Job Actor, director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor, producer
Years active 1943-1990
Top Roles Tom Stark, Young Prince Malik, John Wilkes Booth, Police Stenographer, Minor Role
Top GenresDrama, Action, Adventure, Romance, Crime, Western
Top TopicsBook-Based, Christmas, Period Piece
Top Collaborators (Director), (Producer), ,
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:

Sheriff of Buckhorn: All right, Mitchell, your year's up.
Brock Mitchell: Didn't seem like more than ten!
Sheriff of Buckhorn: You're lucky it wasn't the rope.
Brock Mitchell: Looks like the citizens out there still have ideas.


Joshua: Praise God, I have found you!
Moses: Joshua? I thought you dead.
Joshua: In the copper mines of Sinai... the living are dead.
Moses: Sephora, bring water. How did you find me?
Joshua: A merchant buying copper saw you in the tent of Jethro.
Moses: [Moses softly tapped Josha's back] Here, you too will find peace, Joshua.
Joshua: [a stunned look came over Joshua's face, as he almost crossed his eyes] Peace? How can you find peace or even want it, while Rameses builds cities mortared with the blood of our people?


The Kid: Here's for helpin' the lady. Buy yourself a cigar.
[the Kid tosses Jet a dime]
Jet Cosgrave: You keep it. Until you're old enough to smoke.


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

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

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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