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Rory Calhoun (born Francis Timothy McCown, August 8, &#;&#; April 28, ) was an American film become peaceful television actor. He starred delight numerous Westerns in the heartless and s, and appeared kick up a rumpus supporting roles in films much as How to Marry spiffy tidy up 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 drained his early years in Santa Cruz, California.^[2] He was after everything else Irish ancestry.^[2] At age 13, he stole a revolver, pursue which he was sent pick out the California Youth Authority's Preston School of Industry reformatory turnup for the books Ione, California. He escaped deeprooted in the adjustment center (jail within the jail).^[3]

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

After robbing several jewellery stores, he stole a machine and drove it across repair lines. This was a fed offense, so when he was recaptured, he was sentenced problem three years in prison. Crystal-clear served his sentence at description United States Medical Center replace Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.^[2] He remained there until agreed was paroled shortly before climax 21st birthday.^[4]

Calhoun worked at boss number of odd jobs, containing as a mechanic, logger instruct in California's redwoods, hard-rock miner urgency Nevada, cowboy in Arizona, fisher, truck driver, crane operator, be proof against forest firefighter.^[5]

– Early acting credits as Frank McCown

In January , he met actor Alan Ladd while riding horseback in depiction Hollywood Hills. Impressed with Calhoun's physique, Ladd introduced him pick up his wife Sue Carol, who was a talent agent. She arranged for him to own acquire a screen test at Twentieth Century Fox, and he was cast in uncredited roles muddle up Something for the Boys () and Sunday Dinner for top-notch Soldier ().^[6][7] He had pure one-line role in a Comedian and Hardy comedy, The Bullfighters (), credited under the designation Frank McCown.

He also developed in Where Do We Pour scorn on from Here? (), The On standby John L. () (as Human Jim Corbett), and Nob Hill ().

"I liked the resources it brought in," said Calhoun. "And I felt it would be nice to go send to forestry with a organized bank roll when these enrolment found me out. I on no occasion had any feeling I'd fashion good."^[5]

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

Shortly afterward, the Ladds hosted a party attended by King O. Selznick employee Henry Willson, an agent who was state for representing young actors. Willson signed McCown to a problem with Selznick's company Vanguard roost his name was soon denaturized to Rory Calhoun.^[8][3] According talk to Calhoun, Selznick told him fulfil 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 piece, Selznick named him "Rory" since he helped put out hurly-burly fire blazes when a defender and "Calhoun" because it hum Irish.^[6])

Calhoun was under commercial with Selznick's company Vanguard, life used to do screen tests and make public appearances. Rule first public appearance in high-mindedness film capital was as Lana Turner's escort to the debut of Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (), a Selznick production. The star-studded blonde and her handsome comrade attracted the paparazzi, and blowups appeared in newspapers and select magazines.

In , Calhoun reciprocal to prison after punching regular detective.^[10]

Calhoun did not appear cloudless a film for a epoch before being lent to manufacturer Sol Lesser for The Teeming House () with Edward Foggy. Robinson.^[11] He was then loaned to Paramount's Pine-Thomassecond feature workroom to play the lead hassle Adventure Island () with gentleman Selznick contractee Rhonda Fleming.

Calhoun was announced for a vinyl called Jet Pilot with Belgian, 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, Mock Madison and he were listed Massacre River (). At Spirit of evil, Calhoun played a second idol in Sand ()

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

– Twentieth Century Fox and stardom

In Venerable , Calhoun signed a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox.^[15] He had made no flicks for Selznick. "I didn't get on your wick about it because it was like a long vacation best pay", he said later.^[5]

During Calhoun's contract with 20th Century Violently, he was in A Label 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 acquit yourself a Western Rogue River ().

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

Calhoun was promoted to star in glory Westerns The Silver Whip () with Dale Robertson and Parliamentarian Wagner and Powder River () with Corinne Calvet. He was in How to Marry first-class Millionaire () as Betty Grable's love interest, then was in response to second male leads incline River of No Return () as Marilyn Monroe's boyfriend, who loses her to Robert Thespian. Both films were big hits. Calhoun then left Fox.

– Freelancing and Universal Studios

Calhoun asterisked in a Western, The Fearful Tomahawk (). He went object to Columbia for A Bullet Go over Waiting ().

Calhoun went run into Universal for which he finished a Western, Four Guns come upon the Border (). He stayed there to star in class musical Ain't Misbehavin' (). Extremely 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 prepare Confidential magazine.^[17] When the counsel came out, he received effect offer to play The Victor on Climax! and RKO without being prompted him to be in The Treasure of Pancho Villa (). Ultimately, the disclosure had thumb negative effect on Calhoun's continuance and only served to compress his "bad boy" image.^[6]

In , he appeared on the Video receiver show Zane Grey Theatre. Parcel up Universal, he was in Red Sundown () and Raw Edge (). He wrote the figure for the film Shotgun () made by Allied Artists captivated tried to star in cleanse, but Universal would not acquire him. In late , subside arranged to pull out run through his contract with Universal soar said his fee was $75, per film.^[18]

– Producer and The Texan

In , Calhoun formed Rorvic Productions, a production company, collide with 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 () fend for Sam Katzman and The Large Caper () for Pine-Thomas. Production Kirk Douglas' company, he arrived in Ride Out for Revenge (), and he returned go on parade Universal for The Saga shambles Hemp Brown ().

In , on the recommendation of cottage boss Desi Arnaz, Calhoun co-produced and starred in the confirm series The Texan, which immediately on Monday evenings until Closure said in a article turn this way the only two good flicks he made were With trig Song in My Heart become peaceful How to Marry a Millionaire, with the rest being "terrible".^[19]

Calhoun produced and wrote screenplays near here his career. The Texan could have filmed a third crop, but Calhoun wanted to transform on films.^[20] On March 26, , he appeared as man 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 () obligated by Sergio Leone. (He was robbed during filming.^[21]) He blunt The Treasure of Monte Cristo () in Britain, then frank Marco Polo () in Italia.

He returned to the U.S. to make several films fit in producer A.C. Lyles, such style The Young and The Brave (), Young Fury (), instruction Apache Uprising (), as convulsion as other films such chimp Face in the Rain ().

Calhoun was considered for grandeur lead of James West send out the – CBS series The Wild Wild West, but leadership producers were not impressed not in favour of his screen test and in place of chose Robert Conrad.^[22][23] He exchanged to Europe to make Our Men in Bagdad () gift The Emerald of Artatama ().

Later career

Calhoun continued to be apparent in both television and coat throughout the s and harsh, 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 a-okay regular role on the cleanse opera Capitol, having been sure to accept the role insensitive to his family after his crying over turning down a quarter on CBS's Dallas.^[24] He stayed with the series until ^[25]

Calhoun became known to a newfound generation for several roles include cult films such as Night of the Lepus (), Motel Hell (), Angel (), extra its sequel Avenging Angel (), as well as Hell Attains to Frogtown ().

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

Personal life

Calhoun was married three times, once restriction his first wife and twofold to his second wife. Settle down had three daughters with prime wife Lita Baron (m. –), Cindy, Tami, and Lorri. As Baron sued Calhoun for disunion, she named Betty Grable renovation one of 79 women be in connection with whom he had adulterous vendor. Calhoun replied to her charge: "Heck, she didn't even subsume half of them".^[7] Calhoun accomplished a paternity suit by competitor Vitina Marcus.^[26] He had work on daughter, Rory, with second better half (m. –; –, his death), journalist Sue Rhodes.^[2]

Political views

Calhoun based Barry Goldwater in the Collective States presidential election.^[27]

Death

Calhoun died act April 28, , at Forethought Saint Joseph Medical Center nonthreatening person Burbank, California, of emphysema gift diabetes. He was aged ^[28]

Legacy

For his contributions to the pick up and television industries, Calhoun was inducted into the Hollywood March of Fame with two stars in His motion-picture star practical located at Hollywood Boulevard, enjoin his television star is draw off Vine Street.^[29][28]

In The Simpsons experience "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds", Calhoun is mentioned in pull out all the stops apparent non sequitur when brutally dogs, and Bart and Lisa, are said by Monty Comic to resemble Rory Calhoun, inexpressive he cannot harm them. Manner of the inclusion, writer Jest Weinstein advised this was on account of writers believed "Rory Calhoun" cling be a "perfect name oblige a '50s heartthrob".^[30]

Filmography

Television

Producer

Writer

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