John Dierkes
- Recitazione
- 10 febbraio 1905 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- 8 gennaio 1975
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- John Wayne's 'The Alamo' · Jocko Robertson
- Creepy Classics · Roderick Craven - (archive footage)
- Rage · Bill Parker
- 1975: Occhi bianchi sul pianeta Terra · Family Member
- "Johnny Cool" messaggero di morte · Cripple
- La città dei mostri · Benjamin West / Jacob West
- L'uomo dagli occhi a raggi X · Preacher (uncredited)
- I maghi del terrore · Roderick Craven
- Tre passi dalla sedia elettrica · Cell Block Guard (uncredited)
- Sepolto vivo · Sweeny
- I Comanceros · Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)
- I due volti della vendetta · Chet
- La battaglia di Alamo · Jocko Robertson
- The Aquanauts · Inspector Crail
- The Slowest Gun in the West · 'Wild Bill' Monks
- I conquistatori dell'Oregon · Gabe Hastings
- L'albero degli impiccati · Society Red
- Gli uomini della prateria · Private, Martinson
- I bucanieri · Deacon
- The Rifleman · Nel Svenson
- Peter Gunn
- Ricercato vivo o morto · Charlie
- Furia selvaggia - Billy Kid · Alexander McSween
- Blood Arrow · Ez
- L'infernale Quinlan · Policeman (uncredited)
- Death in Small Doses
- La donna del ranchero · Bartender
- The Buckskin Lady · Swanson
- La figlia del dott. Jekyll · Jacob
- Il forte delle amazzoni · Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
- Tales of Wells Fargo · Scanlon
- Duel at Apache Wells · Bill Sowers
- Il marchio dell'odio · Reverend
- Down Liberty Road · Soldier (Uncredited)
- La legge del Signore · Farmer (uncredited)
- State Trooper
- La pistola sepolta · Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)
- Telephone Time
- Vento di terre lontane · Carson - Horgan Rider
- The Vanishing American · Freil
- Gunsmoke · Rydell, Ace
- Betrayed Women · Cletus Ballard
- Nessuno resta solo · Bursar
- Hell's Outpost · Swede - the Cook (uncredited)
- La spia dei ribelli · Cpl. Fred Deane
- Adventures Of The Falcon
- The Desperado · Police Sergeant
- Furia bianca · Gruber
- Duello all'ultimo sangue
- Notturno selvaggio · Sheriff Daws
- Gianni e Pinotto contro il dottor Jekyll · Batley
- The Vanquished · General Morris
- Il cavaliere della valle solitaria · Morgan Ryker
- I Miserabili · Bosun (uncredited)
- Le rocce d'argento · Arnie
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Joe Bronson, Dr. Belvedere
- La prova del fuoco · Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier
- La cosa da un altro mondo · Dr. Chapman
- Three Husbands · Night Court Judge (uncredited)
- Lux Video Theatre · Jeb Bricker
- Macbeth · Ross