1. Lon McCallister attended Marken Professional School, which trained children for show-business careers and began appearing in movies at the age of 13.
10 Facts About Lon McCallister
1. 2.
Lon McCallister had uncredited appearances in Let's Sing Again and Romeo and Juliet, directed by George Cukor who, gave McAllister a large close up, and became a friend.
3.
Lon McCallister was uncredited in Stella Dallas, Souls at Sea, Make a Wish, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Judge Hardy's Children, Lord Jeff, That Certain Age, Little Tough Guys in Society, The Spirit of Culver, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, Babes in Arms, First Love, and Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President.
4.
Lon McCallister leapt to fame playing the lead as Sparke in the horse-racing tale Home in Indiana, starring Walter Brennan and Jeanne Crain.
5.
Lon McCallister followed it with Winged Victory but then his career momentum was interrupted by war service.
6.
Lon McCallister had the lead in another animal story The Big Cat and co-starred with Shirley Temple in The Story of Seabiscuit.
7.
Lon McCallister began appearing on TV in episodes of Suspense, and Lux Video Theatre.
8.
Lon McCallister had the lead in Sam Katzman's A Yank in Korea and a Western, Montana Territory.
9.
In 1953, at the age of 30, Lon McCallister retired from acting.
10.
Lon McCallister died from congestive heart failure at the age of 82.