Jeffrey Lynn was tapped to act in his first film in 1938, which convinced him to move to Hollywood, California.
42 Facts About Jeffrey Lynn
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Jeffrey Lynn was at the center of the Gone with the Wind casting controversy: he was the top contender to play Ashley Wilkes but the director eventually chose Leslie Howard.
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Jeffrey Lynn's success continued with such films as The Fighting 69th in which he portrayed poet-soldier Joyce Kilmer opposite Cagney, It All Came True, All This, and Heaven Too and Million Dollar Baby.
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Jeffrey Lynn returned to the screen in 1948 and was in the popular A Letter to Three Wives, which went on to be nominated for best picture in the 1950 prime time Academy Awards.
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Jeffrey Lynn began to act on Broadway and was featured in such plays as Any Wednesday and Dinner at Eight.
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Jeffrey Lynn died in November 1995 in Burbank, California from natural causes and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.
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Jeffrey Lynn started acting professionally at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia.
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Jeffrey Lynn got small parts on Broadway and in road companies, supplementing his earnings with part-time jobs.
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Jeffrey Lynn was appearing in a production of Brother Rat in Chicago.
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Jeffrey Lynn was spotted by a Warners talent scout and given a screen test.
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Jeffrey Lynn made his film debut in short Out Where the Stars Begin.
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Jeffrey Lynn appeared alongside the Lane Sisters, Claude Rains and John Garfield.
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Public response was so enthusiastic that Jeffrey Lynn was promptly reteamed with Priscilla Lane in Yes, My Darling Daughter and then Daughters Courageous, a film with the same director and stars as Four Daughters but a different storyline.
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Jeffrey Lynn was considered to be the front runner for the role, partly due to his physical resemblance to the character as written.
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Jeffrey Lynn was used extensively during the "Search for Scarlett" playing Ashley in the screen tests for many of the actresses who tried out for the part.
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Jeffrey Lynn reprised his Four Daughters role in Four Wives.
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Jeffrey Lynn was the male lead in A Child Is Born co-starring with Geraldine Fitzgerald, and he was reunited with Cagney in The Fighting 69th, though billed beneath Pat O'Brien and George Brent.
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Jeffrey Lynn was Ann Sheridan's love interest in It All Came True, battling Humphrey Bogart, and was third billed in All This, and Heaven Too with Bette Davis and Charles Boyer.
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Jeffrey Lynn was Olivia de Havilland's leading man in My Love Came Back, replacing George Brent.
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Jeffrey Lynn was top billed in Money and the Woman, a crime drama with Brenda Marshall.
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Jeffrey Lynn did a second sequel to Four Daughters, Four Mothers, and was reunited with Fitzgerald in Flight from Destiny.
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Jeffrey Lynn was offered a role in Singapore but turned it down and was put on suspension.
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Jeffrey Lynn starred in Million Dollar Baby with Priscilla Lane and Ronald Reagan, was top billed in the war film Underground, and was Constance Bennett's leading man in Law of the Tropics.
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Jeffrey Lynn was tested for the lead in Kings Row but the studio cast Robert Cummings.
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In 1941, Jeffrey Lynn was voted 7th in the "Top Ten Stars of Tomorrow" two spots behind then-actor and future US President Ronald Reagan.
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Jeffrey Lynn served with a bomber unit and in May 1945 was promoted to captain.
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Jeffrey Lynn earned a bronze star in the war as a combat intelligence captain in Italy and Austria.
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Jeffrey Lynn was discharged in 1946 as Special Intelligence Officer.
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Jeffrey Lynn returned to the screen in 1948 with Black Bart at Universal, supporting Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea, stepping into a role intended for Edmond O'Brien.
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Jeffrey Lynn had a decent part in A Letter to Three Wives at 20th Century Fox, playing the husband of Jeanne Crain.
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Jeffrey Lynn then supported John Payne and Gail Russell in Captain China for Pine-Thomas Productions.
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Jeffrey Lynn went on to appear in episodes of Lights Out, Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre, Cameo Theatre, Lux Video Theatre, The Clock, and Family Theatre.
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Jeffrey Lynn had a support role in Up Front and the lead in Home Town Story.
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Jeffrey Lynn guest starred on episodes of Schlitz Playhouse, Tales of Tomorrow, The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, Checkmate, Goodyear Playhouse, Philip Morris Playhouse, Suspense again, The Elgin Hour, Danger, Robert Montgomery Presents, Justice, and Appointment with Adventure.
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Jeffrey Lynn had a recurring role in a series My Son Jeep which only ran 11 episodes.
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Jeffrey Lynn returned to features with Lost Lagoon and was in The United States Steel Hour.
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Jeffrey Lynn was in Play of the Week and a 1961 adaptation of The Spiral Staircase.
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Jeffrey Lynn did A Call on Kuprin on Broadway which ran for 12 performances.
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Jeffrey Lynn initially declined the offer in pursuit of side projects but came around after the director brought on Frank Sinatra.
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In 1987, Jeffrey Lynn starred in an unusual episode of the TV mystery series Murder, She Wrote.
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Once again, Jeffrey Lynn played the role of "Sam Wilson", and his original co-star, Martha Scott, reprised her role.
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Jeffrey Lynn died at St Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California, aged 89.