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person_profile-Gene Evans

Gene Evans Died at age: 75

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Gene Evans

Date of Birth:

Jul 11, 1922

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 01, 1998

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Gene Evans

Found 71 Movies in total

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Sgt. Zack / Phineas Mitchell (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

Once Upon a Texas Train

Fargo Parker ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1987

Travis McGee

Meyer ( Actor )

... 1983

The Shadow Riders

Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner ( Actor )

... 1982

Sourdough

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1981

California Gold Rush

Sam Brannon ( Actor )

... 1981

Casino

Captain K.L. Fitzgerald ( Actor )

... 1980

Concrete Cowboys

Lt. Blocker ( Actor )

... 1979

Lassie: The New Beginning

Sheriff Marsh ( Actor )

... 1978

The Magic of Lassie

Sheriff Andrews ( Actor )

... 1978

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Fred Williker ( Actor )

... 1978

Fire!

Dan Harter ( Actor )

... 1977

Matt Helm

Sgt. Hanrahan ( Actor )

... 1975

The Last Day

Marshal Connelly ( Actor )

... 1975

Devil Times Five

Papa Doc ( Actor )

... 1974

A Knife for the Ladies

Hooker ( Actor )

... 1974

Sidekicks

Sam ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1974

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Mr. Horrell ( Actor )

... 1973

Prologue to Wounded Knee

Sheriff McVaney ( Actor )

... 1973

Walking Tall

Sheriff Al Thurman ( Actor )

... 1973

The Bounty Man

Tom Brady ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1971

The Intruders

Cole Younger ( Actor )

... 1970

There Was a Crooked Man...

Col Wolff ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1970

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Tom Danby ( Actor )

... 1969

Dragnet

Hugh Brown ( Actor )

... 1969

The War Wagon

Deputy Hoag ( Actor )

... 1967

Waco

Jim O'Neill ( Actor )

... 1966

Nevada Smith

Sam Sand ( Actor )

... 1966

Apache Uprising

Jess Cooney ( Actor )

... 1965

Shock Corridor

Boden ( Actor )

... 1963

Gold of the Seven Saints

McCracken ( Actor )

... 1961

Operation Petticoat

Chief Molumphry ( Actor )

... 1959

The Hangman

"Big Murph" Murphy ( Actor )

... 1959

The Giant Behemoth

Steve Karnes ( Actor )

... 1959

Revolt in the Big House

Lou Gannon ( Actor )

... 1958

Money, Women and Guns

Sheriff Abner Crowley ( Actor )

... 1958

The Bravados

John Butler ( Actor )

... 1958

Young and Wild

Det. Sgt. Fred Janusz ( Actor )

... 1958

Damn Citizen

Maj. Al Arthur ( Actor )

... 1958

The Sad Sack

Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley ( Actor )

... 1957

The Helen Morgan Story

Whitey Krause ( Actor )

... 1957

Massacre at Sand Creek

Sgt. Maddox ( Actor )

... 1956

Crashout

Maynard 'Monk' Collins ( Actor )

... 1955

Cattle Queen of Montana

Tom McCord ( Actor )

... 1954

The Long Wait

Servo ( Actor )

... 1954

Wyoming Renegades

Butch Cassidy / George Leroy Parker ( Actor )

... 1954

Hell and High Water

Chief Holter ( Actor )

... 1954

Donovan's Brain

Dr. Frank Schratt ( Actor )

... 1953

The Golden Blade

Captain Hadi ( Actor )

... 1953

Thunderbirds

Sgt. Mike Braggart ( Actor )

... 1952

Park Row

Phineas Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1952

Mutiny

Hook ( Actor )

... 1952

Fixed Bayonets!

Sgt. Rock ( Actor )

... 1951

Force of Arms

Sgt. Smiley 'Mac' McFee ( Actor )

... 1951

Ace in the Hole

Deputy Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1951

I Was an American Spy

Cpl. John Boone ( Actor )

... 1951

Sugarfoot

Billings ( Actor )

... 1951

Storm Warning

Ku Klux Klansman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951

The Steel Helmet

Sergeant Zack ( Actor )

... 1951

Wyoming Mail

Shep ( Actor )

... 1950

Armored Car Robbery

William 'Ace' Foster ( Actor )

... 1950

The Asphalt Jungle

Policeman at Ciavelli's Apartment (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

It Happens Every Spring

Batter Mueller (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Criss Cross

Donlan (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Assigned to Danger

Joey ( Actor )

... 1948

Berlin Express

Train Sergeant ( Actor )

... 1948

Under Colorado Skies

Henchman Red ( Actor )

... 1947