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Jeffrey Hunter (November 25, 1926 - May 27, 1969) was a film and television actor. He was born Henry Herman McKinnies, Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he began acting in local theater and radio in his early teens. He served stateside in the United States Navy in World War II, then studied drama at Northwestern University.

In 1950, while a graduate student in radio at the University of California, Los Angeles and appearing in a college play, he was spotted by talent scouts and offered a two-year motion picture contract by 20th Century Fox that was eventually extended to 1959. He made his Hollywood debut in Fourteen Hours (1951), had star billing by Red Skies of Montana (1952), and first billing in Sailor of the King (1953).

Hunter's handsome looks and gentle manner recalled two earlier Fox stars, Tyrone Power and the young Henry Fonda. A loan-out to co-star with John Wayne in the title roles of the now-classic western The Searchers (1956) began the first of three pictures he made with director John Ford, followed by The Last Hurrah (1958) and Sergeant Rutledge (1960).

Ford also recommended Hunter to director Nicholas Ray for the role of Jesus in the biblical King of Kings (1961), a difficult part met by critical reaction that ranged from praise to ridicule. Among an all-star cast in the World War II battle epic The Longest Day (1962), he provided the climactic heroic act of breaching the defense wall atop Normandy's Omaha Beach.

Having guest starred on television dramas since the mid-1950s, Hunter was now offered a two-year contract by Warner Bros. that included starring as a circuit-riding Texas lawyer in the NBC series Temple Houston (1963-64), which Hunter's production company co-produced.

Although Temple Houston did not survive its first season, NBC offered him the lead role of Captain Christopher Pike in the pilot episode (The Cage) of a new science fiction series, Star Trek. His pensive take on the role was in contrast to the more idiosyncratic style of William Shatner, who took the part after Hunter, deciding to concentrate on motion pictures, declined to film a second Star Trek pilot requested by NBC in 1965. But Hunter was soon filming the pilot for yet another NBC series, the espionage thriller Journey Into Fear, which the network failed to pick up and a motion picture called Brainstorm (1965).

With the demise of the studio contract system in the early 1960s and the out-sourcing of much feature production, Hunter like many other leading men of the 1950s had to find work in B-pictures produced in Europe, Hong Kong, and Mexico, with the occasional television guest part in Hollywood.

In May 1969, shortly after marrying actress Emily McLaughlin, he suffered a cerebrovascular accident while at home, causing a fall and a skull fracture. He died the following day from his injuries.

Hunter's two previous marriages included actress Barbara Rush in the early 1950s.

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Hunter's two previous marriages included actress Barbara Rush in the early 1950s. He died in 1976 and was interred in the Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. He died the following day from his injuries. He continued collecting research material and drafting screenplays, but never made another film. In May 1969, shortly after marrying actress Emily McLaughlin, he suffered a cerebrovascular accident while at home, causing a fall and a skull fracture. Mabuse (1960), he returned to the United States. With the demise of the studio contract system in the early 1960s and the out-sourcing of much feature production, Hunter like many other leading men of the 1950s had to find work in B-pictures produced in Europe, Hong Kong, and Mexico, with the occasional television guest part in Hollywood. Lang's eyesight steadily deteriorated throughout the 1950s and, after a final Dr. Mabuse film, Die 1000 Augen des Dr.

But Hunter was soon filming the pilot for yet another NBC series, the espionage thriller Journey Into Fear, which the network failed to pick up and a motion picture called Brainstorm (1965). These works received mixed reviews, some condemning them as stylised and detached, while others praised them for the same qualities. Although Temple Houston did not survive its first season, NBC offered him the lead role of Captain Christopher Pike in the pilot episode (The Cage) of a new science fiction series, Star Trek. His pensive take on the role was in contrast to the more idiosyncratic style of William Shatner, who took the part after Hunter, deciding to concentrate on motion pictures, declined to film a second Star Trek pilot requested by NBC in 1965. During the 1950s, Lang found it harder to find congenial production conditions in Hollywood and, following a major disagreement with the producer of Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, he returned to Germany to make his last films. that included starring as a circuit-riding Texas lawyer in the NBC series Temple Houston (1963-64), which Hunter's production company co-produced. He wore a monocle that added to the stereotype (though film historians say this particular cliché began with Erich von Stroheim), and his image has been parodied in a number of media, including GWAR's long form video Phallus in Wonderland. Having guest starred on television dramas since the mid-1950s, Hunter was now offered a two-year contract by Warner Bros. Lang epitomized the stereotype of the tyrannical German director; he was known for being hard to work with.

Among an all-star cast in the World War II battle epic The Longest Day (1962), he provided the climactic heroic act of breaching the defense wall atop Normandy's Omaha Beach. During this period, his visual style simplified and his worldview became increasingly pessimistic, culminating in the cold, geometric style of his last American films, While the City Sleeps (1956) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1957). Ford also recommended Hunter to director Nicholas Ray for the role of Jesus in the biblical King of Kings (1961), a difficult part met by critical reaction that ranged from praise to ridicule. These films, often compared unfavourably by contemporary critics to Lang's earlier works, have since been reevaluated as the equal of, if not superior to, his German films. A loan-out to co-star with John Wayne in the title roles of the now-classic western The Searchers (1956) began the first of three pictures he made with director John Ford, followed by The Last Hurrah (1958) and Sergeant Rutledge (1960). Lang made twenty-one features in the next twenty-one years, working in a variety of genres at every major studio in Hollywood, occasionally producing his films as an independent. Hunter's handsome looks and gentle manner recalled two earlier Fox stars, Tyrone Power and the young Henry Fonda. Upon his arrival in Hollywood, Lang joined the MGM studio and directed the impressive crime drama Fury.

He made his Hollywood debut in Fourteen Hours (1951), had star billing by Red Skies of Montana (1952), and first billing in Sailor of the King (1953). M remains a powerful work; it was remade in 1951 by Joseph Losey, but this version had little impact on audiences, and has become harder to see than the original film. In 1950, while a graduate student in radio at the University of California, Los Angeles and appearing in a college play, he was spotted by talent scouts and offered a two-year motion picture contract by 20th Century Fox that was eventually extended to 1959. Mabuse, Lang directed what many film scholars consider to be his masterpiece: M, a disturbing story of a child murderer (Peter Lorre in his first starring role) who is hunted down and brought to trial by Berlin's criminal underworld. He served stateside in the United States Navy in World War II, then studied drama at Northwestern University. In 1931, between Metropolis and Das Testament des Dr. He was born Henry Herman McKinnies, Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he began acting in local theater and radio in his early teens. Thea von Harbou, his wife and long-time collaborator, had joined the Nazi party and remained behind.

Jeffrey Hunter (November 25, 1926 - May 27, 1969) was a film and television actor. Rather than accept the position, Lang fled Germany. Mabuse was banned when the Nazis seized power, but Joseph Goebbels still respected Lang enough to offer him the head position of the German film industry. Mabuse). Mabuse (The Testament of Dr.

Legend has it that Metropolis greatly impressed the leaders of the growing Nazi movement, though Lang detested their philosophy and wrote anti-Nazi statements into his 1933 film Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922), a crime epic (running four hours in two parts in its original version, recently restored by the Munich Filmmuseum) focusing on the psychological conflict between the master criminal Mabuse and detective Von Wenk; Die Nibelungen (1924), and his most famous film, Metropolis (1927). In this first phase of his career, Lang alternated between art films such as Der Müde Tod and populist thrillers such as Die Spinnen (a two-part film), combining popular genres with Expressionist techniques to create an unprecedented synthesis of popular entertainment with art cinema, culminating in his most famous silent works: Dr. While recovering from both injuries and shell shock, he joined Germany's Ufa studio just as the Expressionist movement was waxing.

Lang was an artist and a painter who enlisted in the army and fought in World War I. His most famous films are probably Metropolis and M, made before he moved to the United States. His work influenced filmmakers as disparate as Jacques Rivette and William Friedkin. Although some consider Lang's work to be simple melodrama, he produced a coherent oeuvre that helped to establish the characteristics of film noir, with its recurring themes of psychological conflict, paranoia, fate and moral ambiguity.

Friedrich Anton Christian Lang (December 5, 1890 - August 2, 1976) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer, one of the most famous emigrés from Germany's school of expressionism to work in Hollywood. Mabuse) (1960). Mabuse (The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Die 1000 Augen des Dr.

Das indische Grabmal (The Indian Tomb, or: Journey to the Lost City) (1959). Der Tiger von Eschnapur (The Tiger of Eschnapur, or: The Tiger of Bengal) (1959). Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1957). While the City Sleeps (1956).

Moonfleet (1955). Human Desire (1954). The Big Heat(1953). The Blue Gardenia (1953).

Clash by Night (1952). Rancho Notorious (1952). American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950). House by the River (1950).

Secret Beyond the Door (1948). Cloak and Dagger (1946). Scarlet Street (1945). The Woman in the Window (1944).

Ministry of Fear (1944). Hangmen Also Die (1943). Moontide (1942) (uncredited). Confirm or Deny (1941) (uncredited).

Man Hunt (1941). Western Union (1941). The Return of Frank James (1940). You and Me (1938).

You Only Live Once (1937). Fury (1936). Liliom (1934). Mabuse) (1933).

Mabuse (The Testament of Dr. Das Testament des Dr. M (1931). Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon) (1929).

Spione (Spies) (1928). Metropolis (1927). Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (Die Nibelungen: Kriemheld's Revenge) (1924). Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Die Nibelungen: Siegfried) (1924).

Mabuse, The Gambler) (1922). Mabuse, der Spieler (Dr. Dr. Vier um die Frau (Four Around a Woman) (1921).

Der Müde Tod (Beyond the Wall) (1921). Das Wandernde Bild (The Wandering Image) (1920). Teil: Das Brillantenschiff (Spiders, Part 2: The Diamond Ship) (1920). Die Spinnen, 2.

Der Herr der Liebe (Master of Love) (1919). Die Pest in Florenz (The Plague in Florence) (1919). Harakiri (Madame Butterfly) (1919). Teil: Der Goldene See (Spiders, Part 1: The Golden Lake)(1919).

Die Spinnen, 1. Halbblut (The Half-Caste) (1919).