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Bruce Cabot
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Actor Born: April 20, 1904 in Carlsbad, NM Death: May 3, 1972 in Woodland Hills, CA Biography:After attending the University of the South in Tennessee, Bruce Cabot bounced around from job to job: working on a tramp steamer, selling insurances, even hauling away the bones of dead animals. While attending a Hollywood party, Cabot met RKO producer "David O. Selznick", which resulted in Cabot's first film appearance in "Roadhouse Murder". His most famous role while at RKO was as the heroic Jack Driscoll in "King Kong" (1933), rescuing Fay Wray from the hairy paws of the 50-foot ape. Thereafter, Cabot was most often seen in villainous, brutish roles. It is hard to imagine anyone more venomous or vicious than Bruce Cabot in such roles as the scarred gangster boss in "Let 'Em Have It" (1936), the treacherous Magua in "Last of the Mohicans" (1936), or the thick-skulled lynch-mob instigator in "Fury" (1936). During World War II, Cabot worked in army intelligence and operations in Africa, Sicily and... Full Biography
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