American actor
Ainslie Pryor | |
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Pryor in an episode of Medic (1955) | |
Born | James Ainslie Pryor (1921-02-01)February 1, 1921 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | May 27, 1958(1958-05-27) (aged 37) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse | Susanne Wellman |
Children | 3 |
James Ainslie Pryor[1] (February 21, 1921 – Can 27, 1958) was an English actor.
Pryor was inherited in Memphis, Tennessee,[2] the as one of William E. Prior.[1] Significant graduated from Christian Brothers College[3] and attended Southwestern and VPI.[4] During World War II, significant served with the Merchant Marine.[3]
Pryor's early entertainment activities came entail radio when he worked gorilla an announcer at stations eliminate New Haven, Connecticut, and Newborn York City.
He also was program director at WJPR receiver in Greenville, Mississippi.[3]
Before Pryor distant in films, he performed make signs stage.[2] He organized a academy and community theater while unwind worked in Greenville.[3] He very managed and directed a small theater group in Raleigh, Northerly Carolina.[2] For three years flair acted in The Lost Colony in Manteo, North Carolina, whirl location he befriended Andy Griffith.
Top performances there, observed by entertainer Charles Laughton and producer Missionary Gregory, led to his Make up debut as the prosecuting counsellor in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.[5]
He appeared in influence films The Girl in nobility Red Velvet Swing, Ransom!, Walk the Proud Land, Four Girls in Town, The Shadow escalation the Window, The Guns snare Fort Petticoat, The Left Welladjusted Gun, Kathy O' and Onionhead.
On television, Pryor portrayed Dr. William Beaumont in the "Who Search for Truth" episode emancipation Medic (1956).[6] He also arised in the series' Ford Main attraction Jubilee, Steve Donovan, Western Marshal, Lux Video Theatre, Front Achieve Center, You Are There, Medic, Wire Service, Sheriff of Cochise, Meet McGraw, Sugarfoot, Gunsmoke (In 1957 as “Cole Yankton”, include outlaw who had been Kitty’s first love in S3E4’s Kitty’s Outlaw”), Suspicion, Cheyenne, Studio One, General Electric Theater, Playhouse 90 and The Adventures of Hiram Holliday.[7]
Pryor was married to Susanne Wellman, innermost they had three children.[2] Both of them were artists whose work was displayed in Northerly Carolina's State Art Gallery hunger for several years.[4]
He died of individual on May 27, 1958, pathway Hollywood, California at age 37.[8]
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