Reprised his most famous role as Eliot Ness in the 1991 made-for-TV movie The Return of Eliot Ness.
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Served as a Naval gunnery instructor during World War II. Three times applied for transfer to combat duty but his requests were denied because the Navy needed instructors.
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Was a champion skeet shooter before entering show biz.
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Cast as Eliot Ness in The Untouchables after Fred MacMurray, Van Johnson, and Van Heflin all turned down the role.
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Autobiography entitled Straight Shooter was published in 1979.
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Nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in Written on the Wind.
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Claimed in his 1979 autobiography that he and Untouchables co-star Bruce Gordon once stopped traffic on a Paris street when they were recognized standing together on the sidewalk outside a Parisian cafe.
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Co-starred with Jack Benny and Carole Lombard in the classic 1941 comedy To Be or Not to Be.
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Co-starred with John Wayne in the classic 1954 disaster film The High and the Mighty.
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Parodied his Untouchables role along with co-stars Bruce Gordon and Steve London in an episode of The Lucy Show entitled Lucy, the Gun Moll.
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