Lon McCallister

Actor

Male

Born Apr 17, 1923

Hometown USA

Died Jun 11, 2005

Death Place USA

Other Names Herbert Alonzo Mc...

Lon McCallister (April 17, 1923 – June 11, 2005) was an American actor. Born in Los Angeles, he began appearing in movies at the age of 13. The young actor had leads in a number of films; he usually played boyish young men from the country. Growing… Read More

Romance

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Ann Blyth
Dated 1948
Jeanne Crain
Dated 1945
June Haver
Fling
William Eythe
Dated
Margaret Whiting
Dated

News + Updates

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Classic Film Society Begins Season May 14; Seeks Old Home Movies Quad Cities Online
Google News - May 10, 2011

Jeanne Crain, Pvt. Lon McCallister, Jane Ball, Sgt. Edmond O'Brien, Cpl. Don Taylor, Judy Holliday, Cpl. Lee J. Cobb, Cpl. Red Buttons, Cpl. Barry Nelson, Cpl. Gary Merrill, Sgt George Reeves. Few films take us into the minds of draftees and their
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Corrections
NYTimes - Jun 29, 2005

An obituary by The Associated Press on Wednesday about Lon McCallister, a boyish film actor of the 1940's, misidentified a star who played opposite him in the 1943 movie ''Stage Door Canteen.'' She was Katharine Cornell. (Katharine Hepburn also appeared but was not on screen with Mr. McCallister.)
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Lon Mc Callister, 82, Hollywood Actor Of The 40's
NYTimes - Jun 22, 2005

Lon McCallister, whose brief but prolific acting career started with small roles, including the part of a schoolboy in ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,'' and developed into supporting roles in popular movies, like ''Winged Victory,'' died on June 11 at his home in the Lake Tahoe area. He was 82. The cause was heart failure, said his brother, Lynn.
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Movies: Critic's Choice
NYTimes - Oct 20, 2002

SOME women can find men anywhere. Jeanette (Ariane Ascaride), a widowed mother of two, meets Marius (Gerard Meylan) while she's trying to steal two cans of paint from a cement works in Marseilles. He's the security guard. Robert Guediguian's MARIUS ET JEANNETTE (1997) is an off-center romantic comedy that celebrates the bumps in the course of true
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1923 Birth Born on April 17, 1923.

TWENTIES

1947 24 Years Old He appeared with Edward G. Robinson in 1947's The Red House and in the same year with Shirley Temple in The Story of Seabiscuit.

THIRTIES

1953 30 Years Old In 1953, at the age of 30, he retired from acting. … Read More

1957 34 Years Old He was actor William Eythe's love interest for many years, until Eythe's death in 1957. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

2005 82 Years Old Died on June 11, 2005.

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