John Dierkes

Actor Feb 10 (died age 69) Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 1948–1992 (44 year career)

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Biography

Dierkes was born on February 10, 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Brown University and subsequently went to work as an economist for the United States Department of State. In 1941 he joined the Red Cross and served in the Britain duringWorld War II. There he met director John Huston who recommended that he try Hollywood after the war. Instead, Dierkes went to work for the U.S. Treasury Department which coincidentally sent him to Hollywood to function as technical advisor for the film To the…

Known For

Film

Touch of Evil

Policeman (uncredited)

Film

Shane

Morgan Ryker

Film

The Thing from Another World

Dr. Chapman

Film

The Alamo

Jocko Robertson

Film

The Omega Man

Family Member

Film

Macbeth

Ross

Film

One-Eyed Jacks

Chet

Film

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Preacher (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (61)

Movies (49)

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

1992

as Jocko Robertson

6.0

Creepy Classics

1987

as Roderick Craven - (archive footage)

Rage

as Bill Parker

The Omega Man

as Family Member

The Haunted Palace

as Benjamin West / Jacob West

Johnny Cool

as Cripple

The Raven

as Roderick Craven

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

1963

as Preacher (uncredited)

The Premature Burial

as Sweeny

Convicts 4

as Cell Block Guard (uncredited)

4.7

The Comancheros

1961

as Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)

One-Eyed Jacks

as Chet

The Alamo

as Jocko Robertson

The Slowest Gun in the West

as 'Wild Bill' Monks

The Oregon Trail

as Gabe Hastings

The Hanging Tree

as Society Red

Touch of Evil

as Policeman (uncredited)

The Buccaneer

as Deacon

The Left Handed Gun

as McSween

Blood Arrow

as Ez

Death in Small Doses

The Buckskin Lady

as Swanson

Valerie

as Bartender

The Halliday Brand

as Reverend

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

1957

as Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)

6.3

Duel at Apache Wells

1957

as Bill Sowers

4.0

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

1957

as Jacob

5.7

Down Liberty Road

1957

as Soldier (Uncredited)

Jubal

1956

as Carson - Horgan Rider

6.9

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956

as Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)

6.9

Friendly Persuasion

1956

as Farmer (uncredited)

6.7

The Vanishing American

as Freil

Not as a Stranger

as Bursar

Betrayed Women

as Cletus Ballard

The Naked Jungle

as Gruber

The Raid

as Cpl. Fred Deane

The Desperado

as Police Sergeant

Hell's Outpost

as Swede - the Cook (uncredited)

5.0

Shane

1953

as Morgan Ryker

7.3

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Batley

Gun Fury

The Vanquished

as General Morris

The Moonlighter

as Sheriff Daws

Les Miserables

as Bosun (uncredited)

5.3

The Thing from Another World

1951

as Dr. Chapman

6.7

The Red Badge of Courage

1951

as Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier

Silver City

as Arnie

Three Husbands

as Night Court Judge (uncredited)

5.1

Macbeth

1948

as Ross

7.3

Television (12)

The Aquanauts

as Inspector Crail

Rawhide

as Private

The Rifleman

as Nel Svenson

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Charlie

Peter Gunn

Tales of Wells Fargo

as Scanlon

Telephone Time

State Trooper

Gunsmoke

as Rydell

Adventures Of The Falcon

1954

6.0

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Joe Bronson

Lux Video Theatre

as Jeb Bricker