Doug McClure

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BIRTHDAY

May 11, 1935

Glendale, CA

DIED

February 05, 1995

RECENT CREDITS

Riders in the Storm (FILM) Jun. 23, 1995

Maverick (FILM) May. 20, 1994

Tapeheads (FILM) Oct. 21, 1988

Omega Syndrome (FILM) Mar. 13, 1987

52 Pick-Up (FILM) Nov. 7, 1986

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BIOGRAPHY

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Raw-boned blonde leading man Doug McClure came to films in 1957, but it was television that made him a star. He played secondary roles on such MCA series as The Overland Trail (1960) and Checkmate (1961-62) before striking paydirt as Trampas on the long-running (1962-71) western series The Virginian. During his first flush of stardom, McClure played leads in two Universal remakes, Beau Geste (1966) and The King's Pirate (the 1967 remake of Errol Flynn's Against All Flags). He also dashed through a trio of British-filmed Edgar Rice Burroughs derivations, The Land That Time Forgot (1974), At the Earth's Core (1976) and The People That Time Forgot (1977). He perpetuated his athletic, devil-may-care image into his brief 1975 TVer, Search (1975). In the late 1980s, Doug McClure reemerged as an agreeable comic actor, playing an Eastwoodish movie-star-cum-small-town-mayor in the syndicated sitcom Out of This World (1987-88).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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