John Dierkes
- Interpretación
- 10 de febrero de 1905 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- 8 de enero de 1975
Biografía
Dierkes was born on February 10, 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Brown University and subsequently went to work as an economist for the United States Department of State. In 1941 he joined the Red Cross and served in the Britain duringWorld War II. There he met director John Huston who recommended that he try Hollywood after the war. Instead, Dierkes went to work for the U.S. Treasury Department which coincidentally sent him to Hollywood to function as technical advisor for the film To the Ends of the Earth (1948). Because of his appearance and very tall frame (6 feet, 6 inches), Dierkes enjoyed a long career as a character actor, often portraying villains or soldiers. In the 1953 film Shane, Dierkes portrays villain Morgan Ryker, who is the last man shot by the title character, Shane, in the final bar room shootout. One of his more memorable scenes is in the 1960 film, The Alamo. Dierkes portrays a Tennessean named Jocko, who is torn between leaving before the attack to care for his blind wife, or staying to support the Texans' cause. Understanding that if Jocko stays to fight she will likely be widowed, Jocko's wife coaxes him to stay and defend the fort, despite her disability. Dierkes died in 1975 of emphesyma and was survived by his wife Cynthia, two sons, and two daughters.
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Filmografía
- John Wayne's 'The Alamo' · Jocko Robertson
- Creepy Classics · Roderick Craven - (archive footage)
- Rage · Bill Parker
- El último hombre... vivo · Family Member
- Johnny, el frío · Cripple
- El palacio de los espíritus · Benjamin West / Jacob West
- El hombre con rayos X en los ojos · Preacher (uncredited)
- El cuervo · Roderick Craven
- Convicts 4 · Cell Block Guard (uncredited)
- La obsesión · Sweeny
- Los comancheros · Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)
- El rostro impenetrable · Chet
- El Álamo · Jocko Robertson
- The Aquanauts · Inspector Crail
- The Slowest Gun in the West · 'Wild Bill' Monks
- El camino de Oregón · Gabe Hastings
- El árbol del ahorcado · Society Red
- Cuero crudo · Private, Martinson
- Los bucaneros · Deacon
- El hombre del rifle · Nel Svenson
- Peter Gunn
- Randall, el justiciero · Charlie
- El zurdo · Alexander McSween
- Blood Arrow · Ez
- Sed de mal · Policeman (uncredited)
- Death in Small Doses
- Valerie · Bartender
- The Buckskin Lady · Swanson
- La hija del médico y la bestia · Jacob
- Brigada de mujeres · Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
- Calibre 44 · Scanlon
- Duel at Apache Wells · Bill Sowers
- Odio contra odio · Reverend
- Down Liberty Road · Soldier (Uncredited)
- La gran prueba · Farmer (uncredited)
- State Trooper
- Llega un pistolero · Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)
- Telephone Time
- Jubal · Carson - Horgan Rider
- The Vanishing American · Freil
- La ley del revólver · Rydell, Ace
- Betrayed Women · Cletus Ballard
- No serás un extraño · Bursar
- Hell's Outpost · Swede - the Cook (uncredited)
- Fugitivos rebeldes · Cpl. Fred Deane
- Adventures Of The Falcon
- The Desperado · Police Sergeant
- Cuando ruge la marabunta · Gruber
- Fiebre de venganza
- The Moonlighter · Sheriff Daws
- Abbott y Costello contra el Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde · Batley
- Los vencidos · General Morris
- Raíces profundas · Morgan Ryker
- El inspector de hierro · Bosun (uncredited)
- Silver City · Arnie
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Joe Bronson, Dr. Belvedere
- Medalla roja al valor · Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier
- El enigma de otro mundo · Dr. Chapman
- Three Husbands · Night Court Judge (uncredited)
- Lux Video Theatre · Jeb Bricker
- Macbeth · Ross