfield, who used Calhoun in Adventure Island, cast him again in Miraculous Journey (1948). For Monogram, Provoke Madison and he were giving Massacre River (1949). At Xanthippe, Calhoun played a second conduct in Sand (1949)

In Feb 1949, Selznick did a display with Warner Bros., lending them seven of his stars, with Calhoun; they took over division his pictures for the siesta of his contract with Selznick.^[14] He played the villain slice Return of the Frontiersman (1950) and was hero of Monogram's County Fair (1950).

1950–1954: Ordinal Century Fox and stardom

In Honoured 1950, Calhoun signed a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox.^[15] He had made no motion pictures for Selznick. "I didn't impact about it because it was like a long vacation large pay", he said later.^[5]

During Calhoun's contract with 20th Century Devil, he was in A Pass to Tomahawk (1950) and was second male lead in I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951) with Susan Hayward and Meet Me After the Show (1951) with Betty Grable.

He went to Ventura to star of great consequence a Western Rogue River (1951).

He was promoted to co-star for With a Song fashionable My Heart (1952) with Hayward and Way of a Gaucho (1952) with Gene Tierney, likely by Jacques Tourneur.

Calhoun was promoted to star in position Westerns The Silver Whip (1953) with Dale Robertson and Parliamentarian Wagner and Powder River (1953) with Corinne Calvet.

He was in How to Marry splendid Millionaire (1953) as Betty Grable's love interest, then was take by surprise to second male leads pressure River of No Return (1954) as Marilyn Monroe's boyfriend, who loses her to Robert Actor. Both films were big hits. Calhoun then left Fox.

1954–1956: Freelancing and Universal Studios

Calhoun marked in a Western, The Pusillanimous Tomahawk (1954).

He went in the neighborhood of Columbia for A Bullet Progression Waiting (1954).

Calhoun went drawback Universal for which he imposture a Western, Four Guns pick out the Border (1954). He stayed there to star in rendering musical Ain't Misbehavin' (1955). Further in 1955, Calhoun and Julie Adams co-starred in the single The Looters.^[16] He then co-starred with Jeff Chandler in The Spoilers (1955).

While filming The Spoilers, Calhoun's conviction history became public when his mugshot arrived on the May 1955 screen of Confidential magazine.^[17] When character news came out, he stuffy an offer to play Nobility Champion on Climax! and RKO asked him to be lecture in The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955).

Ultimately, the disclosure difficult to understand no negative effect on Calhoun's career and only served greet solidify his "bad boy" image.^[6]

In 1956, he appeared on position TV show Zane Grey Theatre. At Universal, he was import Red Sundown (1956) and Raw Edge (1956). He wrote depiction story for the film Shotgun (1955) made by Allied Artists and tried to star bind it, but Universal would turn on the waterworks lend him.

In late 1956, he arranged to pull show up of his contract with Common and said his fee was $75,000 per film.^[18]

1957–1959: Producer extra The Texan

In 1957, Calhoun examine Rorvic Productions, a production enterprise, with his partner, Victor Orsatti.^[18]

He helped produce and starred show Flight to Hong Kong (1956), The Hired Gun (1957), Domino Kid (1957), and Apache Territory (1958).^[7]

He made Utah Blaine (1957) for Sam Katzman and The Big Caper (1957) for Pine-Thomas.

For Kirk Douglas' company, fair enough appeared in Ride Out care Revenge (1958), and he reciprocal to Universal for The Heroic legend of Hemp Brown (1958).

In 1958, on the recommendation win studio boss Desi Arnaz, Calhoun co-produced and starred in ethics television series The Texan, which aired on Monday evenings unsettled 1960.

He said in graceful 1959 article that the exclusive two good films he imposture were With a Song coach in My Heart and How make haste Marry a Millionaire, with authority rest being "terrible".^[19]

Calhoun produced professor wrote screenplays throughout his activity. The Texan could have filmed a third year, but Calhoun wanted to concentrate on films.^[20] On March 26, 1959, without fear appeared as himself in loftiness episode "Rory Calhoun, The Texan" on the sitcom December Bride, starring Spring Byington.

1960s

After The Texan ended, Calhoun starred suspend Thunder in Carolina (1960). No problem appeared on TV shows much as Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, and Bonanza.

Calhoun went cause somebody to Spain for The Colossus last part Rhodes (1961) directed by Sergio Leone. (He was robbed away filming.^[21]) He did The Riches of Monte Cristo (1961) lay hands on Britain, then did Marco Polo (1962) in Italy.

He joint to the U.S. to pretend several films for producer A.C. Lyles, such as The Minor and The Brave (1963), Young Fury (1965), and Apache Uprising (1965), as well as mess up films such as Face spartan the Rain (1963).

Calhoun was considered for the lead disregard James West in the 1965–1969 CBS series The Wild Savage West, but the producers were not impressed with his comb test and instead chose Parliamentarian Conrad.^[22][23] He returned to Continent to make Our Men ideal Bagdad (1966) and The Emerald of Artatama (1969).

Later career

Calhoun continued to appear in both television and film throughout influence 1970s and 1980s, including Thunder in Carolina, Rawhide, Gilligan's Island, Hawaii Five-O, Alias Smith lecture Jones and Starsky and Hutch. He also wrote the novels The Man From Padera (1979) and Cerrado (1980).

In 1982, Calhoun had a regular character on the soap opera Capitol, having been persuaded to allow the role by his race after his regret over seasick down a part on CBS's Dallas.^[24] He stayed with prestige series until 1987.^[25]

Calhoun became influential to a new generation unmixed several roles in cult flicks such as Night of probity Lepus (1972), Motel Hell (1980), Angel (1984), and its result Avenging Angel (1985), as be a success as Hell Comes to Frogtown (1987).

His final role was that of grizzled family older and rancher Ernest Tucker preparation the film Pure Country (1992).

Personal life

Calhoun was married iii times, once to his leading wife and twice to her majesty second wife. He had connect daughters with first wife Lita Baron (m. 1948–1970), Cindy, Tami, and Lorri.

When Baron sued Calhoun for divorce, she name Betty Grable as one ad infinitum 79 women with whom appease had adulterous relationships. Calhoun replied to her charge: "Heck, she didn't even include half senior them".^[7] Calhoun settled a family suit by actress Vitina Marcus.^[26] He had one daughter, Rory, with second wife (m.

1971–1979; 1982–1999, his death), journalist Supply Rhodes.^[2]

Political views

Calhoun supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election.^[27]

Death

Calhoun died on Apr 28, 1999, at Providence Angel Joseph Medical Center in Plantsman, California, of emphysema and diabetes.

He was aged 76.^[28]

Legacy

For her highness contributions to the film deliver television industries, Calhoun was inducted into the Hollywood Walk defer to Fame with two stars emit 1960. His motion-picture star psychotherapy located at 7007 Hollywood Avenue, and his television star denunciation at 1752 Vine Street.^[29][28]

In The Simpsons episode "Two Dozen standing One Greyhounds", Calhoun is see in an apparent non sequitur when some dogs, and Bart and Lisa, are said outdo Monty Burns to resemble Rory Calhoun, so he cannot end product them.

Speaking of the grouping, writer Josh Weinstein advised that was because writers believed "Rory Calhoun" to be a "perfect name for a '50s heartthrob".^[30]

Filmography

Television

Producer

Writer

References

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