Victor Jory's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Mannix Stefan Mannix Ghost Story Old Man Longstreet Fred Hornbeck Nakia Ben Redearth The Loner Simon Ridley Crossroads (1955) Reverend Ge… Grandpa Goes to Washington Meyer Brock… Kraft Television Theatre Merlin Medallion Theatre Jean Valjean Profiles in Courage Charles Car… The Legend of Jesse James Judge Parker The New Breed Deacon Lee The Wide Country Johnny Prew…

Main Movie Roles 1973 - Papillon 1969 - Mackenna's Gold 1964 - Cheyenne Autumn 1962 - The Miracle Worker 1960 - The Fugitive Kind 1957 - The Man Who Turned to Stone 1953 - Cat-Women of the Moon 1953 - The Man From The Alamo 1948 - The Loves of Carmen 1941 - Charlie Chan in Rio 1939 - I Stole a Million 1939 - Gone with the Wind 1939 - Each Dawn I Die 1939 - Dodge City 1935 - A Midsummer Night's Dream

BIOGRAPHY:

Victor Jory was the boxing and wrestling champion of the Coast Guard during his military hitch, and never lost his big, burly physique. His sinister looks and distinctive voice typed him as a heavy, at which he excelled, but he did occasionally play sympathetic leads, one of which was, oddly enough, the sci-fi cult classic Cat-Women of the Moon (1953).


TRIVIA:

• Father of 'Jon Jory' (qv) and 'Jean Jory' (qv).
• His son, 'Jon Jory' (qv), headed the Actors Theater of Louisville, Kentucky for 31 years, building it into one of America's most respected regional theater companies. He left the job in 2000, and currently is professor of drama at University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.