Gene Evans
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 11, 1922
- Died
- April 1, 1998
- Birthplace
- Holbrook, Arizona, USA
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.
Filmography
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller 2002
as Sgt. Zack / Phineas Mitchell (archive footage)
Once Upon a Texas Train 1988
as Fargo Parker
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory 1987
as McGregor
Travis McGee 1983
as Meyer
The Shadow Riders 1982
as Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner
Sourdough 1981
as Narrator
California Gold Rush 1981
as Sam Brannon
Casino 1980
as Captain K.L. Fitzgerald
Concrete Cowboys 1979
as Lt. Blocker
Lassie: The New Beginning 1978
as Sheriff Marsh
The Magic of Lassie 1978
as Sheriff Andrews
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid 1978
as Fred Williker
Fire! 1977
as Dan Harter
The Macahans 1976
as Dutton
Matt Helm 1975
as Sgt. Hanrahan
The Last Day 1975
as Marshal Connelly
Freebie and the Bean 1974
Camera Operator
Devil Times Five 1974
as Papa Doc
A Knife for the Ladies 1974
as Hooker
Sidekicks 1974
as Sam
Shootout in a One-Dog Town 1974
as Gabe
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973
as Mr. Horrell
Prologue to Wounded Knee 1973
as Sheriff McVaney
Walking Tall 1973
as Sheriff Al Thurman
The Bounty Man 1972
as Tom Brady
Support Your Local Gunfighter 1971
as Butcher
The Intruders 1970
as Cole Younger
There Was a Crooked Man... 1970
as Col Wolff
The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970
as Clete
Support Your Local Sheriff! 1969
as Tom Danby
- Dragnet
Dragnet 1969
as Hugh Brown
The War Wagon 1967
as Deputy Hoag
Waco 1966
as Jim O'Neill
Nevada Smith 1966
as Sam Sand
Apache Uprising 1965
as Jess Cooney
Shock Corridor 1963
as Boden
Gold of the Seven Saints 1961
as McCracken
Operation Petticoat 1959
as Chief Molumphry
The Hangman 1959
as "Big Murph" Murphy
The Giant Behemoth 1959
as Steve Karnes
Revolt in the Big House 1958
as Lou Gannon
Money, Women and Guns 1958
as Sheriff Abner Crowley
The Bravados 1958
as John Butler
Young and Wild 1958
as Det. Sgt. Fred Janusz
Damn Citizen 1958
as Maj. Al Arthur
The Sad Sack 1957
as Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley
Jet Pilot 1957
as Airfield Sergeant (uncredited), Actor
The Helen Morgan Story 1957
as Whitey Krause
Massacre at Sand Creek 1956
as Sgt. Maddox
Crashout 1955
as Maynard 'Monk' Collins
Cattle Queen of Montana 1954
as Tom McCord
The Long Wait 1954
as Servo
Wyoming Renegades 1954
as Butch Cassidy / George Leroy Parker
Hell and High Water 1954
as Chief Holter
Donovan's Brain 1953
as Dr. Frank Schratt
The Golden Blade 1953
as Captain Hadi
Thunderbirds 1952
as Sgt. Mike Braggart
Park Row 1952
as Phineas Mitchell
Mutiny 1952
as Hook
Fixed Bayonets! 1951
as Sgt. Rock
Force of Arms 1951
as Sgt. Smiley 'Mac' McFee
Ace in the Hole 1951
as Deputy Sheriff
I Was an American Spy 1951
as Cpl. John Boone
Sugarfoot 1951
as Billings
Storm Warning 1951
as Ku Klux Klansman (uncredited)
The Steel Helmet 1951
as Sergeant Zack
Dallas 1950
as Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
Wyoming Mail 1950
as Shep
Never a Dull Moment 1950
as Hunter( uncredited)
Armored Car Robbery 1950
as William 'Ace' Foster
The Asphalt Jungle 1950
as Policeman at Ciavelli's Apartment (uncredited)
It Happens Every Spring 1949
as Batter Mueller (uncredited)
Criss Cross 1949
as Donlan (uncredited)
Larceny 1948
as Horace (uncredited)
Assigned to Danger 1948
as Joey
Berlin Express 1948
as Train Sergeant (uncredited)
Under Colorado Skies 1947
as Henchman Red
Credits from TMDB.