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Bruce Cabot was born Etienne Pelissier Jacques de Boujac on April 20, 1904 in Carlsbad, New Mexico.
He attended the University of the South in Sewanee without graduating from the University of Tennessee and bounced from job to job before arriving in Hollywood in 1931 and making his screen debut that same year. Fire heroes. A chance meeting with David O. Selznick at a party served to launch his career on the right foot; Selznick was RKO’s central producer at the time, and thus responsible for many of the studio’s major decisions, and the young actor received roles A lady with a past and Goodhouse’s murder (both 1932).
Bruce Cabot in Faye Reith’s King Kong (RKO 1933)
De Bujac, now playing Bruce Cabot, with a ghostly appearance that clearly sets him up for a future in leading roles, has been cast as the gallant hero Jack Driscoll. King Kong (1933). Saving Faye Ray from a fate worse than laryngitis, he impressed audiences and filmmakers and soon became a safe bet not only for heroism but also for villainy, as shown in his performance as a lynch mob leader in Fritz Lang’s film. Fury (1936).
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He enlisted in the military in 1942 and worked as an intelligence officer abroad. During his service, he was accused of participating in a large gold smuggling ring, but was not charged.
After World War II, he returned to Hollywood and, as well as regular work, became a good friend of John Wayne, who in 1939 defeated him in the leading role. Stage coach. The friendship would later lead to Cabot appearing in ten Wayne films, including Green Berets (1968). His last screen appearance came as corrupt casino manager Bert Saxby in 1971 Diamonds are forever; Married three times, he died of throat and lung cancer on May 3, 1972, aged 68. He was buried in the city of his birth.
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