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Gene Evans‌

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Birthday

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Popularity

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Gene Evans

Holbrook, Arizona, USA

Gene Evans

Holbrook, Arizona, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1922-07-11

Popularity

star5.3

Biography

​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.

Movie Credits

Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith‌
star6.8
calendar 1966

Armored Car Robbery

Armored Car Robbery‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Criss Cross

Criss Cross‌
star7.1
calendar 1949

Hell and High Water

Hell and High Water‌
star6.1
calendar 1954

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!‌
star6.9
calendar 1969

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

The Ballad of Cable Hogue‌
star7.0
calendar 1970

Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole‌
star7.8
calendar 1951

Walking Tall

Walking Tall‌
star6.6
calendar 1973

Shock Corridor

Shock Corridor‌
star6.9
calendar 1963

It Happens Every Spring

It Happens Every Spring‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Park Row

Park Row‌
star6.7
calendar 1952

Crashout

Crashout‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat‌
star7.2
calendar 1959

Lassie: The New Beginning

Lassie: The New Beginning‌
star4.8
calendar 1978

The War Wagon

The War Wagon‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

The Sad Sack

The Sad Sack‌
star5.6
calendar 1957

The Giant Behemoth

The Giant Behemoth‌
star5.8
calendar 1959

Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain‌
star6.1
calendar 1953

The Long Wait

The Long Wait‌
star5.8
calendar 1954

Assigned to Danger

Assigned to Danger‌
star5.0
calendar 1948

The Bravados

The Bravados‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

Young and Wild

Young and Wild‌
star3.5
calendar 1958

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

Shootout in a One-Dog Town‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

The Steel Helmet

The Steel Helmet‌
star6.9
calendar 1951

Fixed Bayonets!

Fixed Bayonets!‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Revolt in the Big House

Revolt in the Big House‌
star6.2
calendar 1958

Devil Times Five

Devil Times Five‌
star5.2
calendar 1974

Storm Warning

Storm Warning‌
star6.6
calendar 1951

I Was an American Spy

I Was an American Spy‌
star6.2
calendar 1951

Sidekicks

Sidekicks‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

Fire!

Fire!‌
star7.1
calendar 1977

Casino

Casino‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

The Golden Blade

The Golden Blade‌
star6.3
calendar 1953

Cattle Queen of Montana

Cattle Queen of Montana‌
star5.6
calendar 1954

Wyoming Mail

Wyoming Mail‌
star4.4
calendar 1950

Force of Arms

Force of Arms‌
star6.4
calendar 1951

The Magic of Lassie

The Magic of Lassie‌
star5.4
calendar 1978

Damn Citizen

Damn Citizen‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Money, Women and Guns

Money, Women and Guns‌
star5.3
calendar 1958

Wyoming Renegades

Wyoming Renegades‌
star5.8
calendar 1954

The Helen Morgan Story

The Helen Morgan Story‌
star5.2
calendar 1957

Once Upon a Texas Train

Once Upon a Texas Train‌
star5.4
calendar 1988

Apache Uprising

Apache Uprising‌
star6.6
calendar 1965

Mutiny

Mutiny‌
star4.8
calendar 1952

The Intruders

The Intruders‌
star5.7
calendar 1970

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller‌
star5.8
calendar 2002

Gold of the Seven Saints

Gold of the Seven Saints‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot‌
star4.8
calendar 1951

Sourdough

Sourdough‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle‌
star7.5
calendar 1950

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid‌
star7.2
calendar 1973

Concrete Cowboys

Concrete Cowboys‌
star4.8
calendar 1979

The Hangman

The Hangman‌
star6.1
calendar 1959

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

A Knife for the Ladies

A Knife for the Ladies‌
star4.9
calendar 1974

Under Colorado Skies

Under Colorado Skies‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

The Last Day

The Last Day‌
star6.3
calendar 1975

Massacre at Sand Creek

Massacre at Sand Creek‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

Waco

Waco‌
star6.4
calendar 1966

California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush‌
star5.0
calendar 1981

Thunderbirds

Thunderbirds‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

The Bounty Man

The Bounty Man‌
star5.5
calendar 1972

The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders‌
star6.4
calendar 1982

Matt Helm

Matt Helm‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Dragnet

Dragnet‌
star6.0
calendar 1969

There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man...‌
star6.8
calendar 1970

Berlin Express

Berlin Express‌
star6.1
calendar 1948

Prologue to Wounded Knee

Prologue to Wounded Knee‌
star6.0
calendar 1973

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory‌
star6.7
calendar 1987

Travis McGee

Travis McGee‌
star4.5
calendar 1983

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

The Macahans

The Macahans‌
star6.7
calendar 1976

Tv Credits

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H‌
star7.9
calendar 1972

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

The A-Team

The A-Team‌
star7.5
calendar 1983

Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon‌
star6.7
calendar 1981

Matt Helm

Matt Helm‌
star7.4
calendar 1975

Route 66

Route 66‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones‌
star6.9
calendar 1971

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King‌
star6.4
calendar 1983

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart‌
star6.8
calendar 1979

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.7
calendar 1957

Dallas

Dallas‌
star6.7
calendar 1978

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Target: The Corruptors!

Target: The Corruptors!‌
star3.5
calendar 1961

Outlaws

Outlaws‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse‌
star5.3
calendar 1958

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Vega$

Vega$‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life‌
star7.2
calendar 1965

Cimarron Strip

Cimarron Strip‌
star5.0
calendar 1967

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Yancy Derringer

Yancy Derringer‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star7.0
calendar 1951

Here's Boomer

Here's Boomer‌
star5.3
calendar 1980

Tarzan

Tarzan‌
star6.7
calendar 1966

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense‌
star6.3
calendar 1972

Branded

Branded‌
star6.4
calendar 1965

Riverboat

Riverboat‌
star6.2
calendar 1959

Wire Service

Wire Service‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

Wichita Town

Wichita Town‌
star4.2
calendar 1959

Spencer's Pilots

Spencer's Pilots‌
star5.0
calendar 1976

The Sacketts

The Sacketts‌
star7.6
calendar 1979

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Johnny Ringo

Johnny Ringo‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

The Legend of Jesse James

The Legend of Jesse James‌
star4.8
calendar 1965

General Electric True

General Electric True‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Custer

Custer‌
star6.0
calendar 1967

My Friend Flicka

My Friend Flicka‌
star5.7
calendar 1955

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

The Eddie Capra Mysteries‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

Nichols

Nichols‌
star5.0
calendar 1971

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Rhinemann Exchange

The Rhinemann Exchange‌
star6.1
calendar 1977

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

Wild Times

Wild Times‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk‌
star7.2
calendar 1977

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour‌
star7.8
calendar 1962

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959