Jeffrey Lynn

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeffrey Lynn (born Ragnar Godfrey Lind; February 16, 1909 – November 24, 1995) was an American stage-screen actor and film producer who worked primarily through the Golden Age of Hollywood establishing himself as one of the premier talents of his time. Throughout his acting career, both on stage and in film, he was typecast as "the attractive, reliable love interest of the heroine," or "the tall, stalwart hero." Born and raised in Massachusetts, he attended Bates College, before working as a teacher. He was tapped to act in his first film in 1938, which convinced him to move to Hollywood, California. His second film–Four Daughters (1938)–propelled him into national fame sparking three sequels: Daughters Courageous (1939), Four Wives (1939) and Four Mothers (1941) with Lynn reprising his role in each of them. He was at the center of the Gone with the Wind (1939) screening controversy; he was noted as the top contender to play Ashley Wilkes, however, the directer eventually chose Leslie Howard instead. Lynn was asked to join James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart in The Roaring Twenties (1939), a gangster noir that garnered him critical praise. His success continued with such films as The Fighting 69th (1940) in which he portrayed poet-soldier Joyce Kilmer opposite Cagney, It All Came True (1940), All This and Heaven Too (1940) and Million Dollar Baby (1941). His movie career was put on hold for World War II draft, where he received a Bronze Star for his service as a in Italy and Austria as a combat intelligence captain. He returned to the screen in 1948 and was in the notably successful, A Letter to Three Wives (1949), which went on to be nominated of best picture in the 1950 prime time Academy Awards. A year later he joined that cast of Home Town Story (1951) billed alongside Marilyn Monroe. His later film career credits include: BUtterfield 8 (1960) along with Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey, and Tony Rome (1967) with Frank Sinatra. Lynn also began to act on Broadway and was featured in such plays as Any Wednesday (1966) and Dinner at Eight (1967). Later on in his career he found mixed critical success television starring in hit shows such as Robert Montgomery Presents, Your Show of Shows, My Son Jeep (with young Martin Huston), and Lux Video Theatre. He died in November 1995 in Burbank, California from natural causes and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. Actor Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Goldblum is named in honor of Jeffrey Lynn.

Known For: Acting

Born: Auburn, Massachusetts, USA, 1909-02-16

Died: 1995-11-24

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1938	Out Where the Stars Begin	Makeup Artist	66
2	1938	When Were You Born	Davis	52
3	1938	Cowboy from Brooklyn	Chronicle Reporter	40
4	1938	Four Daughters	Felix Deitz	66
5	1939	Yes, My Darling Daughter	Douglas Hall	40
6	1939	Daughters Courageous	John S. 'Johnny' Heming	62
7	1939	Espionage Agent	Lowell Warrington	59
8	1939	The Roaring Twenties	Lloyd Hart	75
9	1939	A Child Is Born	Jed Sutton	65
10	1939	Four Wives	Felix Dietz	53
11	1940	The Fighting 69th	Joyce Kilmer	54
12	1940	It All Came True	Tommy Taylor	58
13	1940	All This, and Heaven Too	Henry Martyn Field	71
14	1940	My Love Came Back	Tony Baldwin	52
15	1940	Money and the Woman	Dave Bennett	43
16	1941	Four Mothers	Felix Deitz	62
17	1941	Flight from Destiny	Michael Farroway	52
18	1941	Million Dollar Baby	James Amory	60
19	1941	Underground	Kurt Franken	61
20	1941	Law of the Tropics	Jim Conwoy	60
21	1941	The Body Disappears	Peter DeHaven	52
22	1942	Breakdowns of 1942	Self	60
23	1948	Black Bart	Lance Hardeen	45
24	1948	For the Love of Mary	Phillip Manning	58
25	1948	Whiplash	Dr. Arnold Vincent	49
26	1949	A Letter to Three Wives	Bradford 'Brad' Bishop	72
27	1949	Strange Bargain	Sam Wilson	57
28	1950	Captain China	Capt. George Brendensen	50
29	1950	Miracle in the Rain	Art Hugenon	0
30	1951	Up Front	Capt. Ralph Johnson	0
31	1951	Home Town Story	Blake Washburn	46
32	1953	Main Street to Broadway	Self (uncredited)	65
33	1954	Doorway to Suspicion	Paul Stapleton	43
34	1957	Lost Lagoon	Charlie Walker	58
35	1960	BUtterfield 8	Bingham Smith	63
36	1961	The Spiral Staircase	Doctor Parry	60
37	1967	Tony Rome	Adam Boyd	64
38	1988	The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind	Self (archive footage)	80

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse		63
2	1948	Studio One	Art Hugenon	50
3	1949	Suspense	John Bantreagh	49
4	1949	Suspense	Don Ashley	49
5	1949	Suspense		49
6	1949	Lights Out		53
7	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents		56
8	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
9	1950	Your Show of Shows		63
10	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Seth Warner	63
11	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Tom	63
12	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Ralph Caswell	63
13	1951	Tales of Tomorrow		60
14	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
15	1955	Star Stage	Self - Host	0
16	1967	Ironside		68
17	1979	Knots Landing	Mr. Ahern	69
18	1981	Simon & Simon		67
19	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Sam Wilson	75
20	1988	Midnight Caller	Ambrose McGee	76

Jeffrey Lynn

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