Don Stroud

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Donald Lee Stroud (born September 1, 1943 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) is an American actor .

Life

Stroud grew up as the son of the vaudeville artist Clarence Stroud. In his youth he devoted himself to surfing . He was discovered on Waikīkī Beach by actor Troy Donahue , who hired him as his stunt double . Stroud then moved to Hollywood to become an actor. A short time later he made his feature film debut in the western The Devil's Wife of Texas alongside Doris Day , Peter Graves and George Kennedy .

In 1968 he starred alongside Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda in the police film Just 72 Hours of Don Siegel . That same year he had his first major film role as the antagonist of Clint Eastwood in Siegel's action film Coogan's Big Bluff . In 1971, as Arthur Roy Brown, he was the opponent of the German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofens in Roger Corman's Der Rote Baron . The following year he appeared again in the Western Sinola as an opponent of Clint Eastwood.

From the mid-1960s, Stroud was also active as a television actor and starred in television series such as The People of Shiloh Ranch and The Chef . In 1973 he was the pin-up model for the November issue of the adult magazine Playgirl . His film career, which had been going well up until then, stalled, as a result he mainly played in B-movies , such as the blaxploitation film The Son of Mandingo with Jim Brown in the lead role. Also noteworthy are his role as Father Bolen in the 1979 horror film Amityville Horror and his involvement in the 1989 James Bond film License to Kill .

From 1979 to 1980 he was on television as Sergeant Mike Varrick in the television series Mrs. Columbo with Kate Mulgrew in the title role; however, the series was discontinued after 13 episodes. Between 1984 and 1987 Stroud played alongside Stacy Keach in four seasons of the crime series Mike Hammer based on the novels by Mickey Spillane, the police captain Pat Chambers. In 2011 he had a supporting role in the series Hawaii Five-0 , his last role so far was that of Sheriff Bill Sharp in Quentin Tarantino's western Django Unchained in 2012 .

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SURNAME Stroud, Don
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stroud, Donald Lee (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Honolulu , Hawaii , United States