John Dierkes
- Atuação
- 10 de fevereiro de 1905 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- 8 de janeiro de 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
- A Última Esperança da Terra · Family Member
- Johnny Cool · Cripple
- O Castelo Assombrado · Benjamin West / Jacob West
- O Homem dos Olhos de Raio-X · Preacher (uncredited)
- O Corvo · Roderick Craven
- Convicts 4 · Cell Block Guard (uncredited)
- Obsessão Macabra · Sweeny
- Os Comancheros · Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)
- A Face Oculta · Chet
- O Álamo · Jocko Robertson
- The Aquanauts · Inspector Crail
- The Slowest Gun in the West · 'Wild Bill' Monks
- The Oregon Trail · Gabe Hastings
- A Árvore dos Enforcados · Society Red
- Couro Cru · Private, Martinson
- O Corsário Sem Pátria · Deacon
- O Homem do Rifle · Nel Svenson
- Peter Gunn
- Wanted: Dead or Alive · Charlie
- Um de Nós Morrerá · Alexander McSween
- Blood Arrow · Ez
- A Marca da Maldade · Policeman (uncredited)
- Death in Small Doses
- Valerie · Bartender
- The Buckskin Lady · Swanson
- A Filha do Médico e o Monstro · Jacob
- O Renegado do Forte Petticoat · Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
- Tales of Wells Fargo · Scanlon
- Duel at Apache Wells · Bill Sowers
- The Halliday Brand · Reverend
- Down Liberty Road · Soldier (Uncredited)
- Sublime Tentação · Farmer (uncredited)
- State Trooper
- Gatilho Relâmpago · Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)
- Telephone Time
- Ao Despertar da Paixão · Carson - Horgan Rider
- O Derradeiro Levante · Freil
- Gunsmoke · Rydell, Ace
- Betrayed Women · Cletus Ballard
- Não Serás um Estranho · Bursar
- Hell's Outpost · Swede - the Cook (uncredited)
- The Raid · Cpl. Fred Deane
- Adventures Of The Falcon
- Duelo de Assassinos · Police Sergeant
- A Selva Nua · Gruber
- Irmãos Inimigos
- No Reino das Sombras · Sheriff Daws
- Abbott e Costello Enfrentando o Médico e o Monstro · Batley
- The Vanquished · General Morris
- Os Brutos Também Amam · Morgan Ryker
- O Implacável · Bosun (uncredited)
- Prata Maldita · Arnie
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Joe Bronson, Dr. Belvedere
- A Glória de um Covarde · Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier
- O Monstro do Ártico · Dr. Chapman
- Three Husbands · Night Court Judge (uncredited)
- Lux Video Theatre · Jeb Bricker
- Macbeth: Reinado de Sangue · Ross