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Dick York
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Actor
Born:
September 4, 1928 in Fort Wayne, IN
Death:
February 20, 1992 in Grand Rapids, MI
Biography:Actor "Dick York" started out as a child performer on radio, playing important roles in such airwaves favorites as Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy. In the early '50s, York began showing up in New York-based instructional films, including a now-infamous reel about proper dating etiquette. Establishing himself as one of Broadway's most versatile young character actors, he was seen in such major productions as Tea and Sympathy, Bus Stop, and Night of the Auk. In films from 1955, York's most famous movie role was schoolteacher Bertram Cates in "Inherit the Wind", the 1960 dramatization of the Scopes Monkey Trial. Though a prolific TV guest star, he didn't settle down on a weekly series until 1962, when he co-starred with "Gene Kelly" and "Leo G. Carroll" in a short-lived video adaptation of "Going My Way". Two years later, he landed his signature role: Darren Stephens, the eternally flustered husband... Full Biography
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