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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 10, 1905
Died
January 8, 1975
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
John Dierkes
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Dierkes was born on February 10, 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Brown University and subsequently went to work as an economist for the United States Department of State. In 1941 he joined the Red Cross and served in the Britain duringWorld War II. There he met director John Huston who recommended that he try Hollywood after the war. Instead, Dierkes went to work for the U.S. Treasury Department which coincidentally sent him to Hollywood to function as technical advisor for the film To the Ends of the Earth (1948). Because of his appearance and very tall frame (6 feet, 6 inches), Dierkes enjoyed a long career as a character actor, often portraying villains or soldiers. In the 1953 film Shane, Dierkes portrays villain Morgan Ryker, who is the last man shot by the title character, Shane, in the final bar room shootout. One of his more memorable scenes is in the 1960 film, The Alamo. Dierkes portrays a Tennessean named Jocko, who is torn between leaving before the attack to care for his blind wife, or staying to support the Texans' cause. Understanding that if Jocko stays to fight she will likely be widowed, Jocko's wife coaxes him to stay and defend the fort, despite her disability. Dierkes died in 1975 of emphesyma and was survived by his wife Cynthia, two sons, and two daughters.
Known For
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6.0
Jocko Robertson
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
6.3
Roderick Craven - (archive footage)
Creepy Classics
1987
6.5
Bill Parker
Rage
1972
6.2
Family Member
The Omega Man
1971
5.1
Cripple
Johnny Cool
1963
6.7
Benjamin West / Jacob West
The Haunted Palace
1963
6.6
Preacher (uncredited)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963
6.3
Roderick Craven
The Raven
1963
4.8
Cell Block Guard (uncredited)
Convicts 4
1962
6.3
Sweeny
The Premature Burial
1962
Credits
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John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Jocko Robertson
1992
6.0
Creepy Classics
as Roderick Craven - (archive footage)
1987
6.3
Rage
as Bill Parker
1972
6.5
The Omega Man
as Family Member
1971
6.2
Johnny Cool
as Cripple
1963
5.1
The Haunted Palace
as Benjamin West / Jacob West
1963
6.7
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
as Preacher (uncredited)
1963
6.6
The Raven
as Roderick Craven
1963
6.3
Convicts 4
as Cell Block Guard (uncredited)
1962
4.8
The Premature Burial
as Sweeny
1962
6.3
The Comancheros
as Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)
1961
6.7
One-Eyed Jacks
as Chet
1961
6.7
The Alamo
as Jocko Robertson
1960
7.1
The Aquanauts
as Inspector Crail
1960
5.5
The Slowest Gun in the West
as 'Wild Bill' Monks
1960
2.0
The Oregon Trail
as Gabe Hastings
1959
5.5
The Hanging Tree
as Society Red
1959
6.7
Rawhide
as Private
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Martinson
1959
7.2
The Buccaneer
as Deacon
1958
6.4
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Charlie
1958
6.8
The Left Handed Gun
as McSween
1958
6.1
Blood Arrow
as Ez
1958
7.0
Touch of Evil
as Policeman (uncredited)
1958
7.8
Death in Small Doses
1957
4.7
Valerie
as Bartender
1957
4.1
The Buckskin Lady
as Swanson
1957
3.8
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
as Jacob
1957
5.7
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
1957
6.3
Tales of Wells Fargo
as Scanlon
1957
6.9
Duel at Apache Wells
as Bill Sowers
1957
4.0
The Halliday Brand
as Reverend
1957
6.1
Friendly Persuasion
as Farmer (uncredited)
1956
6.7
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State Trooper
1956
5.0
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)
1956
6.9
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
Jubal
as Carson - Horgan Rider
1956
6.8
The Vanishing American
as Freil
1955
4.0
Gunsmoke
as Rydell
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Ace
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Indian
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Dahoma
1955
6.6
Betrayed Women
as Cletus Ballard
1955
4.7
Not as a Stranger
as Bursar
1955
6.2
Hell's Outpost
as Swede - the Cook (uncredited)
1954
5.0
The Raid
as Cpl. Fred Deane
1954
6.5
Adventures Of The Falcon
1954
6.0
The Desperado
as Police Sergeant
1954
6.6
The Naked Jungle
as Gruber
1954
6.4
Gun Fury
1953
6.0
The Moonlighter
as Sheriff Daws
1953
5.7
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Batley
1953
6.3
The Vanquished
as General Morris
1953
4.7
Shane
as Morgan Ryker
1953
7.4
Les Miserables
as Bosun (uncredited)
1952
5.2
Silver City
as Arnie
1951
6.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Joe Bronson
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Dr. Belvedere
1951
7.2
The Red Badge of Courage
as Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier
1951
6.4
The Thing from Another World
as Dr. Chapman
1951
6.7
Three Husbands
as Night Court Judge (uncredited)
1950
5.0
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Lux Video Theatre
as Jeb Bricker
1950
6.3
Macbeth
as Ross
1948
7.2