- Victor Jory
Infobox Actor
bgcolour = silver
caption = in "First Lady" (1937)
name = Victor Jory
birthdate = birth date|1902|11|23
location = Dawson City, Yukon Territory,Canada
deathdate = death date and age|1982|2|12|1902|11|23
deathplace =Santa Monica, California ,California , U.S.Victor Jory (
November 23 ,1902 –February 12 ,1982 ) was a Canadianactor .He was born in Dawson City, Yukon Territory,
Canada . He was the boxing and wrestling champion of the Coast Guard during his military service, and he kept his burly physique.He toured with theater troupes and appeared on Broadway, before making his Hollywood debut in 1930. He initially played romantic leads, but later was mostly cast as the villain. He made over 150 films and dozens of TV episodes, as well as writing two plays.
He is remembered for his role as Jonas Wilkerson, the brutal and opportunistic overseer, in "Gone with the Wind" and as Lamont Cranston, aka 'The Shadow' in the 1942 serial film "
The Shadow ". He also portrayed Oberon inMax Reinhardt 's film version ofShakespeare 's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Victor Jory has a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6605 Hollywood Blvd. He was cremated and his ashes were either given to a friend or family.Partial filmography
*"State Fair" (1933)
*"Party Wire " (1935)
*"A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1935)
*"Meet Nero Wolfe " (1936)
*"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1938)
*"Dodge City" (1939)
*"Women in the Wind " (1939)
*"Susannah of the Mounties " (1939)
*"Each Dawn I Die " (1939)
*"I Stole a Million " (1939)
*"Gone with the Wind" (1939)
*"Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die " (1942)
*"The Loves of Carmen " (1948)
*"The Cariboo Trail " (1950)
*"Cat-Women of the Moon " (1953)
*"The Man from the Alamo " (1953)
*"Valley of the Kings" (1954)
*"The Fugitive Kind " (1959)
*"The Miracle Worker" (1962)
*"Cheyenne Autumn " (1964)
*"A Time for Dying " (1969)
*"Papillon" (1973)External links
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=36332&mod=bio All Movie Guide Bio]
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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6000870 Victor Jory at Find-A-Grave]
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