Gene Evans

Gene Evans Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: July 11, 1922

Death Date: April 1, 1998

Birth Place: Holbrook, Arizona

Actor Gene Evans began acting in his youth, refining his skills as a performer in a G.I. acting troupe while he served as an engineer. It is perhaps for this reason that Evans was often cast as strong, weathered men in westerns and war films. He first appeared on film with a small role in the 1947 horse opera "Under Colorado Skies," but it wasn't until he was cast as Sergeant Zack in Samuel Fuller's 1951 Korean War drama "The Steel Helmet" that Evans showed mastery over his craft. Widely considered to be his best role, it is also one of the greatest characterizations within the genre. Both Fuller and Evans had been soldiers, and, appropriately, the film is infused with meditations on war and survival.

Forming a strong working relationship, the two made several films together, including the Golden Globe-nominated mystery "Shock Corridor." Making several films a year though the '50s, Evans ended the decade with the World War II comedy "Operation Petticoat," starring Cary Grant. With the rise of television in the 1960s, Evans began making guest appearances on western-themed television shows, including stints on "Rawhide" and "Gunsmoke." While he continued to work mainly in television for the rest of his career, Evans played supporting roles in former "Gunsmoke" writer Sam Peckinpah's "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" and "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid." Evans' last major role was the title character in the 1976 series "Spencer's Pilots."

Credits

Maddalena Z

Cinematography
Movie
1989

Once Upon a Texas Train

Actor
Fargo Parker
Movie
1988

Fight to Win

Cinematography
Movie
1987

The Alamo: 13 Days to GloryStream

Actor
McGregor
Movie
1987

The A-TeamStream

Guest Star
Darrow
Series
1983

Travis McGee: The Empty Copper Sea

Actor
Meyer
Movie
1983

The Shadow RidersStream

Actor
Colonel Holiday Hammond
Movie
1982

Simon & Simon

Guest Star
Arch McBride
Series
1981

California Gold Rush

Actor
Sam Brannon
Movie
1981

Casino

Actor
Captain K.L. Fitzgerald
Movie
1980

Hart to HartStream

Guest Star
Series
1979

The SackettsStream

Actor
Benson Bigelow
Miniseries
1979

The Concrete Cowboys

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Lt. Blocker
Movie
1979

DallasStream

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Soap
1978

The Incredible HulkStream

Guest Star
Series
1978

Fantasy Island

Guest Star
Series
1978

The Magic of Lassie

Actor
Sheriff Andrews
Movie
1978

Lassie: The New Beginning

Actor
Sheriff Marsh
Movie
1978

Fire!

Actor
Dan Harter
Movie
1977

Spencer's Pilots

Actor
Spencer Parish
Show
1976

Charlie's AngelsStream

Guest Star
Series
1976

Amable Salvaje

Actor
Movie
1976

The Macahans

Actor
Dutton
Movie
1976

Spencer's Pilots

Actor
Spencer Parish
Movie
1976

Matt Helm

Actor
Sgt. Hanrahan
Show
1975

The Last Day

Actor
Marshal Connelly
Movie
1975

Matt Helm

Actor
Sergeant Hanrahan
Movie
1975

Petrocelli

Guest Star
Series
1974

Sidekicks

Actor
Sam
Movie
1974

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

Actor
Gabe
Movie
1974

Devil Times Five

Actor
Papa Doc
Movie
1974

Walking Tall

Actor
Sheriff Al Thurman
Movie
1973

Gentle Savage

Actor
Sheriff McVaney
Movie
1973

La Justice sauvage

Actor
Movie
1973

M*A*S*HStream

Guest Star
Clayton Kibbee
Series
1972

The Sixth Sense

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Show
1972

Longstreet

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Show
1971

Alias Smith and Jones

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Series
1971

Night GalleryStream

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Series
1970

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Actor
Clete
Movie
1970

The Intruders

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Cole Younger
Movie
1970

Dragnet

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Capt. Hugh Brown
Movie
1969

Support Your Local Sheriff!Stream

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Tom Danby
Movie
1969
76%

Here Come the BridesStream

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Jacob Marsh
Series
1968

The Name of the Game

Guest Star
Series
1968

MannixStream

Guest Star
Dan Brockway
Series
1967

Cimarron Strip

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Show
1967

The War WagonStream

Actor
Deputy Hoag
Movie
1967
82%

Iron Horse

Guest Star
Series
1966

Tarzan

Guest Star
Thorn
Series
1966

Nevada Smith

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Sam Sand
Movie
1966

Branded-1965

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Series
1965

Apache UprisingStream

Actor
Jess Cooney
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1965

Shock Corridor

Actor
Boden
Movie
1963

Alfred Hitchcock HourStream

Actor
Series
1962

The VirginianStream

Guest Star
Sheriff Luke Donaldson
Series
1962

Target: The Corruptors

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Show
1961

Gunslinger

Guest Star
Show
1961

Gold of the Seven Saints

Actor
McCracken
Movie
1961

Route 66Stream

Guest Star
Series
1960

Johnny Ringo

Guest Star
Boone Hackett
Series
1959

BonanzaStream

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Series
1959

RawhideStream

Guest Star
Series
1959

The Giant BehemothStream

Actor
Steve Karnes
Movie
1959
17%

Operation PetticoatStream

Actor
Chief Molumphry
Movie
1959
81%

77 Sunset Strip

Guest Star
Sam Welden
Series
1958

Damn Citizen

Actor
Maj. Al Arthur
Movie
1958

Money, Women and Guns

Actor
Sheriff Abner Crowley
Movie
1958

Revolt in the Big House

Actor
Lou Gannon
Movie
1958

Young and Wild

Actor
Movie
1958

The BravadosStream

Actor
John Butler
Movie
1958
100%

The Restless Gun

Guest Star
Will Fetter
Series
1957

Perry MasonStream

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Moose Dalton
Series
1957

Wagon TrainStream

Guest Star
Series
1957

The Sad Sack

Actor
Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley
Movie
1957

The Helen Morgan Story

Actor
Whitey Krause
Movie
1957

Jet Pilot

Actor
Airfield Sergeant (uncredited)
Movie
1957

Raid contre la pègre

Actor
Movie
1957

Zane Grey Theater

Actor
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1956

Massacre at Sand Creek

Actor
Sgt. Maddox
Movie
1956

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsStream

Actor
Ned Malley
Series
1955

My Friend Flicka

Actor
Rob McLaughlin
Show
1955

GunsmokeStream

Guest Star
Charlie Hacker
Series
1955

Wyoming RenegadesStream

Actor
Butch Cassidy/George Leroy Parker
Movie
1955

Crashout

Actor
Maynard 'Monk' Collins
Movie
1955

Cattle Queen of Montana

Actor
Tom McCord
Movie
1954

The Long Wait

Actor
Servo
Movie
1954

Hell and High Water

Actor
Chief Holter
Movie
1954

The Golden Blade

Actor
Hadi
Movie
1953

Donovan's Brain

Actor
Dr. Frank Schratt
Movie
1953

Death Valley DaysStream

Actor
Winfield Stratton
Series
1952

Mutiny

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Hook
Movie
1952

Park Row

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Phineas Mitchell
Movie
1952

The Steel HelmetStream

Actor
Sgt. Zack
Movie
1951
100%

Force of Arms

Actor
Sgt. Smiley "Mac" McFee
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1951

Fixed Bayonets!

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Sgt. Rock
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1951

Sugarfoot

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Billings
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1951

I Was an American SpyStream

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Boone
Movie
1951

Ace in the HoleStream

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Deputy Sheriff
Movie
1951
93%

Wyoming Mail

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Shep
Movie
1950
86%

The Lone RangerStream

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Link
Series
1949

It Happens Every SpringStream

Actor
Batter Mueller (uncredited)
Movie
1949
88%