Larry Parks
American stage and movie actor (1914-1975) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 60
Samuel Lawrence Klusman Parks was an American stage and film actor. His career arced from bit player and supporting roles to top billing, before it virtually ended when he admitted to having been a member of a Communist Party cell, which led to his blacklisting by all Hollywood studios.
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Freud: The Secret PassionFilm, Dr. Joseph Breuer1961
Dr. KildareSeries, Dr. Steven Waller1957
SuspicionSeries, Dr. Milt Krop1955
Tiger by the TailFilm, John Desmond1952
Love Is Better Than EverFilm, Jud Parker1950
Emergency WeddingFilm, Peter Judson Kirk Jr.1949
Jolson Sings AgainFilm, Al Jolson / Self1948
The Gallant BladeFilm, Lt. David Picard1947
Down to EarthFilm, Danny Miller1946
RenegadesFilm, Ben Dembrow / Ben Taylor1945
Counter-AttackFilm, Kirichenko1944
Hey, RookieFilm, Jim Leighter1943
DestroyerFilm, Ens. Johnson (uncredited)1942
A Man's WorldFilm, Chick O'Driscoll1941
Harmon of MichiganFilm, Harvey1914Born13 December 1914People around Larry
- Lew Landers Directed The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
- Charles Barton Directed Honolulu Lu and Sing for Your Supper
- Henry Levin Directed Jolson Sings Again (1950)
Wallace MacDonald Produced Submarine Raider (1942)
Lloyd Bridges Also in Destroyer and Flight Lieutenant
Marguerite Chapman Also in Destroyer and The Gallant Blade
Adele Mara Also in Honolulu Lu and Alias Boston Blackie
Don Beddoe Also in Harvard, Here I Come! and Honolulu Lu- Sidney Buchman Produced The Jolson Story and Jolson Sings Again
Ludwig Donath Also in The Jolson Story and Jolson Sings Again
Evelyn Keyes Also in Renegades and Flight LieutenantForrest Tucker Also in Renegades and Submarine Raider
Alexander Hall Directed Down to Earth (1947)
Jeanne Bates Also in Sergeant Mike and The Black ParachuteMaxie Rosenbloom Also in The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
Morris Stoloff Wrote The Jolson Story and Harvard, Here I Come!
George Duning Wrote Down to Earth and Jolson Sings Again
Barbara Brown Also in Three Girls About Town (1941)
Eddie Laughton Also in Honolulu Lu (1941)Bill Goodwin Also in Blondie Goes to College (1942)
William A. Seiter Directed Destroyer (1943)
Shirley Patterson Also in A Man's World and North of the Rockies- Colbert Clark Produced Atlantic Convoy (1942)
Louis F. Edelman Produced Destroyer (1943)
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His best known role was Al Jolson, whom he portrayed in two films: The Jolson Story (1946) and Jolson Sings Again (1949).