John Hodiak

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• born: 16/Apr/1914 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
• died: 19/Oct/1955 (Hollywood, California, USA) - coronary thrombosis

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John Hodiak was an American actor.

After a short stint in the Army, he arrived in Hollywood in 1942 and signed a motion picture contract with MGM. He refused to change his name, saying, "I like my name. It sounds like I look."

Hodiak was cast in a few small parts at his home studio. He then caught the eye of director Alfred Hitchcock and, on loan-out to 20th Century Fox, emerged as a major movie star in "Lifeboat" (1944) opposite Tallulah Bankhead. More big roles followed, notably that of Maj. Joppolo in "A Bell For Adano" (1945) opposite Gene Tierney.

He had one wife, actress Anne Baxter. They had one daughter, Katrina Hodiak.

At the age of forty-one, Hodiak suffered a fatal heart attack in the bathroom of the Tarzana, California home he built for his parents. He was shaving and getting ready to go to the studio to complete his scenes in On The Threshold of Space. It was later decided his performance was far enough along to release the movie. He is interred in Block 303, Crypt D-1, of the main mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles.

John Hodiak has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in Radio at 6101 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.

(Wikipedia)

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With Hitchcock...

• Lifeboat (1944) - cast: John Kovac

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