William Lundigan
Gender: Male
Born: 12th June 1914
Died: 20th December 1975
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Climax!, Escape From Fear, Men Into Space, Shower of Stars
Movies: Follow Me Quietly, Wives Under Suspicion, Love Nest, State Department: File 649, Dodge City, The Sea Hawk, Pinky, The House on Telegraph Hill, The Old Maid, Fighting 69th, Santa Fe Trail, Sunday Punch, Mystery in Mexico, Serpent of the Nile, Inferno, I'd Climb the Highest Mountain, Riders to the Stars, I'll Get By, Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case, Andy Hardy's Double Life, Apache Trail, The Courtship of Andy Hardy
William Lundigan (June 12, 1914 – December 20, 1975) was an American film actor. His films include Dodge City (1939), The Fighting 69th (1940), The Sea Hawk (1940), Santa Fe Trail (1940), Dishonored Lady (1947), Pinky (1949), Love Nest (1951) with Marilyn Monroe, The House on Telegraph Hill (1951), I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951) and Inferno (1953).
The oldest of four sons, Lundigan's father owned a shoe store in the same building as a local radio station. Fascinated by radio, he was playing child roles on radio and producing radio plays at sixteen.
He studied law at Syracuse University, earning money as a radio announcer. A Universal Pictures production chief heard Lundigan's voice, met him, arranged a screen test and signed him to a motion picture contract in 1937.
Moving over to MGM, Lundigan's last film before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps was Salute to the Marines. He served as a combat cameraman in the Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Okinawa returning at war's end as a Corporal.
From September 30, 1959, to September 7, 1960, Lundigan portrayed Col. Edward McCauley in the CBS television series, Men Into Space.
In 1963 and 1964, Lundigan joined fellow actors
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