Dixon Howard "Dick" Hogan (November 27, 1917 â€" August 18, 1995) was
an American actor of the 1930s and 1940s. During his 12-year career he
appeared in over three dozen films, in roles which varied from unnamed
bellhops to featured and starring roles. His final film performance
was as the murder victim in Alfred Hitchcock's treatise on thrill
killing, Rope.Hogan was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on November 27,
1917. While he attended the University of Arkansas, he sang in local
venues and modeled for department stores.He entered the film industry
at the age of 19, his first role in the small part of one of the young
men in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in the 1937 drama
Blazing Barriers. His next film had him in the featured role of Bob D.
Wilson in Annapolis Salute, directed by Christy Cabanne. After small
roles in Saturday's Heroes (1937), and The Storm (1938), he was again
seen in a principal role in the 1938 John Ford comedy-drama, Submarine
Patrol. In 1939 he appeared in Charlie Chan in Reno (1939).The early
1940s had Hogan appearing in lead and featured roles in numerous
films. In 1940, he was featured in The Marines Fly High (1940),
starring Richard Dix and Lucille Ball, as one of Dix's company of
marines. He then appeared in Rancho Grande, in which he played a
spoiled rich heir unhappy at having to live on his grandfather's
ranch. He also had a featured role later that year in One Crowded
Night, starring Billie Seward and William Haade. Hogan had a starring
role in the 1940 western, Prairie Law, which also starred George
O'Brien and Virginia Vale. Hogan also had a featured role that year in
the drama One Crowded Night.
an American actor of the 1930s and 1940s. During his 12-year career he
appeared in over three dozen films, in roles which varied from unnamed
bellhops to featured and starring roles. His final film performance
was as the murder victim in Alfred Hitchcock's treatise on thrill
killing, Rope.Hogan was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on November 27,
1917. While he attended the University of Arkansas, he sang in local
venues and modeled for department stores.He entered the film industry
at the age of 19, his first role in the small part of one of the young
men in a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in the 1937 drama
Blazing Barriers. His next film had him in the featured role of Bob D.
Wilson in Annapolis Salute, directed by Christy Cabanne. After small
roles in Saturday's Heroes (1937), and The Storm (1938), he was again
seen in a principal role in the 1938 John Ford comedy-drama, Submarine
Patrol. In 1939 he appeared in Charlie Chan in Reno (1939).The early
1940s had Hogan appearing in lead and featured roles in numerous
films. In 1940, he was featured in The Marines Fly High (1940),
starring Richard Dix and Lucille Ball, as one of Dix's company of
marines. He then appeared in Rancho Grande, in which he played a
spoiled rich heir unhappy at having to live on his grandfather's
ranch. He also had a featured role later that year in One Crowded
Night, starring Billie Seward and William Haade. Hogan had a starring
role in the 1940 western, Prairie Law, which also starred George
O'Brien and Virginia Vale. Hogan also had a featured role that year in
the drama One Crowded Night.
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