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Samuel Lawrence Klusman Parks (December 13, 1914 – April 13, 1975) was an American stage and film actor. His career arced from bit player and supporting roles to top billing, before it virtually ended when he admitted to having been a member of a Communist Party cell, which led to his blacklisting by all Hollywood studios. [2]
Larry Parks. Actor: The Jolson Story. When amiable Columbia Pictures actor Larry Parks was entrusted the role of entertainer Al Jolson in the biopic The Jolson Story (1946), his career finally hit the big time.
- December 13, 1914
- April 13, 1975
Apr 15, 1975 · Larry Parks, the actor who reached Hollywood stardom with his forceful performance in “The Jolson Story” in 1946 but whose acting career all but came to a halt in 1951 when he admitted past...
Larry Parks. Actor: The Jolson Story. When amiable Columbia Pictures actor Larry Parks was entrusted the role of entertainer Al Jolson in the biopic The Jolson Story (1946), his career finally hit the big time.
- January 1, 1
- Olathe, Kansas, USA
- January 1, 1
- Studio City, California, USA
Interview with Larry Parks. Roger Ebert August 25, 1968. Tweet. Twenty years after he starred in "The Jolson Story," Larry Parks still meets people like the cab driver who took him to the theater the other day.
The Jolson Story is a 1946 American biographical musical film, a fictionalized account of the life of singer Al Jolson. It stars Larry Parks as Jolson, Evelyn Keyes as Julie Benson (approximating Jolson's wife, Ruby Keeler), William Demarest as his manager, Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shayne as his parents, and Scotty Beckett as the young Jolson ...
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Samuel Lawrence Klusman Parks was an American stage and film actor. His career arced from bit player and supporting roles to top billing, before it virtually ended when he admitted to having been a member of a Communist Party cell, which led to his blacklisting by all Hollywood studios.
