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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Character:Sgt. Zack / Phineas Mitchell (archive footage)
Release Date:02/07/2002
Once Upon a Texas Train
Character:Fargo Parker
Release Date:12/10/1988
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Character:McGregor
Release Date:11/11/1987
Travis McGee
Character:Meyer
Release Date:18/05/1983
The Shadow Riders
Character:Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner
Release Date:28/09/1982
Sourdough
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/12/1981
California Gold Rush
Character:Sam Brannon
Release Date:30/07/1981
Casino
Character:Captain K.L. Fitzgerald
Release Date:01/08/1980
Concrete Cowboys
Character:Lt. Blocker
Release Date:17/10/1979
Lassie: The New Beginning
Character:Sheriff Marsh
Release Date:17/09/1978
The Magic of Lassie
Character:Sheriff Andrews
Release Date:02/08/1978
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Character:Fred Williker
Release Date:26/05/1978
Fire!
Character:Dan Harter
Release Date:08/05/1977
The Macahans
Character:Dutton
Release Date:19/01/1976
Matt Helm
Character:Sgt. Hanrahan
Release Date:07/05/1975
The Last Day
Character:Marshal Connelly
Release Date:15/02/1975
Devil Times Five
Character:Papa Doc
Release Date:31/05/1974
A Knife for the Ladies
Character:Hooker
Release Date:02/05/1974
Sidekicks
Character:Sam
Release Date:21/03/1974
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Character:Gabe
Release Date:09/01/1974
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Character:Mr. Horrell
Release Date:23/05/1973
Prologue to Wounded Knee
Character:Sheriff McVaney
Release Date:27/04/1973
Walking Tall
Character:Sheriff Al Thurman
Release Date:22/02/1973
The Bounty Man
Character:Tom Brady
Release Date:31/10/1972
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Character:Butcher
Release Date:26/05/1971
The Intruders
Character:Cole Younger
Release Date:10/11/1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
Character:Col Wolff
Release Date:18/09/1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Character:Clete
Release Date:18/03/1970
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Character:Tom Danby
Release Date:26/03/1969
Dragnet
Character:Hugh Brown
Release Date:27/01/1969
The War Wagon
Character:Deputy Hoag
Release Date:26/05/1967
Waco
Character:Jim O'Neill
Release Date:01/09/1966
Nevada Smith
Character:Sam Sand
Release Date:10/06/1966
Apache Uprising
Character:Jess Cooney
Release Date:29/12/1965
Shock Corridor
Character:Boden
Release Date:25/09/1963
Gold of the Seven Saints
Character:McCracken
Release Date:18/02/1961
Operation Petticoat
Character:Chief Molumphry
Release Date:05/12/1959
The Hangman
Character:"Big Murph" Murphy
Release Date:17/06/1959
The Giant Behemoth
Character:Steve Karnes
Release Date:03/03/1959
Revolt in the Big House
Character:Lou Gannon
Release Date:21/12/1958
Money, Women and Guns
Character:Sheriff Abner Crowley
Release Date:01/10/1958
The Bravados
Character:John Butler
Release Date:25/06/1958
Young and Wild
Character:Det. Sgt. Fred Janusz
Release Date:24/04/1958
Damn Citizen
Character:Maj. Al Arthur
Release Date:01/03/1958
The Sad Sack
Character:Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley
Release Date:27/11/1957
The Helen Morgan Story
Character:Whitey Krause
Release Date:02/10/1957
Massacre at Sand Creek
Character:Sgt. Maddox
Release Date:27/12/1956
Crashout
Character:Maynard 'Monk' Collins
Release Date:01/03/1955
Cattle Queen of Montana
Character:Tom McCord
Release Date:18/11/1954
The Long Wait
Character:Servo
Release Date:26/05/1954
Wyoming Renegades
Character:Butch Cassidy / George Leroy Parker
Release Date:27/03/1954
Hell and High Water
Character:Chief Holter
Release Date:01/02/1954
Donovan's Brain
Character:Dr. Frank Schratt
Release Date:30/09/1953
The Golden Blade
Character:Captain Hadi
Release Date:12/08/1953
Thunderbirds
Character:Sgt. Mike Braggart
Release Date:20/11/1952
Park Row
Character:Phineas Mitchell
Release Date:01/09/1952
Mutiny
Character:Hook
Release Date:05/03/1952
Fixed Bayonets!
Character:Sgt. Rock
Release Date:21/11/1951
Force of Arms
Character:Sgt. Smiley 'Mac' McFee
Release Date:13/08/1951
Ace in the Hole
Character:Deputy Sheriff
Release Date:29/06/1951
I Was an American Spy
Character:Cpl. John Boone
Release Date:14/04/1951
Sugarfoot
Character:Billings
Release Date:11/02/1951
Storm Warning
Character:Ku Klux Klansman (uncredited)
Release Date:10/02/1951
The Steel Helmet
Character:Sergeant Zack
Release Date:24/01/1951
Wyoming Mail
Character:Shep
Release Date:18/10/1950
Armored Car Robbery
Character:William 'Ace' Foster
Release Date:08/06/1950
The Asphalt Jungle
Character:Policeman at Ciavelli's Apartment (uncredited)
Release Date:12/05/1950
It Happens Every Spring
Character:Batter Mueller (uncredited)
Release Date:10/06/1949
Criss Cross
Character:Donlan (uncredited)
Release Date:04/02/1949
Assigned to Danger
Character:Joey
Release Date:19/05/1948
Berlin Express
Character:Train Sergeant
Release Date:01/05/1948
Under Colorado Skies
Character:Henchman Red
Release Date:15/12/1947
Television Appearances
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Otto Fry
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Nils Highlander
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Character:Gus Weinstein
The A-Team
Character:Darrow
Simon & Simon
Character:
Here's Boomer
Character:
Wild Times
Character:Cletus Hatch
Hart to Hart
Character:
The Sacketts
Character:Benson Bigelow
Vega$
Character:
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Character:
Dallas
Character:Garrison Southworth
The Incredible Hulk
Character:Jimmy Kelly
The Rhinemann Exchange
Character:Col. Barton
Charlie's Angels
Character:James Webner
Spencer's Pilots
Character:Spencer Parish
Matt Helm
Character:Sgt. Fred Hanrahan
M*A*S*H
Character:Clayton Kibbee
The Sixth Sense
Character:
Nichols
Character:Durand
Alias Smith and Jones
Character:
Then Came Bronson
Character:Hank
The Name of the Game
Character:Ernest Maxwell
Mannix
Character:
Cimarron Strip
Character:
Custer
Character:
Tarzan
Character:
Run for Your Life
Character:Jim Seaborne
The Legend of Jesse James
Character:Jake Burnett
Branded
Character:
Daniel Boone
Character:Joshua Craig
Daniel Boone
Character:Stark
The Great Adventure
Character:Sgt. Winn
General Electric True
Character:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Ed Krutcher
The Virginian
Character:Sheriff Luke Donaldson
The Virginian
Character:Blanchard
Target: The Corruptors!
Character:
Gunslinger
Character:Sergeant Croft
Route 66
Character:
Outlaws
Character:
Johnny Ringo
Character:Boone Hackett
Wichita Town
Character:
Riverboat
Character:Sgt. Dan Phillips
Bonanza
Character:Andy Fulmer
Rawhide
Character:Tom Wilson
Rawhide
Character:Sam Hargis
Rawhide
Character:Gus Cornelius
Rawhide
Character:Royal K. Shaw
Rawhide
Character:Sgt. Pike
77 Sunset Strip
Character:
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Character:
Yancy Derringer
Character:Lonesome Jackson
Perry Mason
Character:Moose Dalton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Jerrod Toll
Wire Service
Character:(uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Ned Malley
My Friend Flicka
Character:
Gunsmoke
Character:Charlie Hacker
Gunsmoke
Character:Clint Sorils
Gunsmoke
Character:Thomas Evans
Gunsmoke
Character:Billy
Gunsmoke
Character:Jess Hume
Gunsmoke
Character:Bodie Tatum
Gunsmoke
Character:Shaw Anderson
Gunsmoke
Character:Will Parmalee
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Joe Devlin
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