Hayden Rorke
| Hayden Rorke | |
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Rorke as Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie
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William Henry Rorke October 23, 1910 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 19, 1987 (aged 76) Toluca Lake, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1943–1985 |
William Henry Rorke (October 23, 1910 – August 19, 1987) was an American actor best known for playing Colonel Alfred E. Bellows on the 1960s American sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.
Rorke was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1910. He was the son of screen and stage actress Margaret Rorke (née Hayden), and he took his stage forename from her maiden name.
He attended Brooklyn Preparatory School, a Jesuit school, where he served as president of the Dramatics Society and the Student Government and a member of the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. He continued his education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his stage career in the 1930s with the Hampden Theatrical Company. During World War II, he enlisted in the United States Army, where he made his film debut in the musical This is the Army starring Ronald Reagan, for which he was uncredited as the stage manager and as a soldier in the background.
Following the war, he left the Army and worked in small parts on Broadway, finally returning to Hollywood for the film Lust for Gold (1949), again uncredited. However, it was an opening, and in later films, beginning with Rope of Sand, he is listed in the credits, although he again shows up uncredited in the films Kim (1950) and The Magnificent Yankee (1950), as well as a couple of later films such as the Academy Award-winning An American in Paris (in those days, small roles were often uncredited). He appeared in episode 125 entitled "The Perfect Crime" of the television series The Lone Ranger in 1953. He continued to make movies, taking on supporting roles, in such films as:
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