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Douglas Evans (actor)

This article is about the actor. For other people named or nicknamed Doug Evans, see Doug Evans (disambiguation).

Douglas Evans (January 26, 1904 – March 25, 1968) was an American actor, known for At War with the Army (1950),[1] King of the Rocket Men (1949),[2] and I Saw What You Did (1965).[3]

Douglas Evans
Evans in The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
Born(1904-01-26)January 26, 1904
Madison, Virginia, U.S.
DiedMarch 25, 1968(1968-03-25) (aged 64)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
OccupationActor
Years active1937–1968

Biography edit

Evans was born in Madison, Virginia.[4] In 1931, he joined the staff of WABC radio in New York as an announcer. Before that, he was an announcer at WMCA, also in New York, and was chief announcer at WGH in Virginia.[5]

He died on March 25, 1968, in Hollywood, California. He is interred in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[4]

Selected filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. 1971. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-0-520-21521-4.
  2. ^ William C. Cline (January 1, 1997). In the Nick of Time: Motion Picture Sound Serials. McFarland. pp. 249–. ISBN 978-0-7864-0471-1.
  3. ^ John Willis (January 1, 1966). Screen World, 1966. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. pp. 87–. ISBN 978-0-8196-0307-4.
  4. ^ a b Resting Places: The Burial Places of 14,000 Famous Persons, by Scott Wilson
  5. ^ "New Luminry". The Standard Union. New York, Brooklyn. June 24, 1931. p. 11. Retrieved February 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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