Bruce Cabot
Bruce Cabot
After attending the University of the South in Tennessee, Bruce Cabot bounced around from job to job: working on a tramp steamer, selling insurances, even hauling away the bones of dead animals. While attending a Hollywood party, Cabot met RKO producer David O. Selznick, which resulted in Cabot's first film appearance in Roadhouse Murder. His most famous role while at RKO was as the heroic Jack Driscoll in King Kong (1933), rescuing Fay Wray from the hairy paws of the 50-foot ape. Thereafter, Cabot was most often seen in villainous, brutish roles. It is hard to imagine anyone more venomous or vicious than Bruce Cabot in such roles as the scarred gangster boss in Let 'Em Have It (1936), the treacherous Magua in Last of the Mohicans (1936), or the thick-skulled lynch-mob instigator in Fury (1936). During World War II, Cabot worked in army intelligence and operations in Africa, Sicily and Italy. A good friend of John Wayne, Cabot was frequently cast in "The Duke's" vehicles of the 1960s, including The Green Berets (1968). Among Bruce Cabot's three wives were actresses Adrienne Ames and Francesca de Scaffa. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Bruce Cabot:
- King Kong with Fay Wray , Frank Mills , Ernest B. Schoedsack
- Fancy Pants with Bob Hope , Lucille Ball
- Fury with Spencer Tracy , Walter Brennan , Ben Hall , Frank Mills
- The War Wagon with John Wayne , Kirk Douglas , Keenan Wynn , Bruce Dern , Emilio Fernandez
- Hellfighters with John Wayne
- Hatari! with John Wayne
- Big Jake with John Wayne , Richard Boone , Maureen O'Hara
- Chisum with John Wayne , Forrest Tucker
- The Undefeated with John Wayne , Rock Hudson
- McLintock! with John Wayne , Maureen O'Hara , Edgar Buchanan
- Cat Ballou with Jane Fonda , Lee Marvin
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