Larry Parks AKA Samuel Klusman Parks Born: 13-Dec-1914 Birthplace: Olathe, KS Died: 13-Apr-1975 Location of death: Studio City, CA Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Cremated
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States Executive summary: Named names before HUAC "I would prefer, if you would allow me, not to mention other people's names. Don't present me with the choice of either being in contempt of this Committee and going to jail or forcing me to really crawl through the mud to be an informer." Though Parks named names to avoid being blacklisted, a fact leaked to the press, the tactic failed -- he remained blacklisted.
Mother: (maiden name of Klusman) Wife: Betty Garrett (actress, b. 23-May-1919, m. 1944, until his death, two sons) Son: Garrett Parks (composer, with Garrett) Son: Andrew Lawrence Parks (actor, b. 1-Mar-1951, with Garrett)
High School: Joliet Township High School, Joliet, IL (1932) University: University of Illinois
Communist Party USA 1941-45, admitted before HUAC in 1951 Hollywood Blacklist HUAC Hearings Irish Ancestry
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Freud (12-Dec-1962) Tiger by the Tail (1955) Love Is Better Than Ever (23-Feb-1952) · Jud Parker Emergency Wedding (15-Nov-1950) Jolson Sings Again (10-Aug-1949) The Swordsman (2-Jan-1948) · Alexander MacArden Down to Earth (21-Aug-1947) · Danny Miller The Jolson Story (10-Oct-1946) · Al Jolson Renegades (13-Jun-1946) Counter-Attack (26-Apr-1945) Hey, Rookie (6-Apr-1944) Is Everybody Happy? (28-Oct-1943) Reveille with Beverly (4-Feb-1943) The Boogie Man Will Get You (22-Oct-1942) · Bill Layden A Man's World (17-Sep-1942) Submarine Raider (4-Jun-1942) · Sparksie Alias Boston Blackie (2-Apr-1942) · Joe Trilby Blondie Goes to College (15-Jan-1942) · Rusty Bryant
Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.
Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile
Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications
|