Rory Calhoun starred in numerous Westerns in the 1950s and 1960s, and appeared in supporting roles in films such as How to Marry a Millionaire.
40 Facts About Rory Calhoun
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Rory Calhoun spent his early years in Santa Cruz, California.
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Rory Calhoun escaped while in the adjustment center.
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Rory Calhoun left home at 17 to escape beatings from his stepfather and began hot-wiring cars.
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Rory Calhoun served his sentence at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.
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Rory Calhoun remained there until he was paroled shortly before his 21st birthday.
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Rory Calhoun arranged for him to have a screen test at 20th Century Fox, and he was cast in uncredited roles for Something for the Boys, and Sunday Dinner for a Soldier.
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Rory Calhoun had a one-line role in a Laurel and Hardy comedy, The Bullfighters, credited under the name Frank McCown.
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Rory Calhoun was under contract with Selznick's company Vanguard, being used to do screen tests and make public appearances.
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In 1945, Rory Calhoun returned to prison after punching a detective.
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Rory Calhoun was then loaned to Paramount to play the lead in Adventure Island with fellow Selznick contractee Rhonda Fleming.
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Rory Calhoun was announced for a film called Jet Pilot with Fleming, Guy Madison and other Selznick contract players but it was not made.
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At Fox, Rory Calhoun played a second lead in Sand.
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Rory Calhoun played the villain in Return of the Frontiersman and was hero of Monogram's County Fair.
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Rory Calhoun went to Ventura to star in a Western Rogue River.
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Rory Calhoun was promoted to co-star for With a Song in My Heart with Hayward and Way of a Gaucho with Gene Tierney, directed by Jacques Tourneur.
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Rory Calhoun was promoted to star in the Westerns The Silver Whip with Dale Robertson and Robert Wagner, and Powder River with Corinne Calvet.
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Rory Calhoun was in How to Marry a Millionaire as the love interest of Betty Grable, then was back to second male leads in River of No Return as the boyfriend of Marilyn Monroe who loses her to Robert Mitchum.
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Rory Calhoun went to Columbia for A Bullet Is Waiting.
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Rory Calhoun went to Universal for whom he made a Western, Four Guns to the Border.
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Rory Calhoun stayed there to star in the musical Ain't Misbehavin'.
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Rory Calhoun then co-starred with Jeff Chandler in The Spoilers.
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Rory Calhoun wrote the story for the film Shotgun made by Allied Artists and tried to star in it, but Universal would not loan him.
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Rory Calhoun wrote the novels The Man From Padera and Cerrado.
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In 1957, Rory Calhoun formed Rorvic Productions, a production company with his partner, Victor Orsatti.
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Rory Calhoun helped produce and starred in Flight to Hong Kong, The Hired Gun, Domino Kid and Apache Territory.
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Rory Calhoun made Utah Blaine for Sam Katzman and The Big Caper for Pine-Thomas.
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In 1958, on the recommendation of studio boss Desi Arnaz, Rory Calhoun co-produced and starred in the television series The Texan, which aired on Monday evenings until 1960.
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Rory Calhoun said in a 1959 article that the only two good films he made were With a Song in My Heart and How to Marry a Millionaire, the rest being "terrible".
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The Texan could have filmed a third year, but Rory Calhoun wanted to concentrate on films.
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Rory Calhoun appeared on TV shows such as Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days and Bonanza.
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Rory Calhoun went to Spain for The Colossus of Rhodes directed by Sergio Leone.
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Rory Calhoun returned to Europe to make Our Men in Bagdad and The Emerald of Artatama.
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Rory Calhoun has appeared in both television and film throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including Thunder in Carolina, Rawhide, Gilligan's Island, Hawaii Five-O, Alias Smith and Jones and Starsky and Hutch.
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In 1982, Rory Calhoun had a regular role on the soap opera Capitol, having been persuaded to accept the role by his family after his regret over turning down a part on CBS's Dallas.
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Rory Calhoun became known to a new generation for several roles in cult films such as Night of the Lepus, Motel Hell, Angel and its sequel Avenging Angel, as well as Hell Comes to Frogtown.
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Rory Calhoun was married three times; once to his first wife, and twice to his second wife.
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Rory Calhoun replied to her charge: "Heck, she didn't even include half of them".
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Rory Calhoun supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election.
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Rory Calhoun died on April 28,1999, at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, of emphysema and diabetes.