16 Facts About Gary Lockwood

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Gary Lockwood was born on John Gary Yurosek; February 21,1937 and is an American actor.

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Gary Lockwood starred in the only American film by French New Wave director Jacques Demy, Model Shop.

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Gary Lockwood played numerous guest television roles from the early 1960s into the mid 1990s, and played the title role in The Lieutenant.

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Gary Lockwood was a one-year letterman for legendary Coach Red Sanders in 1956 and is listed as Gary Yurosek in official UCLA Athletics records.

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Gary Lockwood was Eric Jason, who did the legwork for their articles.

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Gary Lockwood appeared in a supporting role in the film Splendor in the Grass and in ABC's TV series Bus Stop.

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Thereafter, Gary Lockwood starred with Jeff Bridges in the acclaimed "My Daddy Can Beat Your Daddy" episode of The Lloyd Bridges Show.

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In 1962, Gary Lockwood again appeared on Perry Mason in the lead role in "The Case of the Playboy Pugilist".

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In 1963, Gary Lockwood co-starred with Elvis Presley in the musical-comedy film It Happened at the World's Fair.

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In 1964, Gary Lockwood guest-starred as Major Gus Denver in the first season of 12 O'Clock High, in episode 9, "Appointment at Liege", and again in 1965 in episode 29, "V For Vendetta".

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Shortly afterwards, Gary Lockwood starred in another NBC television series The Kraft Mystery Theater in an episode titled "Connery's Hands".

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Gary Lockwood was cast opposite Sally Kellerman, with whom he would soon appear again as Helmsman Gary Mitchell in the second Star Trek pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" in which their characters developed malign super powers.

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Gary Lockwood is perhaps best known for his co-starring role in Stanley Kubrick's iconic 2001: A Space Odyssey as Dr Frank Poole.

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Gary Lockwood was the lead in Model Shop, the American debut by French writer-director Jacques Demy.

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Gary Lockwood co-starred with Stefanie Powers in an episode of ABC's Love, American Style as a newlywed who gets his mouth stuck around a doorknob.

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Between 1959 and 2004, Gary Lockwood gained roles in some forty theatrical features and made-for-TV movies and eighty TV guest appearances, including the CBS 1975 family drama Three for the Road and Barnaby Jones starring Buddy Ebsen, in which he appeared many times as a villain.