John Archer (born Ralph Bowman; May 8, 1915 â€" December 3, 1999) was
an American actor.Archer was born Ralph Bowman in Osceola, Nebraska,
the son of Eunice Melba (née Crawford) and Joseph Emmett Bowman.
Archer moved to California at the age of five. He attended Hollywood
High School and the University of Southern California, where he
studied cinematography, expecting work behind the camera.When finding
work in the field of cinematography proved difficult Archer drifted
into acting, working as a radio announcer and actor, including one
year (beginning in 1944) in the starring role of Lamont Cranston in
The Shadow, a role originally played by Orson Welles.Archer honed his
acting skills in plays at the Ben Bard Playhouse. He appeared on
Broadway in The Odds on Mrs. Oakley (1944), One-man Show (1945), A
Place of Our Own (1945), The Day Before Spring (1945-1946), This Time
Tomorrow (1947), Strange Bedfellows (1948), and Captain Brassbound's
Conversion (1950-1951).
an American actor.Archer was born Ralph Bowman in Osceola, Nebraska,
the son of Eunice Melba (née Crawford) and Joseph Emmett Bowman.
Archer moved to California at the age of five. He attended Hollywood
High School and the University of Southern California, where he
studied cinematography, expecting work behind the camera.When finding
work in the field of cinematography proved difficult Archer drifted
into acting, working as a radio announcer and actor, including one
year (beginning in 1944) in the starring role of Lamont Cranston in
The Shadow, a role originally played by Orson Welles.Archer honed his
acting skills in plays at the Ben Bard Playhouse. He appeared on
Broadway in The Odds on Mrs. Oakley (1944), One-man Show (1945), A
Place of Our Own (1945), The Day Before Spring (1945-1946), This Time
Tomorrow (1947), Strange Bedfellows (1948), and Captain Brassbound's
Conversion (1950-1951).
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