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"

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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:

Major Linton Cosgrave: My lawyer calls it squatters' rights.
Jet Cosgrave: Tell your lawyer the Newmark has a new squatter and enough guns to keep trespassers out. And that means you, Major.


Steve McCleary: A very rare item. A picture of a dame with her mouth shut.


Chief Executioner's Aide: Why are you not satisfied to be like your father, Hajji? You are a good barber.
Hajji Baba: True. But why, I ask myself, must I remain a barber? Take the sheik's chief favorite, Ismail asa Gul - is he better spoken than I?
Chief Executioner's Aide: But he *is* the favorite.
Hajji Baba: Well, then, the famous Lord Treasurer, who fills the king's coffers with gold, yet does not forget his own. What was he? The son of a grocer!


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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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