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      Gene Evans

      Gene Evans

      Highest Rated: 100% The Bravados (1958)

      Lowest Rated: 17% The Giant Behemoth (1959)

      Birthday: Jul 11, 1922

      Birthplace: Holbrook, Arizona, USA

      Actor Gene Evans began acting in his youth, refining his skills as a performer in a G.I. acting troupe while he served as an engineer. It is perhaps for this reason that Evans was often cast as strong, weathered men in westerns and war films. He first appeared on film with a small role in the 1947 horse opera "Under Colorado Skies," but it wasn't until he was cast as Sergeant Zack in Samuel Fuller's 1951 Korean War drama "The Steel Helmet" that Evans showed mastery over his craft. Widely considered to be his best role, it is also one of the greatest characterizations within the genre. Both Fuller and Evans had been soldiers, and, appropriately, the film is infused with meditations on war and survival. Forming a strong working relationship, the two made several films together, including the Golden Globe-nominated mystery "Shock Corridor." Making several films a year though the '50s, Evans ended the decade with the World War II comedy "Operation Petticoat," starring Cary Grant. With the rise of television in the 1960s, Evans began making guest appearances on western-themed television shows, including stints on "Rawhide" and "Gunsmoke." While he continued to work mainly in television for the rest of his career, Evans played supporting roles in former "Gunsmoke" writer Sam Peckinpah's "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" and "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid." Evans' last major role was the title character in the 1976 series "Spencer's Pilots."

      Highest rated movies

      The Bravados poster
      The Bravados
      The Steel Helmet poster
      The Steel Helmet
      Fixed Bayonets! poster
      Fixed Bayonets!
      Shock Corridor poster
      Shock Corridor
      The Ballad of Cable Hogue poster
      The Ballad of Cable Hogue
      Ace in the Hole poster Ace in the Hole The War Wagon poster
      The War Wagon
      Park Row poster
      Park Row

      Photos

      OPERATION PETTICOAT, Gene Evans, 1959 OPERATION PETTICOAT, Gene Evans, 1959 THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Gene Evans, Andre Morell, 1959 THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Gene Evans, Andre Morell, 1959 HELL AND HIGH WATER, Gene Evans, 1954, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. HELL AND HIGH WATER, Gene Evans, 1954, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. THE STEEL HELMET, Gene Evans, 1951 THE STEEL HELMET, Gene Evans, 1951 FIXED BAYONETS!, Gene Evans, 1951, ©20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright, FIXED BAYONETS!, Gene Evans, 1951, ©20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright, THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Georgina Ward, Andre Morell, Gene Evans, 1959 THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Georgina Ward, Andre Morell, Gene Evans, 1959 FIXED BAYONETS, Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, 1951, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. FIXED BAYONETS, Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, 1951, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. PARK ROW, Gene Evans, Mary Welch, 1952 PARK ROW, Gene Evans, Mary Welch, 1952 PARK ROW, Gene Evans, 1952 PARK ROW, Gene Evans, 1952 PARK ROW, Don Orlando, Gene Evans, 1952 PARK ROW, Don Orlando, Gene Evans, 1952 PARK ROW, Gene Evans (center), Dick Elliott (rear), 1952 PARK ROW, Gene Evans (center), Dick Elliott (rear), 1952 STEEL HELMET, THE, Gene Evans, 1951 STEEL HELMET, THE, Gene Evans, 1951 FIXED BAYONETS, Gene Evans, Richard Basehart, 1951, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. FIXED BAYONETS, Gene Evans, Richard Basehart, 1951, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Gene Evans, Andre Morell, 1959 THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Gene Evans, Andre Morell, 1959 STEEL HELMET, THE, James Edwards, Gene Evans, 1951 STEEL HELMET, THE, James Edwards, Gene Evans, 1951 THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Howard Lang, Gene Evans, 1959 THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Howard Lang, Gene Evans, 1959 STEEL HELMET, THE, Gene Evans, Richard Loo, 1951 STEEL HELMET, THE, Gene Evans, Richard Loo, 1951 THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Gene Evans, 1959 THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Gene Evans, 1959 THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Andre Morell, Gene Evans, 1959 THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Andre Morell, Gene Evans, 1959 THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Maurice Kaufmann, Gene Evans, 1959 THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, Maurice Kaufmann, Gene Evans, 1959

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet 44% Once Upon a Texas Train Fargo Parker (Character) - 1988
      No Score Yet 62% The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory McGregor (Character) - 1987
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Fight to Win Cinematographer - 1987
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Travis McGee: The Empty Copper Sea Meyer (Character) - 1983
      No Score Yet 70% The Shadow Riders Colonel Holiday Hammond (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet No Score Yet California Gold Rush Sam Brannon (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Casino Captain K.L. Fitzgerald (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet 36% The Concrete Cowboys Lt. Blocker (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet 63% The Magic of Lassie Sheriff Andrews (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Lassie: The New Beginning Sheriff Marsh (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Fire! Dan Harter (Character) - 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Macahans Dutton (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Spencer's Pilots Spencer Parish (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Day Marshal Connelly (Character) - 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Matt Helm Sergeant Hanrahan (Character) - 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Sidekicks Sam (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet 32% Devil Times Five Papa Doc (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Shootout in a One-Dog Town Gabe (Character) - 1974
      75% 71% Walking Tall Sheriff Al Thurman (Character) - 1973
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gentle Savage Sheriff McVaney (Character) - 1973
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Intruders Cole Younger (Character) - 1970
      94% 81% The Ballad of Cable Hogue Clete (Character) - 1970
      76% 81% Support Your Local Sheriff! Tom Danby (Character) - 1969
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dragnet Capt. Hugh Brown (Character) - 1969
      90% 78% The War Wagon Deputy Hoag (Character) - 1967
      50% 64% Nevada Smith Sam Sand (Character) - 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Apache Uprising Jess Cooney (Character) - 1965
      95% 82% Shock Corridor Boden (Character) - 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gold of the Seven Saints McCracken (Character) - 1961
      81% 81% Operation Petticoat Chief Molumphry (Character) - 1959
      17% 28% The Giant Behemoth Steve Karnes (Character) - 1959
      100% 67% The Bravados John Butler (Character) - 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Money, Women and Guns Sheriff Abner Crowley (Character) - 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Young and Wild Unknown (Character) - 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Damn Citizen Maj. Al Arthur (Character) - 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Revolt in the Big House Lou Gannon (Character) - 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sad Sack Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley (Character) - 1957
      67% 40% Jet Pilot Airfield Sergeant (uncredited) (Character) - 1957
      No Score Yet 31% The Helen Morgan Story Whitey Krause (Character) - 1957
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Massacre at Sand Creek Sgt. Maddox (Character) - 1956
      No Score Yet 20% Wyoming Renegades Butch Cassidy/George Leroy Parker (Character) - 1955
      80% 38% Hell and High Water Chief Holter (Character) - 1954
      No Score Yet 31% Cattle Queen of Montana Tom McCord (Character) - 1954
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Long Wait Servo (Character) - 1954
      No Score Yet 19% The Golden Blade Hadi (Character) - 1953
      50% 33% Donovan's Brain Dr. Frank Schratt (Character) - 1953
      89% 85% Park Row Phineas Mitchell (Character) - 1952
      No Score Yet 17% Mutiny Hook (Character) - 1952
      No Score Yet 33% I Was an American Spy Boone (Character) - 1951
      100% 85% The Steel Helmet Sgt. Zack (Character) - 1951
      100% 71% Fixed Bayonets! Sgt. Rock (Character) - 1951
      93% 92% Ace in the Hole Deputy Sheriff (Character) - 1951
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Sugarfoot Billings (Character) - 1951
      No Score Yet 44% Force of Arms Sgt. Smiley "Mac" McFee (Character) - 1951
      86% No Score Yet Wyoming Mail Shep (Character) - 1950
      88% 66% It Happens Every Spring Batter Mueller (uncredited) (Character) - 1949

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Unknown (Guest Star) 1983 1987
      No Score Yet 57% The A-Team Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
      No Score Yet 86% M*A*S*H Clayton Kibbee (Guest Star) 1982
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sacketts Benson Bigelow (Character) 1979
      No Score Yet 100% Dallas Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
      No Score Yet 75% Incredible Hulk Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Matt Helm Sgt. Hanrahan (Character) 1975-1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Petrocelli Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
      No Score Yet 100% Gunsmoke Bodie Tatum (Guest Star) 1963 1967-1968 1970-1972 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sixth Sense Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Alias Smith and Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Dan Brockway (Guest Star) 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Longstreet Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
      No Score Yet 100% Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1960 1963 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1969-1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Here Come the Brides Jacob Marsh (Guest Star) 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cimarron Strip Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarzan Albers (Guest Star) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Iron Horse Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Moose Dalton (Guest Star) 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Branded Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet 100% Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1959 1961-1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Unknown (Guest Star) 1958 1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Sam Welden (Guest Star) 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1962
      No Score Yet 80% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunslinger Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Johnny Ringo Boone Hackett (Guest Star) 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theater Unknown (Character) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Restless Gun Will Fetter (Guest Star) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lone Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1950-1951