Gene Evans
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gene Evans (July 11, 1922 - April 1, 1998) was an American actor. He was born in Holbrook, Arizona, but reared in Colton, California. His acting career began while he was serving in World War II. He performed with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe. Evans made his film debut in 1947 and appeared in dozens of movies and television programs. He specialized in playing tough guys like cowboys, sheriffs, convicts and sergeants. Evans appeared in numerous films produced, directed, and written by Samuel Fuller. In his memoirs A Third Face, Fuller described meeting Evans when casting his Korean War film The Steel Helmet in 1950. Fuller threw an M1 Garand rifle at Evans, who caught it and inspected it as a soldier would have done. Evans had been a U.S. Army engineer in the war. Fuller kept Evans and refused John Wayne for the role. and fighting to keep him despite Robert L. Lippert and his partner wanting Larry Parks for the role. Fuller walked off the film and would not return until Evans was reinstated. Evans also appeared in Fuller's Fixed Bayonets!, Hell and High Water, Shock Corridor and lost thirty pounds to play the lead in Park Row. Evans portrayed the authoritarian but wise father, Rob McLaughlin, on the 1956-1957 television series My Friend Flicka, based on a Western novel and film of the same name set in Wyoming. He appeared with Anita Louise (1915–1970) as his wife, Nell, Johnny Washbrook (born 1944) as his son, Ken, and fellow character actor Frank Ferguson (1899–1978), as the ranch handyman, Gus Broeberg, who addressed Evans as "Captain". In 1958, Evans co-starred as Major Al Arthur in the film Damn Citizen based on the life of crusading Louisiana State Police superintendent Francis Grevemberg. Keith Andes starred as Grevemberg. In the fall of 1976, Evans starred in the eleven-episode CBS adventure series Spencer's Pilots, with Christopher Stone, Todd Susman, and Britt Leach. In January 1979, Evans appeared as Garrison Southworth in one episode of CBS's Dallas in January 1979. He appeared in ten episodes of CBS's Gunsmoke with James Arness, including "The Snow Train" and "Tatum". In 1965, he guest starred as Jake Burnett in the episode "Vendetta" of ABC's western The Legend of Jesse James starring Christopher Jones. Two years later, he appeared as Deedricks in the episode "Breakout" of another ABC western, Custer, starring Wayne Maunder in the title role. In the late 1980s, Evans appeared on stage as the gruesome Papa in the stage production Papa is All, directed by playwright Tommy F. Scott in Jackson, Tennessee. He retired to a farm in Tennessee following his role in the original film version of Walking Tall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Evans, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Perry Mason
1957
Dallas
1978
Bonanza
1959
M*A*S*H
1972
Ironside
1967
Charlie's Angels
1976
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Incredible Hulk
1977
The A-Team
1983
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Mannix
1967
Filmography
Perry Mason
as Moose Dalton · 1957
Dallas
as Garrison Southworth · 1978
Bonanza
as Andy Fulmer · 1959
M*A*S*H
as Clayton Kibbee · 1972
Ironside
as Parker · 1967
Charlie's Angels
as James Webner · 1976
Murder, She Wrote
as Otto Fry · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Nils Highlander · 1984
The Incredible Hulk
as Jimmy Kelly · 1977
The A-Team
as Darrow · 1983
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Ed Krutcher · 1962
Mannix
· 1967
The Virginian
as Sheriff Luke Donaldson · 1962
The Virginian
as Blanchard · 1962
Hart to Hart
· 1979
Daniel Boone
as Joshua Craig · 1964
Daniel Boone
as Stark · 1964
Simon & Simon
· 1981
Rawhide
as Tom Wilson · 1959
Rawhide
as Sam Hargis · 1959
Rawhide
as Gus Cornelius · 1959
Rawhide
as Royal K. Shaw · 1959
Rawhide
as Sgt. Pike · 1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jerrod Toll · 1956
Route 66
· 1960
The Lone Ranger
as Beef Corson · 1949
The Name of the Game
as Ernest Maxwell · 1968
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as Gus Weinstein · 1983
Run for Your Life
as Jim Seaborne · 1965
77 Sunset Strip
· 1958
Gunsmoke
as Charlie Hacker · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Clint Sorils · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Thomas Evans · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Billy · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Jess Hume · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Bodie Tatum · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Shaw Anderson · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Will Parmalee · 1955
Vega$
· 1978
Alias Smith and Jones
· 1971
Branded
· 1965
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ned Malley · 1955
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
· 1958
Tarzan
· 1966
Outlaws
· 1960
Riverboat
as Sgt. Dan Phillips · 1959
The Great Adventure
as Sgt. Winn · 1963
Cimarron Strip
· 1967
Then Came Bronson
as Hank · 1969
Target: The Corruptors!
· 1961
The Sixth Sense
· 1972
Nichols
as Durand · 1971
Johnny Ringo
as Boone Hackett · 1959
The Legend of Jesse James
as Jake Burnett · 1965
Yancy Derringer
as Lonesome Jackson · 1958
Wire Service
as (uncredited) · 1956
General Electric True
· 1962
Here's Boomer
· 1981
Wichita Town
· 1959
Matt Helm
as Sgt. Fred Hanrahan · 1975
Custer
· 1967
My Friend Flicka
· 1955
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
· 1978
The Sacketts
as Benson Bigelow · 1979
Gunslinger
as Sergeant Croft · 1961
The Asphalt Jungle
as Policeman at Ciavelli's Apartment (uncredited) · 1950
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Mr. Horrell · 1973
The War Wagon
as Deputy Hoag · 1967
Ace in the Hole
as Deputy Sheriff · 1951
Criss Cross
as Donlan (uncredited) · 1949
Spencer's Pilots
as Spencer Parish · 1976
The Bravados
as John Butler · 1958
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Clete · 1970
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Tom Danby · 1969
Walking Tall
as Sheriff Al Thurman · 1973
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Joe Devlin · 1951
Operation Petticoat
as Chief Molumphry · 1959
Wild Times
as Cletus Hatch · 1980
Hell and High Water
as Chief Holter · 1954
Dallas
as Drunk in Saloon (uncredited) · 1950
The Shadow Riders
as Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner · 1982
The Rhinemann Exchange
as Col. Barton · 1977
Nevada Smith
as Sam Sand · 1966
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Butcher · 1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Col Wolff · 1970
Storm Warning
as Ku Klux Klansman (uncredited) · 1951
Cattle Queen of Montana
as Tom McCord · 1954
The Golden Blade
as Captain Hadi · 1953
The Giant Behemoth
as Steve Karnes · 1959
Berlin Express
as Train Sergeant (uncredited) · 1948
Once Upon a Texas Train
as Fargo Parker · 1988
Lassie: The New Beginning
as Sheriff Marsh · 1978
The Helen Morgan Story
as Whitey Krause · 1957
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
as McGregor · 1987
The Steel Helmet
as Sergeant Zack · 1951
The Macahans
as Dutton · 1976
Shock Corridor
as Boden · 1963
Jet Pilot
as Airfield Sergeant (uncredited) · 1957
Jet Pilot
· 1957
Sugarfoot
as Billings · 1951
Apache Uprising
as Jess Cooney · 1965
It Happens Every Spring
as Batter Mueller (uncredited) · 1949
The Sad Sack
as Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley · 1957
Massacre at Sand Creek
as Sgt. Maddox · 1956
The Magic of Lassie
as Sheriff Andrews · 1978
Fixed Bayonets!
as Sgt. Rock · 1951
Gold of the Seven Saints
as McCracken · 1961
Concrete Cowboys
as Lt. Blocker · 1979
Armored Car Robbery
as William 'Ace' Foster · 1950
Never a Dull Moment
as Hunter( uncredited) · 1950
Sidekicks
as Sam · 1974
The Hangman
as "Big Murph" Murphy · 1959
Money, Women and Guns
as Sheriff Abner Crowley · 1958
Devil Times Five
as Papa Doc · 1974
Wyoming Renegades
as Butch Cassidy / George Leroy Parker · 1954
Force of Arms
as Sgt. Smiley 'Mac' McFee · 1951
Wyoming Mail
as Shep · 1950
The Long Wait
as Servo · 1954
I Was an American Spy
as Cpl. John Boone · 1951
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Sgt. Zack / Phineas Mitchell (archive footage) · 2002
The Last Day
as Marshal Connelly · 1975
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
as Gabe · 1974
Thunderbirds
as Sgt. Mike Braggart · 1952
Donovan's Brain
as Dr. Frank Schratt · 1953
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
as Fred Williker · 1978
Revolt in the Big House
as Lou Gannon · 1958
Dragnet
as Hugh Brown · 1969
A Knife for the Ladies
as Hooker · 1974
The Bounty Man
as Tom Brady · 1972
Travis McGee
as Meyer · 1983
The Intruders
as Cole Younger · 1970
Casino
as Captain K.L. Fitzgerald · 1980
Waco
as Jim O'Neill · 1966
Larceny
as Horace (uncredited) · 1948
Fire!
as Dan Harter · 1977
Park Row
as Phineas Mitchell · 1952
Matt Helm
as Sgt. Hanrahan · 1975
Mutiny
as Hook · 1952
Young and Wild
as Det. Sgt. Fred Janusz · 1958
Damn Citizen
as Maj. Al Arthur · 1958
Assigned to Danger
as Joey · 1948
California Gold Rush
as Sam Brannon · 1981
Prologue to Wounded Knee
as Sheriff McVaney · 1973
Crashout
as Maynard 'Monk' Collins · 1955
Sourdough
as Narrator · 1981
Under Colorado Skies
as Henchman Red · 1947