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person_profile-Sean Garrison

Sean Garrison Died at age: 80

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Sean Garrison

Date of Birth:

Oct 19, 1937

Country of birth:

U.S.A.

Died:

Mar 02, 2018

Biography of

Sean Garrison

    Handsome, laconic American leading actor of the 50s and 60s, most often cast as servicemen or brawny outdoor types. Never a serious contender for movie stardom, he was better served on the small screen as a guest actor in westerns and police dramas. A native New Yorker, Sean had left school at 14 and taken on a host of short-term jobs on ranches, construction gangs and sponge boats before landing himself a position at the ABC film vaults in Hollywood. He was subsequently signed by Warner Brothers and made his film debut in a bit role in 1958. He went on to study drama at the Actor's Studio in New York, at one time supplementing his income as a Macy Department Store Santa Claus. Sean appeared twice on Broadway in the early 60s and played Lancelot in a touring theatre production of Camelot. Since he had a good baritone voice, he was tipped to play the part in the motion picture as well but ultimately lost out to Franco Nero (who, ironically, had to be dubbed!).

    He did eventually score a leading movie role of note as a naval ensign opposite Jean Seberg in the psychological thriller Moment to Moment (1966). However, his performance seemed somewhat muted and the director, Mervyn LeRoy, later expressed misgivings in not having cast an actor of Paul Newman's caliber instead. Sean briefly co-starred with John Mills in a 1967 series as an impulsive hotshot lawyer (slash gunslinger), apprenticed to a pacifist 'greenhorn' British attorney involved in legal proceedings in 19th century Arizona. Despite its rather off-beat premise and benefiting from being shot in color (frequently on location), Dundee and the Culhane (1967) flopped and was canned after just 13 episodes. Sean was essentially relegated to the fringes of screen acting thereafter and retired in the early 80s to go into the swimming pool construction business.

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Filmography of

Sean Garrison

Found 13 Movies in total

Power

Tex ( Actor )

... 1980

Rendezvous Hotel

Guy ( Actor )

... 1979

Cover Girls

Sven ( Actor )

... 1977

The Adventures of Nick Carter

Lloyd Deams ( Actor )

... 1972

The Challengers

Cody Scanlon ( Actor )

... 1970

Seven in Darkness

Mark Larsen ( Actor )

... 1969

Banning

Richard Tyson ( Actor )

... 1967

The Outsider

Collin Kenniston III ( Actor )

... 1967

Moment to Moment

Mark Dominic ( Actor )

... 1966

Bridge to the Sun

Fred Tyson ( Actor )

... 1961

Splendor in the Grass

Glenn ( Actor )

... 1961

Up Periscope

Seaman Floyd ( Actor )

... 1959

Violent Road

Ken Farley ( Actor )

... 1958