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Doug McClure

Maire Kyle Applegate in Out of this World

Photos Doug McClure Birth name: Douglas Osborne McClure
Birth date: 1935/05/11
Date of death : 1995/02/05 (60 years old)
Birth place : Glendale, Californie (USA)

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Biography for Doug McClure

Educated at U.C.L.A., this blond leading man long made a career of apparent agelessness. He played one young sidekick after another through numerous movies and one TV series after another, playing twentiesh roles into his late forties. Although he made more than five hundred appearances in his career (counting TV episodes separately), he is undoubtedly best remembered as Trampas in the series "The Virginian" and "The Men from Shiloh" and the movie "Backtrack!" McClure was fighting cancer the last couple of years before his death; despite this, he continued working, appearing in the "Maverick" movie as one of the gamblers, as well as in "Riders in the Storm" and episodes of "Burke's Law" and "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" which didn't appear until after his death. McClure got a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame shortly before his death.

Doug McClure is an American player born May 11, 1935 in Glendale, California (United States), who died on February 5, 1995 in Sherman Oaks (California).

Doug McClure was an American actor known for his roles in westerns films and television series. He was born on May 11, 1935 in Glendale, California, and grew up in the neighboring town of Burbank. McClure made his cinema debut in 1959 in the film "The Monster of Piedras Blancas", and continued to play in many other films, notably "Infernal Pursuit" in 1963, "The Lost Treasury of the Templars" in 1974 and "The secret of the North Star" in 1976.

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Filmography

Title Role
Riders in the Storm (1995) Hamilton Monroe
Maverick (1994) Riverboat Poker Player
Dead Man's Revenge (1994) (TV) Granger
Battling for Baby (1992) (TV) David
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991) (TV) Doug
Dark Before Dawn (1989) Kirkland
Prime Suspect (1989) Dr. Brand
Tapeheads (1988) Sid Tager
Out of This World (1987) TV Series Mayor Kyle Applegate
Omega Syndrome (1987) Detective Milnor
52 Pick-Up (1986) Mark Arveson
Cover Up (1984) (TV) Cal Tillis
Cannonball Run II (1984) The Slapper
The House Where Evil Dwells (1982) Alex Curtis
Firebird 2015 A.D. (1981) McVain
Nightside (1980) (TV) Danny Dandoy
Humanoids from the Deep (1980) Jim Hill
The Rebels (1979) (mini) TV Series Eph Tait
Warlords of Atlantis (1978) Greg Collinson
Wild and Wooly (1978) (TV) Delaney Burke
Strange Companions (1978) (TV) Archie
The People That Time Forgot (1977) Bowen Tyler
SST: Death Flight (1977) (TV) Hank Fairbanks title)
Roots (1977) (mini) TV Series Jemmy Brent
At the Earth's Core (1976) David Innes (UK: complete title)
Barbary Coast (1975) TV Series Cash Conover
The Land That Time Forgot (1975) Bowen Tyler
Satan's Triangle (1975) (TV) Lt. J. Haig
What Changed Charley Farthing? (1974) Charley Farthing
Death Race (1973) (TV) Lt. Del Culpepper
Blutigen Geier von Alaska, Die (1973) (as Doug Mc.Clure) Don Rutland TV title) Serbian title)
Shirts/Skins (1973) (TV) Doctor Francis Murphy
Search (1972) TV Series C.R. Grover (1972-1973)
The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972) (TV) Jake Wyler
Playmates (1972) (TV) Kermit Holvey
The Death of Me Yet (1971) (TV) Edward Young\Paul Towers
The Birdmen (1971) (TV) Major Harry Cook Chessboard (Europe: English title: video title)
Terror in the Sky (1971) (TV) George Spencer
The Bull of the West (1971) (TV) Trampas
Backtrack! (1969) Trampas
Nobody's Perfect (1968) Doc Willoughby
The King's Pirate (1967) Lt. Brian Fleming
The Longest Hundred Miles (1967) (TV) Cpl. Steve Bennett
The Meanest Men in the West (1967) (TV) (uncredited) Trampas
Beau Geste (1966) John
Shenandoah (1965) Lt. Sam
The Lively Set (1964) Chuck Manning
The Devil's Children (1962) Trampas
The Brazen Bell (1962) Trampas
The Virginian (1962) TV Series Trampas (entire run)
The Final Hour (1962) Trampas
Checkmate (1960) TV Series Jed Sills (1960-1962)
Because They're Young (1960) Jim Trent
The Unforgiven (1960) Andy Zachary
Overland Trail (1960) TV Series Frank 'Flip' Flippen
Gidget (1959) Waikiki
South Pacific (1958) Pilot in Hospital
The Enemy Below (1957) (uncredited) Ens. Merry
Friendly Persuasion (1956) (uncredited) Soldier

Trivia

Played the Errol Flynn role in a re-make of "Against All Flags" titled "The King's Pirate." Ironically, both men died prematurely: Flynn at age 50 and McClure at age 59.

Along with Troy Donahue, was the inspiration for the Simpson's character: "Troy McClure".

Family

Spouse : Diane Furnberg (1978 - 1995) (his death), Diane Soldani (July 1970 - ?) (divorced) 1 child, Barbara Luna (17 December 1961 - 1963) (divorced), Faye Brash (1957 - 1961) (divorced) 1 child, Helen Crane (? - ?) (3rd wife).

Father of Tane McClure and Valerie.

Author of the card

  • Creation date: 01/07/2003 by misou
  • Last update: 01/05/2007 by lak73

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