Troy Donahue

Oyuncu Doğum: 1936-01-27 • New York City, New York, U.S.

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Troy Donahue (born Merle Johnson Jr., January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American film and television actor and singer. He was a popular sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s. His father was Merle Johnson, the manager of the motion-picture department of General Motors. His mother, Edith Johnson, was a retired stage actress. Donahue attended a New York military academy, where he met Francis Ford Coppola. When Donahue was 18, he moved to New York and got a job as a messenger in a film company founded by his father. He was fired, he says, because he was too young to join the union. He attended Columbia University and studied journalism. He trained briefly with Ezra Stone, and then moved to Hollywood. The big break of Donahue's career came when he was cast opposite Sandra Dee in A Summer Place, made by Warner Bros. in 1959. The director was Delmer Daves. Warner signed him to a long-term contract. They put him to work guest-starring in episodes of their Western TV series, such as Colt .45 (1959), Maverick (1959), Sugarfoot (1959), The Alaskans (1960), and Lawman (1960). In 1968, Donahue signed a long-term contract with Universal Studios for films and TV. This lasted a year and saw him get four roles: guest shots on Ironside (1968), The Name of the Game (1968), and The Virginian (1969), and an appearance in the TV movie The Lonely Profession (1969). Donahue declared bankruptcy in 1968 and eventually lost his home. In 1969, Donahue moved from Los Angeles to New York City. By this time, Donahue's drug addiction and alcoholism had ruined him financially. In May 1982, he joined Alcoholics Anonymous, which he credited for helping him achieve and maintain sobriety. Donahue continued to act in films throughout the 1980s and into the late 1990s. Donahue's final film role was in the 2000 comedy film The Boys Behind the Desk, directed by Sally Kirkland. On August 30, 2001, Donahue suffered a heart attack and was admitted to Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica. He died three days later, on September 2, at the age of 65.

Troy Donahue

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Come Spy with Me

Split Second to an Epitaph

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

Baba II

South Seas

Katy, la oruga

Ellery Queen

Zehirli hayat

Rawhide

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Laverne & Shirley

Maverick

The Boys Behind the Desk

The Legend of Frank Woods

The Lonely Profession

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The Bob Hope Show

The Name of the Game

Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story

Golden Globe Awards

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Monsters

Man of a Thousand Faces

Ironside

The Tarnished Angels

CHiPs

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Perfect Furlough

Mondo Hollywood

The Alaskans

A Summer Place

Sulu Göz

Fantasy Island

Voice in the Mirror

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

The Monolith Monsters

Merchants of Venus

Surfside 6

Matt Houston

The Patty Duke Show

The Love Boat

Cockfighter

Monster on the Campus

Wild Heritage

Man Afraid

The Platinum Triangle

Bronco

Bourbon Street Beat

Susan Slade

The Crowded Sky

Live Fast, Die Young

The Mike Douglas Show

Grandview, U.S.A.

Hawaiian Eye

A Distant Trumpet

Rome Adventure

Summer Love

Fight to Win

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

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My Blood Runs Cold

Showdown

漂流教室

Sugarfoot

Dr. Alien

Parrish

Seizure

Palm Springs Weekend

Deadly Prey

The Phantom Gunslinger

Hard Rock Nightmare

This Happy Feeling

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