Biography of john agar movie actor danny
John George Agar Jr. (January 31, – April 7, ) was an American film and television actor..
John Agar was born in Chicago, the eldest of four children.
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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.
It all began one evening in 1943 as John was wrapping up his Army enlistment. It was pure serendipity that he was introduced to child-star Shirley Temple and well, as they say, the rest is history.
As an actor in the film Miracle Mile, he starred alongside Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, and John Agar.Mr. Agar was born into a wealthy Chicago meat packing family as the oldest of 4 children on Jan 31, 1921. After coming of age, his father, John Agar Sr., enrolled him in the auspicious Harvard School for Boys. After completing his studies in Chicago, John packed up and continued his education at New York's prestigious Trinity-Pawling prep school.
Unfortunately for John, the United States was plunged into World War Two in 1941. Due to the crisis at hand, 20-year old John left his st