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Gene Evans

Gene Evans

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gene Evans (July 11, 1922 - April 1, 1998) was an American actor. He was born in Holbrook, Arizona, but reared in Colton, California. His acting career began while he was serving in World War II. He performed with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe. Evans made his film debut in 1947 and appeared in dozens of movies and television programs. He specialized in playing tough guys like cowboys, sheriffs, convicts and sergeants. Evans appeared in numerous films produced, directed, and written by Samuel Fuller. In his memoirs A Third Face, Fuller described meeting Evans when casting his Korean War film The Steel Helmet in 1950. Fuller threw an M1 Garand rifle at Evans, who caught it and inspected it as a soldier would have done. Evans had been a U.S. Army engineer in the war. Fuller kept Evans and refused John Wayne for the role. and fighting to keep him despite Robert L. Lippert and his partner wanting Larry Parks for the role. Fuller walked off the film and would not return until Evans was reinstated. Evans also appeared in Fuller's Fixed Bayonets!, Hell and High Water, Shock Corridor and lost thirty pounds to play the lead in Park Row. Evans portrayed the authoritarian but wise father, Rob McLaughlin, on the 1956-1957 television series My Friend Flicka, based on a Western novel and film of the same name set in Wyoming. He appeared with Anita Louise (1915–1970) as his wife, Nell, Johnny Washbrook (born 1944) as his son, Ken, and fellow character actor Frank Ferguson (1899–1978), as the ranch handyman, Gus Broeberg, who addressed Evans as "Captain". In 1958, Evans co-starred as Major Al Arthur in the film Damn Citizen based on the life of crusading Louisiana State Police superintendent Francis Grevemberg. Keith Andes starred as Grevemberg. In the fall of 1976, Evans starred in the eleven-episode CBS adventure series Spencer's Pilots, with Christopher Stone, Todd Susman, and Britt Leach. In January 1979, Evans appeared as Garrison Southworth in one episode of CBS's Dallas in January 1979. He appeared in ten episodes of CBS's Gunsmoke with James Arness, including "The Snow Train" and "Tatum". In 1965, he guest starred as Jake Burnett in the episode "Vendetta" of ABC's western The Legend of Jesse James starring Christopher Jones. Two years later, he appeared as Deedricks in the episode "Breakout" of another ABC western, Custer, starring Wayne Maunder in the title role. In the late 1980s, Evans appeared on stage as the gruesome Papa in the stage production Papa is All, directed by playwright Tommy F. Scott in Jackson, Tennessee. He retired to a farm in Tennessee following his role in the original film version of Walking Tall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Evans,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1922-07-11

Birth Place

Holbrook, Arizona, USA

Movies and TV shows :

poster

77 Sunset Strip

1958

6.7

TV
A Knife for the Ladies

A Knife for the Ladies

1974

4.9

Movie
Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

1951

7.8

Movie
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
poster

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

6.9

TV
Apache Uprising

Apache Uprising

1965

6.6

Movie
Armored Car Robbery

Armored Car Robbery

1950

6.6

Movie
Assigned to Danger

Assigned to Danger

1948

5.0

Movie
Berlin Express

Berlin Express

1948

6.1

Movie
poster

Bonanza

1959

7.5

TV
poster

Branded

1965

6.4

TV
California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

1981

5.0

Movie
Casino

Casino

1980

0.0

Movie
Cattle Queen of Montana

Cattle Queen of Montana

1954

5.6

Movie
poster

Charlie's Angels

1976

6.7

TV
poster

Cimarron Strip

1967

5.0

TV
Concrete Cowboys

Concrete Cowboys

1979

4.8

Movie
Crashout

Crashout

1955

6.5

Movie
Criss Cross

Criss Cross

1949

7.1

Movie
poster

Custer

1967

6.0

TV
poster

Dallas

1978

6.8

TV
Damn Citizen

Damn Citizen

1958

0.0

Movie
poster

Daniel Boone

1964

6.9

TV
Devil Times Five

Devil Times Five

1974

5.2

Movie
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain

1953

6.1

Movie
Dragnet

Dragnet

1969

6.0

Movie
Fire!

Fire!

1977

6.7

Movie
Fixed Bayonets!

Fixed Bayonets!

1951

6.5

Movie
Force of Arms

Force of Arms

1951

6.4

Movie
poster

General Electric True

1962

0.0

TV
Gold of the Seven Saints

Gold of the Seven Saints

1961

7.0

Movie
poster

Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
poster

Hart to Hart

1979

6.8

TV
Hell and High Water

Hell and High Water

1954

6.1

Movie
poster

Here's Boomer

1980

5.3

TV
I Was an American Spy

I Was an American Spy

1951

6.2

Movie
It Happens Every Spring

It Happens Every Spring

1949

6.5

Movie
poster

Johnny Ringo

1959

5.7

TV
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

1978

5.0

Movie
Lassie: The New Beginning

Lassie: The New Beginning

1978

4.8

Movie
poster

M*A*S*H

1972

7.9

TV
poster

Mannix

1967

6.7

TV
Massacre at Sand Creek

Massacre at Sand Creek

1956

4.0

Movie
Matt Helm

Matt Helm

1975

0.0

Movie
poster

Matt Helm

1975

7.4

TV
Money, Women and Guns

Money, Women and Guns

1958

5.3

Movie
poster

Murder, She Wrote

1984

7.5

TV
Mutiny

Mutiny

1952

4.8

Movie
poster

My Friend Flicka

1955

5.7

TV
Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith

1966

6.8

Movie
poster

Nichols

1971

5.0

TV
Once Upon a Texas Train

Once Upon a Texas Train

1988

5.4

Movie
Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat

1959

7.2

Movie
poster

Outlaws

1960

6.2

TV
Park Row

Park Row

1952

6.7

Movie
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

7.2

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
Prologue to Wounded Knee

Prologue to Wounded Knee

1973

6.0

Movie
poster

Rawhide

1959

7.1

TV
Revolt in the Big House

Revolt in the Big House

1958

6.2

Movie
poster

Riverboat

1959

6.2

TV
poster

Route 66

1960

6.4

TV
poster

Run for Your Life

1965

7.2

TV
poster

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983

6.4

TV
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
Shock Corridor

Shock Corridor

1963

6.9

Movie
Shootout in a One-Dog Town

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

1974

0.0

Movie
Sidekicks

Sidekicks

1974

6.0

Movie
poster

Simon & Simon

1981

6.7

TV
Sourdough

Sourdough

1981

0.0

Movie
poster

Spencer's Pilots

1976

5.0

TV
Storm Warning

Storm Warning

1951

6.6

Movie
Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot

1951

4.8

Movie
Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971

6.5

Movie
Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969

6.9

Movie
poster

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

3.5

TV
poster

Tarzan

1966

6.7

TV
poster

The A-Team

1983

7.5

TV
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

1987

6.6

Movie
poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

7.8

TV
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

1950

7.5

Movie
The Ballad of Cable Hogue

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970

7.0

Movie
The Bounty Man

The Bounty Man

1972

5.5

Movie
The Bravados

The Bravados

1958

6.5

Movie
poster

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

1978

5.0

TV
The Giant Behemoth

The Giant Behemoth

1959

5.8

Movie
The Golden Blade

The Golden Blade

1953

6.3

Movie
poster

The Great Adventure

1963

0.0

TV
The Hangman

The Hangman

1959

6.1

Movie
The Helen Morgan Story

The Helen Morgan Story

1957

5.2

Movie
poster

The Incredible Hulk

1977

7.2

TV
The Intruders

The Intruders

1970

5.7

Movie
The Last Day

The Last Day

1975

6.3

Movie
poster

The Legend of Jesse James

1965

4.8

TV
The Long Wait

The Long Wait

1954

5.8

Movie
The Macahans

The Macahans

1976

6.7

Movie
The Magic of Lassie

The Magic of Lassie

1978

5.4

Movie
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002

5.8

Movie
poster

The Name of the Game

1968

6.8

TV
poster

The Rhinemann Exchange

1977

6.1

TV
poster

The Sacketts

1979

7.6

TV
The Sad Sack

The Sad Sack

1957

5.6

Movie
The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders

1982

6.4

Movie
poster

The Sixth Sense

1972

6.3

TV
The Steel Helmet

The Steel Helmet

1951

7.0

Movie
poster

The Virginian

1962

6.4

TV
The War Wagon

The War Wagon

1967

6.9

Movie
There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970

6.8

Movie
Thunderbirds

Thunderbirds

1952

5.7

Movie
Travis McGee

Travis McGee

1983

4.5

Movie
Under Colorado Skies

Under Colorado Skies

1947

0.0

Movie
poster

Vega$

1978

7.0

TV
Waco

Waco

1966

6.4

Movie
Walking Tall

Walking Tall

1973

6.6

Movie
poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.3

TV
poster

Wichita Town

1959

4.2

TV
poster

Wild Times

1980

6.0

TV
poster

Wire Service

1956

0.0

TV
Wyoming Mail

Wyoming Mail

1950

4.4

Movie
Wyoming Renegades

Wyoming Renegades

1954

5.8

Movie
poster

Yancy Derringer

1958

6.0

TV
Young and Wild

Young and Wild

1958

3.5

Movie