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Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray's film career began in the late 1920s in small roles and bit parts, but his career didn't gain momentum until he signed with Paramount in the mid 1930s. He proved to be a sturdy leading man in dramas, comedies, and even musicals. However, by the 1950s, MacMurray's star began to fade; he then turned to westerns and made a number of them, although he was not at ease in the genre. Disney films and the television series My Three Sons breathed new life in to his career. By the time My Three Sons left the air in 1972, MacMurray went into semi-retirement. He passed away in 1991 at the age of 83. MacMurray married actress June Haver in 1954, one year after the death of his first wife.
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George Maharis
Best known as Buz Murdock on the hit 1960-1964 series Route 66, George Maharis has made a number of films during his career, such as The Satan Bug (1965; with Anne Francis) and The Happening (1967). Today, Maharis is retired from acting.
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Paul Mantee
Paul Mantee established himself as an actor in the 1960s, starring in Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964; with Adam West) and A Man Called Dagger (1967). In addition to films, Mantee has made guest appearances in numerous television shows, including The Rifleman, Mannix, Cannon, and The F.B.I. (see right photo). Mantee is now retired from acting and is pursuing a writing career.
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Hugh Marlowe
Hugh Marlowe starred in a vast number of science fiction cult classics in the 1950s, including The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers (1956). In the late 1960s, he took on a role on the daytime soap Another World and stayed with the show until his sudden death in 1982 at the age of 71.
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Dewey Martin
Dewey Martin had a great career as a leading man in the 1950s. Martin's breakthrough role came in the 1951 science fiction classic The Thing from Another World. But by the late 1950s, his film career waned, at which time Martin began doing a lot of television work. He retired from the screen after the low-budget 1974 comedy Seven Alone. In 1956, Martin married singer Peggy Lee, but the union dissolved just two years later.
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Victor Mature
Rugged leading man Victor Mature starred in numerous costume dramas in the 1940s and 1950s, including Samson and Delilah (1949), Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954), and The Robe (1953). But into the later 1950s, he was acting in smaller-budgeted films, such as Pickup Alley (1957) and Timbuktu (1959). After 1960, Mature went into semi-retirement, preferring playing golf to making films. Mature passed away in August 1999 at the age of 86.
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John Matuszak
After wrapping up his football career with the Los Angeles Raiders, 6'8" defensive end John Matuszak entered films full time. While he was still playing football, he made a few appearances in films, including North Dallas Forty (1979) and Caveman (1981). In the mid 1980s, he landed roles in the HBO series 1st and Ten and in several films. Sadly, Matuszak died suddenly of heart failure in 1989 at the age of 38.
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Martin Milner
Route 66 and Adam-12 actor Martin Milner had a long career in films before TV made him a star. He appeared in such films as On the Threshold of Space (1956; with Guy Madison and Virginia Leith), William Castle's 13 Ghosts (1960), and Sex Kittens Go to College (1960; with Mamie Van Doren). The above photos are from Milner's 1961 drive-in flick The Private Lives of Adam and Eve with Fay Spain.
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Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum acted in a wide array of film and television projects during his 50-year career, starring in blockbusters and low-budget films alike. Mitchum started taking bit parts in films in the early 1940s, and his popularity quickly grew. Sadly, he passed away in 1997 at the age of 79.
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Don Murray
Murray got his big break in the 1956 Marilyn Monroe film Bus Stop. Since then, he's acted in a variety of films and TV series. Murray was once married to actress Hope Lange.
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Michael Parks
From his debut in the 1965 film The Wild Seed, Michael Parks has enjoyed a long career as an actor. Although he's starred in such films as The Bible (1966), The Idol (1966), and The Happening (1967), Parks is probably best known for his 1969-1970 series Then Came Bronson. Today, Parks is still active in films.
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Nat Pendleton
Olympic wrestler-turned-actor Nat Pendleton acted in more than 100 films between 1924 and 1948. Although he was often cast as a simpleton in dramas and a comedic foil in comedies, Pendleton was no idiot; he was a graduate of Columbia University and was fluent in four languages. Some of his films include The Sea Wolf (1930), Sign of the Cross (1932), and The Great Ziegfeld (1936; Pendleton portrayed Eugen Sandow). One of his last films was the 1947 Bela Lugosi cheap-o horror flick Scared to Death; afterwards, Pendleton retired from films. He passed away in 1967 at the age of 72.
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Tyrone Power
Heartthrob Tyrone Power acted in many swashbuckling roles in the 1940s and 1950s. He started his career at 20th Century-Fox, where he was put under contract in the mid 1930s. He quickly rose through the ranks, becoming one of Fox's most popular stars in the late 1930s. His service in World War II interrupted his career, but by the late 1940s Power was back in top form, but as more of a serious actor and less of a matinee idol. While shooting Solomon and Sheba in late 1958, Power died of a heart attack at the age of 44.
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Elvis Presley
This man certainly needs no introduction; singer Elvis Presley's popularity spilled over into films in the 1950s and 1960s. Of the more than 30 films he acted in, the best ones are Jailhouse Rock (1957), Loving You (1957; with Lizabeth Scott), King Creole (1958; with Carolyn Jones), and Viva Las Vegas (1964). But by the mid 1960s, the quality of the films slipped. Presley abandoned his acting career after the 1969 release Change of Habit, focusing instead on his revitalized recording career. Presley died in 1977 at the age of 42.
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