biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1917–97)
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| biography:
| Film actor, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. After a youth spent as a labourer, vagrant, and professional boxer, he went to Hollywood, where he found employment in the film industry as an extra (1943). A prolific leading man particularly associated with the post-war film noir thriller, his laconic, heavy-lidded manner was deceptively casual, disguising a potent screen presence. His films included Out of the Past (1947), Night of the Hunter (1955), The Sundowners (1960), and Farewell My Lovely (1975, as Philip Marlowe). Among later films were Mr North (1988), Cape Fear (1991), and Dead Man (1996). He also appeared in several television films and series. |
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