Gene Evans
Eugene Barton "Gene" Evans (July 11, 1922 – April 1, 1998) was an American actor.
Background
Evans was born in Holbrook, Arizona, but reared in Colton, California. His acting career began while he was serving in the United States Army during World War II. He performed with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe. Evans made his film debut in 1947 and appeared in dozens of films and television programs. He specialized in playing tough guys such as cowboys, sheriffs, convicts, and sergeants.
Acting career
Evans appeared in numerous films produced, directed, and written by Samuel Fuller. In his memoirs A Third Face, Fuller described meeting Evans when casting his Korean War film The Steel Helmet (1950). Fuller threw an M1 Garand rifle at Evans, who caught it and inspected it as a soldier would have done. Evans had been a United States Army engineer in World War II. Fuller kept Evans and refused John Wayne for the role. and fighting to keep him despite Robert L. Lippert and his partner wanting Larry Parks for the role. Fuller walked off the film and would not return until Evans was reinstated. Evans also appeared in Fuller's Fixed Bayonets!,Hell and High Water,Shock Corridor and lost thirty pounds to play the lead in Park Row.
Gene Evans (pyrotechnician)
Gene Evans (July 25, 1937 – July 8, 2008) was an American pyrotechnician. In addition to being one of the pyrotechnic designers for the 1986 Statue of Liberty centennial celebration, and having designed special effects for a number of Las Vegas shows, Evans was perhaps best known as the man behind all fireworks displays at Hollywood Bowl concerts, from 1969 through 2008, with his final performance coming only days before his death.
References
Podcasts:
Gene Evans
ALBUMS
- Buddy Holly Days: 30 Rare Buddy Holly Sound-A-Likes released: 1997
Buddy Holly Days: 30 Rare Buddy Holly Sound-A-Likes
Released 1997- Buddy Holly Days
- Then I'll Cry
- Talk Talk
- Love
- Measure My Love for You
- Lyin' Ways
- I Need Someone
- Oh! Little Girl
- Bound to Happen
- They'll Never Know
- Somewhere My Lover
- It's Springtime Baby
- For My Angel
- Gone Too Soon
- My Tears
- A Tiny Kiss
- So Shy
- Bye and Bye
- Leave Me Alone
- She's My Girl
- Sheila
- Cute Little Frown
- Bump-Ity Bump
- Pennies
- Little Bitty Lover
- Talk About My Baby
- I Don't Love You Anymore
- I Wonder Why
- Starlight
- When Sin Stops
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by Jenny Evans
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by Jenny Evans
Our Revels Now Are Ended
by: Jenny EvansOur revels now our ended
These are actors, as I foretold you
We're all spirits, and are melted into air, into thin air
And like the baseless fabric of this vision
The cloud capped towers, the gorgeous palaces
The solemn temples, the great globe itself
Yeah, all which it inherit shall dissolve
And like this insubstantial pageant faded
Leave not a rack behind
We are such stuff as dreams are made of
And our little life is rounded
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