Jeffrey Lynn, Acting - KorPlix:Korean Person Archives

Back

Back

Top

Korplix
Korean Online
Content Archives

0
0.649

Jeffrey Lynn
Acting

Jeffrey Lynn
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-02-16,Auburn, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeffrey Lynn (born Ragnar Godfrey Lind; February 16, 1909 – November 24, 1995) was an American stage-screen actor and film producer who worked primarily through the Golden Age of Hollywood establishing himself as one of the premier talents of his time. Throughout his acting career, both on stage and in film, he was typecast as "the attractive, reliable love interest of the heroine," or "the tall, stalwart hero." Born and raised in Massachusetts, he attended Bates College, before working as a teacher. He was tapped to act in his first film in 1938, which convinced him to move to Hollywood, California. His second film–Four Daughters (1938)–propelled him into national fame sparking three sequels: Daughters Courageous (1939), Four Wives (1939) and Four Mothers (1941) with Lynn reprising his role in each of them. He was at the center of the Gone with the Wind (1939) screening controversy; he was noted as the top contender to play Ashley Wilkes, however, the directer eventually chose Leslie Howard instead. Lynn was asked to join James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart in The Roaring Twenties (1939), a gangster noir that garnered him critical praise. His success continued with such films as The Fighting 69th (1940) in which he portrayed poet-soldier Joyce Kilmer opposite Cagney, It All Came True (1940), All This and Heaven Too (1940) and Million Dollar Baby (1941). His movie career was put on hold for World War II draft, where he received a Bronze Star for his service as a in Italy and Austria as a combat intelligence captain. He returned to the screen in 1948 and was in the notably successful, A Letter to Three Wives (1949), which went on to be nominated of best picture in the 1950 prime time Academy Awards. A year later he joined that cast of Home Town Story (1951) billed alongside Marilyn Monroe. His later film career credits include: BUtterfield 8 (1960) along with Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey, and Tony Rome (1967) with Frank Sinatra. Lynn also began to act on Broadway and was featured in such plays as Any Wednesday (1966) and Dinner at Eight (1967). Later on in his career he found mixed critical success television starring in hit shows such as Robert Montgomery Presents, Your Show of Shows, My Son Jeep (with young Martin Huston), and Lux Video Theatre. He died in November 1995 in Burbank, California from natural causes and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. Actor Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Goldblum is named in honor of Jeffrey Lynn.

Filmography

6.3

BUtterfield 8
1960-11-04

6.3

Tony Rome
1967-11-10

Main Street to Broadway

6.5

Main Street to Broadway
1953-10-12

Home Town Story

4.6

Home Town Story
1951-05-18

Strange Bargain

5.5

Strange Bargain
1949-11-05

All This, and Heaven Too

7.1

All This, and Heaven Too
1940-07-05

The Roaring Twenties

7.472

The Roaring Twenties
1939-10-28

A Letter to Three Wives

7.198

A Letter to Three Wives
1949-01-20

It All Came True

5.6

It All Came True
1940-04-06

6.4

Four Daughters
1938-08-09

The Fighting 69th

5.4

The Fighting 69th
1940-01-27

4.9

Whiplash
1948-12-24

For the Love of Mary

5.8

For the Love of Mary
1948-09-01

Million Dollar Baby

6

Million Dollar Baby
1941-05-31

6.1

Underground
1941-06-28

Espionage Agent

5.9

Espionage Agent
1939-09-30

5.1

Four Wives
1939-12-22

Out Where the Stars Begin

6.5

Out Where the Stars Begin
1938-05-28

Daughters Courageous

6.2

Daughters Courageous
1939-06-23

5.7

Four Mothers
1941-01-04

Flight from Destiny

5.2

Flight from Destiny
1941-02-08

The Spiral Staircase

6

The Spiral Staircase
1961-10-04

4.5

Black Bart
1948-02-17

5.8

Lost Lagoon
1957-11-24

My Love Came Back

5.2

My Love Came Back
1940-07-13

When Were You Born

5.188

When Were You Born
1938-06-18

Yes, My Darling Daughter

4

Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939-02-25

Money and the Woman

4.3

Money and the Woman
1940-08-17

Doorway to Suspicion

4.3

Doorway to Suspicion
1954-05-24

0

Up Front
1951-03-05

Law of the Tropics

6

Law of the Tropics
1941-10-04

A Child Is Born

6.5

A Child Is Born
1939-12-07

5

Captain China
1950-02-02

Cowboy from Brooklyn

4

Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938-07-09

The Body Disappears

5.2

The Body Disappears
1941-11-22

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

8

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988-10-01

Breakdowns of 1942

6

Breakdowns of 1942
1942-12-31

Miracle in the Rain

0

Miracle in the Rain
1950-05-01

Murder, She Wrote

7.6

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

6.7

Simon & Simon
1981-11-24

Midnight Caller

7.4

Midnight Caller
1988-10-25

6.8

Knots Landing
1979-12-27

4.4

Studio One
1948-11-07

6.9

Ironside
1967-03-28

Lux Video Theatre

5.5

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

Your Show of Shows

5.5

Your Show of Shows
1950-02-25

The Philco Television Playhouse

5.6

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03

4.2

Suspense
1949-01-06

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

Tales of Tomorrow

6

Tales of Tomorrow
1951-08-03

5.3

Lights Out
1949-07-19

Lux Video Theatre

5.5

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre

5.5

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

0

Star Stage
1955-09-09

4.2

Suspense
1949-01-06

4.2

Suspense
1949-01-06

What's My Line?

6.6

What's My Line?
1950-02-02