1. William Henry Rorke, known professionally as Hayden Rorke, was an American actor best known for playing Colonel Alfred E Bellows on the 1960s American sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.
13 Facts About Hayden Rorke
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Hayden Rorke was the son of screen and stage actress Margaret Hayden Rorke, and he took his stage name from her maiden name.
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Hayden Rorke continued his education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his stage career in the 1930s with the Hampden Theatrical Company.
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Hayden Rorke went uncredited as Clark Kent's psychiatrist in the "Adventures of Superman" episode "The Face and the Voice", and has appeared in small film roles.
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In 1957, Hayden Rorke played Steve, a film agent, in the television series Mr Adams and Eve.
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Hayden Rorke appeared in several guest roles on television, including Colonel Farnsworth in the short-lived 1964 sitcom No Time for Sergeants, based on the Andy Griffith film of the same name, but starring Sammy Jackson.
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Hayden Rorke appeared in three episodes of Perry Mason between 1960 and 1963.
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Hayden Rorke appeared in television programs such as I Love Lucy, The Twilight Zone, Thriller, Peter Gunn, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, Barnaby Jones, Mister Ed, Wonder Woman, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Love Boat.
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Hayden Rorke was best known for his role as Dr Bellows, the NASA medical officer in the television sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.
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Hayden Rorke acted in Mr Roberts in St Louis, Missouri.
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Hayden Rorke's I Dream of Jeannie co-star Barbara Eden described him as a "prince" who was a good friend to all and always managed to keep up the spirits of the Jeannie cast, even in difficult circumstances.
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Eden wrote in her 2011 autobiography Jeannie Out of the Bottle that Hayden Rorke was "unashamedly gay," and that he lived with his partner, television director Justus Addiss, for many years in Studio City, along with their menagerie of dogs, until Addiss' death on October 26,1979.
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Hayden Rorke died of multiple myeloma at his Toluca Lake home in 1987 at age 76.