biographyLEFT: Hunter with first wife Barbara Rush in the early 1950s. RIGHT: Hunter was briefly engaged to actress Sally Ann Howes in 1968Early in his film career, 20th Century Fox served up many beefcake photos of Jeffrey Hunter. The far right image includes fellow 20th Century Fox contract player Robert Wagner |
the films of jeffrey hunterFourteen Hours (1951)At Fox, Hunter was often paired with beautiful Debra Paget, with whom he acted in five films. These photos are from the thriller Fourteen HoursBelles on Their Toes (1952)Princess of the Nile (1954)With Debra Paget in the 20th Century Fox release Princess of the NileSeven Cities of Gold (1955)The Proud Ones (1956)LEFT: Behind-the-scenes photo of Jeffrey Hunter on the set. RIGHT: With Virginia Mayo and Robert RyanThe Searchers (1956)Gun for a Coward (1957)Count Five and Die (1958)Sergeant Rutledge (1960)LEFT: From the John Ford western Sergeant Rutledge, released by Warner Bros. RIGHT: With Woody Strode and Constance TowersMan-Trap (1961)King of Kings (1961)Gold for the Caesars (1963)Temple Houston (1963-1964 NBC TV series)LEFT: From The Man From Galveston with Kevin Hagen. CENTER: Promotional still from Temple Houston. RIGHT: On the set with actress Bea BallanceBrainstorm (1965)Murieta (1965)Star Trek: The Cage (1965)The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)LEFT: From the United Artists war comedy The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell, which also starred Bob Hope and Phyllis Dillerlater yearsIn 1963 Hunter signed a two-year contract with Warner Bros., where he starred in the TV series Temple Houston. About 30 episodes of the hour-long western were filmed before the series was canceled in 1964. Hunter's 1963 film The Man From Galveston was originally the pilot episode of Temple Houston. And in late 1964, Hunter starred in Star Trek: The Cage, the first pilot episode for the NBC series Star Trek. The completed pilot never aired (until 1988), because NBC rejected the pilot and ordered a new one. Hunter opted out of the second pilot and returned to Europe and Asia to act in such films as the comedy A Witch Without a Broom (1967; with Maria Perschy) and the spaghetti western Find a Place to Die (1968).Barbara Rush and Hunter parted ways in 1955. Hunter remarried in 1957 to wife Joan and divorced again ten years later. After an engagement to actress Sally Ann Howes, Hunter married actress Emily McLaughlin in February 1969 following a whirlwind courtship. McLaughlin is best known for her role as Nurse Jessie Brewer on the ABC-TV soap General Hospital from 1963 through 1991. Sadly, Hunter passed away from a massive stroke after falling and fracturing his skull on May 27, 1969, at the age of 42. He was survived by his third wife, Emily McLaughlin (1928-1991), four sons, and a stepson, Robert Lansing Jr. |
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