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Dick Foran is a Actor American born on 18 june 1910 at Flemington (USA)

Dick Foran

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Birth name John Nicholas Foran
Nationality USA
Birth 18 june 1910 at Flemington (USA)
Death 10 august 1979 (at 69 years) at Panorama City, Los Angeles (USA)

John Nicholas "Dick" Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures.

Biography

Au cinéma, Dick Foran participe à quatre-vingt neuf films américains (dont des westerns), notamment pour Warner Bros. et Universal Pictures, de 1934 à 1967. Un de ses rôles les plus connus est celui du Sergent Quincannon, dans Le Massacre de Fort Apache (1948) de John Ford, aux côtés de John Wayne (à noter qu'il retrouvera les deux hommes en 1963, avec un petit rôle dans La Taverne de l'Irlandais). Parmi ses autres partenaires au cinéma, citons Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Irene Dunne et Errol Flynn.

À la télévision, entre 1950 et 1969, il collabore à deux téléfilms (en 1956 et 1966) et à soixante-quatre séries (notamment plusieurs séries-westerns).

Au théâtre, pour son unique apparition à Broadway (New York), Dick Foran joue dans la comédie musicale A Connecticut Yankee , en 1943-1944, avec Vera-Ellen.

Pour sa contribution à la télévision, une étoile lui est dédiée sur le Walk of Fame d'Hollywood Boulevard.

Best films

Dangerous (1935)
(Actor)

Usually with

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dick Foran (78 films)

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Actor

Taggart
Taggart (1965)
, 1h25
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Genres Western
Actors Tony Young, Dan Duryea, David Carradine, Elsa Cárdenas, Jean Hale, Dick Foran
Roles Stark
Rating57% 2.897892.897892.897892.897892.89789
Kent Taggart appartient à une famille de pionniers ayant été assassinée sur l’ordre de Ben Blaser, tyran de la région, et ses hommes.
Donovan's Reef, 1h49
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Jack Warden, Elizabeth Allen, Cesar Romero, Dorothy Lamour
Roles Sean O'Brien
Rating66% 3.346543.346543.346543.346543.34654
The film is a morality play in the guise of an action/comedy. It deals harshly (though not in an obvious way) with issues of racial bigotry, corporate connivance and greed, American beliefs of societal "superiority" and hypocrisy (i.e., the Boston shipping company considers carrying rum to be immoral, so they euphemistically refer to it as "West Indies goods"). Otherwise, Donovan's Reef is a light-hearted movie made in a period conforming, formulaic and sweetly naive manner (see "Critical Reception", below).
The Big Night, 1h14
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Venetia Stevenson, Dick Foran, Jesse White, Dick Contino, Frank Ferguson, Anna Lee
Roles Ed Robello
Rating57% 2.879062.879062.879062.879062.87906
The Atomic Submarine, 1h12
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films
Actors Dick Foran, Arthur Franz, Brett Halsey, Tom Conway, Bob Steele, Victor Varconi
Roles Dan Wendover
Rating52% 2.605022.605022.605022.605022.60502
A brief opening prologue describes how in 1909 Robert Peary had trouble reaching the North Pole, while postulating that Peary would have been amazed to see how in just a few decades the very same pole had become a major thoroughfare for civilian and military shipping; a futuristic prediction of cargo-carrying atomic submarines then follows. One of those submarines is destroyed by a mysterious undersea light. The loss of this and several other cargo ships alarms the world. Governments temporarily close the polar route and convene an emergency meeting at The Pentagon.
The Fearmakers, 1h23
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Dana Andrews, Dick Foran, Mel Tormé, Veda Ann Borg, Dennis Moore, Janet Brandt
Roles Jim McGinnis
Rating61% 3.098423.098423.098423.098423.09842
Vétéran de la Guerre de Corée, de retour à Washington après deux ans de captivité dans un camp chinois et une période d'hospitalisation, Alan Eaton pense réintégrer l'institut de sondages qu'il a créé avec son associé Clark Baker. Il apprend sa mort accidentelle, peu après avoir vendu l'entreprise à Jim McGinnis. Alan rencontre un ancien client, le sénateur Walder, lequel lui laisse entendre que l'institut réalise désormais des sondages truqués afin d'influencer des choix électoraux, et lui suggère de reprendre son poste pour démasquer McGinnis. Il est aidé par la secrétaire de ce dernier, Lorraine Dennis.
Violent Road, 1h26
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Brian Keith, Dick Foran, Efrem Zimbalist II, Merry Anders, Sean Garrison, Joanna Barnes
Roles Frank 'Sarge' Miller
Rating60% 3.001233.001233.001233.001233.00123
Thundering Jets, 1h13
Directed by Helmut Dantine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Actors Rex Reason, Dick Foran, Audrey Dalton, Barry Coe, Giuseppe Addobbati, Robert Conrad
Roles Col. Henry Spalding
Rating64% 3.2235453.2235453.2235453.2235453.223545
Please Murder Me, 1h18
Directed by Peter Godfrey, Peter Godfrey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran, John Dehner, Lamont Johnson, Denver Pyle
Roles Joe Leeds
Rating64% 3.24493.24493.24493.24493.2449
Defense lawyer Craig Carlson (Raymond Burr) buys a pistol at a pawn shop and travels to his office, where he deposits the gun in a desk drawer with a file folder, then begins to dictate into a tape recorder. Directing his message to District Attorney Ray Willis (John Dehner), he reveals that he anticipates being murdered within an hour, and begins to tell his story in extended flashbacks.
Treasure of Ruby Hills, 1h11
Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Zachary Scott, Carole Mathews, Barton MacLane, Dick Foran, Lola Albright, Gordon Jones
Roles Alan Doran
Rating56% 2.815652.815652.815652.815652.81565
1877. À Arlington, dans la vallée de Ruby Hills, tous les modestes propriétaires terriens ont été dépossédés de leurs biens par deux riches éleveurs, Chalk Reynolds et Walt Payne, qui continuent à se faire la guerre pour la mainmise totale sur la région de Ruby Hills. Leurs hommes de main respectifs n'hésitent pas à tuer pour asseoir la suprématie de leur chef. Leur guerre est chamboulée par l'arrivée de Ross Hayne, le fils d'un célèbre hors-la-loi, qui a acquis légalement une partie de la région comportant la seule source d'eau capable d'approvisionner la vallée et les terrains de Payne et Reynolds. Quand l'associé de Hayne est abattu par un sbire de Reynolds, Hayne se rend à Ruby Hills pour se venger. Il découvre qu'un troisième homme, un certain Alan Doran, compte s'approprier les lieux après la mort des deux clans qui, selon lui, vont s'entre-tuer. Tombé amoureux de Sherry, la sœur et complice de Doran, Hayne se retrouve impliqué dans une lutte à mort pour l'appropriation des terres et de l'eau de la vallée de Ruby Hills.
El Paso
El Paso (1949)
, 1h43
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Payne, Eduardo Noriega, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dick Foran
Roles Sheriff La Farge
Rating58% 2.90332.90332.90332.90332.9033
Clay Fletcher is leaving South Carolina and heading west. A rebel officer during the Civil War and also a lawyer, he wants to ease back into law practice with something not too difficult, so he travels to El Paso, Texas with estate documents to get the signature of an attorney there, Henry Jeffers.
Fort Apache, 2h8
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Ward Bond, Shirley Temple, John Agar, Victor McLaglen
Roles Sgt. Quincannon
Rating73% 3.6960953.6960953.6960953.6960953.696095
After the American Civil War, highly respected veteran Captain Kirby York (John Wayne) is expected to replace the outgoing commander at Fort Apache, an isolated U.S. cavalry post. York had commanded his own regiment during the Civil War and was well-qualified to assume permanent command. To the surprise and disappointment of the company, command of the regiment was given to Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda). Thursday, a West Point graduate, was a general during the Civil War. Despite his Civil War combat record, Lieutenant Colonel Thursday lacks experience with the Indians he is expected to oversee, and is an incompetent, arrogant and egocentric officer.