Truman "Mark" Herron (8 July 1928 â€" 13 January 1996) was an American
actor and the fourth husband of singer and actress Judy Garland. They
were married on November 14, 1965, in Las Vegas, Nevada, but they
separated after five months of marriage. Seventeen months later,
Garland was granted a divorce after testifying that Herron had beaten
her. He said he had "only hit her in self defense."Herron appeared in
films such as Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963), Girl in Gold Boots (1968)
and Eye of the Cat (1969).Gerald Clarke, in his biography of Garland,
Get Happy (2000) and in an interview about the book, reported that
Herron had an affair with Tallulah Bankhead prior to meeting
Garland.Garland put Herron to work as producer of her two London
Palladium concerts with her daughter Liza Minnelli in 1964 as well as
some personal appearances in Canada in 1965.
actor and the fourth husband of singer and actress Judy Garland. They
were married on November 14, 1965, in Las Vegas, Nevada, but they
separated after five months of marriage. Seventeen months later,
Garland was granted a divorce after testifying that Herron had beaten
her. He said he had "only hit her in self defense."Herron appeared in
films such as Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963), Girl in Gold Boots (1968)
and Eye of the Cat (1969).Gerald Clarke, in his biography of Garland,
Get Happy (2000) and in an interview about the book, reported that
Herron had an affair with Tallulah Bankhead prior to meeting
Garland.Garland put Herron to work as producer of her two London
Palladium concerts with her daughter Liza Minnelli in 1964 as well as
some personal appearances in Canada in 1965.
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