1. John Arthur Doucette was an American character actor who performed in more than 280 film and television productions between 1941 and 1987.
13 Facts About John Doucette
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John Doucette is perhaps best remembered for his villainous roles as a movie and television "tough guy".
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John Doucette was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, the eldest of three children of Nellie S and Arthur J Doucette.
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John Doucette completed grammar school in Haverhill, Massachusetts; graduated from Lincoln High School in Los Angeles, California; and later, in April 1943, he enlisted in the United States Army and served in Europe as an infantry rifleman during World War II.
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John Doucette subsequently performed at the Pasadena Playhouse before being cast in Hollywood films in the early 1940s.
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John Doucette appeared uncredited in at least two other movies before his budding film career was interrupted by his military service during World War II.
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John Doucette continued to progress in obtaining dramatic roles for larger studios, including a small part as an architect in The Fountainhead in 1949.
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John Doucette was considered by many to be among the fastest draws in Hollywood.
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John Doucette portrayed a police lieutenant, Tom Gregory, on the television version of Big Town.
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John Doucette was cast on television as the Apache Chief Geronimo for the 1958 episode "Geronimo" on the Western series Tombstone Territory.
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John Doucette was cast in 1961 as Captain Cardiff in The Americans, a 17-episode NBC series, starring Darryl Hickman, about how the American Civil War divided families.
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Katherine died in 1991; and three years later, on August 16,1994, John Doucette died of cancer at age 73 at his home in Banning, California.
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John Doucette's mausoleum is at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.