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Victor Jory was a Canadian–American actor of stage, film, and television. He initially played romantic leads, but later was mostly cast in villainous or sinister roles, like Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) and Jonas Wilkerson in Gone with the Wind (1939). From 1959 to 1961 he had a lead role in the 78-episode television police drama Manhunt. He also recorded numerous stories for Peter Pan Records.
Born
Sunday, 23 November 1902
Died
Friday, 12 February 1982
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Century of Cinema | Dick Drake | 1995 |
| Legends of the West | Actor in 'A Time for Dying' | 1992 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 1983 |
| The Mountain Men | Iron Belly | 1980 |
| Power | Hillman | 1980 |
| Young Maverick | Pony That Waits | 1979 |
| Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Narrator, Horaz / Narrator, Narrator (voice) | 1978 |
| Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell | Shaman | 1978 |
| Grandpa Goes to Washington | Meyer Brockman | 1978 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Leon Davidian | 1977 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Century of Cinema | Dick Drake | 1995 |
| Legends of the West | Actor in 'A Time for Dying' | 1992 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 1983 |
| The Mountain Men | Iron Belly | 1980 |
| Power | Hillman | 1980 |
| Young Maverick | Pony That Waits | 1979 |
| Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Narrator, Horaz / Narrator, Narrator (voice) | 1978 |
| Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell | Shaman | 1978 |
| Grandpa Goes to Washington | Meyer Brockman | 1978 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Leon Davidian | 1977 |
| Mission to Glory: A True Story | Father Zaya | 1977 |
| America at the Movies | Captain Arthur Keller | 1976 |
| Alice | Billy 'The Scam' Williams | 1976 |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Charles Rolling Thunder | 1974 |
| Pinocchio | Narrator | 1974 |
| Nakia | Ben Redearth | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Eddie LaSalle | 1974 |
| Papillon | Indian Chief | 1973 |
| Frasier, the Sensuous Lion | Frasier's Voice | 1973 |
| Banacek | Paul Andros | 1972 |
| Circle of Fear | Old Man | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Fred | 1972 |
| A Time for Dying | Judge Roy Bean | 1971 |
| Longstreet | Fred Hornbeck | 1971 |
| Flap | Wounded Bear Mr. Smith (Attorney at Law) / Wounded Bear Mr. Smith | 1970 |
| McCloud | Joseph Rhigas | 1970 |
| Mackenna's Gold | The Narrator | 1969 |
| The Name of the Game | Victor Foss | 1968 |
| Jigsaw | Edward Arkroyd | 1968 |
| Mannix | Stefan Mannix | 1967 |
| Ironside | Wally Stowe | 1967 |
| The High Chaparral | Mr. Kelly | 1967 |
| The Road West | Collier | 1966 |
| Iron Horse | Captain Anderson | 1966 |
| The Time Tunnel | Capt. Beal | 1966 |
| The Green Hornet | Charles Delaclaire | 1966 |
| The Loner | Old Man Ridley | 1965 |
| I Spy | Rafael Ortiz | 1965 |
| The Legend of Jesse James | Judge Parker | 1965 |
| F Troop | Chief Mean Buffalo | 1965 |
| Profiles in Courage | Charles Carlin | 1964 |
| Cheyenne Autumn | Tall Tree | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Dr. Turner | 1964 |
| Suspense | the Sheriff | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Conrad Easter | 1963 |
| The Great Adventure | Andrew Jackson | 1963 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Sultan | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Jim Clover | 1963 |
| Temple Houston | Claude Boley | 1963 |
| Empire | Mike Dahlback | 1962 |
| Wide Country | Johnny Prewitt | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Det. Paul Reardon | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Luke Nichols, Tom Brant, Carl Hendricks, Jim Kohler | 1962 |
| The Miracle Worker | Captain Arthur Keller | 1962 |
| The New Breed | Deacon Lee | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Dr. Oscar Whalen | 1961 |
| Hazel | Mr. Woods | 1961 |
| 87th Precinct | Mike Power | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Fugitive Kind | Jabe Torrance | 1960 |
| Bonanza | Charles Ludlow | 1959 |
| Manhunt | Police Lt. Howard Finucane, Det. Lt. Howard Finucane | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Arnold Stegler | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Hosea Brewer, Jess Hode | 1959 |
| Pursuit | Cop | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Sam McGarrett | 1958 |
| Sierra Baron | Closing narrator | 1958 |
| Last Stagecoach West | Rand McCord | 1957 |
| The Man Who Turned to Stone | Dr. Murdock | 1957 |
| Death of a Scoundrel | Leonard Wilson | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Capt. Hume, George Bavister, Rear Admiral Batt, Reverend Mr. Powell, Self - Host | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Stypulkowski | 1956 |
| Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado | Jared Tetlow / Jared Letlow | 1956 |
| Manfish | Professor / 'Professor' Walter Fenton | 1956 |
| Matinee Theatre | Edward Hicks, Molara | 1955 |
| The Alcoa Hour | D'Alcala | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Reverend George Truett | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Maj. Kenniston | 1955 |
| Warner Brothers Presents | Dr. Tower | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Chief Joseph | 1955 |
| Science Fiction Theatre | Det. Lt. William Kiel | 1955 |
| TV Reader's Digest | Antonio Rosas, Movie Producer Stanley | 1955 |
| Producers' Showcase | Aristides Argamonte | 1954 |
| Sabaka | Ashok | 1954 |
| Climax! | Sam Bellows, Robert, John Coulter | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Jeweler | 1954 |
| Valley of the Kings | Tuareg Chief | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Fernand | 1953 |
| Ponds Theater | Merlin | 1953 |
| Cat-Women of the Moon | Kip Reissner | 1953 |
| The Man from the Alamo | Jess Wade | 1953 |
| Medallion Theatre | Jean Valjean | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Andrew Perry | 1953 |
| Omnibus | (segment "One Nation"), Captain Kidd | 1952 |
| Toughest Man in Arizona | Frank Girard | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Harry Bond | 1952 |
| Son of Ali Baba | Caliph | 1952 |
| Footlights Theater | (archive footage) | 1952 |
| Broadway Television Theatre | Manningham | 1952 |
| Flaming Feather | Lucky Lee | 1952 |
| Cave of Outlaws | Ben Cross | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Andrew Duquette, Ferdie Shiff | 1951 |
| The Highwayman | Lord Douglas | 1951 |
| Tales of Tomorrow | Dr. Alden, Dr. Kramer | 1951 |
| The Bigelow Theatre | College Professor | 1950 |
| The Cariboo Trail | Frank Walsh | 1950 |
| The Capture | Father Gomez | 1950 |
| Your Show of Shows | Self - Guest Performer | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| 20 Questions | Self | 1949 |
| Fighting Man of the Plains | Dave Oldham | 1949 |
| Canadian Pacific | Dirk Rourke | 1949 |
| South of St. Louis | Luke Cottrell | 1949 |
| A Woman's Secret | Brook Matthews | 1949 |
| Studio One | Dr. Kane, Gangster, Interrogator | 1948 |
| The Gallant Blade | Marshal of France Mordore | 1948 |
| Repertory Theatre | 1948 | |
| The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | Publisher | 1948 |
| The Loves of Carmen | García | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actor | 1948 |
| Tubby the Tuba | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1947 |
| Kraft Theatre | Everett, Frankie Sorrano, Joe Carpenter, Rancher | 1947 |
| Shoe Shine Jasper | (voice) | 1947 |
| Hot Lips Jasper | (voice) | 1945 |
| Forty Thieves | Captured Clanton | 1944 |
| The Unknown Guest | Charles 'Chuck' Williams | 1943 |
| Bar 20 | Mark Jackson | 1943 |
| The Kansan | Jeff Barat | 1943 |
| Colt Comrades | Jeb Hardin | 1943 |
| Leather Burners | Dan Slack | 1943 |
| Buckskin Frontier | Champ Clanton | 1943 |
| The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins | Narrator | 1943 |
| Hoppy Serves a Writ | Tom Jordan | 1943 |
| Power of the Press | Oscar Trent | 1943 |
| Tulips Shall Grow | Narrator / (voice) | 1942 |
| Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Ike Clanton | 1942 |
| Jasper and the Watermelons | (voice) | 1942 |
| Shut My Big Mouth | Buckskin Bill | 1942 |
| Secrets of the Lone Wolf | Dapper Dan Streever / 'Dapper' Dan Streever | 1941 |
| The Stork Pays Off | Deak Foster | 1941 |
| Riders of the Timberline | Baptiste Deschamp | 1941 |
| Charlie Chan in Rio | Alfredo Cardozo | 1941 |
| Wide Open Town | Steve Fraser | 1941 |
| Bad Men of Missouri | William Merrick | 1941 |
| Hoola Boola | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1941 |
| Border Vigilantes | Henry Logan | 1941 |
| Give Us Wings | Mr. Arnold Carter | 1940 |
| Lady with Red Hair | Mr. Clifton | 1940 |
| The Green Archer | Spike Holland | 1940 |
| Cherokee Strip | Coy Barrett | 1940 |
| Girl from Havana | Tex Moore | 1940 |
| River's End | Norman Talbot | 1940 |
| The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Clay Beaudine | 1940 |
| The Light of Western Stars | Gene Stewart | 1940 |
| Knights of the Range | Malcolm Lascalles | 1940 |
| The Shadow | Lamont Cranston, aka 'The Shadow' / Lamont Cranston - aka 'The Shadow' | 1940 |
| Gone with the Wind | Jonas Wilkerson - Field Overseer / Jonas Wilkerson | 1940 |
| Call a Messenger | Ed Hogan | 1939 |
| I Stole a Million | Patian | 1939 |
| Each Dawn I Die | Grayce / W.J. Grayce | 1939 |
| Susannah of the Mounties | Wolf Pelt | 1939 |
| Man of Conquest | William B. Travis | 1939 |
| Women in the Wind | Doc | 1939 |
| Dodge City | Yancey | 1939 |
| Wings of the Navy | Lt. Parsons | 1939 |
| Blackwell's Island | Thomas MacNair | 1939 |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Injun Joe | 1938 |
| First Lady | Gordon Keane / Senator Gordon Keane | 1937 |
| Glamorous Night | Baron Lyadeff | 1937 |
| Bulldog Drummond at Bay | Gregoroff | 1937 |
| Breakdowns of 1936 | Himself / Self | 1936 |
| Rangle River | Dick Drake | 1936 |
| Meet Nero Wolfe | Claude Roberts | 1936 |
| The King Steps Out | Capt. Palfi | 1936 |
| Hell-Ship Morgan | Jim Allen | 1936 |
| A Dream Comes True | Oberon | 1935 |
| Too Tough to Kill | John O'Hara | 1935 |
| Escape from Devil's Island | Dario | 1935 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon - King of the Fairies / Oberon | 1935 |
| Streamline Express | Jimmy Hart | 1935 |
| Party Wire | Matthew Putnam | 1935 |
| White Lies | Terry Condon | 1934 |
| Mills of the Gods | Jim Devlin | 1934 |
| Pursued | Beauregard | 1934 |
| Madame Du Barry | Duc Armand d'Aiguillon | 1934 |
| He Was Her Man | Nick Gardella | 1934 |
| Murder in Trinidad | Howard Sutter | 1934 |
| I Believed in You | Jim Crowl | 1934 |
| Smoky | Clint Peters | 1933 |
| My Woman | John Bradley | 1933 |
| The Devil's in Love | Paul Vernay / Dr. Andre Morand / Dr. Andre Morand/Paul Vernay | 1933 |
| I Loved You Wednesday | Randall Williams | 1933 |
| Trick for Trick | La Tour | 1933 |
| Sailor's Luck | Baron Portola aka Darrow / Baron Portola - aka Darrow | 1933 |
| State Fair | Hoop Toss Barker | 1933 |
| Second Hand Wife | Lotzi Vajda | 1933 |
| Handle with Care | 1st Public Enemy | 1932 |
| The Pride of the Legion | Jerry Brewster | 1932 |
| Renegades | Officer Belonge | 1930 |
