Sam Gilman
{{short description|American film and television actor}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Sam Gilman
|image = Sam Gilman in One-Eyed Jacks.jpg
|caption = Gilman in One-Eyed Jacks, 1961
|birth_date = {{birth date|1915|02|05}}
|birth_place = Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1985|12|03|1915|02|05}}
|death_place = North Hollywood, California, U.S.
|occupation = Film and television actor
|spouse = {{ubl
| Mildred Virginia Gilman
| {{marriage|Lisabeth Hush|1962|1968|end=div.}} }}
|children = 3
|years_active = 1950–1983
}}
Sam Gilman (February 5, 1915 – December 3, 1985) was an American film and television actor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/298536942/|title=Director Woes Multiply, But Brando's Calm|first=Joe|last=Hyams|work=The Miami News|location=Miami, Florida|date=February 2, 1959|access-date=February 7, 2022|page=14|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He was perhaps best known for playing Harvey Johnson in the 1961 film One-Eyed Jacks.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWVZAAAAMAAJ|title=Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903-1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers|page=318|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|date=1996|isbn=9780786401581|via=Google Books}}
Life and career
Gilman was born in Salem, Massachusetts.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXAkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1963|title=Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary|page=189|first=Everett|last=Aaker|publisher=McFarland|date=May 16, 2017|isbn=9781476628561|via=Google Books}} He worked as a cartoonist on comic books for the comic book packager Funnies Inc., from the 1930s to the 1940s.
His acting career started in 1950 with an appearance in the film The Men. Other films Gilman appeared in included Sometimes a Great Notion, PT 109, The Shadow on the Window, Away All Boats, The Missouri Breaks, One-Eyed Jacks (his first western film credit),{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/632708435/|title=Actor And Horse Differ On Method|first=Joe|last=Hyams|work=Montreal Gazette|location=Montreal, Quebec, Canada|date=January 8, 1959|access-date=February 7, 2022|page=8|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} Wild Rovers, The Last Hard Men, Full of Life and Macon County Line.
File:Sam Gilman in Medic (The Wild Intruder).jpg
In 1966, he joined the regular cast of the new ABC western television series Shane, playing bartender Sam Grafton. Gilman also guest-starred in television programs such as Gunsmoke, Tales of Wells Fargo, 77 Sunset Strip, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Big Valley, Route 66, Star Trek: The Original Series, Ben Casey, Mannix, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Fugitive, The Guns of Will Sonnett, Outlaws, The Waltons, The Untouchables and Have Gun, Will Travel.
Gilman also worked as an acting coach, helping actors with performing.
His final film credit was for the 1982 film National Lampoon's Movie Madness.
Personal life and death
Gilman had a close friendship with actor Marlon Brando.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/103675685/|title=Brando's Bride Denies Break-Up|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|date=December 13, 1957|access-date=February 7, 2022|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}
Gilman married Lisabeth Hush on January 26, 1962, in Los Angeles. They adopted a son, and they divorced in 1968. Gilman died on December 3, 1985, in North Hollywood, California, at the age of 70.
Selected filmography
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 20: "The Day of the Bullet") as Policeman
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 30: "Insomnia") as Fire Captain Frank
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 6 Episode 3: "Very Moral Theft") as Charlie
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962) (Season 7 Episode 15: "The Door Without a Key") as Squad Car Officer
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (Season 1 Episode 6: "Final Vow") as Lieutenant Shapiro
- Star Trek (1968) (Season 3 Episode 6: "Spectre of the Gun") as Doc Holliday
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0319462}}
- {{TCMDb name|71499%7C137873}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/sam_gilman/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:Entertainers from Salem, Massachusetts
Category:Male actors from Massachusetts
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:20th-century American male actors