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An American actor, he was born in New York City, New York State, USA on February 5 of the year 1 and died in Rancho Mirage, California, USA on December 4, 1996 of heart failure. Willard Parker married two wives and had a child. Among his most important works are Bodyhold 1949, The Fighting Guardsman 1946, The Great Jesse James Raid 1953 and David Harding Counterspy 1950. A professional tennis player, he invested his youth (25 years), good looks, blonde hair and sports fame, in entering the world of cinema, after being discovered by comedian Zeppo Marx gave him a screen test, signed a contract with Warner Bros., chose a stage name, Willard Parker, made his debut film The Devil's Saddle Legion 1937 With Bette Davis That Certain Woman 1937 Ronald Reagan Love Is on the Air 1937 Glenda Farrell Made The Adventurous Blonde 1937 and made his first prominent role with Edward J. Robinson, A Slight Case of Murder 1938 and left Warner Bros. to present with Republic the film The Zero Hour 1939 with Otto Krueger, and with Paramount he presented the movie The Magnificent Fraud 1939 and then took a period of acting training jointly In a theater company, then he performed two shows on Broadway, and signed a contract with the Columbia Company, which presented him during the forties in several championships and supporting roles, in films of category B with low productivity, adventure films and the American West, but he did not reach the level of Stardom, he began his career with the Columbia Company with the romantic comedy film with Rosalinda Russell What a Woman 1943 and his cinematic career was interrupted, by joining the US Marines during World War II, and after the war he made his first movie starring The Fighting Guardsman 1946, an adventure movie, and with Evelyn Keyes presented The American western movie Renegades 1946, then he presented the comedy movie One Way to Love 1946 and his films did not succeed, so he returned to the supporting roles and presented the western movie Relentless 1948 with Robert Young, then the comedy The Mating of Millie 1948 with Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes, and Universal borrowed it to present western films The American, and returns to Colombia to provide secondary roles, and the musical film Kiss Me Kate 1953 with Ann Miller and Catherine Grayson, then he developed his performance with stardom on television, made his stardom and increased his popularity after he presented 52 episodes of the series Tales of the Texas Rangers 1955-1958 to star in a number of From the films Lone Texan 1959, Young Jesse James 1960, Walk Tall 1960, and with his second wife, the beautiful blonde Virginia Field, he has made a number of TV series, horror films and more. Science fiction The Earth Dies Screaming 1964, and his last role was in the movie The Great Waltz 1972, and he retires and works in the real estate field, until he died in Rancho Mirage, California, at the age of 85 of a heart attack.
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