Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Evans, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Film · 2002
Once Upon a Texas Train
Film · 1988
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Film · 1987
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Travis McGee
Film · 1983
The A-Team
Series · 1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Series · 1983
The Shadow Riders
Film · 1982
Sourdough
Film · 1981
California Gold Rush
Film · 1981
Simon & Simon
Series · 1981
Here's Boomer
Series · 1981
Casino
Film · 1980
Wild Times
Series · 1980
Concrete Cowboys
Film · 1979
Hart to Hart
Series · 1979
The Sacketts
Series · 1979
Lassie: The New Beginning
Film · 1978
The Magic of Lassie
Film · 1978
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Film · 1978
Dallas
Series · 1978
Vega$
Series · 1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Series · 1978
Fire!
Film · 1977
The Rhinemann Exchange
Series · 1977
The Incredible Hulk
Series · 1977
The Macahans
Film · 1976
Charlie's Angels
Series · 1976
Spencer's Pilots
Series · 1976
The Last Day
Film · 1975
Matt Helm
Film · 1975
Matt Helm
Series · 1975
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Film · 1974
Devil Times Five
Film · 1974
Sidekicks
Film · 1974
A Knife for the Ladies
Film · 1974
Walking Tall
Film · 1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Film · 1973
Prologue to Wounded Knee
Film · 1973
The Bounty Man
Film · 1972
M*A*S*H
Series · 1972
The Sixth Sense
Series · 1972
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Film · 1971
Alias Smith and Jones
Series · 1971
Nichols
Series · 1971
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Film · 1970
The Intruders
Film · 1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
Film · 1970
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Film · 1969
Dragnet
Film · 1969
Then Came Bronson
Series · 1969
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
The War Wagon
Film · 1967
Mannix
Series · 1967
Cimarron Strip
Series · 1967
Custer
Series · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
Nevada Smith
Film · 1966
Waco
Film · 1966
Tarzan
Series · 1966
Apache Uprising
Film · 1965
Run for Your Life
Series · 1965
Branded
Series · 1965
The Legend of Jesse James
Series · 1965
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
Shock Corridor
Film · 1963
The Great Adventure
Series · 1963
The Virginian
Series · 1962
General Electric True
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Series · 1962
Gold of the Seven Saints
Film · 1961
Target: The Corruptors!
Series · 1961
Gunslinger
Series · 1961
Route 66
Series · 1960
Outlaws
Series · 1960
Operation Petticoat
Film · 1959
The Giant Behemoth
Film · 1959
The Hangman
Film · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Riverboat
Series · 1959
Wichita Town
Series · 1959
Johnny Ringo
Series · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
The Bravados
Film · 1958
Young and Wild
Film · 1958
Revolt in the Big House
Film · 1958
Damn Citizen
Film · 1958
Money, Women and Guns
Film · 1958
77 Sunset Strip
Series · 1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Series · 1958
Yancy Derringer
Series · 1958
The Sad Sack
Film · 1957
The Helen Morgan Story
Film · 1957
Jet Pilot
Film · 1957
Jet Pilot
Film · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Massacre at Sand Creek
Film · 1956
Wire Service
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Crashout
Film · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
My Friend Flicka
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Hell and High Water
Film · 1954
The Long Wait
Film · 1954
Cattle Queen of Montana
Film · 1954
Wyoming Renegades
Film · 1954
Donovan's Brain
Film · 1953
The Golden Blade
Film · 1953
Park Row
Film · 1952
Mutiny
Film · 1952
Thunderbirds
Film · 1952
Ace in the Hole
Film · 1951
The Steel Helmet
Film · 1951
Fixed Bayonets!
Film · 1951
Storm Warning
Film · 1951
I Was an American Spy
Film · 1951
Force of Arms
Film · 1951
Sugarfoot
Film · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Armored Car Robbery
Film · 1950
Wyoming Mail
Film · 1950
The Asphalt Jungle
Film · 1950
Dallas
Film · 1950
Never a Dull Moment
Film · 1950
Criss Cross
Film · 1949
It Happens Every Spring
Film · 1949
The Lone Ranger
Series · 1949
Assigned to Danger
Film · 1948
Berlin Express
Film · 1948
Larceny
Film · 1948
Under Colorado Skies
Film · 1947