GUY MADISON BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Guy Madison was born on January 19th, 1922 in Pumpkin Center, California with the birth name Robert Ozell Moseley. After leaving home he first supported himself by working as a telephone lineman and then during World War II, he joined the United States Coast Guard. When he was still in the military and on a break in Los Angeles, California he attended the Lux Radio Theatre Broadcast and was scouted by Henry Wilson who was an executive that worked for David O. Selznick. Madison was asked if he would appear in the film, "Since You Went Away" (1944).
This was the first step of his career in entertainment, he was signed to a contract and after the film released and he had returned to duty, viewers were showing their admiration for him as an actor by sending fan letters to the studio, so after he completed his military service, Madison returned to Los Angeles and began his career as an actor.
In 1946, he was signed to RKO Pictures and began appearing in a number of comedies and romantic dramas. Throughout his career he appeared in eighty five films, television and radio shows. He became most remembered for his role as James Butler Hickock ('Wild Bill' Hickok) on the television series, "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1951), which aired for a total of seven years and also starred Andy Devine as his sidekick 'Jingles'.
He mostly appeared in westerns and after this series was cancelled the majority of his work was in Europe in Italian westerns and German adventure films.
During the 1970's he did return back to the United States and continued to work in the industry but mostly taking on small cameo roles such as in, "The Pacific Connection: (1974), "The Rebels" (1979) and his last appearance was in 1989 in, "Crossbow: The Movie".
Madison married twice throughout his lifetime, his first wife was Gail Russell from 1949 through 1954. He then married Sheila Connolly in 1954 and after having four children, Bridget, Dolly, Erin and Robert, the couple divorced in 1964. Guy Madison passed away at the age of seventy four, on February 6th, 1996 in Palm Springs, California after suffering from emphysema.
He was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to Radio and Television. Guy Madison is interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, California.
Filmography
1989 Crossbow: The Movie
1988 Red River r
1987-1988 Crossbow
1979 The Rebels
1979 Fantasy Island
1978 Where's Willie?
1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1974 The Pacific Connection
1974 Il baco da seta
1972 The Smith Family
1971 Reverend's Colt
1969 I diavoli della guerra
1969 The Devil's Man
1969 Hell Commandos
1969 Un posto all'inferno
1969 The Battle of the Last Panzer
1968 Testa di sbarco per otto implacabili
1968 Long Days of Hate
1968 Return of Django
1968 L'invincibile Superman
1967 The Bang-Bang Kid
1967 Renegade Riders
1967 LSD Flesh of Devil
1966 Five for Revenge
1965 Legacy of the Incas
1965 L'avventuriero della tortuga
1964 Kidnapped to Mystery Island
1964 Gunmen of Rio Grande
1964 Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak
1964 Sandokan alla riscossa
1964 Shatterhand
1964 Il vendicatore mascherato
1963 Il boia di Venezia
1962 Women of Devil's Island
1961 Sword of the Conqueror
1961 Zane Grey Theater
1961 Slave of Rome
1960 Death Valley Days
1959 Jet Over the Atlantic
1959 The Red Skelton Hour
1959 The Ann Sothern Show
1959 Schlitz Playhouse
1958 Bullwhip
1951-1958 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1958 G.E. True Theater
1957 The Hard Man
1957 Wagon Train
1955-1957 Climax!
1956 Reprisal!
1955-1956 The Ford Television Theatre
1956 The Beast of Hollow Mountain
1956 Hilda Crane
1956 On the Threshold of Space
1955 The Last Frontier
1955 5 Against the House
1954 The Command
1953 The Charge at Feather River
1952 Red Snow
1951 Drums in the Deep South
1949 Massacre River
1948 Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1947 Honeymoon
1946 Till the End of Time
1944 Since You Went Away
