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Gene Evans

Actor Gene Evans (1922 - 1998) began his acting career while serving in World War II while performing with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe. Evans, raised in Colton, California, made his film debut in 1947 and ended up appearing in dozens of movies and television programs. He specialized in playing tough guys like cowboys, sheriffs, convicts and Army sergeants. The near-sighted actor rarely wore his thick glasses in films, he did wear them while playing a doctor in the B-movie Donovan's Brain (1953).

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Gene Evans Facts

Birth NameEugene Barton Evans
OccupationActor
BirthdayJuly 11, 1922
SignCancer
BirthplaceHolbrook, Arizona, USA
Date of deathApril 1, 1998 (Jackson, Tennessee, USA, age 75)

Selected Filmography

Louis L'Amour's The Sacketts
Operation Petticoat
Bonnie and Clyde
Support Your Local Gunfighter/Support Your Local Sheriff
Stone Cold
The Shadow Riders
Planet of the Apes
The War Wagon
Fixed Bayonets
Walking Tall
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