Jeff Chandler (actor)

Jeff Chandler is honored with a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. as a bit or walk on part). He was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. Crosby's films included (an incomplete listing):. Shortly after completing his role in Merrill's Marauders (1962), Chandler died in Los Angeles, California at age of 42, from blood poisoning following disc herniation surgery. On his passing, Bing Crosby was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. His leading ladies would include June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Susan Hayward, Maureen O'Hara, Jane Russell and Esther Williams. Most reference works give his year of birth as 1903, but his gravestone – on the instructions of his family – gives his birth year as 1904.

Some of his pictures in this period include Away All Boats, Toy Tiger, Drango, The Tattered Dress, Man in the Shadow, Foxfire, A Stranger in My Arms, and Thunder in the Sun. There is some uncertainty about the year in which Bing Crosby was born. His sex appeal, curiously heightened by his prematurely gray hair and tanned features, would put him into drama and costume movies. The duet went on to attain cult status and charted well in countries around the world. The rest of the decade, Chandler turned in a top leading man. Crosby recorded a version of Little Drummer Boy with David Bowie just one month prior to his death. He would be nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), the first of three screen appearances as the legendary Apache chief, followed by The Battle of Apache Pass (1952) and Taza, Son of Cochise (1954). Two of his children, Lindsay and Dennis, committed suicide.

His first important role was in Sword in the Desert (1948), as an Israeli freedom fighter. After his death, his eldest son from his first marriage, Gary, wrote a controversial memoir (Going My Own Way) depicting him as an autocratic and abusive father. In the 1950s, Chandler became a star in western and action movies. Crosby had been married twice (his second wife, actress Kathryn Grant, being considerably younger), and effectively had two families, his children from the marriages being of different generations. His first film appearance was in Johnny O'Clock (1947). It was after playing a round of 18 holes at La Moraleja Golf Club outside of Madrid in 1977 that he collapsed and died from a massive heart attack at the age of 73 or 74. After discharged, he was a busy radio actor both in drama and comedy. Crosby was a keen amateur golfer who appeared in many charity events.

Later, he took a drama course and spent two years in stock companies before serving in World War II. History repeated itself when he was asked to do a television show, demanded that it be prerecorded, and spurred the development and adoption of videotape. Born Ira Grossel in Brooklyn, New York Chandler attended Erasmus Hall High School, the nucleus of many stage and film personalities. Crosby's desire to prerecord his radio shows was a significant factor in the development of, and radio industry's adoption of magnetic tape recording. Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was a popular American film actor in the 1950s. Crosby also had regular radio shows from the 1930s–1950s, starred in a network television sitcom in 1964–1965, and made numerous short films and television appearances. His style of singing soon won him the title of "Crooner of the Century".

From then on he was a top stage and radio performer and a top-selling recording artist. He came to national attention while with the popular Whiteman Orchestra, with whom he made his film debut in King of Jazz (1930). Crosby and Rinker used Bailey's connections and joined Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys almost straight after graduating from the University of Chicago. Bing Crosby was born in Tacoma, Washington and grew up with Al Rinker, the younger brother of singer Mildred Bailey.

He appeared in dozens of movies from the 1930s–1960s, and received the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1944. His popularity as a singer was matched only by his success as an actor. In 1962 he became the first recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He collected 21 other gold records, including "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Too-Ra-Lo-Ra-Loo-Ral" and "Swinging on a Star".

His biggest musical hit was his recording of the Irving Berlin classic "White Christmas", which he first sang in 1942, and which became one of the best-selling recordings of all time. Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 - October 14, 1977) was a popular American singer and actor whose career spanned multiple generations. Download sample of "White Christmas". Road to Hong Kong (1962) ( Dorothy Lamour is in the movie but onlya.

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