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Jeffrey Lynn
Actor, Additional Credits
Born February 16, 1909Died November 24, 1995 (86 years)
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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.
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
| 1988 | Midnight Caller (TV Series) · as Ambrose Mcgee |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic (TV Series) · as Hans Koehler |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Sam Wilson |
| 1982 | Forbidden Love · as Dr. Brinkley |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Knots Landing (TV Series) · as Mr. Ahern |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Jack |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series) · as Thomas Cleary |
| 1967 | Tony Rome · as Adam Boyd |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) |
| 1960 | BUtterfield 8 · as Bingham Smith |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as George Wilson |
| 1957 | Lost Lagoon · as Charlie Walker |
| 1956 | The Edge of Night (TV Series) · as District Attorney Mike Karr (1971) (temporary Replacement) |
| 1954 | The Elgin Hour (TV Series) · as Jackson |
| 1954 | Doorway to Suspicion · as Paul Stapleton |
| 1954 | The Secret Storm (TV Series) · as Charlie Clemens (1966-1967) |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as David Carpenter |
| 1953 | Checkmate · as Cast |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Home Town Story · as Blake Washburn |
| 1951 | Up Front · as Capt. Ralph Johnson |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Seth Warner |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) (TV Series) · as Bob Mccook |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows (TV Series) |
| 1950 | Captain China · as Capt. George Brendensen |
| 1950 | |
| 1949 | Strange Bargain · as Sam Wilson |
| 1949 | Family Theatre (TV Series) · as Bartimeus The Beggar |
| 1949 | A Letter to Three Wives · as Bradford 'brad' Bishop |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Don Ashley |
| 1948 | Whiplash · as Dr. Arnold Vincent |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Art Hugenon |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1948 | Black Bart · as Lance Hardeen |
| 1948 | For the Love of Mary · as Phillip Manning |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1946 | Lights Out (TV Series) |
| 1941 | The Body Disappears · as Peter Dehaven |
| 1941 | Law of the Tropics · as Jim Conwoy |
| 1941 | Underground · as Kurt Franken |
| 1941 | Million Dollar Baby · as James Amory |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny · as Michael Farroway |
| 1941 | Four Mothers · as Felix Deitz |
| 1940 | Money and the Woman · as Dave Bennett |
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too · as Henry Martyn Field |
| 1940 | My Love Came Back · as Tony Baldwin |
| 1940 | It All Came True · as Tommy Taylor |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th · as Joyce Kilmer |
| 1939 | Four Wives · as Felix Dietz |
| 1939 | A Child Is Born · as Jed Sutton |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties · as Lloyd Hart |
| 1939 | Espionage Agent · as Lowell Warrington |
| 1939 | Daughters Courageous · as John S. 'johnny' Heming |
| 1939 | Yes, My Darling Daughter · as Douglas Hall |
| 1938 | Four Daughters · as Felix Deitz |
| 1938 | Cowboy from Brooklyn · as Chronicle Reporter |
| 1938 | When Were You Born? · as Davis |