Biographies: Robert Lowery - Actor

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American actor, born on October 17, 1913 in the United States, his father was a lawyer and his mother, Lea Thompson Hanks, was a concert pianist. He attended local Kansas City schools and graduated from Paseo High School in 1931 and was soon invited to sing with the Slats Randall Orchestra in the early 1930s and attended the Lila Bliss Acting School before being signed by Twentieth Century Fox in 1937 after successfully appearing in a number of stage roles in the Los Angeles area. Signed with Fox in 1938, he soon appeared in top-tier films, known for his roles in action films such as The Mark of Zorro (1940), The Mummy's Ghost (1944), and Dangerous Passage (1944). He also had roles in several films, including The Homesteaders (1953), The Parson and the Outlaw (1957), Young Guns of Texas (1962), and Johnny Reno (1966). He died on December 26, 1971, in Los Angeles, California, of a heart attack.

• 9 October 2024
• farah ashraf