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John Dierkes
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Dierkes was born on February 10, 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Brown University and subsequently went to work as an economist for the United States Department of State. In…
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Dierkes was born on February 10, 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Brown University and subsequently went to work as an economist for the United States Department of State. In 1941 he joined the Red Cross and served in the Britain duringWorld War II. There he met director John Huston who recommended that he try Hollywood after the war. Instead, Dierkes went to work for the U.S. Treasury Department which coincidentally sent him to Hollywood to function as technical advisor for the film To the Ends of the Earth (1948). Because of his appearance and very tall frame (6 feet, 6 inches), Dierkes enjoyed a long career as a character actor, often portraying villains or soldiers. In the 1953 film Shane, Dierkes portrays villain Morgan Ryker, who is the last man shot by the title character, Shane, in the final bar room shootout. One of his more memorable scenes is in the 1960 film, The Alamo. Dierkes portrays a Tennessean named Jocko, who is torn between leaving before the attack to care for his blind wife, or staying to support the Texans' cause. Understanding that if Jocko stays to fight she will likely be widowed, Jocko's wife coaxes him to stay and defend the fort, despite her disability. Dierkes died in 1975 of emphesyma and was survived by his wife Cynthia, two sons, and two daughters.
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1992
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Movie Jocko Robertson
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1987
Creepy Classics
Movie Roderick Craven - (archive footage)
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1972
Rage
Movie Bill Parker
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1971
The Omega Man
Movie Family Member
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1963
Johnny Cool
Movie Cripple
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1963
The Haunted Palace
Movie Benjamin West / Jacob West
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1963
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Movie Preacher (uncredited)
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1963
The Raven
Movie Roderick Craven
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1962
Convicts 4
Movie Cell Block Guard (uncredited)
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1962
The Premature Burial
Movie Sweeny
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1961
The Comancheros
Movie Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)
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1961
One-Eyed Jacks
Movie Chet
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1960
The Alamo
Movie Jocko Robertson
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1960
The Aquanauts
TV show Inspector Crail
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1960
The Slowest Gun in the West
Movie 'Wild Bill' Monks
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1959
The Oregon Trail
Movie Gabe Hastings
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1959
The Hanging Tree
Movie Society Red
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1959
Rawhide
TV show Private
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1958
The Buccaneer
Movie Deacon
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1958
The Rifleman
TV show Nel Svenson
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1958
Peter Gunn
TV show
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1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV show Charlie
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1958
The Left Handed Gun
Movie Alexander McSween
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1958
Blood Arrow
Movie Ez
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1958
Touch of Evil
Movie Policeman (uncredited)
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1957
Death in Small Doses
Movie
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1957
Valerie
Movie Bartender
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1957
The Buckskin Lady
Movie Swanson
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1957
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Movie Jacob
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1957
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Movie Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
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1957
Tales of Wells Fargo
TV show Scanlon
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1957
Duel at Apache Wells
Movie Bill Sowers
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1957
The Halliday Brand
Movie Reverend
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1957
Down Liberty Road
Movie Soldier (Uncredited)
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1956
Friendly Persuasion
Movie Farmer (uncredited)
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1956
State Trooper
TV show
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1956
The Fastest Gun Alive
Movie Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)
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1956
Telephone Time
TV show
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1956
Jubal
Movie Carson - Horgan Rider
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1955
The Vanishing American
Movie Freil
