1. Todd Armstrong is best known for playing the title role in the cult classic Jason and the Argonauts, after which his career rapidly waned.
11 Facts About Todd Armstrong
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Todd Armstrong was born in St Louis, Missouri on July 25,1937, the third of three children.
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In 1956, Todd Armstrong graduated from Ladue High School, where one of his classmates was Auggie Busch, a great-grandson of Anheuser-Busch brewing magnate Adolphus Busch.
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Todd Armstrong moved to California and trained drama at the prestigious acting school Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatre Arts, where he changed his first name to Todd.
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Todd Armstrong graduated in 1958 with classmates including Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman.
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Henry learned of her gardener's acting aspirations and was impressed enough by Todd Armstrong's good looks to arrange for him to get a screen test at Columbia Pictures, where she was under contract.
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Todd Armstrong landed a supporting role in the third season of the television show Manhunt, playing Detective Carl Spencer in thirteen episodes in the 1961 season.
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In 1962, Armstrong made his film debut with a small role in director Edward Dmytryk's drama Walk on the Wild Side.
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Todd Armstrong made his second movie appearance that year in Five Finger Exercise.
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Todd Armstrong had only one additional leading role, in the 1965 World War II film King Rat, after which he receded to supporting parts in pictures such as Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, and gradually moved back into television work.
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Todd Armstrong "married a pianist and settled down in the Virgin Islands".