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About Me

I was born in O'Fallon, Ill in 1918, and moved out to Pasadena, Ca. as a kid. Dad was a pretty big guy in the George W. Gooch Laboratories, and was a board member. I spent great days as a kid riding motorcycles, and doing handstands on the Suicide Bridge in Pasadena. I was discovered onstage at Pasadena Jr. College playing Madam Curie's Dad, and was signed, after a big whoop doo da (almost like the Male Scarlett O'Hara search) to play the hero in Golden Boy (1939). Well, I never looked back. I was the first married Hollywood star to enlist in WWII, but never made it overseas.
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My Interests

Saving wildlife in Kenya.

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I'd like to meet:

All my old pals....Glenn Ford, Duke Wayne, Billy Wilder, and everyone who loved my movies!!!

Thank YOU darling Nisaba for my fantastic video tribute! You are a fantastic woman, and I love your creativity!

Music:

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Movies:

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Anything with Fredric March and Joel McCrea!

My resume:
S.O.B. (1981) The Earthling (1980) When Time Ran Out (1980) Ashanti, Land of No Mercy (1979) Damien: Omen II (1978) Fedora (1978) 21 Hours at Munich (1976) Network (1976) The Towering Inferno (1974) The Blue Knight (1973) Breezy (1973) The Revengers (1972) Marcados Pela VingançA (1972) Wild Rovers (1971) The Christmas Tree (1969) When Wolves Cry (1969) The Wild Bunch (1969) The Devil's Brigade (1968) Casino Royale (1967) Alvarez Kelly (1966) Paris When It Sizzles (1964) The 7th Dawn (1964) The Seventh Dawn (1964) The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) Satan Never Sleeps (1962) The Lion (1962) The World of Suzie Wong (1960) The Horse Soldiers (1959) The Key (1958) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) The Proud and Profane (1956) Toward the Unknown (1956) Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1955) Picnic (1955) The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) The Country Girl (1954) Executive Suite (1954) Sabrina (1954) The Moon Is Blue (1953) Stalag 17 (1953) Forever Female (1953) Escape From Fort Bravo (1953) Boots Malone (1952) Force of Arms (1951) Submarine Command (1951) A Girl for Joe (1951) Born Yesterday (1950) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Union Station (1950) Father Is a Bachelor (1950) The Dark Past (1949) Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) Streets of Laredo (1949) Dear Wife (1949) The Man From Colorado (1948) Apartment for Peggy (1948) Rachel and The Stranger (1948) Blaze of Noon (1947) Dear Ruth (1947) Young and Willing (1942) The Remarkable Andrew (1942) Meet the Stewarts (1942) The Fleet's In (1942) Texas (1941) I Wanted Wings (1941) Our Town (1940) Arizona (1940) Those Were the Days (1940) Golden Boy (1939) Invisible Stripes (1939)
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Television:

The Blue Knight, Adventures in the Jade Sea, 21 Hours in Munich, and my many appearances on Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin! And the classic episode where I light Lucy's nose a flame in I Love Lucy!

Books:

Well, I read them, but I'm running around chasing down gazelles and rhinos, so they get in the way.

Heroes:

My parents, Billy Wilder, Duke Wayne, Missy Stanwyck Glenn Ford, Robert Ruark, Don Hunt, Barry Goldwater