Jeffrey Lynn (born Ragnar Godfrey Lind; February 16, 1909 â€" 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 filmâ€"Four Daughters (1938)â€"propelled him
into national fame sparking two sequels: Four Wives (1939) and Four
Mothers (1941), with Lynn reprising his role in each of them, along
with Daughters Courageous (1939), which included the same cast but had
a different storyline. 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 director 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 for 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.
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 filmâ€"Four Daughters (1938)â€"propelled him
into national fame sparking two sequels: Four Wives (1939) and Four
Mothers (1941), with Lynn reprising his role in each of them, along
with Daughters Courageous (1939), which included the same cast but had
a different storyline. 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 director 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 for 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.
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