Trivia
. Best known as Jonathan Hart on TV's "Hart to Hart" (1979).
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Made 4 movies with wife Natalie Wood All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) The Affair (1973) (TV), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) (TV), Hart to Hart (1979) (TV).
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He sued Aaron Spelling Productions for $20 million in June 2000, charging that he was cheated out of profits on the Fox series "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990). He claimed that he was entitled to profits as part of a ten-year-old settlement between producer Aaron Spelling and Fox that gave Spelling the right to produce "90210" in exchange for "Angels 88," a never-produced series in which Wagner had a stake. According to the suit, the conflict dates back to 1973 when he and his wife, Natalie Wood, made a deal with Spelling to submit ideas for pilots to ABC. One idea that the couple submitted led to the show _"Charlie's Angels" (1975)_ . Following the terms of their deal, Spelling, Wagner and Wood equally shared profits from the series. In 1988 Spelling developed a new series, "Angels 88." According to the terms of their contract, Wagner was to receive 7.5% profit participation -- whether or not he rendered services. Fox committed to the series, without his knowledge, and then reneged, giving Spelling "90210" instead. Since Spelling was given "90210" in exchange for an asset in which Wagner had an interest, Wagner claimed that he is entitled to the same profit participation on "90210" as he had on "Angels." The suit alleges breach of contract and fraud and seeks 7.5% of gross profits from "90210" as well as damages of not less than $20 million.
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Due to the publication of a memoir by Lana Wood on her sister's life, Wagner refuses to speak and/or communicate with his late wife's family, after it was implied in the book that Wagner probably played a role in Natalie Wood's tragic drowning off the coast of Catalina Island in 1981. In spring 2000, a Vanity Fair cover shoot featuring all actresses playing Bond girls in every Bond film was broken up after an encounter by Lana Wood and Wagner's present-day wife Jill St. John got into a major argument on the set.
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Wagner's present-day wife, Jill St. John, starred in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971) which also starred his late-wife's real-life sister, Lana Wood.
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After being submerged at one point in an industrial strength foaming agent during the bathtub scene in The Pink Panther (1963), went blind for four weeks.
Quotes
. A propos du décès de son ex-femme, Natalie Wood : "Quand Natalie est décédée, j'étais en colère. Je le suis toujours à ce sujet car je me demande sans cesse "pourquoi ?". J'éprouve à la fois des sentiments de tristesse et de colère, comme toute personne ayant perdu quelqu'un de proche. J'ai vécu une vie merveilleuse avec elle, et j'ai perdu une femme superbe que j'ai aimée de tout mon coeur."