Gene Evans

​Dari Wikipedia, ensiklopedia gratis.   Gene Evans (11 Juli 1922 - 1 April 1998) adalah seorang aktor Amerika. Ia lahir di Holbrook, Arizona, tetapi dibesarkan di Colton, California. Karier aktingnya dimulai saat ia bertugas di Perang Dunia II. Dia tampil dengan rombongan teater GI di Eropa. Evans memulai debut filmnya pada tahun 1947 dan tampil di puluhan film dan program televisi. Dia berspesialisasi dalam memerankan pria tangguh seperti koboi, sheriff, narapidana, dan sersan. Evans muncul di berbagai film yang diproduksi, disutradarai, dan ditulis oleh Samuel Fuller. Dalam memoarnya Wajah Ketiga, Fuller menggambarkan pertemuannya dengan Evans saat casting film Perang Korea miliknya Helm Baja pada tahun 1950. Fuller melemparkan senapan M1 Garand ke arah Evans, yang menangkapnya dan memeriksanya seperti yang dilakukan seorang tentara. Evans pernah menjadi insinyur Angkatan Darat AS dalam perang tersebut. Fuller mempertahankan Evans dan menolak peran John Wayne. dan berjuang untuk mempertahankannya meskipun Robert L. Lippert dan rekannya menginginkan Larry Parks untuk peran tersebut. Fuller keluar dari film dan tidak akan kembali sampai Evans dipekerjakan kembali. Evans juga muncul di Fuller's Fixed Bayonet!, Hell and High Water, Shock Corridor dan kehilangan tiga puluh pound untuk memimpin di Park Row. Evans memerankan ayah yang otoriter namun bijaksana, Rob McLaughlin, dalam serial televisi 1956-1957 My Friend Flicka, berdasarkan novel dan film Barat dengan judul yang sama yang berlatar di Wyoming. Dia muncul bersama Anita Louise (1915–1970) sebagai istrinya, Nell, Johnny Washbrook (lahir 1944) sebagai putranya, Ken, dan sesama aktor karakter Frank Ferguson (1899–1978), sebagai tukang peternakan, Gus Broeberg, yang menyebut Evans sebagai "Kapten". Pada tahun 1958, Evans berperan sebagai Mayor Al Arthur dalam film Damn Citizen berdasarkan kehidupan pengawas Polisi Negara Bagian Louisiana Francis Grevemberg. Keith Andes berperan sebagai Grevemberg. Pada musim gugur 1976, Evans membintangi serial petualangan CBS sebelas episode Spencer's Pilots, bersama Christopher Stone, Todd Susman, dan Britt Leach. Pada bulan Januari 1979, Evans muncul sebagai Garrison Southworth dalam salah satu episode CBS's Dallas pada bulan Januari 1979. Dia muncul dalam sepuluh episode Gunsmoke CBS dengan James Arness, termasuk "The Snow Train" dan "Tatum". Pada tahun 1965, ia menjadi bintang tamu sebagai Jake Burnett dalam episode "Vendetta" dari film barat ABC The Legend of Jesse James yang dibintangi Christopher Jones. Dua tahun kemudian, dia muncul sebagai Deedricks dalam episode "Breakout" dari film western ABC lainnya, Custer, yang dibintangi oleh Wayne Maunder sebagai peran utama. Pada akhir 1980-an, Evans tampil di panggung sebagai Papa yang mengerikan dalam produksi panggung Papa is All, disutradarai oleh penulis naskah Tommy F. Scott di Jackson, Tennessee. Dia pensiun ke sebuah peternakan di Tennessee setelah perannya dalam versi film asli Walking Tall. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Gene Evans,  berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.

​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.