
Gene Evans
Highest Rated: 100% The Bravados (1958)
Lowest Rated: 20% 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."
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 40% | Once Upon a Texas Train | Fargo Parker (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fight to Win | Cinematographer | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 64% | The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory | McGregor (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Travis McGee: The Empty Copper Sea | Meyer (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | 71% | 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 | 66% | 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 | 31% | Devil Times Five | Papa Doc (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shootout in a One-Dog Town | Gabe (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sidekicks | Sam (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gentle Savage | Sheriff McVaney (Character) | - | 1973 |
75% | 71% | Walking Tall | Sheriff Al Thurman (Character) | - | 1973 |
93% | 82% | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Clete (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Intruders | Cole Younger (Character) | - | 1970 |
75% | 82% | 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% | 65% | 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 |
20% | 30% | The Giant Behemoth | Steve Karnes (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young and Wild | Unknown (Character) | - | 1958 |
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 | Revolt in the Big House | Lou Gannon (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Damn Citizen | Maj. Al Arthur (Character) | - | 1958 |
60% | 39% | Jet Pilot | Airfield Sergeant (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sad Sack | Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley (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 | No Score Yet | Wyoming Renegades |
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- | 1955 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Hell and High Water | Chief Holter (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 27% | Cattle Queen of Montana | Tom McCord (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Long Wait | Servo (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 20% | The Golden Blade | Hadi (Character) | - | 1953 |
50% | 35% | Donovan's Brain | Dr. Frank Schratt (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Mutiny | Hook (Character) | - | 1952 |
89% | 85% | Park Row | Phineas Mitchell (Character) | - | 1952 |
100% | 71% | Fixed Bayonets! | Sgt. Rock (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 33% | I Was an American Spy | Boone (Character) | - | 1951 |
92% | 92% | Ace in the Hole | Deputy Sheriff (Character) | - | 1951 |
100% | 85% | The Steel Helmet | Sgt. Zack (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Force of Arms | Sgt. Smiley "Mac" McFee (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Billings (Character) | - | 1951 |
83% | No Score Yet | Wyoming Mail | Shep (Character) | - | 1950 |
83% | 68% | It Happens Every Spring | Batter Mueller (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1949 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The A-Team | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 93% | 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 | No Score Yet | Dallas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | 61% | 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 | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Bodie Tatum (Guest Star) | 1974 1970-1972 1967-1968 1963 |
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 | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 1963 1960 |
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 | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961-1965 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death Valley Days | Winfield Stratton (Character) | 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 | No Score Yet | Target: The Corruptors | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 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 | My Friend Flicka | Rob McLaughlin (Character) | 1955-1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lone Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1950-1951 |
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