JOHN AGAR
Being a relative newcomer to the wonderful world of 50s sci-fi, it wasnt until I noticed that the same actor appeared in both films on my double-disc edition of Invisible Invaders & Journey To...
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Quote:He narrates the beginning of ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY, if that counts! I think it's valid. Jeff Chandler narrated the opening of Jack Arnold's first feature, GIRLS IN THE NIGHT, and...
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I like Chandler a lot - really solid actor. Not long ago I watched The Story of David, one of his last roles. Hampered by a vapid script he plays the title role with a certain dignity and class that...
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Jeff Chandler was undergoing back surgery when he suddenly had a heart attack on the operating room and died in 1961.
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Quote:www.mcfarlandpub.com/book...864-2001-4 Heh. A McFarland book about Chandler? That proves hardly anyone remembers him! Joe "Renfield" Meadows HORROR-WOOD Webzine http://www.horror-wood.com
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I'd read that after their divorce, John Agar was forbidden to see his daughter by Shirley Temple ever again. That seems unduly harsh, of course --- so much so that I wonder if it's even true. I would...
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Quote:Well... better question, then, is who cares about Jeff Chandler....If only he'd made some horror and science fiction movies! He did, sort of: Jeff Chandler was the model for Race Bannon on JONNY...
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Quote:He did, sort of: Jeff Chandler was the model for Race Bannon on JONNY QUEST. Cool. I didn't know that.
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Somebody once told me, or I read somewhere, that Agar never saw his daughter again after the Shirley Temple divorce.
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His daughter was at the University of Oregon when I was. I never met her (as I recall), but there was something about her in the student newspaper. Shirley was mentioned several times, Agar just once,...
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Agar told me that himself the first time I interviewed him. Yes, he later had two boys with his second wife Loretta, and they were good guys. But apparently the break-up was so awful and toxic, the...
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Jay here: I recently watched John in "Hand of Death" on AMC recently, now Miss J has to ask was that John running around in that charcoal/fungus suit or a double, we really don't see him much, and...
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In every Agar interview I've read (and the ones I've done), he always said it was him as the monster, yes -- even in the water scene at the end.
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Jay here: Thanks Weaver, I think little Butch Patrick of the "Munsters"was the little boy who spots him on the beach. thanks,JM
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I've read that too. I have to admit, without the Munsters makeup and without carrying Woof Woof, I wouldn't know Butch Patrick from Patrick Henry.
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I once met Mr. Agar when I was 18 yrs. of age. Living in West L.A., I often run into them at local establishments. I was amazed at how worned he looked. I chatted with with for a bit and then we both...
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Hey Ted! Your hair is so white in the photo. That is you in the middle right.
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Not much different between both films. I personally enjoyed SWAMP CREATURE better. It was in color, shot on 16mm and the creature had Ping Pong balls for eyes (I like Ping Ping). But I must admit that...
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David Ichikawa wrote:I once met Mr. Agar when I was 18 yrs. of age. Living in West L.A., I often run into them at local establishments. I was amazed at how worned he looked. I chatted with with for a...
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TomWeaver999 wrote:I have to admit, without the Munsters makeup and without carrying Woof Woof, I wouldn't know Butch Patrick from Patrick Henry. Just reading this and almost choked laughing at this...
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