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Hayden Rorke

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Hayden Rorke

Born October 23, 1910 in Brooklyn, New York, USADied August 19, 198752 films

Hayden Rorke (October 23, 1910 – August 19, 1987) was an American actor best known for playing Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie.

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Rorke was born in New York City as the son of screen and stage actress Margaret Rorke. He began his stage career in the 1930s with the Hampden Theatrical Company. During World War II, he enlisted in the army, where he made his uncredited film debut in This is the Army.

After the war, he left the army and worked in small parts on Broadway, returning to Hollywood in 1949 for more small and uncredited role in Lust for Gold, Kim, The Magnificent Yankee and An American in Paris.

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All That Heaven Allows posterFirst watchAll That Heaven Allows19557.3as Dr. HennessyTwo different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from…View film

Essential films

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An American in Paris poster7.0An American in Paris1951Pillow Talk poster7.1Pillow Talk1959The Robe poster6.8The Robe1953Pocketful of Miracles poster7.3Pocketful of Miracles1961When Worlds Collide poster6.4When Worlds Collide1951Midnight Lace poster6.6Midnight Lace1960The Thrill of It All poster7.1The Thrill of It All1963Father's Little Dividend poster6.5Father's Little Dividend1951

Filmography

52 films as actor
  1. 1985I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years LaterDr. Alfred E. Bellows
  2. 1978Suddenly, LoveMr. Webster
  3. 1975The Lives of Jenny DolanCol. Wilde
  4. 1975The Legend of Lizzie BordenJulien Ralph
  5. 1971The Barefoot ExecutiveClifford
  6. 1965Johnny ShilohGen. Ulysses S. Grant
  7. 1964The Night WalkerHoward Trent
  8. 1964Youngblood HawkeMr. Givney
  9. 1964I'd Rather Be RichMacDougall
  10. 1964A House Is Not a HomeBill Cameron
  11. 1964The Unsinkable Molly BrownMalcolm Broderick
  12. 1963The Thrill of It AllBillings
  13. 1963Spencer's MountainColonel Coleman
  14. 1961Pocketful of MiraclesPolice Captain Moore
  15. 1961Back StreetCharley Claypole
  16. 1961Tammy Tell Me TrueJoshua Welling
  17. 1961ParrishTom Weldon
  18. 1960Midnight LaceDr. Garver
  19. 1960I Aim at the StarsU.S. Army Major
  20. 1959Pillow TalkMr. Conrad
  21. 1959A Stranger in My ArmsMarcus Beasley
  22. 1958The Restless YearsMr. Booth
  23. 1958This Happy FeelingMr. Booth
  24. 1957Tip on a Dead JockeyJ.R. Nichols
  25. 1955Meet the GovernorLawyer
  26. 1955All That Heaven AllowsDr. Hennessy
  27. 1955The Eternal SeaCapt. William Buracker
  28. 1954Drum BeatPresident Ulysses S. Grant
  29. 1954Lucky MeTommy Arthur
  30. 1953The RobeBidder at slave auction (uncredited)
  31. 1953Project Moon BaseGen. 'Pappy' Greene
  32. 1953South Sea WomanProsecution Lt. Fears
  33. 1953The Girl Next DoorHenry Fields
  34. 1953The Story of Three LovesThomas Clayton Campbell Sr.
  35. 1953Confidentially ConnieProf. Simmons
  36. 1953Rogue's MarchMaj. Fallow
  37. 1953Above and BeyondDr. Ramsey
  38. 1952Skirts Ahoy!Doctor
  39. 1952Wild StallionMaj. Cullen
  40. 1951StarliftChaplain
  41. 1951An American in ParisTommy Baldwin (uncredited)
  42. 1951When Worlds CollideDr. Emery Bronson
  43. 1951The Law and the LadyTracy Collans
  44. 1951The Prince Who Was a ThiefBasra
  45. 1951Francis Goes to the RacesRogers
  46. 1951Double CrossbonesMalcolm Giles
  47. 1951Father's Little DividendAndrew Nordell
  48. 1951Inside StraightCarlson
  49. 1949Sword in the DesertCapt. Beaumont
  50. 1949Rope of SandIngram
  51. 1949Lust for GoldFloyd Buckley
  52. 1943This Is the ArmySoldier / Stage Manager (uncredited)