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- In World War II, Sgt. John Agar was a United States Army Air Force physical instructor. His 1945 marriage at the Wilshire Memorial Church to "America's Sweetheart" Shirley Temple put him in the public eye for the first time, and a movie contract with independent producer David O. Selznick quickly ensued.
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John George Agar Jr. (January 31, 1921 – April 7, 2002) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for starring alongside John Wayne in the films Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache, and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.
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In the early part of his career, he garnered fame for co-starring with John Wayne in films like ‘Sands of Iwo Jima’, ‘Fort Apache’, and ‘She Wore a Yellow Ribbon’. He then found success as a star of B-movies like ‘Tarantula’, ‘The Mole People’, ‘The Brain from Planet Arous’, ‘Revenge of the Creature’, ‘Flesh and ...
Agar debuted opposite John Wayne, Henry Fonda and Temple in John Ford's Fort Apache (1948), initial film in the famed director's "Cavalry Trilogy". His marriage to Shirley Temple ended in 1949, while his movie career continued.
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- April 7, 2002
Agar debuted opposite John Wayne, Henry Fonda and Temple in John Ford's Fort Apache (1948), initial film in the famed director's "Cavalry Trilogy". His marriage to Shirley Temple ended in 1949, while his movie career continued.
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Apr 9, 2002 · TIMES STAFF WRITER. John Agar, whose marriage to Shirley Temple in the 1940s propelled him into an acting career that began promisingly with parts in two classic John Ford westerns but slid...
John Agar, the popular leading man of post-World War 2 Hollywood Westerns and eventual 1950's B-movie icon, had never intended to be an actor, let alone of eventually becoming the sci-fi legend for which he will always be fondly remembered as.
Mar 10, 2015 · Determined to be the first in her Westlake class to become engaged, she had accepted a ring from a 24-year-old Army Air Corps sergeant, John Agar Jr., a few days before her 17th birthday. They were married on Sept. 19, 1945.
