John Dierkes

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Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
February 10, 1905

Place of Birth:
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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John Dierkes

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

Filmography

Year Movie Role
1992 John Wayne's 'The Alamo' Jocko Robertson
1987 Creepy Classics Roderick Craven - (archive footage)
1972 Rage Bill Parker
1971 The Omega Man Family Member
1963 The Haunted Palace Benjamin West / Jacob West
1963 The Raven Roderick Craven
1963 Johnny Cool Cripple
1963 X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes Preacher (uncredited)
1962 The Premature Burial Sweeny
1962 Convicts 4 Cell Block Guard (uncredited)
1961 The Comancheros Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)
1961 One-Eyed Jacks Chet
1960 The Alamo Jocko Robertson
1960 The Slowest Gun in the West 'Wild Bill' Monks
1959 The Hanging Tree Society Red
1959 The Oregon Trail Gabe Hastings
1958 The Buccaneer Deacon
1958 The Left Handed Gun McSween
1958 Touch of Evil Policeman (uncredited)
1958 Blood Arrow Ez
1957 Valerie Bartender
1957 The Buckskin Lady Swanson
1957 Daughter of Dr. Jekyll Jacob
1957 Death in Small Doses
1957 Duel at Apache Wells Bill Sowers
1957 The Guns of Fort Petticoat Texas Storekeeper (uncredited)
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)
1956 Friendly Persuasion Farmer (uncredited)
1956 Jubal Carson - Horgan Rider
1955 The Vanishing American Freil
1955 Betrayed Women Cletus Ballard
1955 Not as a Stranger Bursar
1954 Hell's Outpost Swede - the Cook (uncredited)
1954 The Naked Jungle Gruber
1954 The Raid Cpl. Fred Deane
1954 The Desperado Police Sergeant
1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Batley
1953 Shane Morgan Ryker
1953 The Moonlighter Sheriff Daws
1953 The Vanquished General Morris
1953 Gun Fury
1952 Les Miserables Bosun (uncredited)
1951 The Thing from Another World Dr. Chapman
1951 The Red Badge of Courage Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier
1951 Silver City Arnie
1950 Three Husbands Night Court Judge (uncredited)
1948 Macbeth Ross
Year TV Show Role
1960 The Aquanauts Inspector Crail
1959 Rawhide Private
1959 Rawhide Martinson
1958 Peter Gunn
1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive Charlie
1958 The Rifleman
1957 Tales of Wells Fargo Scanlon
1956 Telephone Time
1956 State Trooper
1955 Gunsmoke Rydell
1955 Gunsmoke Ace
1955 Gunsmoke Indian
1955 Gunsmoke Dahoma
1954 Adventures Of The Falcon
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Joe Bronson
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Dr. Belvedere
1950 Lux Video Theatre Jeb Bricker
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