Rory CALHOUN | Francis Timothy McCown

calhoun* 08.08.1922, Los Angeles, USA † 28.04.1999, Burbank, California, USA

Schauspieler * turbulente Jugendzeit (nach Verurteilung wegen Autodiebstahls verbringt drei Jahre in einer Besserungsanstalt) - arbeitet anschließend in verschiedenen Jobs (u.a. als Holzfäller) * nach Probeaufnahmen für 20th Century-Fox landet schließlich beim Film - 1944 erhält (unter dem Namen Frank McCown) erste kleine, unerwähnte Parts * ca. 1946 ändert seinen Namen in Rory Calhoun * 1947 erste Hauptrolle (Adventure Island) - in folgenden Jahren spielt vor allem in Western und Actionfilmen * 1956 Gründung der Produktionsfirma Rorvic - Debüt als Produzent (The Hired Gun; The Domino Kid) * 1958-60 Star (und Co-Produzent) der Fernsehserie The Texan (Der Texaner) * ab 1960 wirkt auch in einigen europäischen Produktionen mit (Il colosso di Rodi; Marco Polo) * 1969 Bühnenauftritt in Belle Starr in London, GB * seit Anfang der 70er Jahre tritt als Gaststar bzw. Nebendarsteller in Billigfilmen auf * Autor des Romans The Man From Padeira

FILMS (as / als Rory Calhoun)
# The Red House (1946-USA; d+B: Delmer Daves, K: Bert Glennon, M: Miklos Rozsa, D: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson, RC-Teller) 100m-Thrillerdrama (Roman von George Agnew Chamberlain) (04-06; 4702)
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Adventure Island (1946-USA; d: Peter Stewart [=Sam Newfield], B: Maxwell Shane, K: Jack Greenhalgh, M: Darrell Calker, D: RC-Mr. Herrick, Rhonda Fleming, Paul Kelly) 67m-Abenteuer (Roman von Robert Louis Stevenson & Lloyd Osbourne) (09-10; 4708)
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That Hagen Girl (1947-USA; d: Peter Godfrey, B: Charles Hoffman, K: Karl Freund, M: Franz Waxman, D: Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, RC-Ken Freneau) 84m-Drama (Roman von Edith Kneipple Roberts) (05-08; 4710)
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Miraculous Journey (1948-USA; d: Peter Stewart [=Sam Newfield], B: Fred Myton, K: Jack Greenhalgh, D: RC-Larry, Audrey Long, Virginia Grey) 76/83m-Abenteuer (03-04; 4809)
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Sand (1948-USA; d: Louis King, B: Martin Berkeley, Jerome Cady, K: Charles G. Clarke, M: Daniele Amfitheatrof, D: Mark Stevens, Coleen Gray, RC-Chick Palmer) 77m-Western (Roman von Will James) (06-08/+10; 4907)
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Massacre River (Zweikampf am Red River, 1948-USA; R: John Rawlins, B: Louis Stevens, K: Jack MacKenzie, M: Lucien Moraweck, John Leipold, D: Guy Madison, RC-Phil Acton) 78m-Western (Roman von Harold Bell Wright) (09-10; 4904)
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Return of the Frontiersman (Fahr zur Hölle, 1949-USA; R: Richard Bare, B: Edna Anhalt, K: J. Peverell Marley, M: David Buttolph, D: Gordon MacRae, Julie London, RC-Larrabee) 74m-Western (04; 5006)
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A Ticket to Tomahawk (1949-USA; d: Richard Sale, B: Mary Loos, Richard Sale, K: Harry Jackson, M: Cyril J. Mockridge, D: Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, RC-Dakota) 90m-Westernkomödie (08-10; 5005)
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County Fair (1950-USA; d: William Beaudine, B: W. Scott Darling, K: Gilbert Warrenton, M: Ozzie Caswell, D: RC-Peter Brennan, Jane Nigh) 76m-Drama (04; 5007)
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I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1950-USA; d: Henry King, B: Lamar Trotti, K: Edward Cronjager, M: Sol Kaplan, D: Susan Hayward, William Lundigan, RC-Jack Stark) 88m-Drama (Roman von Corra Harris) (05-07; 5102)
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Rogue River (1950-USA; d: John Rawlins, B: Louis Lantz, K: Jack Greenhalgh, M: Paul Sawtell, D: RC-Ownie Rogers, Peter Graves) 82m-Krimidrama (08; 5011)
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Meet Me after the Show (1950/51-USA; d: Richard Sale, B: Mary Loos, Richard Sale, K: Arthur E. Arling, ML: Lionel Newman, D: Betty Grable, Macdonald Carey, RC-David Hemingway, Eddie Albert) 86m-Musikkomödie (12-02/+03+04; 5108)
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With a Song in My Heart (Mit einem Lied im Herzen, 1951-USA; R: Walter Lang, B: Lamar Trotti, K: Leon Shamroy, ML: Alfred Newman, D: Susan Hayward, RC-John Burn, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter) 117m-Musikerbiografie (06-08; 5204)
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Way of a Gaucho (König der Gauchos, 1951/52-USA; R: Jacques Tourneur, B: Philip Dunne, K: Harry Jackson, M: Sol Kaplan, D: RC-Martin, Gene Tierney) 91m-Abenteuerdrama (Roman von Herbert Childs) (10-01/+02; 5210)
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Powder River (Der neue Sheriff, 1952-USA; R: Louis King, B: Geoffrey Homes [=Daniel Mainwaring], K: Edward Cronjager, ML: Lionel Newman, D: RC-Chino Bullock, Corinne Calvet, Cameron Mitchell) 78m-Western (Buch von Stuart N. Lake) (06-08/+12; 5306)
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The Silver Whip (Die silberne Peitsche, 1952-USA; R: Harmon Jones, B: Jesse Lasky, Jr, K: Lloyd Ahern, ML: Lionel Newman, D: Dale Robertson, RC-Sheriff Tom Davisson, Robert Wagner) 73m-Western (Roman von Jack Schaefer) (09-10/+11; 5302)
# How to Marry a Millionaire (Wie angelt man sich einen Millionär?, 1953-USA * Jean Negulesco ... Eben) (5311)
# River of No Return (Fluß ohne Wiederkehr, 1953-USA * Otto Preminger ... Harry Weston) (5404)
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The Yellow Tomahawk (Die Hand am Abzug, 1953-USA; R: Lesley Selander, B: Richard Alan Simmons, K: Gordon Avil, M: Les Baxter, D: RC-Adam, Peggie Castle) 82m-Western (?-10; 5405)
# A Bullet Is Waiting (Eine Kugel wartet, 1953/54-USA * John Farrow ... Ed Stone) (12-01; 5409)
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Dawn at Socorro (Duell in Socorro, 1954-USA; R: George Sherman, B: George Zuckerman, K: Carl Guthrie, ML: Joseph Gershenson, D: RC-Brett Wade, Piper Laurie) 80m-Western (01; 5408)
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Four Guns to the Border (Die Nacht der Rache, 1954-USA; R: Richard Carlson, B: George Van Marter, Franklin Coen, K: Russell Metty, MS: Joseph Gershenson, D: RC-Ray Cully, Colleen Miller, George Nader, Walter Brennan, Nina Foch, John McIntire) 83m-Western (04-05; 5411)
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The Looters (Plünderer am Pikes Peak, 1954-USA; R: Abner Biberman, B: Richard Alan Simmons, K: Lloyd Ahern, MS: Joseph Gershenson, D: RC-Jesse Hill, Julie Adams, Ray Danton) 87m-Abenteuer (08-09; 5505)
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Ain't Misbehavin' (1954-USA; d: Edward Buzzell, B: Edward Buzzell, Philip Rapp, Devery Freeman, K: Wilfred M. Cline, MS: Joseph Gershenson, D: RC-Kenneth Post, Piper Laurie, Jack Carson, Mamie Van Doren) 81m-Musical (10-12; 5507)
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The Spoilers (Mit roher Gewalt, 1955-USA; R: Jesse Hibbs, B: Oscar Brodney, Charles Hoffman, K: Maury Gertsman, MS: Joseph Gershenson, D: Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, RC-Alex/ander McNamara) 84m-Western (Roman von Rex Beach) (01-03; 5601)
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The Treasure of Pancho Villa (Heißer Atem, 1955-USA; R: George Sherman, B: Niven Busch, K: William Snyder, M: Leith Stevens, D: RC-Tom Bryan, Shelley Winters, Gilbert Roland) 96m-Actiondrama (04-05; 5510)
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Red Sundown (Auf der Spur des Todes, 1955-USA; R: Jack Arnold, B: Martin Berkeley, K: William Snyder, M: Hans J. Salter, D: RC-Alec Longmire, Martha Hyer, Dean Jagger) 82m-Western (07; 5603)
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Raw Edge (Die Meute lauert überall, 1955-USA; R: John Sherwood, B: Harry Essex, Robert Hill, K: Maury Gertsman, ML: Joseph Gershenson, D: RC-Tex Kirby, Yvonne De Carlo) 76m-Western (10-11; 5607)
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Flight to Hong Kong (Flug nach Hongkong, 1956-USA; R: Joseph M. Newman, B: Leo Townsend, Edward G. O'Callaghan, K: Ellis W. Carter, M: Albert Glasser, D: RC-Tony Dumont, Barbara Rush, Dolores Donlon) 88m-Gangsterdrama (02-03; 5610)
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Utah Blaine (1956-USA; d: Fred F. Sears, B: Robert E. Kent, James B. Gordon, K: Benjamin H. Kline, D: RC-Mike [Utah] Blaine, Susan Cummings, Angela Stevens, Max Baer) 75m-Western (Roman von Louis L'Amour) (07-08; 5702)
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The Big Caper (1956-USA; d: Robert Stevens, B: Martin Berkeley, K: Lionel Lindon, M: Albert Glasser, D: RC-Frank Harper, Mary Costa, James Gregory) 84m-Krimidrama (Roman von Lionel White) (09-11; 5703)
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Domino Kid (Einer gegen fünf, 1957-USA; R: Ray Nazarro, B: Kenneth Gamet, Hal Biller, K: Irving Lippman, D: RC-Domino, Kristine Miller) 74m-Western (02; 5710)
# Ride Out for Revenge (Blinder Haß, 1957-USA * Bernard Girard ... Tate) (03-04; 5711)
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The Hired Gun (Flucht vor dem Galgen, 1957-USA * Ray Nazarro ... Gil McCord) (05-06; 5709)
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The Saga of Hemp Brown (Bis zur letzten Patrone, 1957-USA; R: Richard Carlson, B: Bob/Robert [Creighton] Williams, K: Philip H. Lathrop, MS: Joseph Gershenson, D: RC-Hemp Brown, Beverly Garland, John Larch) 80m-Western (08-09; 5809)
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Apache Territory (1957-USA; d: Ray Nazarro, B: Charles R. Marion, George W. George; Frank Moss, K: Irving Lippman, D: RC-Logan Cates, Barbara Bates, John Dehner, Leo Gordon) 75m-Western (Roman von Louis L'Amour) (12; 5810)
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Thunder in Carolina (1959-USA; d: Paul Helmick, B: Alexander Richards, K: Joseph Brun, M: Walter Greene, D: RC-Mitch Cooper, Alan Hale, Jr, Connie Hines, John Gentry) 92m-Actiondrama (09-?; 6007)
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The Treasure of Monte Cristo (Das Geheimnis von Monte Christo, 1960-GB; R: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman, B: Leon Griffiths, K: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman, M: Clifton Parker, D: RC-Adam Corbett, Patricia Bredin, John Gregson) 95m-Abenteuer (6108)
# Il colosso di Rodi (Der Koloß von Rhodos, 1960-I/E/F * Sergio Leone ... Dareios) (6106)
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Marco Polo (Marco Polo, 1961-I; R: Piero Pierotti; /englische Version/ Hugo Fregonese, B: Oreste Biancoli, Antoinette Pellevant, Piero Pierotti, Duccio Tessari, K: Riccardo Pallottini, M: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino; /englische Version/ Les Baxter, D: RC-Marco Polo, Yoko Tani) 100/3m-Historienabenteuer (6206)
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A Face in the Rain (1962-USA; d: Irvin Kershner, B: Hugo Butler, Jean Rouverol, K: Haskell Wexler, M: Richard Markowitz, D: RC-Rand, Marina Berti) 81m-Kriegsdrama (6303)
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The Young and the Brave (Stahlhagel, 1962-USA; R: Francis D. Lyon, B: Beirne Lay, Jr, K: Emmett Bergholtz, M: Ronald Stein, D: RC-Sergeant Ed Brent, William Bendix) 84m-Kriegsdrama (6305)
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The Gun Hawk (Stadt ohne Sheriff, 1963-USA; R: Edward Ludwig, B: Jo Heims, K: Paul C. Vogel, M: Jimmie Haskell, D: RC-Blaine Madden, Rod Cameron, Ruta Lee, Rod Lauren) 92m-Western (6308)
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Young Fury (Revolverhelden von Fall River, 1964-USA; R: Christian Nyby, B: Steve Fisher, K: Haskell Boggs, M: Paul Dunlap, D: RC-Clint McCoy, Virginia Mayo, Lon Chaney, Jr & William Bendix) 80m-Western (?-04; 6502)
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Black Spurs (Schwarze Sporen, 1964-USA; R: R.G. Springsteen, B: Steve Fisher, K: Ralph Woolsey, M: Jimmie Haskell, D: RC-Santee, Linda Darnell, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney, Jr, Richard Arlen, Bruce Cabot & Terry Moore) 81m-Western (?-09; 6505)
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El dedo en el gatillo / Finger on the Trigger (1964-E/USA; d: Sidney Pink, B: Sidney Pink, Luis de los Arcos, K: Antonio Macasoli, M: Jose Sola, D: RC-Larry Winton, James Philbrook, Todd Martin) 87/93m-Westerndrama (6503)
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Operación Dalila (1964/65-E/USA; d+B: Luis de los Arcos, K: Mario Pacheco, M: Adolfo Waitzman, D: RC-Rory, Gia Scala) 86m-Abenteuer (6708)
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Apache Uprising (Die Apachen, 1965-USA; R: R.G. Springsteen, B: Harry Sanford, Max Lamb, K: W. Wallace Kelley, M: Jimmie Haskell, D: RC-Jim Walker, Corinne Calvet, John Russell, Lon Chaney, Jr) 90m-Western (Roman von Harry Sanford & Max Steeber) (06; 6512)
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Il gioco delle spie (Agenten-Poker, 1966-I/F * Paolo Bianchini ... Alex) (6608)
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La muchacha del Nilo (1967-E; d: José María Elorrieta, B: Jose Maria Elorrieta, Manuel Martinez Remis, Rafael Moreno Alba, K: Alfonso Nieva, M: Federico Contreras, D: Nuria Torray, RC-John Cooper, Pilar Arenas, James Philbrook) 81m-Abenteuer (6901)
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Dayton's Devils (1967/68-USA; d: Jack Shea, B: Fred De Gorter, K: Brick Marquard, M: Marlin Skiles, D: RC-Mike Page, Leslie Nielsen, Lainie Kazan) 103m-Krimiabenteuer (?-01; 6810)
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Operation Cross Eagles / Unakrsna vatra (1968-USA/YU; d: Richard Conte, B: Vincent Fotre, K: Nenad Jovicic, D: Richard Conte, RC-Sergeant Sean MacAfee, Aili King) 90m-Kriegsfilm (09-?; 7104-E)
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Night of the Lepus (Rabbits, 1972-USA; R: William F. Claxton, B: Don Holliday, Gene R. Kearney, K: Ted Voigtlander, M: Jimmie Haskell, D: Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, RC-Cole Hillman) 88m-Sci-Fi-Horror (Roman von Russell Braddon) (01-03; 7207)
# Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (Won Ton Ton... der Hund, der Hollywood rettete, 1975-USA * Michael Winner ... cameo als Philip Hart) (7605)
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Love and the Midnight Auto Supply / Midnight Auto Supply (1977-USA; d+B: James Polakof, K: Lawrence Raimond, M: Ed Bogas, D: Michael Parks, Scott Jacoby, Linda Cristal / RC-Len Thompson) 93m-Actionkomödie (7805)
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The Main Event (Was, du willst nicht?, 1978-USA; R: Howard Zieff, B: Gail Parent, Andrew Smith, K: Mario Tosi, M: Michael Melvoin, D: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal / RC-fighter in Kid's Camp) 109/12m-Liebeskomödie (10-12; 7906)
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Motel Hell (Hotel zur Hölle, 1979-USA; R: Kevin Connor, B: Robert Jaffe, Steven-Charles Jaffe, K: Thomas Del Ruth, M: Lance Rubin, D: RC-Vincent Smith, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons) 102m-Horrorkomödie (?-06; 8010)
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Angel (Angel, 1983-USA; R: Robert Vincent O'Neil, B: Robert Vincent O'Neil, Joseph M. Cala, K: Andrew Davis, M: Craig Safan, D: Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, RC-Kit Carson & Donna Wilkes) 93m-Thriller (8401)
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Avenging Angel (Angel kehrt zurück, 1984-USA; R: Robert Vincent O'Neil, B: Robert Vincent O'Neil, Joseph M. Cala, K: Peter Lyons Collister, M: Christopher Young, D: Betsy Russell, RC-Kit Carson, Robert F. Lyons) 93m-Krimi (8501)
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Hell Comes to Frogtown (The Hunter - Ein erbarmungsloser Jäger, 1987-USA; R: R.J. Kizer & Donald G. Jackson, B: Randall Frakes, K: Donald G. Jackson, M: David Shapiro, D: Roddy Piper, Sandahl Bergman / RC-Looney Tunes) 88m-Sci-Fi-Abenteuer (08-?; 8801)
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Bad Jim (Bad Jim, 1989-USA; R+B: Clyde Ware, K: David Golia, M: Jamie Sheriff, D: James Brolin, Richard Roundtree / RC-Sam Harper) 90m-Western (04-05) > nur Videovertrieb (1.85; PG; 9004)
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Pure Country (Pure Country, 1992-USA; R: Christopher Cain, B: Rex McGee, K: Richard Bowen, M: Steve Dorff, D: George Strait, Lesley Ann Warren, Isabel Glasser / RC-Ernest Tucker) 112m-Drama (9210)
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