Lang Jeffries

From 1958 to 1960, Jeffries starred as Skip Johnson in the adventure television series Rescue 8.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/image/731973|title=Rescue Work a Hard Job They Find on Rescue 8|date=1959-08-11|work=The Salina Journal|access-date=2019-12-24|page=12|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}

He starred in several American films in the 1960s, including Don't Knock the Twist (1962).{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/image/596537944/|title=Week's Films in Review|date=1962-09-30|work=The Knoxville News-Sentinel|access-date=2019-12-24|page=F-7|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}

Jeffries starred as Vibio in the foreign film, La Rivolta degli schiavi, or The Revolt of the Slaves, with his wife Rhonda Fleming cast as Fabiola. Jeffries persuaded producers to cast him in the role after he traveled to Rome with his wife and discovered that the leading male role had not been cast. After he and Fleming traveled to Madrid to film, they discovered that the director, Nunzio Malasomma, would not speak to either of them, so Jeffries directed them both.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/scottsdale/scottsdale-progress/1961/05-12/page-5|title=Rescue 8 Star Lang Jeffries Expert at Mixing Work, Fun|last=Scott|first=Vernon|date=1961-05-12|work=Scottsdale Daily Progress|access-date=2019-12-24|page=5|via=NewspaperArchive.com|url-access=subscription}}

He starred in other films set in classic Rome such as Sword of the Empire (1964) and Fire Over Rome (1965){{Cite book|title=Italian sword and sandal films, 1908–1990|last1=Kinnard|first1=Roy|last2=Crnkovich|first2=Tony|publisher=McFarland|year=2017|isbn=978-1-4766-6291-6|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|oclc=952390198}} as well as Requiem for a Gringo, a Spaghetti Western.{{Cite book|title=Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent : a Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961–1977|last=Weisser|first=Thomas|date=2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1169-3|location=Jefferson, NC|oclc=894938751}}

Jeffries married to Rhonda Fleming at The Little Church of the West in Las Vegas in April 1960.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/image/18788583|title=Rhonda, TV Actor Married|date=1960-04-04|work=The Independent|access-date=2019-12-24|location=Long Beach, California|page=4|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}} They divorced in January 1962.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/image/598850854|title=3rd Marriage of Rhonda on the Rocks|date=1962-01-12|work=Salt Lake Tribune|access-date=2019-12-24|page=6C|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}

On August 13, 1966, while living in Rome, Jeffries married Gail Harris, the mother of John Paul Getty III.{{Cite book|title=All the money in the world|last=Pearson|first=John|date=2011|publisher=Bloomsbury Reader|isbn=978-1-4482-0781-7|location=London|oclc=843125232}} Brett Halsey was the best man and Heidi Bruehl was the maid of honor.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/image/87526757|title=Lang Jeffries Weds Gail Harris|date=1966-08-14|work=The Terre Haute Tribune|access-date=2019-12-24|page=27|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}} Jeffries and Harris later divorced, and Jeffries went into real estate and boat business in the US.{{Cite news|url=|title=Obituaries|date=1987-02-18|work=Variety|access-date=|page=150|via=|url-access=}}

Jeffries died on February 12, 1987, in Huntington Beach, California, after a bout with cancer. He was survived by his third wife, mother, and brother.

• The Revolt of the Slaves (1960)
• Don't Knock the Twist (1962)
• Alone Against Rome (1962)
• Sword of the Empire (1964)
• Fire Over Rome (1965)
• Agente X 1-7 operación Océano (1965)
• Z7 Operation Rembrandt (1966)
• Spies Strike Silently (1966)
• Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula (1966)
• The Killer Lacks a Name (1966)
• The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
• Mexican Slayride (1967)
• Mission Stardust (1967)
• Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon (1967)
• The Hotheads (1967)
• Requiem for a Gringo (1968)
• The Junkman (1981) – Arthur Wheeler

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