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George Reeves (born George Keefer Brewer; January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor. He was best known for portraying Clark Kent/Superman in the television series Adventures of Superman (1952–1958). [1] [2] His death by gunshot at age 45 remains controversial.
Brad William Johnson (October 24, 1959 – February 18, 2022) [2] was an American actor and former Marlboro Man, [3] best known for his roles in films and television series during the late 1980s and 1990s. He gained prominence for his performances in Westerns and action-adventure films.
Hyde-White was born on 30 January 1959 in London, the son of Ethel M. (née Korenman), a stage manager who acted under the name Ethel Drew, and British actor Wilfrid Hyde-White. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Known as Punch to friends, he grew up in Palm Springs, California , attending Palm Springs High School [ citation needed ] and Georgetown University in ...
Murphy was born on July 12, 1959, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. [2] His mother Lillian Murphy was a telephone operator and his father, Charles Edward Murphy, was a transit police officer, actor, and comedian. [3] As an adolescent, Murphy spent ten months in jail. [4]
He was married to June Horne from 1944 until 1949, with whom he had a son, John "Jack" Cooper III, who was born in 1946. June was the daughter of director James W. Horne and actress Cleo Ridgely. Cooper was married to Hildy Parks from 1950 until 1951, and to Barbara Rae Kraus from 1954 until her death in 2009.
AFI defines an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films (films of 40 minutes or more) whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work."
Harriet Galbraith had bridal photos taken in 1959 in Washington, D.C. She was just 21 years old at the time, was a model for John Robert Powers, and was engaged to be married.
He remained an ardent fan of the Munster Rugby and Young Munster teams until his death, attending many of their matches, and there are numerous stories of japes at rugby matches with actors and fellow rugby fans Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton. After recovering from tuberculosis, Harris moved to England, wanting to become a director.