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    Voight played a directionless young boxer in 1973's The All American Boy, then appeared in the 1974 film Conrack, directed by Martin Ritt. Based on Pat Conroy 's autobiographical novel The Water Is Wide , Voight portrayed the title character, an idealistic young schoolteacher sent to teach underprivileged black children on a remote South ...

  2. Jul 4, 2020 · July 04, 2020 1960s, 1970s, celebrity & famous people, male, portraits. Born 1938 in Yonkers, New York, American actor Jon Voight had his film debut in Philip Kaufman's crimefighter spoof, Fearless Frank, in 1967. He came to prominence in the late 1960s with his Oscar-nominated performance as Joe Buck, a would-be gigolo in Midnight Cowboy (1969 ...

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  3. His performance as ‘Young Joe Buck’ in the drama film ‘Midnight Cowboy’ earned him an ‘Academy Award’ nomination and launched his Hollywood career. Over the next two decades, he acted in a number of notable films. He also had his share of flops which threatened his acting career time and again.

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  5. May 9, 2024 · Voight appeared in Mike Nichols’s war comedy Catch-22 and starred as an angry young man in The Revolutionary, both in 1970. He delivered a memorable performance as a city businessman forced to fight for his life in Deliverance (1972), and he portrayed the writer Pat Conroy in the film memoir Conrack (1974).

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  6. Mar 15, 2021 · Voight was a 6’3″, apple-cheeked 22-year-old with long blond hair and an angelic face that could be mistaken for the blandly handsome youngster on a can of Dutch Boy house paint. “I was a...

  7. Photo Gallery. Jon Voight photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes, and more.

  8. Mar 2, 2021 · Golden Globe Awards. Tomorrow’s Stars Yesterday: Jon Voight, 1970. March 2, 2021. —. Philip Berk. Between 1948 and 1983 Golden Globes were awarded in a special category of “New Star of the Year” conceived to recognize young actors making a mark in their early roles.

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