Victor Jory
Victor Jory ( November 23, 1902 in Dawson, Yukon, † February 12, 1982 in Santa Monica, California ) was a Canadian film actor.
Life
Victor Jory came in 1902 as the son of Edwin and Joanna Jory Dawson in Canada to the world. After he had moved with his family to California and a local high school had visited, he trained as an actor at the Pasadena Playhouse. He attended for one year the University of California, then undertook, however, at the United States Coast Guard, where he was boxing and wrestling champion. His powerful figure coined later his roles, like his grim face and his distinctive deep voice, so he was usually cast as a villain. As an actor, he first traveled around with theater companies. Between 1920 and 1932, he was so in more than 400 stage productions across the United States to use them. In 1929, he first appeared in New York on a theater stage. One year later, was to be seen in the originally produced for the Broadway play Berkeley Square. In 1930, he finally made his feature film debut and was henceforth occupied mostly in supporting roles.
In 1935, he played Oberon in the film adaptation of Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream opposite James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland. The industry magazine Variety counted his portrayal of Elf king of the "outstanding performances " of the film. Four years later he was in the Hollywood classic Gone with the Wind (1939 ) in the role of opportunist slave overseer Jonas Wilkerson to see who tries later, Scarlett O'Hara take away their plantation Tara. In many Western Jory embodied cunning Yankees or Indians. One of his later roles was the chief of the Indians on the side of Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman in the prison drama Papillon.
Over the years, Jory made more than 100 films and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ( 6605 Hollywood Boulevard). During the 1940s he appeared several times on Broadway, including 1946-1947 in Shakespeare's Henry VIII Even when he was a radio with more than 1,200 radio appearances very active. Sometimes Jory also worked as a theater director and author. So he wrote about the Broadway play Five Who Were Mad as well as several television screenplays. Since the 1950s, he appeared in numerous television series with, such as in Dr. Kildare (1962 ), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1963 ), Gunsmoke (1965 ), Bonanza (1966) and The Rockford Files - Just call (1978 ). In the police series Manhunt he held 1959-1961 in 78 episodes a major role. He also worked as a drama teacher and gave lectures.
In 1928 he married Jean Inness. The marriage, which lasted until her death on December 27, 1978, were born two sons, Jean and Jon. The latter initiated 31 years the theater in Louisville, Kentucky, and worked as a professor of drama at the University of Washington in Seattle later. Victor Jory died in 1982 at the age of 79 of a heart attack in Santa Monica, California.