RECENT CREDITS
High Noon (FILM)  Aug. 20, 2000
The Naked Edge (FILM)  Jun. 28, 1961
The Hanging Tree (FILM)  Feb. 1, 1959
Man of the West (FILM)  Oct. 1, 1958
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HIGHLIGHTS
Once considered becoming a political cartoonist.
His father was a Montana State Supreme Court Justice.
Took the first name Gary at the suggestion of his agent, Nan Collins, who grew up in Gary, IN.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

High Noon  2000 -Will Kane
Actor
Film


The Naked Edge  1961 -George Radcliffe
Actor
Film


The Hanging Tree  1959 -Doc Joe Frail
Actor
Film


Man of the West  1958 -Link Jones
Actor
Film


Ten North Frederick  1958 -Joe Chapin
Actor
Film


Love in the Afternoon  1957 -Frank Flannagan
Actor
Film


Friendly Persuasion  1956 -Jess Birdwell
Actor
Film


The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell  1955 -Brig.Gen. William Mitchell
Actor
Film


Vera Cruz  1954 -Benjamin Trane
Actor
Film


Garden of Evil  1954 -Hooker
Actor
Film


Blowing Wild  1953 -Jeff Dawson
Actor
Film


It's a Big Country  1952 -Texas
Actor
Film


Variety Girl  1947 -Guest
Actor
Film


Along Came Jones  1945 -Melody Jones
Producer, Actor
Film


The Pride of the Yankees  1942 -Lou Gehrig
Actor
Film


Sergeant York  1941 -Sgt. Alvin C. York
Actor
Film


Ball of Fire  1941 -Prof. Bertram Potts
Actor
Film


Souls at Sea  1937 -Michael "Nuggin" Taylor
Actor
Film


Mr. Deeds Goes to Town  1936 -Longfellow Deeds
Actor
Film


The Lives of a Bengal Lancer  1935 -Capt. McGregor
Actor
Film


A Farewell to Arms  1932 -Lt. Frederick Henry
Actor
Film


Morocco  1930 -Tom Brown
Actor
Film


Wings  1927 -Cadet White
Actor
Film


Wolf Song   -Sam Lash
Actor
Film


You're in the Navy Now   -Lt. John Harkness
Actor
Film


Watch Your Wife   -Bit part
Actor
Film


Wild Horse Mesa   -Bit part
Actor
Film


The Plainsman   -Wild Bill Hickok
Actor
Film


The Real Glory   -Dr. Bill Canavan
Actor
Film


The Real West   -Narrator
Voice
Film


The Shopworn Angel   -William Tyler
Actor
Film


The Spoilers   -Roy Glenister
Actor
Film


The Stolen Jools  
Actor
Film


The Story of Dr. Wassell   -Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
Actor
Film


The Texan   -Enrique "Quico," Liano Kid
Actor
Film


The Vanishing American   -Bit part
Actor
Film


The Virginian   -The Virginian
Actor
Film


The Wedding Night   -Tony Barrett
Actor
Film


The Westerner   -Cole Hardin
Actor
Film


The Winning of Barbara Worth   -Abe Lee
Actor
Film


The Wreck of the Mary Deare   -Gideon Patch
Actor
Film


They Came to Cordura   -Maj. Thomas Thorn
Actor
Film


Three Pals   -Bit part
Actor
Film


Thundering Herd   -Bit part
Actor
Film


Today We Live   -Richard Bogard
Actor
Film


Tricks   -Bit part
Actor
Film


Unconquered   -Capt. Christopher Holden
Actor
Film


The Lucky Horseshoe   -Bit part
Actor
Film


The Cowboy and the Lady   -"Stretch" Willoughby
Actor
Film


The Devil and the Deep   -Lieutenant Sempter
Actor
Film


The Eagle   -Masked Cossack
Actor
Film


The Enchanted Hill   -Bit part
Actor
Film


The Fountainhead   -Howard Roark
Actor
Film


The General Died at Dawn   -O'Hara
Actor
Film


Springfield Rifle   -Maj. Alex Kearney
Actor
Film


Task Force   -Jonathan L. Scott
Actor
Film


The Adventures of Marco Polo   -Marco Polo
Actor
Film


Seven Days Leave   -Kenneth Downey
Actor
Film


Meet John Doe   -John Doe, Long John Willoughby
Actor, Actor
Film


Nevada   -Nevada
Actor
Film


No Worries   -Tim
Actor
Film


Northwest Mounted Police   -Dusty Rivers
Actor
Film


Now and Forever   -Jerry Day
Actor
Film


Old Ironsides   -Extra
Actor
Film


One Sunday Afternoon   -Bitt Grimes
Actor
Film


Only the Brave   -Capt. James Braydon
Actor
Film


Operator 13   -Capt. Jack Gailliard
Actor
Film


Outerworld  
Actor
Film


Paramount on Parade   -Guest Star
Actor
Film


Peter Ibbetson   -Peter Ibbetson
Actor
Film


Return to Paradise   -Mr. Morgan
Actor
Film


Saratoga Trunk   -Col. Clint Maroon
Actor
Film


Arizona Bound   -Dave Soulter
Actor
Film


Make Me a Star   -Guest Star
Actor
Film


It's a Great Feeling   -Himself
Actor
Film


Last Outlaw   -Sheriff Buddy Hale
Actor
Film


Legion of the Condemned   -Gale Price
Actor
Film


Lilac Time   -Capt. Philip Blythe
Actor
Film


A Man from Wyoming   -Jim Baker
Actor
Film


Alias Jesse James   -Himself
Actor
Film


Alice in Wonderland   -White Knight
Actor
Film


Beau Geste   -Michael "Beau" Geste
Actor
Film


Beau Sabreur   -Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
Actor
Film


Betrayal   -Andre Frey
Actor
Film


Good Sam   -Sam Clayton
Actor
Film


Half a Bride   -Capt. Edmunds
Actor
Film


His Woman   -Capt. Sam Whalan
Actor
Film


Hollywood Boulevard   -Guest
Actor
Film


I Take This Woman   -Tom McNair
Actor
Film


If I Had a Million   -Steven Gallagher
Actor
Film


It   -Newspaper Reporter
Actor
Film


Bluebeard's Eighth Wife   -Michael Brandon
Actor
Film


Bright Leaf   -Brant Royle
Actor
Film


Casanova Brown   -Casanova Brown
Actor
Film


Children of Divorce   -Ted Larrabee
Actor
Film


City Streets   -The Kid
Actor
Film


Cloak and Dagger   -Prof. Alvah Jasper
Actor
Film


Dallas   -Blayde "Reb" Hollister
Actor
Film


Dark Before Dawn   -Concierge
Actor
Film


Design for Living   -George Curtis
Actor
Film


Desire   -Tom Bradley
Actor
Film


Dick Turpin   -Extra
Actor
Film


Distant Drums   -Capt. Quincy Wyatt
Actor
Film


Doomsday   -Arnold Furze
Actor
Film


Fighting Caravans   -Clint Belmet
Actor
Film


First Kiss   -Mulligan Talbot
Actor
Film


For Whom the Bell Tolls   -Robert Jordan
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Once considered becoming a political cartoonist.
His father was a Montana State Supreme Court Justice.
Took the first name Gary at the suggestion of his agent, Nan Collins, who grew up in Gary, IN.
Started his film career as a cowboy extra in silent Westerns.
U.S. Treasury Department claimed he was the highest paid American in 1939. 
Was WWI hero Alvin York's personal choice to portray him in 1941's Sergeant York, for which he won Best Actor.
Played Major League great Lou Gehrig in 1942's The Pride of the Yankees despite not being able to play baseball, and not being a left-hander.
Was good friends with Ernest Hemingway and starred in two films, A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls, based on the author's novels.


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