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Brett Halsey is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 20 june 1933 at Santa Ana (USA)
Brett Halsey (born Charles Oliver Hand on June 20, 1933, in Santa Ana, California) is an American film actor, sometimes credited as Montgomery Ford. He had a prolific career in B pictures and in European-made feature films. He originated the role of John Abbott on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, a role he filled only from May 1980 to March 1981, when he was replaced by Jerry Douglas.
Halsey is a great-nephew of the United States Navy Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr.,
aka Bull Halsey, commander of the Pacific Allied naval forces during WWII. Universal Pictures selected Brett Halsey's acting name from the admiral.
From 1960 to 1962, Halsey was married to Italian actress Luciana Paluzzi. They had one son, Christian. In 1961, the two co-starred as a newlywed couple in the film, Return to Peyton Place. In 1964, Halsey married the popular German actress and singer Heidi Brühl. They had two children, son Clayton Alexander Siegfried and daughter Nicole. They were divorced in 1976. Toward the end of the 1990s, Halsey moved to San José, Costa Rica, to teach film acting. He now resides in Laguna Hills with his fourth wife, Victoria (née Korda), granddaughter of Alexander Korda. He writes and makes occasional film appearances.
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Brett Halsey
Brett Halsey (born Charles Oliver Hand on June 20, 1933, in Santa Ana, California) is an American film actor, sometimes credited as Montgomery Ford. He had a prolific career in B pictures and in European-made feature films. He originated the role of John Abbott on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, a role he filled only from May 1980 to March 1981, when he was replaced by Jerry Douglas.
Halsey is a great-nephew of the United States Navy Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr.,
aka Bull Halsey, commander of the Pacific Allied naval forces during WWII. Universal Pictures selected Brett Halsey's acting name from the admiral.
Biography
In 1954, Halsey married Renate Hoy, an actress who had won the Miss Germany contest that year, and who appeared in such films as The Sea Chase with John Wayne. They had two children, son Charles Oliver Hand, Jr. (a.k.a. Rock Halsey or Rock Bottom of the notorious Los Angeles punk rock band, Rock Bottom and the Spys) and daughter, Tracy Leigh. Halsey and Hoy divorced in 1959.From 1960 to 1962, Halsey was married to Italian actress Luciana Paluzzi. They had one son, Christian. In 1961, the two co-starred as a newlywed couple in the film, Return to Peyton Place. In 1964, Halsey married the popular German actress and singer Heidi Brühl. They had two children, son Clayton Alexander Siegfried and daughter Nicole. They were divorced in 1976. Toward the end of the 1990s, Halsey moved to San José, Costa Rica, to teach film acting. He now resides in Laguna Hills with his fourth wife, Victoria (née Korda), granddaughter of Alexander Korda. He writes and makes occasional film appearances.
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Hot Rod Rumble (1957)
, 1h19Directed by Leslie H. Martinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Leigh Snowden, Wright King, Joey Forman, Dorothy Adams, Brett Halsey
Roles Jim Lawrence
Rating56%
Three Bad Sisters (1956)
, 1h16Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Marla English, Kathleen Hughes, Sara Shane, John Bromfield, Jess Barker, Madge Kennedy
Roles Carlos
Rating56%
This script must be run from the command line
To Hell and Back (1955)
, 1h46Directed by Maury Gertsman, Aaron Rosenberg, Henry Mancini, William "Bill" Lava, Jesse Hibbs
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly, Gregg Palmer, Paul Picerni
Roles Saunders
Rating70%
Young Murphy (Gordon Gebert) grows up in a large, poor sharecropper family in Texas. His father deserts them around 1939–40, leaving his mother (Mary Field) barely able to feed her nine children. As the eldest son, Murphy works from an early age to help support his siblings, and when his mother dies in 1941 he becomes head of the family. His brothers and sisters are sent to an elder sister, Corrine, to whom Murphy sends his GI pay allotment.
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
, 1h22Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Clint Eastwood, Nestor Paiva, Ricou Browning
Roles Pete (uncredited)
Rating56%
Having previously survived being riddled with bullets, the Gill-man is captured and sent to the Ocean Harbor Oceanarium in Florida, where he is studied by animal psychologist Professor Clete Ferguson (John Agar) and ichthyology student Helen Dobson (Lori Nelson).
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
, 1h20Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Alan Mowbray, Brett Halsey, Alice Kelley, Ross Elliott
Roles Elwin Kettle
Rating66%
Ma and Pa head out again to their "old place" after they read their son's contest letter stating that two judges of National Magazine will evaluate the farm for the scholarship contest.
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
, 1h39Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Barbara Rush, Torin Thatcher, Herbert Marshall, David Farrar
Roles Young Squire / Apprentice Knight (uncredited)
Rating63%
Myles Falworth (Tony Curtis) and his sister Meg (Barbara Rush) live in obscurity on a farm in Crosbey-Dale with their guardian Diccon Bowman (Rhys Williams). This is to protect them from the attainder placed upon their family by King Henry IV of England (Ian Keith) because their father has been (falsely) accused of treason and murdered by the Earl of Alban (David Farrar). When a hunting party comprising the Earl of Alban, the lord of Crosbey-Dale, and another nobleman, Sir Robert, stop at their farm for refreshment, they are repulsed by Myles to stop them molesting his sister.
Naked Alibi (1954)
, 1h26Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry, Chuck Connors, Max Showalter, Billy Chapin
Rating64%
Police chief Joe Conroy (Hayden) is relieved of his police duties after he accuses a "respected community man" Al Willis (Barry) of murdering a group of police officers. Despite his lack of authority, Conroy puts so much heat on Willis that the latter, making the excuse to his wife Helen (Marcia Henderson) that he needs time to clear his head, skips town for Border City, where he's living a double life as a hoodlum with bar-singer mistress Marianna (Grahame), whom he treats abusively.
All I Desire (1953)
, 1h19Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Lori Nelson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Richard Long
Rating69%
Naomi Murdoch abandons her husband and children in Wisconsin, setting off to become an actress and also to flee from an aggressive former suitor, Dutch Heineman. She decides to return 10 years later at the invitation of daughter Lily, who is appearing in a high school play and about to graduate.
The Man from the Alamo (1953)
, 1h19Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Hugh O'Brian, Chill Wills, Victor Jory, Neville Brand
Roles Courier
Rating63%
During the siege at the Alamo, John Stroud (Glenn Ford) is chosen to leave the fort and warn the families of the mission's defenders of the impending arrival of General Santa Anna. But when everyone around him is wiped out by the Mexicans, Stroud has no proof that he was ordered to leave his post, and is therefore branded a coward.
Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
, 1h35Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Donald O'Connor, Janet Leigh, Buddy Hackett, Lori Nelson, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen Lockhart
Roles Soldier
Rating61%
Un vétéran de la Seconde Guerre mondiale rejoint un spectacle de ménestrels et tombe amoureux de la fille du patriarche de la troupe
The Glass Web (1953)
, 1h21Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe, Kathleen Hughes, Eve McVeagh, Richard Denning, Hugh Sanders
Roles Lou, TBC Receptionist
Rating65%
A research authority for television crime show knows too much about fact-based murder story.
Scriptwriter
The Brooklyn Heist (2009)
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, Heist films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Danny Masterson, Leon Robinson, Blanchard Ryan, Dominique Swain, Phyllis Somerville, Serena Reeder
Rating51%
Trois gangs criminels partagent le même quartier à Brooklyn.
Producer
The Brooklyn Heist (2009)
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, Heist films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Danny Masterson, Leon Robinson, Blanchard Ryan, Dominique Swain, Phyllis Somerville, Serena Reeder
Roles Producer
Rating51%
Trois gangs criminels partagent le même quartier à Brooklyn.