Create a commenting name to join the debate. [6][7] He had a one-line role in a Laurel and Hardy comedy, The Bullfighters (1945), credited under the name Frank McCown. Rory Calhoun was born on August 8, 1922 and died on April 28, 1999. Having received star billing in several B movies for which he was loaned out, often with other Selznick players - Rhonda Fleming in Adventure Island (1947), Guy Madison in Massacre River (1949) - Calhoun returned to Fox with a new contract and for several years was used less as a star than as a reliable leading man to the studio's female super-stars: Susan Hayward in I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951) and With a Song in My Heart (1952), Betty Grable in Meet Me after the Show (1951) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1953). Rory Calhoun Rory Calhoun has been died on Apr 28, 1999 ( age 76). We talked some more, and he asked, 'How would you like to be in films?' | Most liked. He was promoted to co-star for With a Song in My Heart (1952) with Hayward and Way of a Gaucho (1952) with Gene Tierney, directed by Jacques Tourneur. Nathaniel Durgin's information is not available now. He went to Ventura to star in a Western Rogue River (1951). 185 lbs (83.9 kg) Rory Calhoun body shape: Athletic. He has ranked on the list of 1099 famous people who were born on August 8, 1922. Why did Rory Calhoun die? He also appeared in Where Do We Go from Here? [1], Calhoun supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election. After a while I said to Marguerite, `Can you tell me what the hell is going on?' Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, Email already exists. "And I felt it would be nice to go back to forestry with a neat bank roll when these fellows found me out. When Baron sued Calhoun for divorce, she named Betty Grable as one of 79 women with whom he had adulterous relationships. He said in a 1959 article that the only two good films he made were With a Song in My Heart and How to Marry a Millionaire, the rest being "terrible".[17]. When the news came out he received an offer to play "The Champion" on Climax! Calhoun went to Universal for whom he made a Western, Four Guns to the Border (1954). At Fox, Calhoun played a second lead in Sand (1949). 'active' : ''"> When Fox dropped him, the producer David O. Selznick's chief talent scout, Henry Willson, noted for the distinctive noms d'ecran he would give his discoveries (Guy Madison, Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, Troy Donahue), persuaded Selznick to add the young actor to his contract list, renaming him Rory Calhoun. In August 1950, Calhoun signed a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox. He also was host of reruns of "Death Valley Days" in the syndicated "Western Star Theater.". Rory Calhoun become famous for being a successful Movie Actor. No evidence the movie was completed or released.