Rod Cameron (actor)
Rod Cameron ( born December 7, 1910 in Calgary, Alberta, † December 21, 1983 in Gainesville (Georgia ); born Nathan Roderick Cox ) was a Canadian actor.
Life
Cameron lived since 1930 in the United States and worked as a construction worker in the sewers of Los Angeles. There he established as a stuntman and double first contacts with Paramount Pictures. From 1939, he received small roles in American Western. 1943 succeeded the 1.96 -meter giant breakthrough for lead actor in the form of Rex Bennett in Haruschi, son of Dr. Fu Man as he stood Chu ( G-men vs. The Black Dragon) at Republic Pictures under contract. As the successor of Johnny Mack Brown, he also received dramatic roles in Universal Pictures; In 1947 he was at Monogram Pictures under contract. From 1953 he was also seen in TV series: First in City Detective ( until 1955 ), then to 1959 in State Trooper and finally in Coronad 9 Until the 1970s, he was always seen with guest appearances on the screen.
In the sixties they picked the actor to Europe, where it was used in some Western Euro. Producer Horst Wendlandt gave him in 1966 the title role of Buffalo Bill in the Karl May movie Winnetou and his friend Old Firehand, but the hoped-for comeback failed to materialize.
Cameron caused a stir by his private life when he divorced his wife Angela Alves - Lico to marry their mother Dorothy. He dedicated a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.