John Hodiak
John Hodiak ( born April 16, 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, † October 19, 1955 in Tarzana, California ) was an American actor.
Life
Hodiak was born as the son of Walter and Anna Hodiak Pogorzelec in Pittsburgh. He was Ukrainian- Polish descent. He grew up in a Polish- dominated suburban community of Detroit in Michigan. First experiences with the acting profession, he already made in amateur performances as a child. His first professional attempt as a radio actor failed because of his Slavic accent, he was looking for then to be improved by exercises. After various jobs, he finally managed to get a foothold in Chicago in radio as an actor. There he was discovered by a talent scout from MGM and came to Hollywood in 1942. He played his first small role in A Stranger in Town, directed by Roy Rowland. Alfred Hitchcock finally spotted him and lent him for his film The lifeboat to the 20th Century Fox from. In this film, he played his first leading role in 1944 on the side of Tallulah Bankhead. From then on, he mostly played leading roles. 1945 A Bell for Adano at the side of Gene Tierney, 1946 in The Harvey Girls at the side of Judy Garland.
1946 married John Hodiak the actress Anne Baxter, with whom he had played in The Sunday guest. 1951, the daughter Katrina Hodiak was born. His marriage to Anne Baxter in 1953 divorced. In that year he made his Broadway debut with the play The Chase. Although the production was a failure, however, meant that Hodiak was the role of Lieutenant Maryk in the theater adaptation of Herman Wouk's novel The Caine received her fate. He played that role for two years. John Hodiak suffered before the conclusion of the shooting of the film On the Threshold of Space a heart attack, he died at the age of only 41 years.