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Victor Jory (November 23, 1902 – February 12, 1982) was a Canadian
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 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
.

He was born in Dawson City
Dawson City, Yukon

The Town of the City of Dawson or Dawson City is a town in the Yukon, Canada.The population was 1,327 at the Canada 2006 Census. The area draws some 60,000 visitors each year....
, Yukon Territory
Yukon

Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada three Territories of Canada. It was named after the Yukon River, Yukon meaning "Great River" in Gwich?in language....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. He was the boxing and wrestling champion of the Coast Guard during his military service, and he kept his burly physique.

He toured with theater troupes and appeared on Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
, before making his Hollywood debut in 1930. He initially played romantic leads, but later was mostly cast as the villain.






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Victor Jory (November 23, 1902 – February 12, 1982) was a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
.

He was born in Dawson City
Dawson City, Yukon

The Town of the City of Dawson or Dawson City is a town in the Yukon, Canada.The population was 1,327 at the Canada 2006 Census. The area draws some 60,000 visitors each year....
, Yukon Territory
Yukon

Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada three Territories of Canada. It was named after the Yukon River, Yukon meaning "Great River" in Gwich?in language....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. He was the boxing and wrestling champion of the Coast Guard during his military service, and he kept his burly physique.

He toured with theater troupes and appeared on Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
, before making his Hollywood debut in 1930. He initially played romantic leads, but later was mostly cast as the villain. He made over 150 films and dozens of TV episodes, as well as writing two plays.

He is remembered for his role as Jonas Wilkerson, the brutal and opportunistic overseer, in Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind (film)

Gone with the Wind is a 1939 in film Cinema of the United States drama film-romance film-film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 in literature Gone with the Wind and directed by Victor Fleming ....
 and as Lamont Cranston, aka 'The Shadow' in the 1942 serial film
Serial (film)

|}Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials or Film serials, were short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a feature film that were related to pulp magazine Serial ....
 The Shadow
The Shadow

The Shadow is a collection of serialized dramas, originally on 1930s radio and then in a wide variety of media, that follow the exploits of Character vigilante The Shadow....
. He also portrayed Oberon in Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt

Max Reinhardt may refer to:*Max Reinhardt , Austrian theatre and film director*Max Reinhardt , British publisher...
's film A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a film directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle, produced by Henry Blanke and Hal Wallis, and adapted by Charles Kenyon and Mary C....
 (1935), an adaptation of Shakespeare's play
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic love Shakespearean comedies by William Shakespeare, suggested by "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written around 1594 to 1596....
.

Near the end of his career, Jory guest starred as an aging FBI agent in The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files is an American detective television drama originally aired on the NBC television network between September 13, 1974 and January 10, 1980; it has remained in constant television syndication to the present day, making it a cult classic....
 episode, "The Attractive Nuisance."

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Victor Jory has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, that serves as an entertainment hall of fame....
 at 6605 Hollywood Blvd. He was cremated
Cremation

Cremation is the process of reducing human remains to basic Chemical element in the form of bone fragments through flame, heat, and vaporization....
 and his ashes were either given to a friend or family.

Partial filmography

  • State Fair (1933)
  • Party Wire
    Party Wire

    Party Wire is a 1935 in film drama film starring Jean Arthur and Victor Jory. It was based on the novel of the same name by Bruce Manning. In a small town, an overhead conversation on a Party line results in gossip that causes a great deal of trouble for a young woman and a wealthy newcomer....
     (1935)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream
    A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)

    A Midsummer Night's Dream is a film directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle, produced by Henry Blanke and Hal Wallis, and adapted by Charles Kenyon and Mary C....
     (1935)
  • Meet Nero Wolfe
    Meet Nero Wolfe

    Meet Nero Wolfe is a 1936 in film mystery film based on the 1934 novel Fer-de-Lance , written by Rex Stout. Set in New York, the story introduced the detective genius Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin ....
     (1936)
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film)

    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a 1938 United States drama film directed by Norman Taurog. The screenplay by John V.A. Weaver was based on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain....
     (1938)
  • Dodge City
    Dodge City (1939 film)

    Dodge City is a western movie starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Directed by Hungarian-turned-Hollywood filmmaker Michael Curtiz and based on a story by Robert Buckner, it was filmed in early Technicolor....
     (1939)
  • Women in the Wind (1939)
  • Susannah of the Mounties
    Susannah of the Mounties

    Susannah of the Mounties was a novel written by Muriel Denison in 1936. In the book Susannah is sent to Regina to spend the summer with her uncle who is a Royal Canadian Mounted Police....
     (1939)
  • Each Dawn I Die
    Each Dawn I Die

    Each Dawn I Die is a 1939 in film Crime film featuring James Cagney and George Raft in their only movie together as leads, although Raft had made an unbilled appearance in a 1932 Cagney vehicle called Taxi! in which he won a dance contest against Cagney....
     (1939)
  • I Stole a Million
    I Stole a Million

    I Stole a Million is a crime drama film starring George Raft as a cab driver and small-time crook who makes a big score and lives to regret it....
     (1939)
  • Gone with the Wind
    Gone with the Wind (film)

    Gone with the Wind is a 1939 in film Cinema of the United States drama film-romance film-film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 in literature Gone with the Wind and directed by Victor Fleming ....
      (1939)
  • Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die
    Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die

    Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die is a Western film released in 1942, starring Richard Dix and Kent Taylor, and directed by William McGann....
     (1942)
  • The Loves of Carmen
    The Loves of Carmen

    The Loves of Carmen is a Technicolor film starring Rita Hayworth as the gypsy Carmen and Glenn Ford as her doomed lover Don Jos?. It was directed by Charles Vidor and released by Columbia Pictures....
     (1948)
  • The Cariboo Trail (1950)
  • Cat-Women of the Moon
    Cat-Women of the Moon

    Cat-Women of the Moon is a 1953 science fiction film 3-D film directed by Arthur Hilton. It stars Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory and Marie Windsor....
     (1953)
  • The Man from the Alamo (1953)
  • Valley of the Kings
    Valley of the Kings (film)

    Valley of the Kings is a 1954 in film adventure film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was written and directed by Robert Pirosh from a screenplay by Robert Pirosh and Karl Tunberg, "suggested by historical data" in the book Gods, Graves and Scholars: the Story of Archaeology by C....
     (1954)
  • Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado (1956)
  • The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)
  • The Last Stagecoach West 1957)
  • The Fugitive Kind
    The Fugitive Kind

    The Fugitive Kind is a 1959 United States drama film directed by Sidney Lumet. The screenplay by Meade Roberts and Tennessee Williams was based on the latter's 1957 play Orpheus Descending, itself a revision of his unproduced 1939 work Battle of Angels....
     (1959)
  • The Miracle Worker
    The Miracle Worker (1962 film)

    The Miracle Worker is a 1962 in film United States biographical film directed by Arthur Penn. The screenplay by William Gibson is based on his The Miracle Worker , which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90....
     (1962)
  • Cheyenne Autumn
    Cheyenne Autumn

    Cheyenne Autumn is a 1964 in film western starring Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart , and Edward G. Robinson. The film was the last western to be directed by John Ford, who proclaimed it an elegy for the Native Americans in the United States who had been abused by the United States government and misinterpreted by many of th...
     (1964)
  • The Legend of Jesse James
    The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)

    The Legend of Jesse James is a 34-episode Western television series starring Christopher Jones in the tile role of notorious outlaw Jesse James which aired on American Broadcasting Company from September 13, 1965, to May 9, 1966....
     (1966) ABC series, as Judge Parker in the episode "Things Don't Just Happen"
  • F Troop
    F Troop

    F Troop was a satirical United States television sitcom that originally aired from 1965-1967 on American Broadcasting Company. It premiered in the United States on September 14, 1965, ran for two seasons, and finished its first run on April 6, 1967, for a total of 65 30-minute episodes....
     as Chief Mean Buffalo in the episode "Indian Fever", ABC series (1966)
  • The Road West
    The Road West

    The Road West is an National Broadcasting Company Western television series starring Barry Sullivan as Benjamin "Ben" Pride, the patriarch of a pioneer family in Kansas....
     in episode "Beyond the Hill", NBC series (1967)
  • A Time for Dying (1969)
  • Papillon
    Papillon (film)

    Papillon is a 1973 in film film based on a Papillon by French ex-convict Henri Charri?re. The film was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starred Steve McQueen as Henri Charri?re and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega....
     (1973)
  • The Mountain Men
    The Mountain Men

    The Mountain Men is a 1980 Adventure/Western film starring Charlton Heston and Brian Keith....
     (1980)
  • The Puppetoon Movie
    The Puppetoon Movie

    The Puppetoon Movie is a 1987 animated film made of 11 Puppetoons shorts by George Pal with Your Host: Gumby and Pokey . Produced and Directed by Arnold Leibovit and Arnold Leibovit Entertainment...
     (1987)


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