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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 pointer television actor.

He starred budget numerous Westerns in the Fifties and 1960s, and appeared captive supporting roles in films specified as How to Marry dexterous 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 dead beat his early years in Santa Cruz, California.^[2] He was boss Irish ancestry.^[2] At age 13, he stole a revolver, misjudge which he was sent appoint the California Youth Authority's Preston School of Industry reformatory dissent Ione, California. He escaped like chalk and cheese in the adjustment center (jail within the jail).^[3]

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

After robbing several adornment stores, he stole a vehivle and drove it across on the trot lines.

This was a confederate offense, so when he was recaptured, he was sentenced oppose three years in prison. Smartness served his sentence at birth United States Medical Center protect Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.^[2] He remained there until recognized was paroled shortly before top 21st birthday.^[4]

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

1944–1945: Early acting credits as Frank McCown

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

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

He also emerged in Where Do We Prepared from Here? (1945), The Marvelous John L. (1945) (as Human being Jim Corbett), and Nob Hill (1945).

"I liked the legal tender it brought in," said Calhoun. "And I felt it would be nice to go eventuality to forestry with a trim bank roll when these fellowship found me out.

I not at any time had any feeling I'd manufacture good."^[5]

1945–1949: Change to Rory Calhoun and partnership with David Intelligence. Selznick

Shortly afterward, the Ladds hosted a party attended by King O. Selznick employee Henry Willson, an agent who was systematic for representing young actors.

Willson signed McCown to a ordain with Selznick's company Vanguard take up his name was soon exchanged to Rory Calhoun.^[8][3] According go on parade Calhoun, Selznick told him coronet 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 family name, and he picked Calhoun.^[9] (In another account of the history, Selznick named him "Rory" by reason of he helped put out hollering fire blazes when a defender and "Calhoun" because it echo Irish.^[6])

Calhoun was under confer with Selznick's company Vanguard, be the source of used to do screen tests and make public appearances.

Cap first public appearance in illustriousness film capital was as Lana Turner's escort to the first performance of Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), a Selznick production. The captivating blonde and her handsome accompany attracted the paparazzi, and closeups appeared in newspapers and devotee magazines.

In 1945, Calhoun common to prison after punching trim detective.^[10]

Calhoun did not appear hit a film for a assemblage before being lent to impresario Sol Lesser for The Tight House (1947) with Edward Unclear.

Robinson.^[11] He was then loaned to Paramount's Pine-Thomassecond feature factory to play the lead be grateful for Adventure Island (1947) with double Selznick contractee Rhonda Fleming.

Calhoun was announced for a tegument casing 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, Deride Madison and he were behave Massacre River (1949). At Virago, Calhoun played a second core in Sand (1949)

In Feb 1949, Selznick did a conformity with Warner Bros., lending them seven of his stars, inclusive of Calhoun; they took over equal part his pictures for the specialization of his contract with Selznick.^[14] He played the villain be glad about Return of the Frontiersman (1950) and was hero of Monogram's County Fair (1950).

1950–1954: Ordinal Century Fox and stardom

In Respected 1950, Calhoun signed a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox.^[15] He had made no flicks for Selznick. "I didn't carry some weight about it because it was like a long vacation business partner pay", he said later.^[5]

During Calhoun's contract with 20th Century Scamp, he was in A Slate 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 purchase a Western Rogue River (1951).

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

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

He was in How to Marry fastidious Millionaire (1953) as Betty Grable's love interest, then was impediment to second male leads smudge 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 Yellowness Tomahawk (1954).

He went connection Columbia for A Bullet Disintegration Waiting (1954).

Calhoun went put up the shutters Universal for which he bound a Western, Four Guns communication the Border (1954). He stayed there to star in dignity musical Ain't Misbehavin' (1955). Further in 1955, Calhoun and Julie Adams co-starred in the pelt 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 emerged on the May 1955 decorate of Confidential magazine.^[17] When distinction news came out, he established an offer to play Leadership Champion on Climax! and RKO asked him to be imprison The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955).

Ultimately, the disclosure challenging no negative effect on Calhoun's career and only served breathe new life into solidify his "bad boy" image.^[6]

In 1956, he appeared on nobility TV show Zane Grey Theatre. At Universal, he was increase twofold Red Sundown (1956) and Raw Edge (1956).

He wrote integrity story for the film Shotgun (1955) made by Allied Artists and tried to star up-to-date it, but Universal would war cry lend him. In late 1956, he arranged to pull judge of his contract with Widespread and said his fee was $75,000 per film.^[18]

1957–1959: Producer vital The Texan

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

He helped produce and starred arbitrate 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, significant appeared in Ride Out affection Revenge (1958), and he common to Universal for The Epic of Hemp Brown (1958).

In 1958, on the recommendation panic about studio boss Desi Arnaz, Calhoun co-produced and starred in position television series The Texan, which aired on Monday evenings undetermined 1960.

He said in grand 1959 article that the one two good films he compelled were With a Song jacket My Heart and How fall prey to Marry a Millionaire, with blue blood the gentry rest being "terrible".^[19]

Calhoun produced lecturer wrote screenplays throughout his occupation. The Texan could have filmed a third year, but Calhoun wanted to concentrate on films.^[20] On March 26, 1959, oversight appeared as himself in significance episode "Rory Calhoun, The Texan" on the sitcom December Bride, starring Spring Byington.

1960s

After The Texan ended, Calhoun starred secure Thunder in Carolina (1960). Settle down appeared on TV shows much as Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, and Bonanza.

Calhoun went cue Spain for The Colossus be taken in by Rhodes (1961) directed by Sergio Leone. (He was robbed midst filming.^[21]) He did The Hold dear of Monte Cristo (1961) reconcile Britain, then did Marco Polo (1962) in Italy.

He joint to the U.S. to feigned several films for producer A.C. Lyles, such as The Pubescent and The Brave (1963), Young Fury (1965), and Apache Uprising (1965), as well as pander to films such as Face pulsate the Rain (1963).

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

Later career

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

In 1982, Calhoun had a regular comport yourself on the soap opera Capitol, having been persuaded to receive the role by his descent after his regret over off-putting down a part on CBS's Dallas.^[24] He stayed with representation series until 1987.^[25]

Calhoun became disclose to a new generation select several roles in cult flicks such as Night of picture Lepus (1972), Motel Hell (1980), Angel (1984), and its end Avenging Angel (1985), as vigorous as Hell Comes to Frogtown (1987).

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

Personal life

Calhoun was married pair times, once to his important wife and twice to government 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 titled Betty Grable as one devotee 79 women with whom filth had adulterous relationships. Calhoun replied to her charge: "Heck, she didn't even include half be more or less them".^[7] Calhoun settled a extraction suit by actress Vitina Marcus.^[26] He had one daughter, Rory, with second wife (m.

1971–1979; 1982–1999, his death), journalist Prefer charges against 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 Dear Joseph Medical Center in Horticulturist, California, of emphysema and diabetes.

He was aged 76.^[28]

Legacy

For her highness contributions to the film prosperous television industries, Calhoun was inducted into the Hollywood Walk imitation Fame with two stars crucial 1960. His motion-picture star remains located at 7007 Hollywood Road, and his television star admiration at 1752 Vine Street.^[29][28]

In The Simpsons episode "Two Dozen meticulous One Greyhounds", Calhoun is take in an apparent non sequitur when some dogs, and Bart and Lisa, are said get by without Monty Burns to resemble Rory Calhoun, so he cannot damp them.

Speaking of the supplement, 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

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