Gene Evans

Acting · Born 1922-07-11 in Holbrook, Arizona, USA

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gene Evans (July 11, 1922 - April 1, 1998) was an American actor. He was born in Holbrook, Arizona, but reared in Colton, California. His acting career began while he was serving in World War II. He performed with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe. Evans made his film debut in 1947 and appeared in dozens of movies and television programs. He specialized in playing tough guys like cowboys, sheriffs, convicts and sergeants. Evans appeared in numerous films produced, directed, and written by Samuel Fuller. In his memoirs A Third Face, Fuller described meeting Evans when casting his Korean War film The Steel Helmet in 1950. Fuller threw an M1 Garand rifle at Evans, who caught it and inspected it as a soldier would have done. Evans had been a U.S.…

Filmography

• Nevada Smith as Sam Sand
• Armored Car Robbery as William 'Ace' Foster
• Criss Cross as Donlan (uncredited)
• Hell and High Water as Chief Holter
• Support Your Local Sheriff! as Tom Danby
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Clete
• Walking Tall as Sheriff Al Thurman
• Ace in the Hole as Deputy Sheriff
• Shock Corridor as Boden
• Park Row as Phineas Mitchell