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词条 George Nader
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Early career

  3. Leading man

  4. Universal Pictures

  5. Television

  6. International

  7. Writing

  8. Personal life

  9. Selected filmography

  10. References

  11. External links

{{about|the actor|the businessman|George Nader (businessman)}}{{Infobox person
| name = George Nader
| image = George Nader 1959-60 NBC.jpg
| caption = George Nader, circa 1959–60
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|10|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Pasadena, California, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|2|4|1921|10|19|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Woodland Hills, California, United States
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1950–1974
| notable_works = Robot Monster (film)
The Man and the Challenge (TV)
Jerry Cotton series (film)
Chrome (novel)
| partner = Mark Miller
| awards = Golden Globe, Most Promising Newcomer – Male (1955)}}George Nader (October 19, 1921 – February 4, 2002) was an American film and television actor. He appeared in a variety of films from 1950 through 1974, including Sins of Jezebel (1953), Congo Crossing (1956), and The Female Animal (1958). During this period, he also did episodic television and starred in several series, including NBC's The Man and the Challenge (1959–60). In the 1960s he made several films in Germany, playing FBI agent Jerry Cotton. He is remembered for his first starring role, in the low-budget 3-D sci-fi film Robot Monster (1953), known as "one of the worst films ever made".[1]

Discreetly gay during his acting career, he and his life partner Mark Miller were among Rock Hudson's closest friends. After retiring from acting, he wrote Chrome (1978), a science-fiction novel dealing positively with a same-sex relationship.[2]

Early life

Nader was born in Pasadena, California, the son of Alice (née Scott), who was from Kansas, and George G. Nader, who was from Illinois and of Lebanese heritage.[3][4] He earned his Bachelor of Arts in theatre arts at Occidental College.

During World War II he served in the US Navy as a communications officer in the Pacific Theatre of Operations from 1943 to 1946.[5]

Early career

Nader began his acting career in 1950. He appeared in several productions at the Pasadena Playhouse over four years, which led to a number of bit parts in films.[6] He was in Rustlers on Horseback (1950) for Republic Pictures[7] while also appearing on stage in Summer and Smoke at the Pasadena Playhouse.[8]

He had small parts in You're in the Navy Now (1951), The Prowler (1951), Take Care of My Little Girl (1951), The Story of Rommel (1951), and Two Tickets to Broadway (1951). He had a bigger part in a Tim Holt Western, Overland Telegraph (1951), and a drama, Monsoon (1952). He was going to star in a film called GI Smith, but production was cancelled.[9] He had unbilled bit roles in the studio films Phone Call from a Stranger (1951) and Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952).

Leading man

Nader's first starring role was in Robot Monster (1953), a 3-D feature film directed by Phil Tucker. Although the film is remembered primarily for its "camp" attributes as "one of the worst films ever made",[1] it was financially successful[10] and led to more prominent roles for Nader in other films. He supported Paulette Goddard in Sins of Jezebel (1953) and had a supporting role in Carnival Story (1954). He was the male love interest for Miss Robin Crusoe (1954) at Fox.

Meanwhile, Nader appeared regularly on TV shows such as Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Letter to Loretta, Cavalcade of America, Lux Video Theatre, and The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse.

Universal Pictures

His rugged good looks won him a contract with Universal Studios, for which he made a number of films, although he often found himself in the shadow of more famous leading men such as Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, and Jeff Chandler.{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}} His first film for Universal was a Western, Four Guns to the Border (1954), wherein he was billed beneath Rory Calhoun and Colleen Miller. He followed it with Six Bridges to Cross (1955), supporting Tony Curtis and Julie Adams in a role that Chandler had turned down.

Nader was promoted to lead in The Second Greatest Sex (1955) opposite Jeanne Crain and in Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) opposite Maureen O'Hara, stepping in for Chandler again. In 1955, he won a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer."[11]

He starred opposite Virginia Mayo in Congo Crossing (1956) and was second-billed to Chandler in Universal's expensive war epic Away All Boats (1956).[12] He was Esther Williams's leading man in The Unguarded Moment (1956), which starred a young John Saxon. He had top billing in Four Girls in Town (1957) and Man Afraid (1957). Nader supported Audie Murphy in Joe Butterfly (1957), a military comedy.[13] He had the lead in Appointment with a Shadow (1958) and Flood Tide (1958). He was Hedy Lamarr's love interest in The Female Animal (1958), replacing John Gavin.[14] He had the starring role in Nowhere to Go, a 1958 British crime drama featuring the screen debut of Maggie Smith.

Television

Nader moved into regular television roles in the late 1950s, appearing in several short-lived series, including The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959) and The Man and the Challenge (1959–60). In the 1961–62 season, he appeared as insurance investigator Joe Shannon in the syndicated crime drama Shannon, co-starring with Regis Toomey.[15]

Nader appeared frequently on The Loretta Young Show, a dramatic anthology series on NBC.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

He produced and directed Walk by the Sea (1963).[16]

International

Nader had the title role in a European swashbuckler, The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (1963). He made Zigzag (1963) in the Philippines and The Great Space Adventure (1964) for Albert Zugsmith. He starred in The Human Duplicators (1965) and regularly guest-starred on TV shows. Nader went to Germany to star as FBI agent Jerry Cotton in the German film Tread Softly (1965). It was a hit and led to a series of films: Manhattan Night of Murder (1965), Tip Not Included (1966), The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight (1966), Murderers Club of Brooklyn (1967), Death in the Red Jaguar (1968), Death and Diamonds (1968), and Dead Body on Broadway (1969).

In Europe he also appeared in The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) and The House of 1,000 Dolls (1967). One of his last films was Beyond Atlantis (1973), made in the Philippines.

Writing

In the 1970s, Nader suffered an eye injury in an automobile accident, which made him particularly sensitive to the bright lights of movie sets and forced him to retire from acting.[2] He began writing, including his 1978 science fiction novel Chrome, which dealt with a forbidden romance between a man and an android (also male).[17][18]

According to Variety's Army Archerd, Nader had completed a book called The Perils of Paul (the title being a play on the melodrama serial The Perils of Pauline) about the gay community in Hollywood, which he did not want published until after his death.[19]

Personal life

Although Nader was not openly gay during his film career, he generally did not feign relationships with women to conceal it,[1] instead deflecting questions by saying that he had not met "the right one".[3]

Nader lived with his life partner, Mark Miller (November 22, 1926 – June 9, 2015), whom he met in 1947 while they were acting in a play together.[18][20]

Miller worked as Rock Hudson's personal secretary from 1972 until the star's death,[11][19] and the couple inherited the interest from Hudson's $27 million estate after his death from AIDS complications in 1985.[19] Hudson biographer Sara Davidson described Nader, Miller, and another person as "Rock's family for most of his adult life."[17] Nader publicly acknowledged his sexual orientation shortly afterward.[19]

Nader and Miller eventually settled in Palm Springs.

Stricken by multiple medical problems, Nader entered the hospital in September 2001. He died on February 4, 2002 in Woodland Hills, California, of cardiopulmonary failure, pneumonia, and multiple cerebral infarctions. He was survived by Miller (with whom he had spent 55 years), his cousins Sally Kubly and Roberta Cavell, and his nephew, actor Michael Nader.[19] His ashes were scattered at sea; a cenotaph in his honor, together with Mark Miller and Rock Hudson, exists in Cathedral City's Forest Lawn Cemetery.[21] In 2002, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.[22]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Other notes
1950Rustlers on HorsebackJack ReynoldsCredited as George Nadar
1950–1953Fireside TheaterWeb Martin/GeorgeTV, 2 episodes
1951You're in the Navy NowCrew memberUncredited
The ProwlerPhotographerUncredited
Take Care of My Little GirlJack GruberUncredited
The Story of RommelCommandoUncredited, alternative titles: Rommel, Desert Fox & The Desert Fox
Two Tickets to BroadwayCharlie, Crosby's Sound TechnicianUncredited
Overland TelegraphPaul Manning
1952Phone Call from a StrangerPilotUncredited
Gruen Guild PlayhouseTV, 1 episode
Big TownTV, 1 episode
MonsoonBurton
Han glömde henne aldrigChris Kingsley(English version, voice)
1953Down Among the Sheltering PalmsLt. Homer BriggsUncredited
Your Jeweler's ShowcaseTV, 1 episode
Robot MonsterRoyAlternative titles: Monster from Mars & Monsters from the Moon
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsRichardTV, 1 episode
Your Play TimeTV, 1 episode
Sins of JezebelJehu
Hallmark Hall of FameTV, 1 episode
1953–1961The Loretta Young ShowVarious rolesTV, 8 episodes
1954The Pepsi-Cola PlayhouseTV, 2 episodes
Carnival StoryBill Vines
Cavalcade of AmericaEliphalet Remington IITV, 2 episodes
Four Guns to the BorderBroncoAlternative title: Shadow Valley
Miss Robin CrusoeJonathan
1954–1957Lux Video TheatreDr. Frank Matson / Don / JeremyTV, 3 episodes
1955Six Bridges to CrossEdward Gallagher
The Second Greatest SexMatt Davis
Lady Godiva of CoventryLord Leofric
1956Congo CrossingDavid Carr
Away All BoatsLieutenant Dave MacDougall
The Unguarded MomentLieutenant Harry GrahamAlternative title: The Gentle Web
1957Four Girls in TownMike Snowden
Man AfraidRev. David Collins
Joe ButterflySgt. Ed Kennedy
Climax!Harry ParkerTV, 1 episode
Appointment with a ShadowPaul Baxter
Flood TideSteve MartinAlternative title: Above All Things
1958The Female AnimalChris Farley
Nowhere to GoPaul Gregory
1959The Further Adventures of Ellery QueenEllery QueenTV, 25 episodes
The Man and the ChallengeDr. Glenn BartonTV, 36 episodes
1960LaramieWells ClarkTV, 1 episode
1961The Andy Griffith ShowDr. Robert BensonTV, 1 episode
ShannonJoe ShannonTV, 36 episodes
1962The Secret Mark of D'Artagnand'Artagnan
1963ZigzagThe Hunter
The Great Space Adventure
A Walk by the Sea
1965The Human DuplicatorsGlenn MartinAlternative titles: Space Agent K1 & Jaws of the Alien
Burke's LawChris MaitlandTV, 1 episode
Schüsse aus dem GeigengastenJerry Cotton
Espionage in LisbonDrunk entering hotel-roomUncredited
Manhattan Night of MurderJerry Cotton
1966 The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight Jerry Cotton
Die Rechnung – eiskalt serviert Jerry Cotton
1967Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn Jerry Cotton
The Million Eyes of SumuruAgent Nick West
The House of 1,000 DollsStephen Armstrong
1968Dynamit in grüner Seide Jerry Cotton
{{Interlanguage link multi>Radhapura – Endstation der Verdammten|de}} Steve Weston
Tod im Roten Jaguar Jerry Cotton
1969Todesschüsse am Broadway Jerry Cotton
1972Counselor at LawTV, 1 episode
The F.B.I.TV, 1 episode
1973Beyond Atlantis NereusAlternative title: Sea Creatures
1974NakiaMcMastersTelevision movie, (final film role)

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/08/guardianobituaries.filmnews|title=George Nader|last=Bergan|first=Ronald|date=2002-02-07|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-12-07}}
2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-nader-9234230.html|title=George Nader|date=2002-02-08|newspaper=The Independent|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-12-07}}
3. ^{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/2063260772.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+05%2C+1956&author=&pub=Daily+Boston+Globe+(1928-1960)&desc=George+Nader+of+Movies+Not+Single+by+Choice&pqatl=google|work=Daily Boston Globe|first=Sheilah|last=Graham|title=George Nader of Movies Not Single by Choice|date=August 5, 1956}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/2067961162.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+12%2C+1957&author=&pub=Daily+Boston+Globe+(1928-1960)&desc=Other+5+--+No+Title&pqatl=google|work=Daily Boston Globe|title=Other 5 – No Title|date=March 12, 1957}}
5. ^Obituary, Los Angeles Times
6. ^The Life Story of GEORGE NADERPicture Show; London64.1657 (Jan 1, 1955): 12.
7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97540449 |title=FILM NEWS |newspaper=Western Star |issue=87 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=13 March 1951 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}
8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99741049 |title=Hollywood Notes |newspaper=The Cessnock Eagle And South Maitland Recorder |volume=40, |issue=4002 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 January 1951 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
9. ^Drama: 'G.I. Smith' Will Star George Nader; Reinhardt to Direct Pier AngeliSchallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]02 Nov 1951: B9.
10. ^{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/feb/06/local/me-nader6|title=George Nader, 80; Star of '50s Movies|last=WOO|first=ELAINE|date=2002-02-06|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-12-07}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-nader-729735.html|title=George Nader|date=2002-02-05|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=2008-07-06|location=London}}
12. ^Louella Parsons: George, Jeff Land in Same BoatThe Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959) [Washington, D.C] 24 Mar 1955: 66.
13. ^Bachelor George Nader Bored by Going Out 'Just to Be Seen'Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]23 June 1957: E3.
14. ^UNIVERSAL CASTS TWO IN NEW FILM: Jane Powell, George Nader to Appear in 'Female Animal' --Actor Replaces GavinBy THOMAS M. PRYOR Special to The New York Times.. New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]17 May 1957: 19.
15. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43598149 |title=DID YOU KNOW? |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |volume=30, |issue=4 |location=Australia, Australia |date=27 June 1962 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=9 (Teenagers' Weekly) |via=National Library of Australia}}
16. ^Obituaries: George NaderGalloway, Doug. Variety; Los Angeles385.12 (Feb 11-Feb 17, 2002): 70.
17. ^{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE4D8113CF931A25751C0A9649C8B63|title=George Nader, 80, Actor and Sci-Fi Writer|date=2002-02-12|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=2008-07-06}}
18. ^Mitchell Smyth, T. S. (1992, May 10). Rock left actor millions. Toronto Star Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/436637312?accountid=13902
19. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117860239.html?categoryid=2&cs=1|title=Nader's death another sad finale to a glamorous H'w'd life|last=Archerd|first=Army|date=2002-02-04|publisher=Variety|accessdate=2008-07-06}}
20. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/georgenader.html|title=George Nader at Brian's Drive-In Theater|website=www.briansdriveintheater.com|access-date=2016-12-07}}
21. ^Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 34104-34105). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition
22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2012-10-13 |title=Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2013-03-27 }}

External links

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  • George Nader at Mystery Science Theatre 3000
  • George Nader on glbtq.com
  • {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815022247/http://strangewords.com/archive/chrome.html|date=August 15, 2007|title=A review of Nader's novel Chrome}}
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