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Lloyd Gough

 
Actor: Lloyd Gough
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  • Born: 1907 in New York City, New York
  • Died: Jul 23, 1984 in California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '40s-'70s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
  • Career Highlights: Tension, Rancho Notorious, Tulsa
  • First Major Screen Credit: A Southern Yankee (1948)

Biography

Red-haired character-actor Michael Gough was brought to Hollywood in 1948 after 14 years on Broadway. Gough's burgeoning film career was cut short when he was blacklisted on the basis of alleged communist ties; likewise prohibited from working in films was Gough's wife, Karen Morley. The most immediate effect of Gough's blacklisting occurred in the opening titles of RKO's Rancho Notorious (1952); though Gough was prominently cast as the film's principal villain, RKO head man Howard Hughes, a rabid commie-hater, demanded that the actor's name be removed from the credits. Gough retreated to the stage, returning before the cameras in the 1960s, by which time Hollywood's witch-hunt mentality had dissipated. One of his first "comeback" roles was as Michael Axford in the 1966 TV series The Green Hornet. In the 1976 film The Front, Lloyd Gough was reunited with several other former blacklistees, including actors Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi and Joshua Shelley, director Martin Ritt and screenwriter Walter Bernstein. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Lloyd Gough (September 21, 1907 – July 23, 1984) was an American theater, film, and television actor.

Born in New York City, New York, Gough was noted as a character actor who specialised in supporting roles. His films include The Babe Ruth Story (1947), Roseanna McCoy (1949), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Storm Warning (1951), Tony Rome (1967), and Earthquake (1974). Lloyd was also the portrayer of Daily Sentinel crime reporter Mike Axford in the TV series "The Green Hornet."

Married to the actress Karen Morley, both were brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee and when they invoked the Fifth Amendment they were blacklisted, effectively terminating their careers in Hollywood until the late 1960s. That year, he appeared as the main villain in Rancho Notorious (1952), but his name was removed from the credits due to his blacklisting.[1] He would later appear in the film set during the Hollywood blacklist period, The Front (1976), and his name accompanied by his blacklist date.

Gough was married to Morley from 1943 until his death caused by an aortic aneurysm.

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  1. ^ Lloyd Gough Filmography
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