Louis Hayward
Louis Charles Hayward (born March 19, 1909 in Johannesburg , South Africa , † February 21, 1985 in Palm Springs , California ) was a British film and stage actor .
Life
Shortly after his birth, Louis Hayward moved with his parents from South Africa to England , where he attended school in London and spent his childhood and youth. As a young man he was briefly manager of a London nightclub; yet he knew he wanted to be an actor. He made his film debut in George King's film romance Self Made Lady in 1932 .
Hayward came to the United States in 1934 , where he appeared in Noël Coward's play Point Valaine on Broadway from January to March 1935 . It was his only appearance on Broadway, as he was discovered by Hollywood immediately afterwards . He was the first actor in the role of Simon Templar in front of the camera in 1938 in The Saint in New York .
In the early 1940s he was sent to the Second World War as a soldier , where he was promoted to the rank of captain in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) . In November 1943 he fought in the Battle of the Gilbert Islands , filming the 18-minute short film With the Marines at Tarawa . The film, which managed without professional actors and which shows the horrors of the battle with almost 8,000 deaths on both sides, was awarded an Oscar in 1945 in the category of best short documentary film . However, it was not Hayward but the USMC that received the Oscar.
Hayward was able to easily build on his acting career after the war. Between 1954 and 1955, he took on the lead role in the short-lived television series The Lone Wolf . His engagement in the television series The Pursuers , in which Hayward was seen from 1961 to 1962, was also short-lived . He took his last role in 1974 as a guest actor in the television series The Magician .
Louis Hayward was married three times. From 1938 to 1945 the actress Ida Lupino was his wife. In his second marriage, he was married to Peggy Morrow Field between 1946 and 1950. In 1953 he married June Hanson, with whom he remained married until his death. With Hanson, Hayward had his only child, son Dana, who died in January 2007. Several sources reported a longstanding homosexual relationship between Hayward and his friend Noël Coward from the mid-1990s.
Louis Hayward died of lung cancer in February 1985 at the age of 75 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1932: Self Made Lady
- 1936: A Restless Life (Anthony Adverse)
- 1937: In the Shackles of Shangri-La (Lost Horizon)
- 1938: Whirlwind from Paris (The Rage of Paris)
- 1939: The Man in the Iron Mask (The Man in the Iron Mask)
- 1940: The Wrong Paths of Oliver Essex (My Son, My Son!)
- 1940: The Hour of Retribution (The Son of Monte Cristo)
- 1940: Dance, Girl, Dance
- 1941: The Secret of the Three Sisters (Ladies in Retirement)
- 1945: The last weekend (And Then There Were None)
- 1946: Escape from Devil's Island (The Return of Monte Christo)
- 1948: Warning! Nuclear spies! (Walk a crooked mile)
- 1948: Without Mercy (Ruthless)
- 1948: The Black Arrow
- 1949: Pirates of Capri (I Pirati di Capri)
- 1950: House by the River (House by the River)
- 1950: Love under Black Sails (Fortunes of Captain Blood)
- 1951: The second face of Dr. Jekyll (The Son of Dr. Jekyll)
- 1951: The Lady and the Bandit
- 1952: The Lady in the Iron Mask
- 1952: The Black Isabell (Captain Pirate)
- 1953: Secret Command Africa (The Royal African Rifles)
- 1954: Death Roulette (The Saint's Girl Friday)
- 1954–1955: The Lone Wolf (TV series, 39 episodes)
- 1961-1962: The pursuers ( The Pursuers , TV series, 41 episodes)
- 1965: Maledetto Gringo (Il magnifico straniero)
- 1966: Chuka
- 1966: Joe Navidad
- 1973: The Hunchback from the Horror-Kabinett (Terror in the Wax Museum)
- 1974: The Magician ( The Magician ; TV Series, 1 episode)
Awards
- Two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (film category and television category)
Web links
- Louis Hayward in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Louis Hayward in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hayward, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hayward, Louis Charles (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film and stage actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg , South Africa |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1985 |
| Place of death | Palm Springs , California |