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Larry Parks

Larry Parks

Highest Rated: 100% The Jolson Story (1946)

Lowest Rated: 40% Down to Earth (1947)

Birthday: Dec 13, 1914

Birthplace: Olathe, Kansas, USA

Fringe player in numerous B productions of the 1940s who came to prominence as the lead in "The Al Jolson Story" (1946). Parks' career was curtailed when he admitted his past Communist affiliations to the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Married to actress Betty Garrett from 1944.

Highest rated movies

100% Jolson Sings Again
100% The Jolson Story
100% You Were Never Lovelier
78% Freud
40% Down to Earth

Photos

JOLSON SINGS AGAIN, Larry Parks, 1949 THE BLACK PARACHUTE, from left, Larry Parks, Jeanne Bates, 1944 THE BLACK PARACHUTE, Larry Parks, 1944 DOWN TO EARTH, Rita Hayworth, left, and Larry Parks, having their chalk marks drawn up for them, 1946 DOWN TO EARTH, Rita Hayworth, center, and Larry Parks, right, take a coffee break between senes, May 1946 DOWN TO EARTH, Larry Parks, Rita Hayworth, 1947 FREUD, (aka FREUD: THE SECRET PASSION), Larry Parks, 1962 THE GALLANT BLADE, Victor Jory, Larry Parks, 1948 JOLSON SINGS AGAIN, Larry Parks, 1949 THE JOLSON STORY, Larry Parks rehearses in his dressing room while listening to Al Jolson recordings, 1946 THE JOLSON STORY, Larry Parks, 1946 THE JOLSON STORY, Larry Parks, 1946 THEJOLSON STORY, Larry Parks as Al Jolson, Evelyn Keyes, 1946 LOVE IS BETTER THAN EVER, Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor, 1952 RENEGADES, from left: Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, 1946 STARS ON PARADE, Lynn Merrick, Larry Parks, 1944 THE SWORDSMAN, Larry Parks, 1948 THE SWORDSMAN, Larry Parks, 1948 COUNTER-ATTACK, from left, Larry Parks, Paul Muni, 1945 BLONDIE GOES TO COLLEGE, Larry Parks, Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, 1942
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 58% Hallowed Be Thy Name Executive Producer - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hatchet County Walter Billis (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hellphone Chief Casey (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Children of the Hunt Lenny Stovalski (Character) - 2009
78% 71% Freud Dr. Joseph Breuer (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 29% Love Is Better Than Ever Jud Parker (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Emergency Wedding Peter Judson Kirk Jr. (Character) - 1950
100% 63% Jolson Sings Again Al Jolson (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gallant Blade Lt. David Picard (Character) - 1948
40% 50% Down to Earth Danny Miller (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Swordsman Alexander MacArden/Donald Frazer (Character) - 1947
100% 79% The Jolson Story Al Jolson (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Renegades Ben Dembrow/Ben Taylor (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 60% Counter-Attack Kirichenko (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Black Parachute Michael Kaligor Lindley (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Racket Man Larry Lake (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hey, Rookie Jim Leighter (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Power of the Press Jerry Purvis (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 21% Reveille With Beverly Eddie Ross (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Is Everybody Happy? Jerry Stewart (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deerslayer Jingo-Good (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 43% Alias Boston Blackie Joe Trilby (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 77% Blondie Goes to College Rusty Bryant (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 58% The Boogie Man Will Get You Bill Layden (Character) - 1942
100% 75% You Were Never Lovelier Tony, Lita's Boyfriend (uncredited) (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hello Annapolis Paul Herbert (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Canal Zone Recruit Kincaid (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Submarine Raider Sparksie (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harvard, Here I Come Eddie Spellman (Character) - 1941

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Showcase 39 Unknown (Character) 1957