Larry Parks

Acting

Larry Parks

Born December 13, 1914 · Olathe, Kansas, USA

Died April 13, 1975 · aged 60

Samuel Klausman Lawrence Parks was born in Olathe, Kansas, on December 13, 1914, of German and Irish descent. As a child growing up in Joliet, Illinois, he was plagued by a variety of illnesses, including rheumatic fever, but persevered with physical exercise and sheer strength of will. Majoring in science at the University of Illinois, his plans to become a doctor dissolved when, to the dismay of…

Known For

Freud: The Secret PassionFreud: The Secret Passion · 1962
Freud: The Secret Passion
★ 6.51962
MovieDrama
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
Harvard Here I ComeHarvard Here I Come · 1941
Harvard Here I Come
★ 5.81941
MovieComedy
Slapsie Rosenbloom receives an award from the satirical Harvard Lampoon for his well-known stupidity. Instead of being enraged, Slapsie Maxie is delighted by the "honor", and promptly tries to enroll at the ivy-league university. Upon arriving on campus, he is pounced upon by a group of eccentric scientists led by Professor Alvin, who is convinced that Rosenbloom is the "missing link" that science has long been searching for.
DestroyerDestroyer · 1943
Destroyer
★ 6.81943
MovieAdventureDrama
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.
The Gallant BladeThe Gallant Blade · 1948
The Gallant Blade
★ 6.81948
MovieActionDrama
Larry Parks in a Cinecolor swashbuckler.
Tiger by the TailTiger by the Tail · 1955
Tiger by the Tail
★ 6.31955
MovieCrime
On the first night of his London assignment, newsagency reporter John Desmonmd becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. The affair ends when she is shot struggling for a gun she has pulled on him. This is only the start of his troubles, as Anna worked for a criminal organisation who know Desmond has now got her valuable contacts list.
You Were Never LovelierYou Were Never Lovelier · 1942
You Were Never Lovelier
★ 7.11942
MovieRomanceComedy
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
Honolulu LuHonolulu Lu · 1941
Honolulu Lu
★ 5.81941
MovieMusicComedy
While in Hawaii, Velez begins the film as a risque nightclub act and due to her involvement with a group of sailors becomes a beauty queen.
RenegadesRenegades · 1946
Renegades
★ 5.81946
MovieWestern
The daughter of a prominent citizen marries an outlaw's son.

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The DeerslayerThe Deerslayer · 1943
The Deerslayer
★ 7.01943
MovieHistoryAction
Deerslayer, a white man who was brought up by the Mohicans, helps his old tribe when the Hurons steal Princess Wah Tah, the betrothed of his friend Jingo-Good. His friends, the Hutters, are a white family living on an ark in the middle of a lake. The Hurons attack them and Deerslayer enlists the aid of scout Harry March, who is escorting sixty-five brides to the near-by settlement. Deerslayer and Harry are both in love with Judith Hutter, who is secretly in love with Harry. The Hurons succeed in capturing her father and Harry, where-upon Judith's sister Hetty, playing on an Indian superstition never to harm an insane person, feigns madness and makes an escape. Hutter, Judith, Hetty and Princess Wah-Tah return to the ark, where they ate attacked by the waiting Hurons and Hetty is killed. Deerslayer, Harry and the settlement men arrive to time to drive the Hurons away.

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