Job Actor, director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor, producer
Years active 1943-1990
Top Roles Joshua, Taha, Nick Romano, Police Stenographer, Tom Stark
Top GenresDrama, Action, Adventure, Romance, Crime, Western
Top TopicsBook-Based, Christmas, Period Piece
Top Collaborators (Producer), , (Director), (Director)
Shares birthday with Cecil B. DeMille, Jane Wyatt, Ralph Nelson  see more..

John Derek Overview:

Actor, John Derek, was born Derek Delevan Harris on Aug 12, 1926 in Hollywood, CA. Derek died at the age of 71 on May 22, 1998 in Santa Maria, CA and was cremated and his ashes given to family or friend.

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television.

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Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, and all work for a "Scandal Sheet" Scandal Sheet (1952) is an American film noir directed by Phil Karlson and starring Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, and . The strong supporting cast includes Rosemary DeCamp, Harry Morgan, and Strother Marti... Read full article


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John Derek Quotes:

Jet Cosgrave: I'll stick with Curly. I wouldn't want him to be alone when the Major finds out you killed one of his men without giving him a chance.
Dude Rankin: I got eight witnesses that prove I gave that fellow a chance!
Jet Cosgrave: Eight liars.


Baka: We use the old ones for greasing the stones. If they are killed it is no loss.
Moses: Are you a master builder or a master butcher?
Baka: If we stop moving stones for every grease woman who falls, the city will not rise.
Overseer: If the slaves are not driven they will not work.
Joshua: If their work lags it is because they are not fed.
Moses: You look strong enough.
Joshua: I am a stonecutter. The Pharoah likes his images cut deep.


Hajji Baba: Nay, laugh not. I may have the instruments of a barber, but I have the desires of a prince.


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John Derek Facts
He photographed wives Ursula Andress, Linda Evans and Bo Derek for Playboy magazine.

Father of Russell Derek (b. 1950) who is paralyzed from the chest down due to a motorcycle accident in 1969.

Father of Sean Catherine Derek. She wrote a biography titled "Cast of Characters" detailing what it was like having John Derek as a father and Ursula Andress, Linda Evans, and Bo Derek as step-mothers.

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