Guy Madison
Guy Madison
Handsome American leading man Guy Madison stumbled into a film career and became a television star and hero to the Baby Boom generation. As a young man he worked as a telephone lineman, but entered the Coast Guard at the beginning of the Second World War. While on liberty one weekend in Hollywood, he attended a Lux Radio Theatre broadcast and was spotted in the audience by an assistant to Henry Willson, an executive for David O. Selznick. Selznick wanted an unknown sailor to play a small but prominent part in Since You Went Away (1944), and promptly signed Robert Moseley to a contract. Selznick and Willson concocted the screen name Guy Madison (the "guy" girls would like to meet, and Madison from a passing Dolly Madison cake wagon). Madison filmed his one scene on a weekend pass and returned to duty. The film's release brought thousands of fan letters for Madison's lonely, strikingly handsome young sailor, and at war's end he returned to find himself a star-in-the-making. Despite an initial amateurishness to his acting, Madison grew as a performer, studying and working in theatre. He played leads in a series of programmers before being cast as legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickok in the TV series Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951). He played Hickok on TV and radio for much of the 1950s, and many of the TV episodes were strung together and released as feature films. Madison managed to squeeze in some more adult-oriented roles during his off-time from the series, but much of this work was also in westerns. After the Hickok series ended Madison found work scarce in the U.S. and traveled to Europe, where he became a popular star of Italian westerns and German adventure films. In the 1970s he returned to the U.S., but appeared mainly in cameo roles. Physical ailments limited his work in later years, and he died from emphysema in 1996. His first wife was actress Gail Russell. Date of Birth 19 January 1922, Pumpkin Center, California Date of Death 6 February 1996, Palm Springs, California  (emphysema)
Known For Acting
Most Rating 2.789
Birthday 1922-01-19
Place of Birth Pumpkin Center, California, USA
Also Known As Гай Мэдисон , Robert Ozell Moseley,
The Last Frontier
1955

The Last Frontier

Where's Willie?
1978

Where's Willie?

Old Shatterhand
1964

Old Shatterhand

Since You Went Away
1944

Since You Went Away

5 Against the House
1955

5 Against the House

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Legacy of the Incas
1965

Legacy of the Incas

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

This Man Can't Die
1968

This Man Can't Die

Five for Revenge
1966

Five for Revenge

Reverend's Colt
1970

Reverend's Colt

Son of Django
1967

Son of Django

Women of Devil's Island
1962

Women of Devil's Island

Till the End of Time
1946

Till the End of Time

The Beast of Hollow Mountain
1956

The Beast of Hollow Mountain

Bullwhip
1958

Bullwhip

The Command
1954

The Command

Jet Over The Atlantic
1959

Jet Over The Atlantic

Drums in the Deep South
1951

Drums in the Deep South

Payment in Blood
1967

Payment in Blood

The War Devils
1969

The War Devils

The Bang-Bang Kid
1967

The Bang-Bang Kid

Hilda Crane
1956

Hilda Crane

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
1964

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande

The Hard Man
1957

The Hard Man

Gentlemen of the Night
1964

Gentlemen of the Night

Reprisal!
1956

Reprisal!

Return of Sandokan
1964

Return of Sandokan

Blood of the Executioner
1963

Blood of the Executioner

The Charge at Feather River
1953

The Charge at Feather River

On the Threshold of Space
1956

On the Threshold of Space

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Adventurer of Tortuga
1965

Adventurer of Tortuga

Honeymoon
1947

Honeymoon

The Battle of the Last Panzer
1969

The Battle of the Last Panzer

Behind Southern Lines
1952

Behind Southern Lines

Sword of the Conqueror
1961

Sword of the Conqueror

Slave of Rome
1961

Slave of Rome

Sandokan Fights Back
1964

Sandokan Fights Back

Massacre River
1949

Massacre River

Red Snow
1952

Red Snow

Hell Commandos
1969

Hell Commandos

Kidnapped to Mystery Island
1964

Kidnapped to Mystery Island

The Yellow Haired Kid
1952

The Yellow Haired Kid

Trail of the Arrow
1952

Trail of the Arrow

Trouble on the Trail
1954

Trouble on the Trail

Six Gun Decision
1953

Six Gun Decision

Secret of Outlaw Flats
1953

Secret of Outlaw Flats

Outlaw's Son
1954

Outlaw's Son

The Matchmaking Marshal
1955

The Matchmaking Marshal

Two Gun Marshal
1953

Two Gun Marshal

Marshals in Disguise
1954

Marshals in Disguise

The Tilted Tenderfoot
1955

The Tilted Tenderfoot

A Place In Hell
1969

A Place In Hell

The Rebels
1979

The Rebels

Superargo and the Faceless Giants
1968

Superargo and the Faceless Giants

Border City Rustlers
1953

Border City Rustlers

Hell in Normandy
1968

Hell in Normandy

The Pacific Connection
1974

The Pacific Connection

LSD Flesh of Devil
1967

LSD Flesh of Devil

The Devil's Man
1967

The Devil's Man

Red River
1988

Red River

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon
1952

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

The Two Gun Teacher
1954

The Two Gun Teacher

Phantom Trails
1955

Phantom Trails

Timber Country Trouble
1955

Timber Country Trouble

The Silk Worm
1974

The Silk Worm

Not One Shall Die
1957

Not One Shall Die

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Crossbow: The Movie
1989

Crossbow: The Movie