Lang Jeffries
| Lang Jeffries | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lang Jeffries June 7, 1930 Ontario, Canada |
| 💀Died | February 12, 1987 (aged 56) Huntington Beach Orange County, California, USAFebruary 12, 1987 (aged 56) |
| 💼 Occupation | Actor |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Rhonda Fleming (m. 1960; div. 1962) Gail Harris (m. 1966; div. 19??) Mary Jeffries (m. 197?) |
Lang Jeffries (June 7, 1930 – February 12, 1987)[1] was a Canadian-American actor of television and film.
Biography[edit]
Jeffries was born in Ontario, Canada.
From 1958 to 1960, Jeffries obtained his first and most successful acting role, that of Skip Johnson, in all seventy-four episodes of the syndicated adventure television series Rescue 8. The program featured dramatic portrayals of difficult rescues completed by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.[2]
He starred in several American films in the 1960s, including Don't Knock the Twist (1962).[3]
Jeffries starred as Vibio in the foreign film, La Rivolta degli schiavi, or The Revolt of the Slaves, with his wife Rhonda Fleming cast as Fabiola. Jeffries persuaded producers to cast him in the role after he traveled to Rome with his wife and discovered that the leading male role had not been cast. After he and Fleming traveled to Madrid to film, they discovered that the director, Nunzio Malasomma, would not speak to either of them, so Jeffries directed them both.[4] In the film, Fabiola gives the order that Vibio be whipped on the back. In a 1962 film, Alone Against Rome, or Vengeance of the Gladiator, Jeffries, in the role of Brenno, was again whipped on the back.[5]
He starred in other films set in classic Rome such as Sword of the Empire (1964) and Fire over Rome (1965).[6]
From 1964-1971, Jeffries appeared in nearly twenty films in France, Spain, former West Germany, Italy, and Romania. He played science-fiction hero Perry Rhodan in Mission Stardust (1967). He made several Eurospy films such as Agente X 1-7 operación Océano (Italy, 1965), Z7 Operation Rembrandt (Germany-Italy, 1966), Spies Strike Silently (Italy, 1966), The Beckett Affair (France-Italy, 1966), Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula (Spain-Italy, 1966), The Killer Lacks a Name (Spain-Italy, 1966), and Mexican Slayride (Spain-Italy, 1967).
He starred in one spaghetti Western, Duel in the Eclipse, or Requiem per un Gringo.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Jeffries married to Rhonda Fleming at Little Church of the West in Las Vegas in April 1960.[8] They divorced in January 1962.[9]
On August 13, 1966, while living in Rome, Jeffries married Gail Harris, the mother of John Paul Getty III.[10] Brett Halsey was the best man and Heidi Bruehl was the maid of honor.[11]
Beginning in the mid-1970s, Jeffries managed an art gallery in Huntington Beach, in Orange County, California, owned with his third wife, Mary. Jeffries died in 1987 at the age of fifty-six in Huntington Beach.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Social Security Death Index". Rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2009-02-07. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Rescue Work a Hard Job They Find on Rescue 8". The Salina Journal. 1959-08-11. p. 12. Retrieved 2019-12-24 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Week's Films in Review". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. 1962-09-30. p. F-7. Retrieved 2019-12-24 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Scott, Vernon (1961-05-12). "Rescue 8 Star Lang Jeffries Expert at Mixing Work, Fun". Scottsdale Daily Progress. p. 5. Retrieved 2019-12-24 – via NewspaperArchive.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda : the life and works of a born filmmaker. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. pp. 173–174, 324. ISBN 978-1-4766-2838-7. OCLC 978294889. Search this book on
- ↑ Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian sword and sandal films, 1908-1990. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-6291-6. OCLC 952390198. Search this book on
- ↑ Weisser, Thomas (2014). Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent : a Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1169-3. OCLC 894938751. Search this book on
- ↑ "Rhonda, TV Actor Married". The Independent. Long Beach, California. 1960-04-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2019-12-24 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "3rd Marriage of Rhonda on the Rocks". Salt Lake Tribune. 1962-01-12. p. 6C. Retrieved 2019-12-24 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Pearson, John (2011). All the money in the world. London: Bloomsbury Reader. ISBN 978-1-4482-0781-7. OCLC 843125232. Search this book on
- ↑ "Lang Jeffries Weds Gail Harris". The Terre Haute Tribune. 1966-08-14. p. 27. Retrieved 2019-12-24 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
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