
He then was
cast in leading roles on three short lived TV series: ‘The Islanders’ on ABC
and ‘The Investigators’ and ‘The New Loretta Young Show’, both on CBS. He also
appeared in several major films, as Bruce King in “I Want to Live!” (1958) and
Henri in “Woman Obsessed”, both with Susan Hayward, and as Colonel Tall in the
1964 police picture, “The Thin Red Line”, with Jack Warden.
When his
career began to slow down in the mid-1960s he relocated to Europe where he
enjoyed considerable success as a spaghetti western star appearing in seven
Euro-westerns from “Ballad of a Bounty Hunter” in 1965 to “If You Shoot… You
Live” in 1974.
He the
retired and moved back to the United States where he died on October 22, 1984
at the age of 60.
Today we
remember James Philbrook on what would have been his 90th birthday.
Interesting fact. James Philbrook actually died on his birthday on October 22, 1984. He was 60.
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