1. Jack Buetel was an American film and television actor.
11 Facts About Jack Buetel
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Jack Buetel moved to Los Angeles, California, in the late 1930s with the intention of establishing a film career, changing his name to read Buetel.
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Jack Buetel was signed to a standard seven-year contract at $150 per week and was assured by Hughes that he would become a major star.
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Jack Buetel's performance was highly criticised, and he languished with Hughes refusing to allow him to work.
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The director Howard Hawks tried to secure his services for the film Red River, but after Hughes refused to allow Jack Buetel to take part a much more capable actor, Montgomery Clift, was chosen, who went on to an active film career.
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In 1951, Jack Buetel appeared in Best of the Badmen, his first film appearance in 8 years.
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Jack Buetel's last acting role was in a 1961 episode of Wagon Train.
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Jack Buetel appeared as himself in the 1982 Night of 100 Stars television special.
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Jack Buetel was married to Cereatha Browning, and later Joann Jensen Crawford.
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Jack Buetel relocated to Portland, Oregon sometime in the 1970s.
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Jack Buetel died in Portland, Oregon, and was buried at Portland Memorial Mausoleum.