Starring in many significant or low-budget films, Richard Egan (1921-1987) was a strong lead and supporting actor during the 1950s and 1960s. Though many of those early films may have been forgotten, Egan always treated his role as the lead actor he was. He was churning out decent pictures for Universal, RKO and MGM in supporting roles from 1950 to 1954 becoming quite the hunk sans shirt after Demetrius and The Gladiators (1954). Egan won Golden Globes for his supporting performances in the films The Glory Brigade (1953) and The Kid from Left Field (1953). Twentieth Century Fox brought stardom to Egan with a mix of good and bad guys roles in adventure, western and drama films. Beginning in the 1960s, television was the next medium to conquer and he did so through the mid-Eighties.
After graduating from St. Ignatius College Preparatory, the San Francisco-born actor enlisted in the Army in 1943 serving as a judo and knife fighting instructor for one year, then discharged with the rank of captain. He eventually earned a master's degree in theater history from Stanford University. He went on to teach public speaking at Northwestern University. Egan's single, nearly thirty-year marriage lasted until his death.
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