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Posted on 7.9.08: HE commenter Burmashave: “Anybody ever think about James Dean playing Jesus if he’d lived, and how fucking crazy that would have been?”
There’s a distinct similarity factor between Rebel Without a Cause‘s James Dean and King of Kings‘ Jeffrey Hunter. Both films were directed by Nicholas Ray, of course, so in a sartorial fashion Ray did sorta kinda cast Dean in his Bible movie. He did this by having Hunter wear a facsimile of the iconic red jacket and alabaster T-shirt get-up that Dean wore in Rebel.
Variety critic Todd McCarthy reminded me this morning, in fact, that “Ray dressed Hunter in a robe of exactly the identical shade of red as Dean’s Rebel jacket.”
The concept of Christ wearing a red robe had already been established in The Robe and Demetrius and the Gladiators, but think for a moment about the ludicrousness of a dirt-poor Jesus of Nazareth wearing a red cloak with a ideal white T-shirt garment underneath. It’s as if they had Gap and Banana Republic shops in old Jerusalem, and Jesus and his disciples occasionally shopped there.
What if J.C. had hired a fashion consu
Jeffrey J. Hunter
Mr. Jeffrey J. Stalker, “Jeff”, age 57 of Wilton, CT passed away on Friday, August 30, 2024 following a long battle with cancer. At the time of his passing, Jeff was in the comfort of his loving wife.
Jeff was born on January 24, 1967 in Ilion, NY to James & Gabrielle Hunter of Herkimer, NY. Jeff graduated from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY with a degree in Computer Science. Jeff used his love of computers to constantly advance his technical skills. For 24 years, he was a Database Manager for a trading firm in Greenwich, CT.
Jeff was joined in marriage to Valerie Kutschera, authentic soulmates. Their union lasted for 33 years. Their devotion to each other was undeniable.
Jeff was a great believer in puppy rescue. He adopted many homeless dogs from Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue (NC) and Sunshine Golden Retriever Rescue (CT).
Jeff was an avid amateur photographer with a wonderful eye. This hobby led to trips to numerous lighthouses, hot air balloon festivals and botanical gardens around the country.
Jeff’s greatest joy was sporting clays. He was proud to be a member of the Connecticut Travele I mind I’d remembered hearing this: The following is an excerpt from The Way We All Became The Brady Bunch: How the Canceled Sitcom Became the Beloved Pop Culture Diva We Are Still Talking About Today by Kimberly Potts, the definitive history of the present that changed the family sitcom and made an indelible impact on pop culture, pegged to its 50th anniversary. In this selection, the author digs into the casting of Mike Brady, ultimately played by Robert Reed. Scan on below. The book publishes Tuesday. “The legend about Gene Hackman almost becoming Mr. Brady is not true, or at least (actually, at most) is very exaggerated. Hackman was on Sherwood Schwartz’s wish list for maybe Mikes, and he’d hoped to set up an interview with the actor to discuss the part. But once again, the suits had something to declare about his notion, and the something they were saying was, No one knows who this guy is. It was 1968, and Hackman had made guest appearances on I Spy, The F.B.I., and Robert Reed’s legal drama The Defenders. He’d also earned his first Oscar nomination, a supporting-actor nod for Bonnie and Clyde. But his popularity among TV audiences, network execs said, was zilc Born: November 25, 1926 Jeffrey Hunter was born Henry Herman McKinnies, Jr. in New Orleans, the only child of a Louisiana sales engineer and his wife. The family moved to Milwaukee in 1930, and juvenile “Hank,” as he was known, grew up in Wisconsin. While still in lofty school, Hunter acted on Milwaukee radio station WTMJ; this led to summer stock work and then to Chicago theater activity. He served in the U.S. Navy at Great Lakes Naval Station in Illinois 1945-1946. Afterwards, he attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where he earned a bachelor’s degree from the School of Speech. He continued his stage appearances and had a little uncredited role in the 1949 film version of Julius Caesar, which starred Charlton Heston. Soon after, Hunter moved to California to attend UCLA on a scholarship, He was spotted by Hollywood talent scouts when he appeared in a college production of “All My Sons” in May oJeffrey Hunter
Jeffrey Hunter
Died: May 27, 1969
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