Jeffrey Lynn
Jeffrey Lynn
After his graduation from Bates College, Jeffrey Lynn worked as a high school English and speech teacher. He turned to acting in the mid-'30s and in 1937 was signed to a stock Warner Bros. contract. A bit too lightweight for important roles, he was a fine second-echelon leading man, and before leaving Warners he'd compiled several impressive credits, including such roles as poet Joyce Kilmer in The Fighting 69th (1940) and Henry Mortyn Field in All This and Heaven Too (1940). He also "starred" as Ashley Wilkes in the screen tests of Selznick's Gone With the Wind (1939), feeding lines to such aspiring Scarlett O'Haras as Paulette Goddard and Frances Dee. During WWII, he served as an army intelligence officer, earning a Bronze Star. He returned to films in 1948 in hopes of revitalizing his career, but found more success as a stage and television actor. His TV credits included two series, My Son Jeep (1953) and Star Stage (1955). Jeffrey Lynn retired from acting in 1968 to devote his time to his family and "civilian" business pursuits. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Jeffrey Lynn:
- The Roaring Twenties with James Cagney , Humphrey Bogart , Priscilla Lane , Gladys George , Frank McHugh , Paul Kelly , Elizabeth Risdon , Edward Keane , Joseph Sawyer , Joseph Crehan , George Meeker , John Hamilton , Eddy Chandler , Max Wagner , Eddie Acuff , Murray Alper , Raymond Bailey , Wade Boteler , Harry C. Bradley , Al Bridge , Ann Codee , Joe Devlin , James Flavin , Fred Graham , Creighton Hale , Sam Harris , John Harron , Al Hill , Milton Kibbee , Arthur Loft , Philip Morris , Jack Norton , Pat O'Malley , Oscar O'Shea , Emory Parnell , John Ridgely , Cyril Ring , Elliott Sullivan , Billy Wayne , Dick Wessel , Frank Wilcox , Norman Willis , Abner Biberman
- The Fighting 69th with James Cagney , Pat O'Brien , George Brent , Alan Sr. Hale , Frank McHugh , Dick Foran , William Lundigan , Guinn "Big Boy" Williams , Henry O'Neill , John Litel , Harvey Stephens , Tom Dugan , Frank Wilcox , Eddie Acuff , Trevor Bardette , Frank Jr. Coghlan , Joseph Crehan , Ralph Dunn , Frank Faylen , James Flavin , Saul Gorss , Creighton Hale , John Harron , William Hopper , Wilfred Lucas , Frank Melton , Dennis Morgan , Jack Mower , John Ridgely , Frank Sully , Charles Trowbridge , Emmett Vogan , George Reeves , Benny Rubin , George O'Hanlon
- Tony Rome with Frank Sinatra , Jill St. John , Richard Conte , Gena Rowlands , Simon Oakland , Lloyd Bochner , Robert J. Wilke , Joan Shawlee , Lloyd Gough , Shecky Greene , Jeanne Cooper , Sue Lyon , Buzz Henry , Joe E. Ross
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