James Craig is an American film actor. It gained popularity in the 40s and 50s of the 20th century. Among the most famous films with Craig's participation are Seven Sinners and While the City Sleeps.
Biography
James Craig was born on February 4, 1912 in Nashville, USA. He passed away on June 28, 1985 in Santa Ana, California. Craig grew up in a large family of a construction worker. His parents moved frequently. James was educated at Clarksville College, Tennessee. He then enrolled in Houston at Rice University. Craig wanted to become a doctor.
Upon graduation, James changed his plans and began working in the oil industry in Huntsville, Texas. He later took a job at General Motors in Houston. Craig traveled to Hollywood and got the idea of becoming an actor. He found an agent, improved his speech, and began a dramatic course with Cyril Delavanti.
Personal life
Craig had three wives and three children. Handsome, slender Craig, shining on the screen, behaved less well in family life. He was repeatedly accused of alcoholism and domestic violence. He entered into his first marriage in 1939. Actress Mary June Rae became his wife. The happy newlywed gave up her film career for the sake of the family hearth. She gave birth to three children, but the middle child died in infancy due to kidney failure. In 1954, Mary was going to divorce, but once again she forgave her husband. In 1956, she bore him another son, and in 1959 she still filed for a divorce.
In the same year, Craig married actress Jill Jarmine again. On the initiative of the wife, the marriage was annulled. The second wife also could not stand the promiscuous life of the actor and abuse. In 1963, the actor formed an alliance with model Jane Valentine, who also soon filed for divorce due to beatings.
Filmography
The actor has more than 100 film roles on his account. The most rated films with his participation in the 30s and 40s of the 20th century were the fantastic horror film The Man Who Could Not Hang, the melodrama The Seven Sinners, the drama Kitty Foyle, the comedy fantasy The Devil and Daniel Webster ", family picture" The Human Comedy ", adventure fantasy" Kismet ".
In the 1950s, he starred in the western Days in Death Valley, the film noir While the City Sleeps, and the western, Guns, Travels. One of the last successful works of Craig - the role in the military action movie 1968 "Devil's Brigade". According to the plot, during the Second World War, the Allies created a desant brigade with the aim of landing in Norway. The main roles in the drama were played by William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Andrew Prine, Jeremy Slate and Claude Akins. In 1971, he starred in the crime drama The Tormentors, and the following year he could be seen in the science fiction film The Doomsday Machine.
