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John Derek
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BIRTHDAY
August 12, 1926
Hollywood, California, United States
DIED
May 22, 1998
RECENT CREDITS
Ghosts Can't Do It
(FILM)
Jun. 1, 1990
Bolero
(FILM)
Aug. 1, 1984
Tarzan, The Ape Man
(FILM)
Jul. 24, 1981
Childish Things
(FILM)
Jul. 2, 1969
Once Before I Die
(FILM)
Jan. 1, 1967
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The son of writer-director Lawson Harris and actress Dolores Johnson, John Derek won notice with his first major role as a juvenile delinquent in Nicholas Ray's social drama, "Knock on Any Door" (1949) and as politician....
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The son of writer-director Lawson Harris and actress Dolores Johnson, John Derek won notice with his first major role as a juvenile delinquent in Nicholas Ray's social drama, "Knock on Any Door" (1949) and as politician Willie Stark's troubled son in "All the King's Men" (1950). Although he traded on his good looks playing dashing leads in a succession of action films and costume dramas in the 1950s (including 1956's "The Ten Commandments"), he gradually turned from acting to still photography. By the mid-60s, Derek had moved into producing and directing features which generally received a poor critical and popular reception like "Once Before I Die" (1965), which co-starred his second wife Ursula Andress, and "Childish Things/Tale of the Cock/Confessions of Tom Harris" (1969) which featured his third wife Linda Evans. In the 80s, he wrote, shot and directed a string of lackluster films that exhibited the limited charms of his fourth wife, Bo Derek, including "Tarzan, the Ape Man" (1981), "Bolero" (1984) and their last opus "Ghosts Don't Do It" (1990).
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Bo Derek
Ghosts Can't Do It
Released: Jun. 1, 1990
Don Murray
Childish Things
Released: Jul. 2, 1969
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Released: Jan. 1, 1967
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Released: Jan. 1, 1964
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Exodus
Released: Dec. 15, 1960
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Omar Khayyam
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Fury at Showdown
Released: Apr. 1, 1957
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Released: Oct. 5, 1956
Diana Lynn
An Annapolis Story
Released: Apr. 1, 1955
James Cagney
Run For Cover
Released: Apr. 1, 1955
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