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Sean Garrison

Sean Garrison

Actor · 1937 – 2018 · New York City, New York, USA

Handsome, laconic American leading actor of the 50s and 60s, most often cast as servicemen or brawny outdoor types. Never a serious contender for movie stardom, he was better served on the small screen as a guest actor in westerns and police dramas. A native New Yorker, Sean had left school at 14 and taken on a host of short-term jobs on ranches, construction gangs and sponge boats before landing himself a position at the ABC film vaults in Hollywood. He was subsequently signed by Warner Brothers and made his film debut in a bit role in 1958. He went on to study drama at the Actor's Studio in New York, at one time supplementing his income as a Macy Department Store Santa Claus. Sean appeared twice on Broadway in the early 60s and played Lancelot in a touring theatre production of Camelot. Since he had a good baritone voice, he was tipped to play the part in the motion picture as well but ultimately lost out to Franco Nero (who, ironically, had to be dubbed!). He did eventually score a leading movie role of note as a naval ensign opposite Jean Seberg in the psychological thriller Moment to Moment (1966). However, his performance seemed somewhat muted and the director, Mervyn LeRoy, later expressed misgivings in not having cast an actor of Paul Newman's caliber instead. Sean briefly co-starred with John Mills in a 1967 series as an impulsive hotshot lawyer (slash gunslinger), apprenticed to a pacifist 'greenhorn' British attorney involved in legal proceedings in 19th century Arizona. Despite its rather off-beat premise and benefiting from being shot in color (frequently on location), Dundee and the Culhane (1967) flopped and was canned after just 13 episodes. Sean was essentially relegated to the fringes of screen acting thereafter and retired in the early 80s to go into the swimming pool construction business.

Movies14

  • Movie7.5

    Splendor in the Grass

    1961 · 315 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Onionhead

    1958 · 8 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Banning

    1967 · 12 votes

  • Movie3.8
  • Movie6.5

    Cover Girls

    1977 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Up Periscope

    1959 · 37 votes

  • Movie8.0

    The Outsider

    1967 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.1

    Moment to Moment

    1966 · 15 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Seven in Darkness

    1969 · 10 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Challengers

    1970 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Violent Road

    1958 · 8 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Bridge to the Sun

    1961 · 15 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Rendezvous Hotel

    1979 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Breakout

    1970 · 1 votes

Series5

  • TV7.6

    The Rockford Files

    1974 · 133 votes

  • TV6.2

    Love, American Style

    1969 · 21 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Name of the Game

    1968 · 13 votes

  • TV5.3

    Dundee and the Culhane

    1967 · 3 votes

  • TV7.0

    Power

    1980 · 1 votes