JOHN MCINTIRE BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
John McIntire was born on June 27th, 1907 in Spokane, Washington with the birth name John Herrick McIntire. His father was a lawyer and he grew up in Montana whee his family taught him how to raise and ride broncos. After high school he went on to study at USC and then turned his attention towards working in the entertainment industry and on stage.
He began with working as a radio announcer on, "March of Time" and then moved out west to pursue a career in film at the age of 47. Some of the more well known films he appeared on were, "Call Northside 777" (1947) starring James Stewart, Richard Conte, Helen Walker and Lee J. Cobb, "Down to the Sea in Ships" (1949) starring Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell, Cecil Kellaway, Jay C. Flippen, Gene Lockhart and Harry Morgan, director John Huston's Academy Award winner for "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Brad Dexter, James Whitmore and a key role by newcomer Marilyn Monroe, "Saddle Tramp" (1950) starring Joel McCrea, Wanda Hendrix, John Russell and Jeanette Nolan, and "The World in His Arms" (1952) starring Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn, Andrea King, Hans Conried and Rhys Williams. He also worked on five top notch western films, "Winchester '73" (1950) starring James Stewart, Stephen McNally, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters and Will Geer, "The Far Country" (1954) starring James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, Walter Brennan and Jay C. Flippen, "The Tin Star" (1957) starring Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins and Neville Brand, "Flaming Star" (1960) starring alongside Elvis Presley and Barbara Eden and "Rooster Cogburn" (1975), the sequel to "True Grit", starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn.
In the late 1950's, McIntire moved into television work on such shows as, "Naked City" (1958) and three other western series, "Wagon Train" (1957), "Zane Grey Theatre" (1959), "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1958-1960), "Overland Trail" (1960) and "The Virginian" (1962). Along with film and television, he had a very deep husky voice and the industry used him for narration and documentaries. He hand his wife also did the voices for a Walt Disney Film called, "The Fox and The Hound" (1981) and his last film role was in "Turner and Hooch" (1989) where he portrayed a crazy dog owner.
He was married to an actress Jeanette Nolan in 1935 and together they appeared on screen as the frontier couple for decades. The couple remained married for fifty six years until on January 30th, 1991, McIntire passed away from emphysema and lung cancer in Pasadena, California. They had a daughter, Holly and one son together, Tim McIntire who also passed away from heart problems in 1986.
Filmography
1989 Turner & Hooch
1989 Dream Breakers
1988 Aaron's Way
1988 The Slap Maxwell Story
1986 As Summers Die
1986 St. Elsewhere
1978-1985 The Love Boat
1985 Different Strokes
1985 Night Court
1984 The Cowboy and the Ballerina
1984 Trapper John, M.D.
1984 Cloak & Dagger
1984 The Yellow Rose
1983 Hotel
1983 Quincy, M.E.
1983 Lone Star
1982 Honkytonk Man
1981 All the Way Home
1981 Goliath Awaits
1981 The Fox and the Hound
1981 American Dream
1980 The Incredible Hulk
1979-1980 Shirley
1979-1980 Young Maverick
1979 Mrs. R's Daughter
1979 Dallas
1979 Fantasy Island
1979 Charlie's Angels
1978 The Jordan Chance
1978 Lassie: A New Beginning
1978 Crisis in Sun Valley
1977 Aspen
1977 The Rescuers
1976 The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1975 Challenge to Be Free
1975 Rooster Cogburn
1974 The Healers
1974 Herbie Rides Again
1974 Dirty Sally
1973 Linda
1971-1972 Longstreet
1971 Love, American Style
1965-1971 The F.B.I.
1971 Bearcats!
1966-1971 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1971 The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
1971 Powderkeg
1967-1970 The Virginian
1967 Dundee and the Culhane
1967 Rough Night in Jericho
1961-1966 Bonanza
1966 A Man Called Shenandoah
1966 The Fugitive
1965 Slattery's People
1965 Daniel Boone
1965 The Smothers Brothers Show
1965 Cat Ballou
1959-1965 Wagon Train
1963 Arrest and Trial
1961 Summer and Smoke
1961 Two Rode Together
1961 The Americans
1959-1961 Laramie
1960 Flaming Star
1960 The Untouchables
1960 Seven Ways from Sundown
1960 Elmer Gantry
1960 Psycho
1960 Overland Trail
1960 Twilight Zone
1960 Who Was That Lady?
1959-1960 Wichita Town
1958-1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1960 Peter Gunn
1959 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial
1959 The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959 Zane Grey Theatre
1959 Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958-1959 Naked City
1959 Cimarron City
1958 Father Knows Best
1958 The Light in the Forest
1958 Goodyear Theatre
1958 Studio 57
1955-1958 G.E. True Theater
1958 Sing Boy Sing
1957 The Mark of the Hawk
1957 The Tin Star
1957 Lux Video Theatre
1955-1956 Cavalcade of America
1956 Away All Boats
1956 I've Lived Before
1956 Star Stage
1956 Backlash
1956 Front Row Center
1956 World in My Corner
1955 The Spoilers
1955 To Hell and Back
1955 The Scarlet Coat
1955 The Kentuckian
1955 The Phenix City Story
1955 Stranger on Horseback
1954 The Yellow Mountain
1954 Four Guns to the Border
1954 The Far Country
1954 Apache
1953 War Arrow
1953 A Lion Is in the Streets
1953 The President's Lady
1953 The Mississippi Gambler
1953 The Lawless Breed
1952 Horizons West
1952 Sally and Saint Anne
1952 The World in His Arms
1952 Glory Alley
1951 Westward the Women
1951 The Raging Tide
1951 The Tanks Are Coming
1951 That's My Boy
1951 You're in the Navy Now
1951 Under the Gun
1950 Walk Softly, Stranger
1950 Saddle Tramp
1950 Winchester '73
1950 The Asphalt Jungle
1950 Shadow on the Wall
1950 No Sad Songs for Me
1950 Francis
1950 Ambush
1949 Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949 Top o' the Morning
1949 Scene of the Crime
1949 Red Canyon
1949 Down to the Sea in Ships
1948 Command Decision
1948 An Act of Murder
1948 The Street with No Name
1948 River Lady
1948 Black Bart
1948 Call Northside 777
1947 The Hucksters
