Biography:
John Derek was the son of writer/director Lawson Harris and bit-actress Dolores Johnson. Signed by David O. Selznick in 1943, Derek made his film debut as an extra in Since You Went Away, playing a soldier--which indeed he was at the time. His first starring role was as a death-row juvenile delinquent in Columbia's Knock on Any Doo... Continue Bio >>

Filmography:
1965 Once Before I Die
1965 Pirate of the Half Moon
1964 Nightmare in the Sun
1960 Exodus
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