Born: July 11, 1922 – Died: April 1, 1998
Gene Evans, born on July 11, 1922, in Holbrook, Arizona, and raised in Colton, California, had a remarkable journey in the entertainment industry. Before making his mark in Hollywood, he served in the Army during World War II as a combat engineer, earning both the Purple Heart and the Bronze star for his valor. Gene's acting career began within the ranks of GIs in Europe during the war, and post-service, he ventured to Hollywood, debuting in the 1947 film "Under Colorado Skies." Known for his rugged demeanor, he became a familiar face in westerns and gained television fame in the 1950s. Gene Evans remained an active presence in films and TV until the 1980s, leaving a lasting legacy in the entertainment world.
Early Life and Career
Gene Evans was raised in Colton, California, and embarked on his acting career while serving in the Army during World War II.
His first professional role came after the war in 1947 when he made his film debut in "Under Colorado Skies." However, it was his rugged persona and talent that propelled him to prominence.
One of his significant successes was his role in the 1951 film "Ace in the Hole," where he played Deputy Sheriff. This movie helped establish his reputation as a talented character actor.
While Gene Evans didn't achieve the level of stardom as some Hollywood A-listers, he had a consistent and impactful career. He won the hearts of audiences with his strong and memorable performances in various films and television series.
Gene Evans' personal life includes his marriage to Mary Elaine Hert, which lasted from August 14, 1968, until her death on April 23, 1971.
Gene Evans, is celebrated for his contributions to Hollywood and the entertainment industry. He's recognized as a versatile character actor who left a lasting imprint through his work in both film and television. Though he may not be considered an iconic Hollywood legend, he remains a respected figure in the world of acting.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Split | Evangelist |
| 1988 | Once Upon a Texas Train (TV Movie) | Fargo Parker |
| 1987 | The Law and Harry McGraw (TV Series) | Casey |
| 1987 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) | Gus Weinstein |
| 1987 | The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (TV Movie) | McGregor |
| 1983–1987 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) | Captain Kyle Bates | Freight Yard Supervisor | Arch McBride |
| 1984–1986 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) | Otto Fry | Nils Highlander |
| 1985 | The A-Team (TV Series) | Darrow |
| 1983 | Travis McGee (TV Movie) | Meyer |
| 1982 | The Shadow Riders (TV Movie) | Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner |
| 1982 | M*A*S*H (TV Series) | Clayton Kibbee |
| 1981 | Sourdough | Narrator |
| 1981 | California Gold Rush (TV Movie) | Sam Brannon |
| 1981 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) | Ray Dudley |
| 1981 | Vega$ (TV Series) | Marcus Hinton |
| 1980 | Casino (TV Movie) | Captain K.L. Fitzgerald |
| 1980 | Here's Boomer (TV Series) | Wynegate |
| 1980 | Wild Times (TV Mini Series) | Cletus Hatch |
| 1979 | Ramblin'Man (TV Series) | Lt. Blocker |
| 1979 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) | James Webner |
| 1979 | The Concrete Cowboys (TV Movie) | Lt. Blocker |
| 1979 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) | Confederate Asking for Money |
| 1979 | The Sacketts (TV Mini Series) | Benson Bigelow |
| 1979 | Dallas (TV Series) | Garrison Southworth |
| 1978 | Will Rogers: Champion of the People (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV Series) | Collins |
| 1978 | The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) | Jimmy Kelly |
| 1978 | Lassie: A New Beginning (TV Movie) | Sheriff Marsh |
| 1978 | The Magic of Lassie | Sheriff Andrews |
| 1978 | Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (TV Movie) | Fred Williker |
| 1978 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) | Sgt Feinauer |
| 1977 | Fire (TV Movie) | Dan Harter |
| 1977 | The Rhinemann Exchange (TV Mini Series) | Col. Barton |
| 1976 | Spencer's Pilots (TV Series) | Spencer Parish |
| 1976 | How the West Was Won (TV Series) | Dutton |
| 1975–1976 | Matt Helm (TV Series) | Sgt. Hanrahan | Sergeant Hanrahan |
| 1975 | The Last Day (TV Movie) | Marshal Connelly |
| 1975 | Petrocelli (TV Series) | Senator Linville McCaslin |
| 1963–1974 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) | Will Parmalee | Shaw Anderson | Bodie Tatum ... |
| 1974 | A Knife for the Ladies | Virgil Hooker |
| 1974 | Peopletoys | Papa Doc |
| 1974 | Sidekicks (TV Movie) | Sam |
| 1974 | Dirty Sally (TV Series) | Sam Concannon |
| 1974 | Shootout in a One Dog Town (TV Movie) | Gabe |
| 1967–1973 | Ironside (TV Series) | Parker | Al Hayes |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Mr. Horrell |
| 1973 | Prologue to Wounded Knee | Sheriff McVaney |
| 1973 | Walking Tall | Sheriff Al Thurman |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense (TV Series) | Aaron Coe |
| 1972 | The Bounty Man (TV Movie) | Tom Brady |
| 1972 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) | Phillips |
| 1971 | Mannix (TV Series) | Dan Brockway |
| 1971 | Longstreet (TV Series) | Fred Decker |
| 1971 | Nichols (TV Series) | Durand |
| 1971 | The Smith Family (TV Series) | Captain Dexter |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Butcher |
| 1970 | The Intruders (TV Movie) | Cole Younger |
| 1960–1970 | Bonanza (TV Series) | Montana Perkins | Lucas Rockwell | Andy Fulmer |
| 1962–1970 | The Virginian (TV Series) | Harv Plimpton | Blanchard | Sheriff Luke Donaldson |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Col. Wolff |
| 1970 | Then Came Bronson (TV Series) | Hank |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Clete |
| 1969–1970 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) | Morton | Sgt. Ernest Maxwell |
| 1970 | Here Come the Brides (TV Series) | Jacob Marsh |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The Protectors (TV Series) | Fanner |
| 1965–1969 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) | Stark | Joshua Craig |
| 1969 | The Flim-Flam Man (TV Movie) | Sheriff Slade |
| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Tom Danby |
| 1969 | Dragnet 1966 (TV Movie) | Capt. Hugh Brown |
| 1967 | Custer (TV Series) | Deedricks |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) | Wildcat Gallagher |
| 1967 | The War Wagon | Deputy Hoag |
| 1967 | Tarzan (TV Series) | Albers | Thorn |
| 1966 | Iron Horse (TV Series) | Sergeant Stoddard |
| 1966 | Waco | Deputy Sheriff Jim O'Neill |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Sam Sand |
| 1966 | Perry Mason (TV Series) | Sheriff Moose Dalton |
| 1965 | Apache Uprising | Jess Cooney |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life (TV Series) | Jim Seaborne |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James (TV Series) | Jake Burnett |
| 1965 | Branded (TV Series) | Matthew Paxton |
| 1965 | Slattery's People (TV Series) | Collonel Thomas McAllen |
| 1959–1965 | Rawhide (TV Series) | Royal K. Shaw | Sgt. Pike | Gus Cornelius ... |
| 1958–1964 | Wagon Train (TV Series) | Sgt. Jake Orly | Jeb Drummond |
| 1960–1964 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) | Winfield Stratton | Rufus Logan |
| 1963 | The Warden (TV Movie) | George Rafferty |
| 1963 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) | Sam Welden |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure (TV Series) | Sgt. Winn |
| 1963 | Temple Houston (TV Series) | Sam Clanton |
| 1963 | Shock Corridor | Boden |
| 1963 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) | Ben Cottrell |
| 1963 | G.E. True (TV Series) | Walter Kopek |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) | Ed Krutcher |
| 1962 | Target: The Corruptors! (TV Series) | Johnny Farmer |
| 1962 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) | Ned Malley |
| 1962 | Follow the Sun (TV Series) | Leland F. Harmon |
| 1961 | Route 66 (TV Series) | Jim Bludge | Hump Humphrey |
| 1961 | Gunslinger (TV Series) | Sgt. Croft |
| 1961 | Gold of the Seven Saints | McCracken |
| 1960 | Outlaws (TV Series) | Marshal Tom Doan |
| 1960 | Riverboat (TV Series) | Sgt. Dan Phillips |
| 1960 | Wichita Town (TV Series) | Otis Stockett |
| 1960 | The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) | Loco Crispin |
| 1960 | Johnny Ringo (TV Series) | Boone Hackett |
| 1959 | Operation Petticoat | Chief Molumphry |
| 1959 | The Hangman | Big Murph Murphy |
| 1959 | The Giant Behemoth | Steve Karnes |
| 1959 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) | Big Sam Brown |
| 1958 | Revolt in the Big House | Lou Gannon |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer (TV Series) | Lonesome Jackson |
| 1958 | Money, Women and Guns | Sheriff Abner Crowley |
| 1958 | The Bravados | John Butler |
| 1958 | Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) | Jerrod Toll |
| 1958 | Young and Wild | Det. Sgt. Fred Janusz |
| 1958 | Damn Citizen | Maj. Al Arthur |
| 1958 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) | Will Fetter |
| 1957 | The Sad Sack | Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story | Whitey Krause |
| 1957 | Jet Pilot | Airfield Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) | Sgt. Maddox |
| 1956 | Wire Service (TV Series) | (uncredited) |
| 1955–1956 | My Friend Flicka (TV Series) | Rob McLaughlin |
| 1955 | Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series) | Joe Devlin |
| 1955 | Damon Runyon Theater (TV Series) | Tony Rose |
| 1955 | Science Fiction Theatre (TV Series) | Bud Porter |
| 1955 | Wyoming Renegades | Butch Cassidy |
| 1955 | Crashout | Maynard 'Monk' Collins |
| 1954 | The Ford Television Theatre (TV Series) | Cpl. O'Daniel |
| 1954 | Cattle Queen of Montana | Tom McCord |
| 1954 | The Long Wait | Servo |
| 1954 | Hell and High Water | Chief Holter |
| 1953 | Donovan's Brain | Dr. Frank Schratt |
| 1953 | The Golden Blade | Hadi |
| 1952 | Thunderbirds | Sgt. Mike Braggart |
| 1952 | Park Row | Phineas Mitchell |
| 1952 | Mutiny | Hook |
| 1951 | Fixed Bayonets! | Sgt. Rock |
| 1951 | Force of Arms | Sgt. Smiley 'Mac' McFee |
| 1951 | Ace in the Hole | Deputy Sheriff |
| 1951 | I Was an American Spy | Cpl. John Boone |
| 1951 | Sugarfoot | Billings |
| 1950–1951 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) | Link | Nat Gorman | Beef Corson |
| 1951 | The Steel Helmet | Zack |
| 1950 | Dallas | Drunk in Saloon (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Storm Warning | Ku Klux Klansman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Wyoming Mail | Shep |
| 1950 | Never a Dull Moment | Hunter (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Armored Car Robbery | William 'Ace' Foster |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle | Policeman at Ciavelli's Apartment (uncredited) |
| 1949 | It Happens Every Spring | Batter Mueller (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Mother Is a Freshman | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Criss Cross | Donlan (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Larceny | Horace (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Assigned to Danger | Joey |
| 1948 | Berlin Express | Train Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Under Colorado Skies | Henchman Red |
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