Gene Evans
Gene Evans is known for Ace in the Hole (1951), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973).
Biography
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Gene Evans (July 11, 1922 - April 1, 1998) was an American actor.
He was born in Holbrook, Arizona, but reared in Colton, California. His acting career began while he was serving in World War II. He performed with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe. Evans made his film debut in 1947 and appeared in dozens of movies and television programs. He specialized in playing tough guys like cowboys, sheriffs, convicts and sergeants.
Evans appeared in numerous films produced, directed, and written by Samuel Fuller. In his memoirs A Third Face, Fuller described meeting Evans when casting his Korean War film The Steel Helmet in 1950. Fuller threw an M1 Garand rifle at Evans, who caught it and inspected it as a soldier would have done. Evans had been a U.S. Army engineer in the war. Fuller kept Evans and refused John Wayne for the role. and fighting to keep him despite Robert L. Lippert and his partner wanting Larry Parks for the role. Fuller walked off the film and would not return until Evans was reinstated. Evans also appeared in Fuller's Fixed Bayonets!, Hell and High Water, Shock Corridor and lost thirty pounds to play the lead in Park Row.
Evans portrayed the authoritarian but wise father, Rob McLaughlin, on the 1956-1957 television series My Friend Flicka, based on a Western novel and film of the same name set in Wyoming. He appeared with Anita Louise (1915–1970) as his wife, Nell, Johnny Washbrook (born 1944) as his son, Ken, and fellow character actor Frank Ferguson (1899–1978), as the ranch handyman, Gus Broeberg, who addressed Evans as "Captain".
In 1958, Evans co-starred as Major Al Arthur in the film Damn Citizen based on the life of crusading Louisiana State Police superintendent Francis Grevemberg. Keith Andes starred as Grevemberg.
In the fall of 1976, Evans starred in the eleven-episode CBS adventure series Spencer's Pilots, with Christopher Stone, Todd Susman, and Britt Leach.
In January 1979, Evans appeared as Garrison Southworth in one episode of CBS's Dallas in January 1979. He appeared in ten episodes of CBS's Gunsmoke with James Arness, including "The Snow Train" and "Tatum". In 1965, he guest starred as Jake Burnett in the episode "Vendetta" of ABC's western The Legend of Jesse James starring Christopher Jones. Two years later, he appeared as Deedricks in the episode "Breakout" of another ABC western, Custer, starring Wayne Maunder in the title role.
In the late 1980s, Evans appeared on stage as the gruesome Papa in the stage production Papa is All, directed by playwright Tommy F. Scott in Jackson, Tennessee. He retired to a farm in Tennessee following his role in the original film version of Walking Tall.
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Questions about Gene Evans
How many Gene Evans films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 71 films with Gene Evans, from 1947 to 2002.
What is the best rated Gene Evans film?
The best rated Gene Evans film in the catalogue is Ace in the Hole (1951), rated 7.8.
What was the first Gene Evans film?
The first Gene Evans film in the catalogue is Berlin Express, from 1948.
Who has Gene Evans worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Gene Evans shares the most credits with Burt Kennedy (3 films), Harry Stradling Jr. (3 films) and Kathleen Freeman (3 films).
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Known for
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7.8 Ace in the Hole
1951
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7.2 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
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7.5 The Asphalt Jungle
1950
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7.2 Operation Petticoat
1959
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6.8 The War Wagon
1967
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7.0 The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
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7.0 Shock Corridor
1963
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6.9 Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
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6.7 Nevada Smith
1966
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6.6 Walking Tall
1973
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6.7 Waco
1966
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7.1 Criss Cross
1949
Full filmography
76 films — 71 in the catalogue
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5.8 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002 · Sgt. Zack / Phineas Mitchell (archive footage)
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5.2 Once Upon a Texas Train
1988 · Fargo Parker
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6.1 The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987 · McGregor
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5.7 Travis McGee
1983 · Meyer
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6.5 The Shadow Riders
1982 · Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner
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10.0 Sourdough
1981 · Narrator
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7.0 California Gold Rush
1981 · Sam Brannon
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10.0 Casino
1980 · Captain K.L. Fitzgerald
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4.8 Concrete Cowboys
1979 · Lt. Blocker
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5.5 Lassie: The New Beginning
1978 · Sheriff Marsh
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5.6 The Magic of Lassie
1978 · Sheriff Andrews
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7.0 Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978 · Fred Williker
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7.1 Fire!
1977 · Dan Harter
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6.7 The Macahans
1976 · Dutton
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Matt Helm
1975 · Sgt. Hanrahan
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6.5 The Last Day
1975 · Marshal Connelly
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5.2 Devil Times Five
1974 · Papa Doc
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5.0 A Knife for the Ladies
1974 · Hooker
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6.5 Sidekicks
1974 · Sam
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10.0 Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974 · Gabe
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7.2
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Mr. Horrell
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8.0 Camper John
1973 · Sheriff McVaney
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6.6
Walking Tall
1973 · Sheriff Al Thurman
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6.4 The Bounty Man
1972 · Tom Brady
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6.6 Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · Butcher
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5.0 The Intruders
1970 · Cole Younger
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6.8 There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Col Wolff
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7.0
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 · Clete
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6.9
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969 · Tom Danby
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6.0 Dragnet
1969 · Hugh Brown
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6.8
The War Wagon
1967 · Deputy Hoag
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6.7
Waco
1966 · Jim O'Neill
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6.7
Nevada Smith
1966 · Sam Sand
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6.4 Apache Uprising
1965 · Jess Cooney
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7.0
Shock Corridor
1963 · Boden
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7.2 Gold of the Seven Saints
1961 · McCracken
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7.2
Operation Petticoat
1959 · Chief Molumphry
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6.5 The Hangman
1959 · "Big Murph" Murphy
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5.8 The Giant Behemoth
1959 · Steve Karnes
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6.4 Revolt in the Big House
1958 · Lou Gannon
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5.8 Money, Women and Guns
1958 · Sheriff Abner Crowley
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6.6 The Bravados
1958 · John Butler
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4.6 Young and Wild
1958 · Det. Sgt. Fred Janusz
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8.0 Damn Citizen
1958 · Maj. Al Arthur
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5.7 The Sad Sack
1957 · Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley
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5.5 Jet Pilot
1957
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5.3 The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Whitey Krause
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5.5 Massacre at Sand Creek
1956 · Sgt. Maddox
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6.7 Crashout
1955 · Maynard 'Monk' Collins
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5.7 Cattle Queen of Montana
1954 · Tom McCord
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5.9 The Long Wait
1954 · Servo
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6.1 Wyoming Renegades
1954 · Butch Cassidy / George Leroy Parker
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6.0 Hell and High Water
1954 · Chief Holter
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6.2 Donovan's Brain
1953 · Dr. Frank Schratt
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6.7 The Golden Blade
1953 · Captain Hadi
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6.0 Thunderbirds
1952 · Sgt. Mike Braggart
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6.7 Park Row
1952 · Phineas Mitchell
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5.2 Mutiny
1952 · Hook
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6.5 Fixed Bayonets!
1951 · Sgt. Rock
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6.7 Force of Arms
1951 · Sgt. Smiley 'Mac' McFee
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7.8
Ace in the Hole
1951 · Deputy Sheriff
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6.6 I Was an American Spy
1951 · Cpl. John Boone
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5.3 Sugarfoot
1951 · Billings
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6.6 Storm Warning
1951 · Ku Klux Klansman (uncredited)
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7.0 The Steel Helmet
1951 · Sergeant Zack
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6.4 Dallas
1950 · Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
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5.2 Wyoming Mail
1950 · Shep
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6.1 Never a Dull Moment
1950 · Hunter( uncredited)
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6.5 Armored Car Robbery
1950 · William 'Ace' Foster
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7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 · Policeman at Ciavelli's Apartment (uncredited)
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6.6 It Happens Every Spring
1949 · Batter Mueller (uncredited)
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7.1
Criss Cross
1949 · Donlan (uncredited)
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5.9 Larceny
1948 · Horace (uncredited)
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4.7 Assigned to Danger
1948 · Joey
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6.3 Berlin Express
1948 · Train Sergeant (uncredited)
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7.0 Under Colorado Skies
1947 · Henchman Red
Series and TV shows
25 titles
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7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Nils Highlander
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6.7
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · Gus Weinstein
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7.5
The A-Team
1983 · Darrow
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6.7
Simon & Simon
1981 · Cast · 3 ep.
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6.9
Hart to Hart
1979 · Cast
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6.9
Dallas
1978 · Garrison Southworth
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6.9
Vega$
1978 · Cast
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7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Jimmy Kelly
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6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976 · James Webner
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7.9
M*A*S*H
1972 · Clayton Kibbee
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7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · Cast
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6.8
Ironside
1967 · Parker
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6.8
Mannix
1967 · Cast
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6.9
Tarzan
1966 · Cast · 2 ep.
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7.0
Daniel Boone
1964 · Stark
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7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Ed Krutcher
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6.5
The Virginian
1962 · Blanchard
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6.7
Route 66
1960 · Cast · 2 ep.
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7.5
Bonanza
1959 · Andy Fulmer
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7.3
Rawhide
1959 · Gus Cornelius
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7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Cast
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7.7
Perry Mason
1957 · Moose Dalton
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6.7
Gunsmoke
1955 · Billy · 2 ep.
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7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Ned Malley
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6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Beef Corson
People data: TMDb.
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