21 Facts About Gene Evans

Eugene Barton Evans was an American actor who appeared in numerous television series, television films, and feature films between 1947 and 1989.

Gene Evans served in the United States Army during World War II and achieved the rank of sergeant.

Gene Evans performed with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe.

Gene Evans made his film debut in the 1947 film Under Colorado Skies as Henchman Red, and appeared in dozens of films and television programs.

Gene Evans specialized in playing tough guys, such as soldiers and lawmen.

Gene Evans appeared in numerous films produced, directed, and written by Samuel Fuller.

Fuller threw an M1 Garand rifle at Gene Evans, who caught it and inspected it as a soldier would have done.

Gene Evans had been a United States Army engineer in World War II.

Fuller kept Evans and refused John Wayne for the role and fought to keep Evans despite Robert L Lippert and his partner wanting Larry Parks for the role.

Gene Evans next co-starred in 1958 as Major Al Arthur in Damn Citizen, a film based on the life of crusading State Police superintendent Francis Grevemberg of Louisiana.

In 1960, Gene Evans was cast as Otis Stockert in "The Frontiersman" on the Western series Wichita Town.

Gene Evans was cast in 1960 as army sergeant Dan Phillips in the episode "The Quota" of Riverboat.

In 1961, Gene Evans guest-starred as Sheriff Tom Wilson in "Incident on the Road Back" in Rawhide.

Gene Evans then was cast as Walter Kopek, an undercover agent of the United States Treasury Department in the 1963 episode "The Moonshiners" of GE True, hosted by Jack Webb.

Gene Evans was cast as the historical Winfield Scott Stratton, a miner in Colorado, in the 1964 episode "Sixty-Seven Miles of Gold" on Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews.

In 1966, Gene Evans appeared on the drama series Perry Mason as Sheriff "Moose" Dalton in "The Case of the Scarlet Scandal".

Gene Evans starred as well in Peopletoys in 1974 with Leif Garrett, and in the fall of 1976, Evans starred on the adventure series Spencer's Pilots.

In January 1979, Gene Evans appeared as Garrison Southworth in one episode of Dallas.

In 1965, Gene Evans guest-starred as Jake Burnett in the episode "Vendetta" of The Legend of Jesse James.

Gene Evans appeared on stage in the late 1980s as the gruesome Papa in the stage production Papa Is All, directed by playwright Tommy F Scott in Jackson, Tennessee.

Gene Evans retired to a farm in Tennessee following his role in the original film version of Walking Tall.