Rory Calhoun
A chance meeting with Alan Ladd led to a film career for Rory Calhoun, a rangy, likable leading man who started out billed as Frank McCown before settling on his permanent moniker. Best remembered for his work in the Westerns and action pictures, he acted in a wide variety of movies, portraying eligible bachelors in modern-day comedies like "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953) and "Ain't Misbehavin'" (1955), as well as venturing into period fare for "The Colossus of Rhodes" (1961) and the title role in "Marco Polo" (1962). Calhoun's cowboy credits included the comedy-Western, "A Ticket to Tomahawk" (1950) and a series of films that he produced (with Victor Orsatti) and starred in, "Domino Kid," "The Hired Gun" (both 1957) and "Apache Territory" (1958), all directed by Ray Nazarro. He solidified his Western standing as star of the CBS series, "The Texan" (1958-60), which he also produced with Orsatti. Calhoun has acted in some laughers like "The Night of the Lepus" (1972) and "Angel" (1984), but has balanced those with appearances in the popular CBS miniseries, "The Blue and the Gray" (1982), and features like "Bad Jim" (1990) and "Pure Country" (1992). During the 80s, he also ventured into the realm of daytime drama, playing a judge with political connections on the CBS series "Capitol."
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Rory Calhoun
Filmography
Movies
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41% |
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Pure Country | Ernest Tucker (Character) | $12.5M | 1992 |
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Bad Jim | Sam Harper (Character) | - | 1989 |
60% |
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Hell Comes to Frogtown | Looney Tunes (Character) | - | 1988 |
33% |
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Avenging Angel | Kit Carson (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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Angel | Kit Carson (Character) | - | 1984 |
67% |
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Motel Hell | Vincent Smith (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smokey and the Judge | Matt Polsky (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mule Feathers | Bonaparte Shelby (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flight to Holocaust | Ed Davis (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love and the Midnight Auto Supply | Len Thompson (Character) | - | 1977 |
14% |
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Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Philip Hart (Character) | - | 1975 |
0% |
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Night of the Lepus | Cole Hillman (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Operation Cross Eagles | Sgt. Sean McAfee (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dayton's Devils | Mike Page (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our Men in Baghdad | Alex (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Emerald of Artatama | Unknown (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finger on the Trigger | Larry Winton (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Apache Uprising | Jim Walker (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Spurs | Santee (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Fury | Clint McCoy (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gun Hawk | Blaine Madden (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Young and the Brave | MSgt. Ed Brent (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Face in the Rain | Rand (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marco Polo | Marco Polo (Character) | - | 1962 |
56% |
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The Colossus of Rhodes | Darios (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Secret of Monte Cristo | Captain Adam Corbett (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thunder in Carolina | Mitch Cooper (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Saga of Hemp Brown | Hemp Brown (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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Apache Territory |
Logan Cates (Character), Producer |
- | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Utah Blaine | Utah Blaine (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ride Out for Revenge | Tate (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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The Big Caper | Frank Harper (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Domino Kid |
Domino (Character), Producer |
- | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hired Gun |
Gil McCord (Character), Producer |
- | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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The Spoilers | Alex McNamara (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Raw Edge | Tex Kirby (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red Sundown | Deputy Alec Longmire (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flight to Hong Kong | Tony Dumont (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ain't Misbehavin' | Kenneth Post (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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Shotgun | Screenwriter | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Looters | Jesse Hill (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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The Treasure of Pancho Villa | Tom Bryan (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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Dawn at Socorro | Brett Wade (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Four Guns to the Border | Ray Cully (Character) | - | 1954 |
57% |
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River of No Return | Harry Weston (gambler) (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Yellow Tomahawk | Adam (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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A Bullet Is Waiting | Ed Stone (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Silver Whip | Sheriff Tom Davisson (Character) | - | 1953 |
81% |
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How to Marry a Millionaire | Eben (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Powder River | Chino Bullock (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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Way of a Gaucho | Martin Penalosa (Character) | - | 1952 |
57% |
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With a Song in My Heart | John Burn (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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I'd Climb the Highest Mountain | Jack Stark (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Meet Me After the Show | David Hemingway (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rogue River | Ownie Rogers (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | County Fair | Peter Brennan (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return of the Frontiersman | Larrabee (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet |
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A Ticket to Tomahawk | Dakota (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Massacre River | Phil Acton (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sand | Chick Palmer (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miraculous Journey | Larry Burke (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet |
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That Hagen Girl | Ken Freneau (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adventure Island | Mr. Herrick (Character) | - | 1947 |
83% |
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The Red House | Teller (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great John L. | James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (Character) | - | 1945 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joe Bob's Halloween Hoedown | Unknown (Character) | 2021 |
82% | 90% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Lou Gerard (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petrocelli | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Pete Eastman (Character) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doris Day Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gentle Ben | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
90% | 74% | Gilligan's Island | Jonathan Kincaid (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Spy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Ben Stack (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Jim Shea (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screen Directors Playhouse | Unknown (Character) | 1955-1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |