John Dierkes
- Interprétation
- 10 février 1905 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- 8 janvier 1975
Biographie
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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Filmographie
- John Wayne's 'The Alamo' · Jocko Robertson
- Creepy Classics · Roderick Craven - (archive footage)
- Rage · Bill Parker
- Le Survivant · Family Member
- La Revanche du Sicilien · Cripple
- La Malédiction d'Arkham · Benjamin West / Jacob West
- L'Horrible Cas du docteur X · Preacher (uncredited)
- Le Corbeau · Roderick Craven
- Convicts 4 · Cell Block Guard (uncredited)
- L'Enterré vivant · Sweeny
- Les Comancheros · Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)
- La Vengeance aux deux visages · Chet
- Alamo · Jocko Robertson
- The Aquanauts · Inspector Crail
- The Slowest Gun in the West · 'Wild Bill' Monks
- Les Comanches passent à l'attaque · Gabe Hastings
- La Colline des potences · Society Red
- Rawhide · Private, Martinson
- Les boucaniers · Deacon
- The Rifleman · Nel Svenson
- Peter Gunn
- Au nom de la loi · Charlie
- Le Gaucher · Alexander McSween
- Blood Arrow · Ez
- La soif du Mal · Policeman (uncredited)
- Death in Small Doses
- Valerie · Bartender
- The Buckskin Lady · Swanson
- La Fille du docteur Jekyll · Jacob
- Le Fort de la dernière chance · Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
- Tales of Wells Fargo · Scanlon
- Duel at Apache Wells · Bill Sowers
- The Halliday Brand · Reverend
- Down Liberty Road · Soldier (Uncredited)
- La Loi du Seigneur · Farmer (uncredited)
- State Trooper
- La première balle tue · Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)
- Telephone Time
- L'Homme de nulle part · Carson - Horgan Rider
- The Vanishing American · Freil
- Gunsmoke Police Des Plaines · Rydell, Ace
- Betrayed Women · Cletus Ballard
- Pour que vivent les hommes · Bursar
- Hell's Outpost · Swede - the Cook (uncredited)
- Le Raid · Cpl. Fred Deane
- Adventures Of The Falcon
- The Desperado · Police Sergeant
- Quand la marabunta gronde · Gruber
- Bataille sans merci
- Le Voleur de minuit · Sheriff Daws
- Deux nigauds contre le Docteur Jekyll et M. Hyde · Batley
- La Ville sous le joug · General Morris
- L'Homme des vallées perdues · Morgan Ryker
- Les Miserables · Bosun (uncredited)
- La Ville d'argent · Arnie
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Joe Bronson, Dr. Belvedere
- La Charge victorieuse · Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier
- La Chose d'un autre monde · Dr. Chapman
- Three Husbands · Night Court Judge (uncredited)
- Lux Video Theatre · Jeb Bricker
- Macbeth · Ross