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Rory Calhoun
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Actor Born: August 8, 1922 in Los Angeles, CA Death: April 28, 1999 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Handsome leading man Rory Calhoun's successful film and television career spanned well over 50 years. In the mid-1940s,after a difficult childhood and adolescence, Calhoun found work as a lumberjack in Santa Cruz, California. It was while there employed that Calhoun was discovered by actor Alan Ladd, who suggested that the rugged young man give movies a try. Billed as "Frank McCown," Calhoun was signed to a brief contract at 20th Century-Fox, but most of his earliest movie scenes (including a sizeable supporting role in the Laurel and Hardy vehicle "The Bullfighters") ended up on the cutting room floor. Free-lancing in the late 1940s, Calhoun first attracted a fan-following with his supporting role as a high-school lothario in 1948's "The Red House". He returned to Fox in 1950, enjoying major roles in such films as "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953) and "River of No Return" (1955). Established as a... Full Biography
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