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Guy Madison (January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American film and television actor. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

Born Robert Ozell Mosely in Bakersfield, California, Madison attended Bakersfield Junior College for two years and then worked briefly as a telephone lineman before joining the United States Coast Guard in 1942.

In 1944, while visiting Hollywood on leave from the Coast Guard, Madison's boyish good looks and manly physique caught the eye of Henry Willson, the head of talent at David O. Selznick's newly formed Vanguard Pictures. Henry Willson ( July 31 1911 &ndash November 2 1978) was an American Hollywood Talent agent who played a large David O Selznick, born David Selznick ( May 10, 1902 &ndash June 22, 1965) was one of the iconic Hollywood producers Willson was widely known for his stable of good-looking, marginally talented actors with unusual names he bestowed upon them, and he immediately cast the rechristened Madison in a bit part in Selznick's Since You Went Away. Since You Went Away is a 1944 Film distributed by United Artists. Following the film's release in 1944, the studio received thousands of letters from fans wanting to know more about him.

Madison was signed by RKO Pictures in 1946 and began appearing in romantic comedies and dramas, but his wooden acting style hurt his chances of advancing in films. The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U In 1951, television came to the rescue of his faltering career when he was cast in The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, which ran for six years. The year 1951 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1951. The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok was a Television series which ran from 1951 through 1958

Following his television series, he appeared in several more films before leaving for Europe, where he found greater success in spaghetti westerns. Spaghetti Western, also known in some countries in mainland Europe as the Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western

Madison was married to actresses Gail Russell (1949-1954) and Sheila Connolly (1954-1964). Gail Russell ( September 21, 1924 - August 26, 1961) was an American Actress. Both marriages ended in divorce. He had four children, three daughters and one son.

Madison died from emphysema at age 74 and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, California. Emphysema is a chronic obstructive Pulmonary disease ( COPD) formerly termed a chronic obstructive Lung disease (COLD Forest Lawn-Cathedral City is in Cathedral City California, near Palm Springs Cathedral City is a city in Riverside County, California, United States.

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