Jon Provost
Jon Provost ( born March 12, 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor.
Life
As a child star Provost acted in several films from 1953 to 1970 with. But celebrity brought him his role as orphan Timmy Martin in the third season of the American television series Lassie (1957-1964) a. For this role, he is a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood address 7080 was awarded in 1994.
As " He " was Provost in 1965 can be seen in the sitcom of the talking horse Mr. Ed in the episode " Jon Provost Meets Mister Ed" and was at the height of his career, also a guest in several television shows.
1964 Provost's contract ran for the Lassie series, and thus also his acting career was coming to an end. After three movies, he was only once in a series of new edition of the Lassie series, The New Lassie, seen in a supporting role in the 1991 episode The Amazing Lassie.
Provost then completed a course with the Bachelor of Arts degree and worked for a time as a special education teacher. He then worked as an estate agent in Sonoma County north of San Francisco. In the previously mentioned episode in The New Lassie Provost's character Steve McCullough joined with that same profession, next to the former first Lassie - owner, Tommy Rettig, who revived his role as Jeff Miller again.
In recent years, Provost was also a guest at conventions, where he lectured on the classic television and American culture. His memoirs were in November 2007 under the title Timmy's in the Well: The Jon Provost Story published (Cumberland House Publishing - ISBN 1-58182-619-2 ).
Filmography
- 2000: The Hollywood Collection: The Story of Lassie ( documentation)
- 1970: The Secret of the Sacred Forest
- 1969: Wore Tennis Shoes ( The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes )
- 1966: This girl is for all Dream Station ( This Property Is Condemned )
- 1962: Lassie 's Greatest Adventure ( Lassie 's Great Adventure) ( TV )
- 1960: Lassie disappears ( The Disappearance ) ( TV )
- 1957: Lost in Japan ( Escapade in Japan)
- 1957: Commit du deine Wege ( All Mine to Give )
- 1956: Once the hour cometh ( Toward the Unknown )
- 1956: Back from Eternity ( Back from Eternity )
- 1954: A girl from the countryside ( The Country Girl )
- 1953: A Heart of Gold ( So Big )