David Brian
| David Brian | |
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Brian in 1954
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| Born |
August 5, 1914 New York City, New York, USA |
| Died | July 15, 1993 (aged 78) Sherman Oaks, California, USA |
| Other names | Brian Davis |
| Occupation | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1935–1974 <–> 1983–1984 |
| Spouse(s) | Bonita Feidler (?–1948) (divorced) Lorna Gray (m. 1949–93) (his death) |
David Brian (August 5, 1914 – July 15, 1993) was an American actor and dancer. (One source says that he was born August 5, 1911. A second source listed his age as 82 when he died, which would support the 1911 birth year.)
Brian was born Brian Davis in New York City. After schooling at City College, he found work as a doorman, before entering show business with a song-and-dance routine in vaudeville and in night clubs. He did a wartime stint with the United States Coast Guard during World War II and returned to acting on the New York stage after the war.
Persuaded by Joan Crawford to try his hand at film acting, Brian joined her in Hollywood and, in 1949, signed a contract with Warner Bros.. The New York City native appeared in such films as The Damned Don't Cry! and Flamingo Road with Joan Crawford, and Beyond the Forest with Bette Davis. He also had a role in the film Springfield Rifle, which starred Gary Cooper and in the John Wayne movie The High and the Mighty (1954) as Ken Childs.
Brian's most critically acclaimed performance was as the fair-minded, resourceful Southern lawyer defending condemned, but innocent Juano Hernandez from a vicious, bigoted lynch mob, in Intruder in the Dust (1949). For this role, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actor.`
In the 1950s and 1960s, Brian was active in television with guest roles in dozens of shows ranging from dramatic to comedic, from CBS's Rawhide to NBC's I Dream of Jeannie. In 1954 and 1955, he portrayed the lead character on the crime drama TV show, Mr. District Attorney.
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