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

John Derek BlogHub Articles:

Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, and John Derek all work for a "Scandal Sheet"

By Stephen Reginald on Sep 4, 2022 From Classic Movie Man

Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, and John Derek 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 John Derek. The strong supporting cast includes Rosemary DeCamp, Harry Morgan, and Strother Marti... Read full article


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John Derek Quotes:

[last lines]
Chad Deasey: Don't shoot!
Brock Mitchell: There's nothing more a gun can do to you... or for you.


Hajji Baba: Nay, laugh not. I may have the instruments of a barber, but I have the desires of a prince.


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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John Derek Facts

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

In voting for 1981's RAZZIE Awards for Worst Achievements in Film, Derek's direction of Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) (starring his wife Bo Derek) and Michael Cimino's direction of the legendary debacle Heaven's Gate (1980) ran neck-and-neck. A mere handful of late ballots threw the Worst Director nod to Cimino.

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