Rory Calhoun

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Biography

Rory Calhoun (August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was an American television and film actor, screenwriter, and producer best known for his roles in Westerns.

Known For

Tales from the Crypt

Spider

How to Marry a Millionaire

Eben

River of No Return

Harry Weston

Bonanza

Tom Wilson

Motel Hell

Vincent Smith

Gilligan's Island

Self

The Colossus of Rhodes

Darios

Starsky & Hutch

Steve Hanson

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2012	Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1992	Pure Country MOVIE	Ernest Tucker
1990	Bad Jim MOVIE	Sam Harper
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Spider
1989	Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force MOVIE	Old Turkel
1988	Hell Comes to Frogtown MOVIE	Looney Tunes
1985	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Jimmie Thurson
1985	Half Nelson MOVIE	Self
1985	Avenging Angel MOVIE	Kit Carson
1984	Angel MOVIE	Kit Carson
1982	The Blue and the Gray TV	George Meade
1982	Capitol TV	Self
1981	Female Mud Wrestling Championships MOVIE	Coach
1980	Motel Hell MOVIE	Vincent Smith
1980	Smokey and the Judge MOVIE	Matt Polsky
1979	Hart to Hart TV	Jim Bailey
1979	The Main Event MOVIE	Fighter In Kid's Camp
1979	The Rebels TV	Breen
1979	Revenge of Bigfoot MOVIE	Bob Spence
1979	Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers MOVIE	Farmer
1977	Mule Feathers MOVIE	Bonaparte Shelby
1977	Love and the Midnight Auto Supply MOVIE	Len Thompson
1977	Flight to Holocaust MOVIE	Ed Davis
1977	Mission to Glory: A True Story MOVIE	Juan Monje
1976	Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood MOVIE	Philip Hart
1975	Starsky & Hutch TV	Steve Hanson
1974	Police Woman TV	Self
1974	Movin' On TV	Self
1974	Petrocelli TV	Self
1973	Police Story TV	Self
1972	Night of the Lepus MOVIE	Cole Hillman
1972	Ghost Story TV	Larry
1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law TV	Bwana Bill
1971	Alias Smith and Jones TV	Self
1969	The Girl of the Nile MOVIE	Jack Cooper
1968	Dayton's Devils MOVIE	Mike Page
1968	Lancer TV	Self
1968	Hawaii Five-O TV	Edgar Miles
1968	Land's End TV	Mark Dunne
1968	Operation Cross Eagles MOVIE	Sgt. Sean McAfee
1967	Mannix TV	Al Ramon
1967	Custer TV	Self
1967	Operation Delilah MOVIE	Rory
1967	Vírgenes de la nueva ola MOVIE	William
1966	Our Men in Bagdad MOVIE	Alex
1965	Apache Uprising MOVIE	Jim Walker
1965	Black Spurs MOVIE	Santee
1965	Finger on the Trigger MOVIE	Larry Winton
1964	Young Fury MOVIE	Clint McCoy
1964	Gilligan's Island TV	Self
1963	Burke's Law TV	Ashton DeWitt
1963	The Greatest Show on Earth TV	Roger
1963	The Gun Hawk MOVIE	Blaine Madden
1963	The Young and the Brave MOVIE	MSgt. Ed Brent (escaped POW)
1963	A Face in the Rain MOVIE	Rand
1962	Requiem for a Heavyweight MOVIE	Himself
1962	The Virginian TV	Jim Shea
1962	Marco Polo MOVIE	Marco Polo
1961	The Treasure of Monte Cristo MOVIE	Captain Adam Corbett
1961	The Colossus of Rhodes MOVIE	Darios
1960	Thunder in Carolina MOVIE	Mitch Cooper
1959	Bonanza TV	Tom Wilson
1959	Rawhide TV	Joseph Denner
1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV	Self
1958	The Texan TV	Self
1958	The Saga of Hemp Brown MOVIE	Hemp Brown
1958	Apache Territory MOVIE	Logan Cates
1957	Ride Out for Revenge MOVIE	Tate
1957	Domino Kid MOVIE	Domino
1957	Suspicion TV	Peter Lockwood
1957	The Hired Gun MOVIE	Gil McCord
1957	Wagon Train TV	Jarbo Pierce
1957	The Big Caper MOVIE	Frank Harper
1957	Utah Blaine MOVIE	Utah Blaine
1956	Flight to Hong Kong MOVIE	Tony Dumont
1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV	Self
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV	Mason Ward
1956	The Steve Allen Show TV	Self - Guest
1956	Telephone Time TV	Self
1956	Raw Edge MOVIE	Tex Kirby
1956	Red Sundown MOVIE	Alec Longmire
1955	The Spoilers MOVIE	Alex McNamara
1955	The Treasure of Pancho Villa MOVIE	Tom Bryan
1955	Day is Done MOVIE	Master Sgt. Norris
1955	Screen Director's Playhouse TV	Joe Mahoney
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Ben Stack
1955	Ain't Misbehavin' MOVIE	Kenneth Post
1955	The Looters MOVIE	Jesse Hill
1954	Four Guns to the Border MOVIE	Cully
1954	Climax! TV	Midge Kelly
1954	December Bride TV	Self
1954	A Bullet Is Waiting MOVIE	Ed Stone
1954	Dawn at Socorro MOVIE	Brett Wade
1954	The Yellow Tomahawk MOVIE	Adam
1954	River of No Return MOVIE	Harry Weston
1953	How to Marry a Millionaire MOVIE	Eben
1953	Powder River MOVIE	Chino Bullock
1953	The Silver Whip MOVIE	Sheriff Tom Davisson
1952	Way of a Gaucho MOVIE	Martin Penalosa
1952	The Ford Television Theatre TV	Self
1952	This Is Your Life TV	Self
1952	With a Song in My Heart MOVIE	John Burn
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	George Slattery
1951	Meet Me After the Show MOVIE	David Hemingway
1951	I'd Climb the Highest Mountain MOVIE	Jack Stark
1951	Rogue River MOVIE	Ownie Rogers
1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour TV	Self
1950	County Fair MOVIE	Peter Brennan
1950	Return of the Frontiersman MOVIE	Larrabee
1950	A Ticket to Tomahawk MOVIE	Dakota
1949	Sand MOVIE	Chick Palmer
1949	Massacre River MOVIE	Phil Acton
1948	Miraculous Journey MOVIE	Larry Burke
1947	That Hagen Girl MOVIE	Ken Freneau
1947	Adventure Island MOVIE	Herrick
1947	The Red House MOVIE	Teller
1945	The Great John L. MOVIE	James J. 'Gentleman Jim' Corbett
1945	Where Do We Go from Here? MOVIE	Soldier Leaving Canteen (uncredited)
1945	The Bullfighters MOVIE	El Brillante - Disgusted Matador (uncredited)
1944	Something for the Boys MOVIE	Soldier (uncredited)

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