1. John Nicholas "Dick" Foran was an American actor and singer, known for his performances in Western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures.
18 Facts About Dick Foran
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Dick Foran appeared in dozens of movies of every type during his lengthy career, often with top stars leading the cast.
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Dick Foran attended Mercersburg Academy, where he competed on the track team under Scots-American athletics coach Jimmy Curran.
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Dick Foran played on the football team while taking courses in the arts, where he developed an interest in the theater.
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Dick Foran's first starring role was in Moonlight on the Prairie.
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Dick Foran appeared as a character actor in Warners' important films, like The Petrified Forest with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, The Sisters with Errol Flynn and Bette Davis, and Boy Meets Girl and The Fighting 69th, both with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien.
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Dick Foran reprised the same role in the sequel The Mummy's Tomb, this time with Lon Chaney Jr.
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Dick Foran starred in the studio's western serials Winners of the West and Riders of Death Valley.
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Dick Foran left Universal in 1943 to star on Broadway in the Rodgers and Hart musical comedy A Connecticut Yankee, based on Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
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Dick Foran appeared in at least four episodes of Science Fiction Theatre.
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Dick Foran appeared three times as Father Brophy on the ABC anthology series Crossroads.
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Dick Foran guest-starred in the syndicated crime drama Sheriff of Cochise starring John Bromfield.
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Dick Foran appeared as Burt, a carnival hustler, in 1957 on NBC's Father Knows Best with Robert Young.
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Dick Foran made another guest appearance in the December 1960 episode: "The Choice", portraying aging bounty hunter Frank Koster.
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Dick Foran was featured as Perry Mason's client in the 1961 episode "The Case of the Renegade Refugee".
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Dick Foran later appeared as Gabriel Marion, brother of title character Francis Marion, in the Walt Disney Presents miniseries The Swamp Fox.
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Dick Foran was buried in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery.
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Dick Foran has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to television, at 1600 Vine Street.