Gary Gray (actor)
| Gary Gray | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Gary Dickson Gray December 18, 1936 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 4, 2006 (aged 69) Brush Prairie, Washington, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale |
| Occupation | Actor |
Gary Dickson Gray (December 18, 1936 – April 4, 2006) was an American child actor in films, and as an adult in television.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Gray was the son of to Jeanie Ellen Dickson and John William Gray, aka Bill Gray, a film business manager. On January 28, 1961 he married Jean Charlene Bean. The couple had four daughters and 19 grandchildren.
It was two clients of his father's, Bert Wheeler and Jack Benny, who suggested that Gray should be used in films. Gray made his film debut in the Joan Crawford film A Woman's Face in 1941, and played minor roles in such popular films as Heaven Can Wait (1943), Gaslight (1944) and Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). In the 1944 short feature I Am an American he played Thomas Jefferson Kanowski, son of fictional Polish immigrant Fydor Kanowski. He played more substantial roles in films such as Return of the Bad Men (1948) with Randolph Scott, Gun Smugglers (1948) with Tim Holt, Rachel and the Stranger (also 1948) with Robert Mitchum, and Wild Heritage (1958) with Maureen O'Sullivan.
On April 17, 1956, Gray was cast as sixteen-year-old Jackie Jensen, later a major league baseball player, in "The Jackie Jensen Story", which aired on the NBC anthology television series, Cavalcade of America. Jansen played himself as an adult; Vivi Janiss was cast as Jansen's mother.
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