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

Ginny Clay: They murdered him, Brock, and if you don't settle with yourself, desert your own brother... You can't let Trace's life go for nothing... and I wouldn't love a man who could.
Brock Mitchell: I can't touch a gun again.


Chief Executioner's Aide: Surely someone as handsome as you has no trouble with the beauties.
Hajji Baba: I have no trouble with - I have trouble getting to.


Jet Cosgrave: Say, most of these brands you're makin' seem to be The Circle C.
Sam Allen: Well, Circle C's got most of the cattle. The Major don't have much competition these days.
Jet Cosgrave: He has now. I want you to make some irons for me, Sam.
Sam Allen: Sure thing! What brand?
Jet Cosgrave: The Target brand.
[draws a brand almost identical to the Circle C's]
Jet Cosgrave: Like that!
Sam Allen: That brand'll make trouble, son.
Jet Cosgrave: I plan to make a lot of trouble for the Major.


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John Derek Facts
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.


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

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