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Nationality USABirth 19 october 1921 at Pasadena (
USA)
Death 4 february 2002 (at 80 years) at Woodland Hills (
USA)
George Nader (October 19, 1921 – February 4, 2002) was an American film and television actor. He appeared in a variety of films from 1950 through 1974, including Phone Call from a Stranger (1952), Congo Crossing (1956), and The Female Animal (1957). During this period, he also did episodic television and starred in several series, including the unique NBC adventure offering, The Man and the Challenge (1959–60). However, his best-remembered role may have been as "Roy", the hero who saves the world from the clutches of "Ro-man" in the low-budget 3-D sci-fi film Robot Monster (1953).
Biography
In the mid-1950s, rumors about Nader's homosexuality began to surface. Nader's life partner was Mark Miller, who later worked as Rock Hudson's personal secretary for 13 years. When Nader's career in Hollywood ended, he and Miller moved to Europe, where he found steady work in films. His most notable role during this period was as FBI agent "Jerry Cotton" in a German film series where he became the number two most popular film star in Germany behind Lex Barker.
In the mid-1970s, Nader suffered an eye injury which made him particularly sensitive to the bright lights of movie sets. According to an interview with the German fanzine Splatting Image his eye injury was the result of an accident during the production of the never released movie Zigzag, when a blank pistol round exploded too early next to his eyes. Filming took place in the Philippines, and no adequate treatment was taken in time, resulting in the partial loss of his eyesight.
He inherited the interest from Rock Hudson's estate after Hudson's death from AIDS complications in 1985. Hudson biographer Sara Davidson, described Nader, Miller, and another person as "Rock's family for most of his adult life". Nader publicly acknowledged his sexual orientation shortly afterward.
Writing career
After damage to his eye made it difficult to endure an acting career, Nader began a career as a writer of science fiction, including his 1978 novel Chrome, which centered around a love affair between two men.
According to Variety Magazine's Army Archerd, Nader had completed a book called The Perils of Paul, about the gay community in Hollywood, which he did not want published until after his death.
In 2002, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.
Later life
Nader and Miller eventually returned to the U.S. and settled in Palm Springs. Stricken by multiple medical problems, Nader entered the hospital in September 2001. He died at Woodland Hills, California of cardio-pulmonary failure, pneumonia, and multiple cerebral infarctions. Nader was survived by Miller (with whom he had spent 55 years), his cousins Sally Kubly and Roberta Cavell, and his nephew, actor Michael Nader.
His ashes were scattered at sea; a cenotaph in his honor exists in Cathedral City's Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Selected filmography
Year
Title
Role
Other notes
1950
Rustlers on Horseback
Jack Reynolds
Credited as George Nadar
1950–1953
Fireside Theater
Web Martin/George
TV, 2 episodes
1951
You're in the Navy Now
Crew member
Uncredited
The Prowler
Photographer
Uncredited
Take Care of My Little Girl
Jack Gruber
Uncredited
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Commando
Uncredited, alternative titles: Rommel, Desert Fox & The Desert Fox
Two Tickets to Broadway
Crosby's Sound Technician
Uncredited
Overland Telegraph
Paul Manning
1952
Phone Call from a Stranger
Pilot
Uncredited
Gruen Guild Playhouse
TV, 1 episode
Monsoon
Burton
Big Town
TV, 1 episode
1953
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Lt. Homer Briggs
Uncredited
Your Jeweler's Showcase
TV, 1 episode
Robot Monster
Roy
Alternative titles: Monster from Mars & Monsters from the Moon
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV, 1 episode
Your Play Time
TV, 1 episode
Sins of Jezebel
Jehu
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV, 1 episode
1953–1961
The Loretta Young Show
Various roles
TV, 8 episodes
1954
Miss Robin Crusoe
Jonathan
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV, 2 episodes
Carnival Story
Bill Vines
Cavalcade of America
Eliphalet Remington II
TV, 2 episodes
Four Guns to the Border
Bronco
Alternative title: Shadow Valley
1954–1957
Lux Video Theatre
TV, 3 episodes
1955
Six Bridges to Cross
Edward Gallagher
The Second Greatest Sex
Matt Davis
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Lord Leofric
1956
Congo Crossing
David Carr
Away All Boats
Lieutenant Dave MacDougall
The Unguarded Moment
Lieutenant Harry Graham
Alternative title: The Gentle Web
1957
Four Girls in Town
Mike Snowden
Man Afraid
Rev. David Collins
Joe Butterfly
Sgt. Ed Kennedy
Climax!
Harry Parker
TV, 1 episode
1958
The Female Animal
Chris Farley
Flood Tide
Steve Martin
Alternative title: Above All Things
Nowhere to Go
Paul Gregory
1959
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen
TV, 25 episodes
The Man and the Challenge
Dr. Glenn Barton
TV, 36 episodes
1960
Laramie
Wells Clark
TV, 1 episode
1961
The Andy Griffith Show
Dr. Robert Benson
TV, 1 episode
Shannon
Joe Shannon
TV, 36 episodes
1962
Il colpo segreto di d'Artagnan
d'Artagnan
1963
Zigzag
1965
The Human Duplicators
Glenn Martin
Alternative titles: Space Agent K1 & Jaws of the Alien
Burke's Law
Chris Maitland
TV, 1 episode
Schüsse aus dem Geigengasten
Jerry Cotton
Manhattan Night of Murder
Jerry Cotton
1966
Um Null Uhr schnappt die Falle zu
Jerry Cotton
Die Rechnung – eiskalt serviert
Jerry Cotton
1967
Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn
Jerry Cotton
The Million Eyes of Sumuru
Agent Nick West
The House of 1,000 Dolls
Stephen Armstrong
1968
Dynamit in grüner Seide
Jerry Cotton
Radhapura – Endstation der Verdammten
Steve Weston
Tod im Roten Jaguar
Jerry Cotton
1969
Todesschüsse am Broadway
Jerry Cotton
1972
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV, 1 episode
The F.B.I.
TV, 1 episode
1973
Beyond Atlantis
Alternative title: Sea Creatures
1974
Nakia
McMasters
Television movie
References
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