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person_profile-Jeffrey Lynn

Jeffrey Lynn Died at age: 86

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jeffrey Lynn

Date of Birth:

Feb 16, 1909

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Nov 24, 1995

Biography of

Jeffrey Lynn

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Jeffrey Lynn (born Ragnar Godfrey Lind; February 16, 1909 – November 24, 1995) was an American stage-screen actor and film producer who worked primarily through the Golden Age of Hollywood establishing himself as one of the premier talents of his time. Throughout his acting career, both on stage and in film, he was typecast as "the attractive, reliable love interest of the heroine," or "the tall, stalwart hero."

    Born and raised in Massachusetts, he attended Bates College, before working as a teacher. He was tapped to act in his first film in 1938, which convinced him to move to Hollywood, California. His second film–Four Daughters (1938)–propelled him into national fame sparking three sequels: Daughters Courageous (1939), Four Wives (1939) and Four Mothers (1941) with Lynn reprising his role in each of them. He was at the center of the Gone with the Wind (1939) screening controversy; he was noted as the top contender to play Ashley Wilkes, however, the directer eventually chose Leslie Howard instead. Lynn was asked to join James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart in The Roaring Twenties (1939), a gangster noir that garnered him critical praise. His success continued with such films as The Fighting 69th (1940) in which he portrayed poet-soldier Joyce Kilmer opposite Cagney, It All Came True (1940), All This and Heaven Too (1940) and Million Dollar Baby (1941).

    His movie career was put on hold for World War II draft, where he received a Bronze Star for his service as a in Italy and Austria as a combat intelligence captain. He returned to the screen in 1948 and was in the notably successful, A Letter to Three Wives (1949), which went on to be nominated of best picture in the 1950 prime time Academy Awards. A year later he joined that cast of Home Town Story (1951) billed alongside Marilyn Monroe. His later film career credits include: BUtterfield 8 (1960) along with Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey, and Tony Rome (1967) with Frank Sinatra.

    Lynn also began to act on Broadway and was featured in such plays as Any Wednesday (1966) and Dinner at Eight (1967). Later on in his career he found mixed critical success television starring in hit shows such as Robert Montgomery Presents, Your Show of Shows, My Son Jeep (with young Martin Huston), and Lux Video Theatre.

    He died in November 1995 in Burbank, California from natural causes and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. Actor Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Goldblum is named in honor of Jeffrey Lynn.

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Jeffrey Lynn

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Filmography of

Jeffrey Lynn

Found 35 Movies in total

... 1988

Tony Rome

Adam Boyd ( Actor )

... 1967

The Spiral Staircase

Doctor Parry ( Actor )

... 1961

BUtterfield 8

Bingham Smith ( Actor )

... 1960

Lost Lagoon

Charlie Walker ( Actor )

Additional Dialogue

... 1957

Doorway to Suspicion

Paul Stapleton ( Actor )

... 1954

Main Street to Broadway

Self (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Home Town Story

Blake Washburn ( Actor )

... 1951

Up Front

Capt. Ralph Johnson ( Actor )

... 1951

Captain China

Capt. George Brendensen ( Actor )

... 1950

Strange Bargain

Sam Wilson ( Actor )

... 1949

A Letter to Three Wives

Bradford 'Brad' Bishop ( Actor )

... 1949

Whiplash

Dr. Arnold Vincent ( Actor )

... 1948

For the Love of Mary

Phillip Manning ( Actor )

... 1948

Black Bart

Lance Hardeen ( Actor )

... 1948

The Body Disappears

Peter DeHaven ( Actor )

... 1941

Law of the Tropics

Jim Conwoy ( Actor )

... 1941

Underground

Kurt Franken ( Actor )

... 1941

Million Dollar Baby

James Amory ( Actor )

... 1941

Flight from Destiny

Michael Farroway ( Actor )

... 1941

Four Mothers

Felix Deitz ( Actor )

... 1941

Money and the Woman

Dave Bennett ( Actor )

... 1940

My Love Came Back

Tony Baldwin ( Actor )

... 1940

All This, and Heaven Too

Henry Martyn Field ( Actor )

... 1940

It All Came True

Tommy Taylor ( Actor )

... 1940

The Fighting 69th

Joyce Kilmer ( Actor )

... 1940

Four Wives

Felix Dietz ( Actor )

... 1939

A Child Is Born

Jed Sutton ( Actor )

... 1939

The Roaring Twenties

Lloyd Hart ( Actor )

... 1939

Espionage Agent

Lowell Warrington ( Actor )

... 1939

Daughters Courageous

John S. 'Johnny' Heming ( Actor )

... 1939

Yes, My Darling Daughter

Douglas Hall ( Actor )

... 1939

Four Daughters

Felix Deitz ( Actor )

... 1938

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Chronicle Reporter ( Actor )

... 1938

When Were You Born

Davis ( Actor )

... 1938