Lon McCallister
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From the film Stage Door Canteen (1943)
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| Born |
Herbert Alonzo McCallister, Jr. April 17, 1923 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 11, 2005 (aged 82) South Lake Tahoe, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Congestive heart failure |
| Years active | 1936–1963 |
Lon McCallister (born Herbert Alonzo McCallister, Jr., April 17, 1923 – June 11, 2005) was an American actor.
Born in Los Angeles, Lon McCallister began appearing in movies at the age of 13. At 20, he appeared in the World War II morale booster Stage Door Canteen, where he played a star struck serviceman with theater actress and producer Katharine Cornell. Later, the young actor had leads in a number of films; he usually played boyish young men from the country. He had the lead as Sparke in the horse-racing tale Home in Indiana, also starring Walter Brennan and Jeanne Crain. Growing only to 5'6" he found it difficult to find roles as an adult. He appeared with Edward G. Robinson in 1947's The Red House and in the same year with Shirley Temple in The Story of Seabiscuit.
In 1953, at the age of 30, he retired from acting. Later in life he became a successful real estate manager. After retirement, he still appeared in two television series, as Coley Wilks in the 1961 episode "The Hostage" of the ABC western series, The Rebel, starring Nick Adams, and as Willie in the 1963 episode "Triple Indemnity" of the CBS sitcom, The New Phil Silvers Show. He was actor William Eythe's significant other for many years, until Eythe's death in 1957.
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