Rod Cameron

Rod Cameron (born December 7, 1910 in Calgary , Alberta , † December 21, 1983 in Gainesville , Georgia ; a native of Nathan Roderick Cox ) was a Canadian actor .

Life

Cameron had lived in the USA since 1930 and initially worked as a construction worker in the Los Angeles sewers . There he made his first contacts with Paramount Pictures as a stuntman and double . From 1939 he got small roles in American westerns. In 1943, the 1.96 meter tall giant achieved his breakthrough as the main actor in the form of Rex Bennett in Haruschi, son of Dr. Fu Man Chu ( G-men vs. the Black Dragon ) when he was under contract with Republic Pictures . As the successor to Johnny Mack Brown , he also received dramatic roles at Universal Pictures ; In 1947 he was with Monogram Picturesunder contract. From 1953 he was also seen in television series: First in City Detective (until 1955), then until 1959 in State Trooper and finally in Coronad 9 . Until the 1970s he was seen repeatedly with guest appearances on the screen.

In the sixties the actor was brought to Europe, where he was used in some Euro- westerns . In 1966, producer Horst Wendlandt gave him the title role of Old Firehand in the Karl May film Winnetou and his friend Old Firehand , but the hoped-for comeback did not materialize.

Cameron caused a sensation in his private life when he divorced his wife Angela Alves-Lico in order to marry her mother Dorothy. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is dedicated to him.

Filmography

1939: Heritage of the Desert 1939: The Old Maid ( The Old Maid ) 1940: If I Had My Way 1940: Stagecoach War 1940: Those Were the Days! 1940: Rangers of Fortune 1940: The Quarterback 1940: Christmas in July ( Christmas in July ) 1940: The Scarlet Horsemen ( North West Mounted Police ) 1941: Life with Henry 1941: The Monster and the Girl 1941: Riders of Death Valley 1941: The Parson of Panamint 1941: Buy Me That Town 1941: Nothing But the Truth 1941: Henry Aldrich for President 1941: Night of January 16th 1941: No Hands on the Clock 1941: Among the Living 1941: Pacific Blackout 1942: The Fleet's In 1942: The Remarkable Andrew 1942: True to the Army 1942: Priorities on Parade 1942: Wake Island 1942: Blazing Flames ( The Forest Rangers ) 1942: Star Spangled Rhythm 1942: Commandos Strike at Dawn 1943: Haruschi, son of Dr. Fu Man Chu ( G-men vs. the Black Dragon ) 1943: No Time for Love 1943: Honeymoon Lodge 1943: Secret Service in Darkest Africa 1943: The Good Fellows 1943: The Sheriff of Kansas ( The Kansan ) 1943: Riding High 1943: The Thunderbolt Company ( Gung Ho! ) 1944: Boss of Boomtown 1944: Trigger Trail 1944: Diary of a woman ( Mrs. Parkington ) 1944: Riders of the Santa Fe 1944: The Old Texas Trail 1945: Beyond the Pecos 1945: Salome Where She Danced 1945: Swing Out, Sister 1945: Renegades of the Rio Grande

1945: The hostel to the red horse (Frontier Gal) 1946: The runaway ( The Runaround ) 1947: The Pirates of Monterey ( Pirates of Monterey ) 1948: Avengers of Texas ( Panhandle ) 1948: Rivals on the torrent ( River Lady ) 1948: The looters of Nevada ( The Plunderers ) 1948: Daughter of the prairie ( Belle Starr's Daughter ) 1949: Strike It Rich 1949: White Bandits ( Stampede ) 1949: Bad luck and brimstone ( Brimstone ) 1950: Secret Agent in the Wild West ( Dakota Lil ) 1950: Short Grass 1950: Stage to Tucson 1951: Apache battle on the black mountains ( Oh! Susanna ) 1951: Reiter against Sitting Bull ( Cavalry Scout ) 1951: The Sea Hornet ( The Sea Hornet ) 1952: Fort Osage 1952: Wagons West 1952: The jungle trembles ( The Jungle ) 1952: Law of the Fist in Minnesota ( Woman of the North Country ) 1952: The Tiger of Utah ( Ride the Man Down ) 1953: The Cowboy of San Antone ( San Antone ) 1953: Trail in the Desert ( The Steel Lady ) 1954: Caravan westward ( Southwest Passage ) 1954: Hell of Silver Rock ( Hell's Outpost ) 1955: The Mesticine of Santa Fé ( Santa Fe Passage ) 1955: Double Jeopardy 1955: Headline Hunters 1955: The Fighting Chance 1956: Jaguar packs up ( Passport to Treason ) 1956: Amigo mio - Vera Cruz's bandit ( Yaqui Drums ) 1956: State Trooper (TV series, 1956-1959) 1957: Flames over the Silbersee ( Spoilers of the Forest ) 1958: With 1000 volts to death ( escapement ) 1958: Drug Bandits ( The Man Who Died Twice ) 1963: City without a Sheriff ( The Gun Hawk ) 1964: The last two of the Rio Bravo ( Le pistole non discutono ) 1965: Il piombo e la carne 1965: The fastest Colt from River Falls ( Requiem for a Gunfighter ) 1965: Colorado Saloon 12.50 p.m. ( The Bounty Killer ) 1966: Winnetou and his friend Old Firehand 1971: The Last Movie 1971: Evel Knievel 1975: Jessi's Girls 1975: Psychic Killer 1977: Love and the Midnight Auto Supply

literature

• Gregor Hauser: Muzzle flashes: The 50 best B-Westerns of the 50s and their stars . Verlag Reinhard Marheinecke 2015, ISBN 978-3-932053-85-6 .

Web links

Commons : Rod Cameron  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Rod Cameron in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Brief biography of Hal Erickson