LC control no. | n 85376579 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Lund, John, 1911-1992 |
Birth date | 1911-02-06 |
Death date | 1992-05-10 |
Place of birth | Rochester (N.Y.) |
Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
Profession or occupation | Actors |
Found in | High society [MP] 1956: credits (cast, John Lund) World almanac and book of facts 1986, 1985 (John Lund; b. 1913) Internet movie database, Mar. 24, 2004 (John Lund; b. Feb. 6, 1913, Rochester, N.Y., d. May 10, 1992, Los Angeles, Calif.; actor) IMDb, June 1, 2016 (John Lund, born February 6, 1911 in Rochester, New York; died May 10, 1992 in Los Angeles, California) Wikipedia, June 1, 2016 (John Lund (actor); John Lund (February 6, 1911-May 10, 1992) was an American film actor who is probably best remembered for his role in the film A Foreign Affair (1948), directed by Billy Wilder as well as a dual role in Mitchell Leisen's To Each His Own (1946); he began acting professionally by appearing on Broadway in William Shakespeare's As You Like It; he wrote the book and lyrics for Broadway's New Faces of 1943; it was his appearance in the play The Hasty Heart (1945) that got him recognized by Hollywood and led to a long-term film contract with Paramount Pictures; Lund had the title role in the serial Chaplain Jim on the Blue Network in the early 1940s; Lund also played Johnny Dollar in the radio show Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, taking over from 1952 until 1954; in 1956 he co-starred with Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in MGM's High Society, the musical remake of MGM's 1940 greatly successful The Philadelphia Story; by the early 1960s, he appeared in minor films and secondary roles and then retired from the screen in 1963, becoming a successful Hollywood businessman; Lund retired to his house in Coldwater Canyon in the Hollywood Hills in 1963 and died of heart problems in 1992) |
Associated language | eng |