Job Actor, director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor, producer
Years active 1943-1990
Top Roles Police Stenographer, Joshua, Taha, Nick Romano, Minor Role
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:

Hajji Baba: Complaints flow from your lips like water from the springs of Al Baqir.
Princess Fakzia: But I am a princess and my skin is soft. I am not used to such hard ways.
Hajji Baba: You are no princess as long as we are on this desert.


Hajji Baba: You know, if your father's men catch us, they'll take you gently back to Ispahan. Me - they'd leave my body in one place and my head in another. I like them stuck together.


Princess Fakzia: Barber, you are fortunate we are not in Ispahan or I would have...
Hajji Baba: ...me flogged? That is your answer to all but flattery. You wish to silence everyone by threats. Is that what it is to be a princess?


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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.


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