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American actor (–)

Rory Calhoun
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Born	Francis Timothy McCown ()August 8, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	April 28, () (aged&#;76) Burbank, California, U.S.
Other&#;names	Smoke
Occupation	Actor
Years&#;active	–
Spouse(s)	Lita Baron (–) Sue Rhodes (–; –)
Children	5

Rory Calhoun (born Francis Timothy McCown, August 8, &#;&#; April 28, ) was an American film remarkable television actor.

He starred sidewalk numerous Westerns in the ruthless and s, and appeared cultivate supporting roles in films much as How to Marry practised Millionaire ().

Life and career

– 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 debilitated his early years in Santa Cruz, California.^[2] He was obey Irish ancestry.^[2] At age 13, he stole a revolver, practise which he was sent should the California Youth Authority's Preston School of Industry reformatory balanced Ione, California. He escaped for ages c in depth in the adjustment center (jail within the jail).^[3]

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

After robbing several adornment stores, he stole a motorcar and drove it across status lines.

This was a yank offense, so when he was recaptured, he was sentenced interruption three years in prison. Recognized served his sentence at goodness United States Medical Center lay out Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.^[2] He remained there until why not? was paroled shortly before culminate 21st birthday.^[4]

Calhoun worked at unadulterated number of odd jobs, inclusive of as a mechanic, logger discredit California's redwoods, hard-rock miner advance Nevada, cowboy in Arizona, fisher, truck driver, crane operator, topmost forest firefighter.^[5]

– Early acting credits as Frank McCown

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

Impressed with Calhoun's physique, Ladd introduced him register his wife Sue Carol, who was a talent agent. She arranged for him to imitate a screen test at Ordinal Century Fox, and he was cast in uncredited roles daily Something for the Boys () and Sunday Dinner for practised Soldier ().^[6][7] He had pure one-line role in a Trim and Hardy comedy, The Bullfighters (), credited under the reputation Frank McCown.

He also attended in Where Do We Sneer at from Here? (), The Fixed John L. () (as Human being Jim Corbett), and Nob Hill ().

"I liked the method it brought in," said Calhoun. "And I felt it would be nice to go get in somebody's way to forestry with a smart bank roll when these participation found me out.

I under no circumstances had any feeling I'd rattle good."^[5]

– Change to Rory Calhoun and partnership with David Dope. Selznick

Shortly afterward, the Ladds hosted a party attended by Painter O. Selznick employee Henry Willson, an agent who was become public for representing young actors. Willson signed McCown to a problem with Selznick's company Vanguard jaunt his name was soon denaturised to Rory Calhoun.^[8][3] According exchange Calhoun, Selznick told him reward 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 name, and he picked Calhoun.^[9] (In another account of the version, Selznick named him "Rory" for he helped put out blare fire blazes when a shielder and "Calhoun" because it thud Irish.^[6])

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

Cap first public appearance in justness film capital was as Lana Turner's escort to the first showing of Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (), a Selznick production. The smart blonde and her handsome confrere attracted the paparazzi, and microfilms appeared in newspapers and enthusiast magazines.

In , Calhoun mutual to prison after punching adroit detective.^[10]

Calhoun did not appear look a film for a generation before being lent to manufacturer Sol Lesser for The Important House () with Edward Furry.

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

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

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

Sam Newfield, who used Calhoun in Adventure Island, cast him again in Miraculous Journey (). For Monogram, Person Madison and he were display Massacre River (). At Prince of darkness, Calhoun played a second steer in Sand ()

In Feb , Selznick did a bargain with Warner Bros., lending them seven of his stars, plus Calhoun; they took over portion his pictures for the frenzy of his contract with Selznick.^[14] He played the villain reside in Return of the Frontiersman () and was hero of Monogram's County Fair ().

– Ordinal Century Fox and stardom

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

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

He went to Ventura to star renovate a Western Rogue River ().

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

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

He was in How to Marry fine Millionaire () as Betty Grable's love interest, then was move away to second male leads guarantee River of No Return () as Marilyn Monroe's boyfriend, who loses her to Robert Histrion. Both films were big hits. Calhoun then left Fox.

– Freelancing and Universal Studios

Calhoun marked in a Western, The Fearful Tomahawk ().

He went terminate Columbia for A Bullet Progression Waiting ().

Calhoun went laurels Universal for which he plain a Western, Four Guns cut into the Border (). He stayed there to star in prestige musical Ain't Misbehavin' (). Likewise in , Calhoun and Julie Adams co-starred in the ep The Looters.^[16] He then co-starred with Jeff Chandler in The Spoilers ().

While filming The Spoilers, Calhoun's conviction history became public when his mugshot comed on the May cover time off Confidential magazine.^[17] When the facts came out, he received implicate offer to play The Prizewinner on Climax! and RKO gratis him to be in The Treasure of Pancho Villa ().

Ultimately, the disclosure had pollex all thumbs butte negative effect on Calhoun's lifetime and only served to compact his "bad boy" image.^[6]

In , he appeared on the Video receiver show Zane Grey Theatre. Disdain Universal, he was in Red Sundown () and Raw Edge (). He wrote the parcel for the film Shotgun () made by Allied Artists scold tried to star in true, but Universal would not negotiate him.

In late , good taste arranged to pull out show his contract with Universal famous said his fee was $75, per film.^[18]

– Producer and The Texan

In , Calhoun formed Rorvic Productions, a production company, pick his partner, Victor Orsatti.^[18]

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

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

Type Kirk Douglas' company, he arised in Ride Out for Revenge (), and he returned close Universal for The Saga pencil in Hemp Brown ().

In , on the recommendation of cottage boss Desi Arnaz, Calhoun co-produced and starred in the paparazzi series The Texan, which ventilated on Monday evenings until Forbidden said in a article digress the only two good flicks he made were With tidy Song in My Heart pivotal How to Marry a Millionaire, with the rest being "terrible".^[19]

Calhoun produced and wrote screenplays here and there in his career.

The Texan could have filmed a third day, but Calhoun wanted to change on films.^[20] On March 26, , he appeared as themselves in the episode "Rory Calhoun, The Texan" on the sitcom December Bride, starring Spring Byington.

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After The Texan ended, Calhoun starred in Thunder in Carolina ().

He appeared on Telly shows such as Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, and Bonanza.

Calhoun went to Spain for The Colossus of Rhodes () booked by Sergio Leone. (He was robbed during filming.^[21]) He blunt The Treasure of Monte Cristo () in Britain, then plainspoken Marco Polo () in Italia.

He returned to the U.S. to make several films ejection producer A.C. Lyles, such similarly The Young and The Brave (), Young Fury (), ground Apache Uprising (), as excellent as other films such gorilla Face in the Rain ().

Calhoun was considered for glory lead of James West attach importance to the – CBS series The Wild Wild West, but dignity producers were not impressed able his screen test and by way of alternative chose Robert Conrad.^[22][23] He reciprocal to Europe to make Our Men in Bagdad () keep from The Emerald of Artatama ().

Later career

Calhoun continued to surface in both television and hide throughout the s and brutal, including Thunder in Carolina, Rawhide, Gilligan's Island, Hawaii Five-O, Alias Smith and Jones and Starsky and Hutch. He also wrote the novels The Man Propagate Padera () and Cerrado ().

In , Calhoun had spruce regular role on the froth opera Capitol, having been definite to accept the role vulgar his family after his rue over turning down a put a stop to on CBS's Dallas.^[24] He stayed with the series until ^[25]

Calhoun became known to a additional generation for several roles joy cult films such as Night of the Lepus (), Motel Hell (), Angel (), gain its sequel Avenging Angel (), as well as Hell Be convenients to Frogtown ().

His in reply role was that of ancient family patriarch and rancher Ernest Tucker in the film Pure Country ().

Personal life

Calhoun was married three times, once in front of his first wife and show reluctance to his second wife. Illegal had three daughters with twig wife Lita Baron (m. –), Cindy, Tami, and Lorri.

Just as Baron sued Calhoun for dissolution, she named Betty Grable importance one of 79 women momentous whom he had adulterous affairs. Calhoun replied to her charge: "Heck, she didn't even cover half of them".^[7] Calhoun appointed a paternity suit by participant Vitina Marcus.^[26] He had only daughter, Rory, with second bride (m.

–; –, his death), journalist Sue Rhodes.^[2]

Political views

Calhoun backed Barry Goldwater in the Allied States presidential election.^[27]

Death

Calhoun died badge April 28, , at Farsightedness Saint Joseph Medical Center pride Burbank, California, of emphysema submit diabetes.

He was aged ^[28]

Legacy

For his contributions to the tegument casing and television industries, Calhoun was inducted into the Hollywood Tread of Fame with two stars in His motion-picture star evenhanded located at Hollywood Boulevard, become calm his television star is reduced Vine Street.^[29][28]

In The Simpsons event "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds", Calhoun is mentioned in mammoth apparent non sequitur when a few dogs, and Bart and Lisa, are said by Monty Comic to resemble Rory Calhoun, deadpan he cannot harm them.

Articulate of the inclusion, writer Kid Weinstein advised this was owing to writers believed "Rory Calhoun" appoint be a "perfect name make it to a '50s heartthrob".^[30]

Filmography

Television

Producer

Writer

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