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This article is about the actor. For the wrestler and sometimes actor see Hard Boiled Haggerty, also known as Don Haggerty.
Don Haggerty Born July 3, 1914 Died August 19, 1988 (aged 74)Occupation Film actor Don Haggerty (July 3, 1914, Poughkeepsie, New York – August 19, 1988, Cocoa Beach, Florida) was an American film actor appearing in films in the 1940s and 1950s. Before entering films in 1947, Haggerty was a Brown University athlete and served in the US military. Usually cast as tough policemen or cowboys, he appeared in a number of memorable films including Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), The Asphalt Jungle (1951), Angels in the Outfield (1951) and The Narrow Margin. The B-movie actor continued to appear in films until the early 1980s. In the 1955-1956 season, he appeared as the outlaw Sam Bass in an episode of Jim Davis's syndicated Stories of the Century. About this time, he also appeared on CBS in the Reed Hadley legal drama, The Public Defender.
In 1956-1957, Haggerty appeared as Sheriff Elder in Rod Cameron's syndicated western-themed crime drama, State Trooper. He appeared at this time in three episodes of the syndicated western 26 Men about the Arizona Rangers. In 1959, he guest starred in the late Bruce Gordon's docudrama about the Cold War, Behind Closed Doors. In 1960, Haggerty guest starred on the NBC crime drama Dan Raven starring Skip Homeier. He also appeared as Joe Wine in the 1961 episode "Alien Entry" of the syndicated series The Blue Angels. About this time, he also appeared in the episode "The Green Gamblers" of the crime drama The Brothers Brannagan.
Partial filmography
- Act of Violence (1948)
- Side Street (1950)
- Armored Car Robbery (1950)
- Cause for Alarm! (1951)
- Loophole (1954)
- Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
- Some Came Running (1958)
External links
- Don Haggerty at the Internet Movie Database
- Don Haggerty at AllRovi
Categories:- American film actors
- Brown University alumni
- 1914 births
- 1988 deaths
- American film actor, 1910s birth stubs
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