Dee Pollock
{{short description|American film and television actor}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Dee Pollock
|image = Dee Pollock in Dragnet (The Big War).jpg
|caption = Pollock in Dragnet, 1958
|birth_name = Finis Dee Pollock
|birth_date = {{birth date|1937|09|24}}
|birth_place = Alhambra, California, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2005|12|27|1937|09|24}}
|death_place = Chico, California, U.S.
|occupation = Film and television actor
|years_active = 1951–1985
}}
Finis Dee Pollock (September 24, 1937 – December 27, 2005){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3fCkzAEACAAJ|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005|page=299|date=May 4, 2006|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books|isbn=9780786424894}} was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best-known for playing Billy Urchin in the American Western television series Gunslinger.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_zkDI7CHjisC|title=Andrew V. McLaglen: The Life and Hollywood Career|page=188|first=Stephen|last=Armstrong|date=August 23, 2011|isbn=9780786486700|via=Google Books}}
Life and career
Pollock was born in Alhambra, California, the son of Lucia Curtwright and Robert Pollock.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXAkDwAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA1988|title=Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary|page=339|first=Everett|last=Aaker|publisher=McFarland|date=May 16, 2017|isbn=9781476628561|via=Google Books}} He attended Mark Keppel High School.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/606683714/|title=TV Star Dee Pollack Slated As Parade Grand Marshal|work=Daily News-Post|location=Monrovia, California|date=May 18, 1961|access-date=July 11, 2022|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He began his acting career in 1951, appearing in the Western television series The Adventures of Kit Carson. Pollock then appeared in the film The Blue Vail,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dcQcAAAAQBAJ|title=The Films of Agnes Moorehead|page=171|first=Axel|last=Nissen|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=July 11, 2013|isbn=9780810891371|via=Google Books}} In 1952, he made appearances in the films The Old West, Beware, My Lovely, Park Row, and It Grows on Trees.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0YpZAAAAMAAJ|title=Feature Films, 1950-1959: A United States Filmography|page=208|first=Alan|last=Fetrow|date=1999|isbn=9780786404278|via=Google Books}}
Pollock guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train, 12 O'Clock High, Johnny Ringo, Outlaw, Tales of Wells Fargo, Perry Mason, The Virginian, and The Fugitive. In 1961, he joined the cast of the new CBS Western television series Gunslinger, playing the role of Billy Urchin. Pollock appeared in the films Carousel (as Enoch Snow Jr.), Take a Giant Step, Captain Apache, The Lineup, The Legend of Tom Dooley, The Plunderers,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/748775235/|title=Back To Films|work=Daily Record|location=Banning, California|date=June 29, 1960|access-date=July 11, 2022|page=3|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} and The Wayward Bus. In 1970, he played the role of Jones in the film Kelly's Heroes. His final film credit was from the 1972 film Embassy.
Pollock retired from acting in the early 1970s. In 1989, he moved to Chico, California, to look after his mother.
Death
Pollock died in December 2005 of a heart attack in Chico, California, at the age of 68.
Television
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0689644}}
- {{TCMDb name|153838%7C37384}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dee_pollock/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:People from Alhambra, California
Category:Male actors from California
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:20th-century American male actors