Biographies: Lane Bradford - Actor

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An American actor, he was born in Yonkers, on August 29, 1922. He got married twice and had no children. He is best known in the 1940s and 1950s for playing Western villains. He has appeared in more than 250 films and television series, specializing in supporting roles, often in western movies and crime movies. Lyn was born in an artistic home, where his father, John Merton, had an extensive career in supporting roles in film and television. His brother, Bob LaVarre, was an actor, as well as his uncle and cousins. His most important works: Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949), Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952), The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958) and The Invisible Monster (1950). He retired in Hawaii after his last film appearance, Journey to Shiloh in 1968. He limited his work to some television appearances, learned to play the guitar, and was living on his boat in Honolulu in 1973 when he suffered a brain haemorrhage and died at the age of 50.